SnowNeko: Hiya... hope everyone had a good 4th of july, if they celebrate it. heres the next chapter of The Two Ways.

Disclaimer: nope don't own Naruto no matter how much I wish to own a few people from Naruto. I only own Aikou, Zack, Their family, Random Ninja, Random Ninja Teachers, Random Village People, and any jewelry or clothes or weapons or torture plans that my characters wear or use or think of.

Chapter Four: Pass or Fail: Kakashi's Test, Aikou's new look, Dinner, & Team Work

The next day Zack and Aikou walk to where they where suppose to meet the rest of the team and what Aikou wore kind of shocked her team. She was wearing a pair of semi-tight black jeans and a black tank top that hugged her. Her hair was up in clips keeping it off of her neck and back but her bangs still hung in front of her sad puppy dog brown eyes. She had her normal weapons and jewelry on, even the anklet from Gaara. She had her head up instead of down promising herself that she would pass no matter what just to prove what the letter had said about a werewolf never being a ninja wasn't true.

Naruto grins and hugs Aikou before saying "looking nice Aikou-chan!"

Aikou smile softly and says "thanks Naruto-kun."

Sakura asks "what's with that scar on your stomach?"

Aikou says "just a training scar. My mom started training me when I was three."

Sakura asks "where is your mom and dad now? I know you live with Zack but you never talk about your parents or other family members."

Aikou gulps and looks down at the ground and says "Zack is my only living family. The rest died in a fire that was meant to kill me."

Naruto hugs his friend again and glares at Sakura.

Sakura says "I'm sorry Aikou… I didn't know."

Zack says "its fine. You didn't know but that's why. We lost our parents when she was five. We moved around a lot after that."

Sakura asks "how come the fire was meant to kill you?"

Aikou says "I can't say."

Sasuke watched everything and thinks 'she's more like me than I thought. She is also like Naruto more than I think too. I can't believe that a girl like her could have lost her parents and moving around like that with the way she acts.' He looks down at the ground and thinks 'I'm gonna help her.'

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Kakashi shows up and tells them about the test before starting it. He looks at Zack to see him dodging the attack from his sister. Each of the sensei's had two bells so there would be more of a chance of at least two getting a bell.

Aikou appears next to Sasuke and whispers "we need to use teamwork. I know Zack the best so if we can get the bells he has then we pass." She glances at him and asks "want to help me?"

Sasuke looks at her and nods whispering back "alright. What do we do first?"

Aikou grins and pulls out her fans and says "watch out for the light that will come out of these. They will paralyze you until I release it. I'm doing a normal training play with him." she nods to a tree not that far away and says "I'm gonna appear there and Zack is gonna follow me. You need to appear behind him with a kunai to his throat while I grab the bells."

Sasuke nods and says "alright."

Aikou nods and jumps down charging at her brother and jumps over him flipping while flicking her fans at him as the white light flies at him.

Zack dodges and glances around and sensing but only sensing his sister and Kakashi around. He throws weapons at his sister but finds her gone already and he follows her holding a kunai to her throat only to find one at his. He glances behind him and says "nice plan."

Aikou grab the bells and disappears away from her brother as Sasuke appears next to her and she hands him a bell.

Sasuke smirks as he leans against the tree trunk with one bell.

Aikou grins and jingles her new shiny bell. She looks down at her brother and says "your always fall for that."

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Zack laughs and says "I guess so. Well come on we need to go back to the clock and wait there until the other two and Kakashi are done." He then jumps down heading the way.

Aikou and Sasuke jump down and Sasuke asks "What was that light?"

Aikou says "I was born in the Hidden Village of Light in the now dead Darkness nation."

Sasuke nods and says "right. That would explain why I never heard of it."

Aikou smiles and says "yeah. It was mostly just the villagers and very few visitors." She looks up at the sky and says "Zack was a jounin when we where forced to leave. So, he is training me in the way of the Light Village. Plus I already knew a little bit of it from my mom training me."

Sasuke nods and asks "why are you so happy even after loosing your parents and trying to be killed?"

Aikou looks at him and says "I look at all the good things in life I have. I have friends and my brother. I'm alive and well. I'm on my way to becoming a great ninja." She smiles and says "that out weighs all of the bad that has happen to me."

Sasuke nods and says "right." he then goes into thought as he sits down by the lunches with Aikou sitting next to him. He glances at her and smirks at what he saw along with a small very light blush finding its way to his face.

Aikou was leaning back on her elbows with her face turned up to the sun with her eyes closed and a small smile on her face.

Zack smiles at the two before leaning against the poll he was leaning against.

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Later after the clock went, Sakura says "Sasuke-kun you got a bell! I knew you would!"

Naruto, who was tied to the pole, merely shouts about not being hungry.

Kakashi looks at Zack and asks "how did they get the two bells you had?"

Zack says "Teamwork. Aikou drew me into a trap and got them with the help of Sasuke." He looks at his sister and says "I didn't think you where paying attention in our training sessions but it seems like you where."

Aikou shrugs and says "not my fault that you always go after me when I disappear."

Kakashi chuckles and asks "when did you learn that?"

Aikou opens her eyes, moves her bangs from her face, and says "within the first three training sessions that I started doing it." Her amber eyes that where like her 'sexy no jutsu' eyes showed for once that caused Sasuke to gulp & blush a little bit, Sakura to pale, Naruto to exclaim 'that's like the jutsu's eyes!', and Kakashi to blink a couple of times.

Zack says "cover your eyes Nee-san. You're scaring them."

Aikou laughs and covers her eyes back up and sticks her tongue out at her brother and says "idiot!"

Kakashi chuckles at the two siblings and asks "What has you in a better mood Aikou?"

Aikou says "the sun." she looks back up at the sky with her eyes closed.

Kakashi looks confused and looks at Zack asking "what did she mean?"

Zack says "the sun always makes her happy for whatever reason considering that all her and most of my attacks are strongest in the darkness." He looks at his sister and the peaceful look on her face and smiles at her before saying "I'm glad she is back to normal."

Naruto grins and says "yeah!"

Sakura asks "um Kakashi-sensei do we pass?"

Kakashi says "you and Naruto don't but Aikou and Sasuke do for they got bells. They also get lunch along with you Sakura. Naruto doesn't get any food at all." He nods to Zack and they both disappear.

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Sakura started eating hers along with Sasuke and Aikou was just look at her food before getting up and moving over to Naruto and says "open." She had the chopsticks with food in them and she fed Naruto a couple of bites before Sakura offered some of her food. Aikou looked at Sakura and asks "why?"

Sakura says "I'm on a diet anyway." She looks down and says "Besides you three are the fighters on this team and you need your energy."

Aikou smiles and says "I'm spoiled… only Zack's food will do for me." she makes a face and says "Besides I don't feel like eating right now."

Kakashi appears with tons of dark clouds behind him and looks at all of them deadly before smiling and saying "you all pass!" the clouds went away and the sun shined down on them.

Zack laughs and says "pay up Kakashi! Told you I she would turn down your cooking." He holds his hand out.

Kakashi pouts and looks at Aikou before saying "I really dislike you for turning down my food." He pays Zack the money from the bet.

Zack grins and tosses Aikou the money before saying "how did you know that they would follow example?"

Aikou smiles wolf like and says "easy my dear Nii-san. My sixth sense."

Zack shudders and says "your scary sometimes."

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Aikou grins and says "I know!" she pulls out her fan and slices the ropes that where holding Naruto to the pole and puts her fan back in its place.

Sakura says "no way! How did that fan cut through that rope?"

Aikou stands up and says "an woman in a kimono can't carry weapons. they do carry fans and sometimes fans are the best weapon because they aren't." she smiles and says "that's something my mom used to tell me when she was teaching me to fight and dance with fans."

Naruto blinks and asks "dance with fans what do you mean?"

Kakashi says "ah your mother was a Kunoichi Geisha."

Zack nods and says "yeah. She was training Aikou in that too and basically did too." he smirks and says "she is the most graceful at times despite what you see." He dodges the blast of wind that was aimed for him and he sticks his tongue out at his sister.

Sakura asks "how old are you Zack-sensei?"

Zack says "twenty one." he grins and says "wanna go out?"

Aikou looks at Sakura before getting up and punching her brother and says "he is annoying like that."

Kakashi shakes his head and says "you two act like little kids together."

Naruto grins and says "yes! friends to prank people!"

Aikou shakes her head and says sadly "no Naruto-kun you got it all wrong." She grins evilly and says in a low evil voice "hell for Kakashi-sensei."

Zack says "even better!"

Kakashi sighs and says "child shut up and since all of you pass. Meet me on the bridge in the morning. Your all dismissed." He then disappears in a poof of smoke.

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Zack grins and says "you all are welcome to come to my house for dinner if you don't have plans tonight." He then disappears.

Naruto grins and says "I'm there! Zack's cooking is the best! Better than ramen!"

Aikou giggles and says "Naruto your always welcome to come no matter what night it is."

Sakura says "I have to check with my mom before hand… I don't know if I can or not."

Sasuke nods and says "I'll come."

Aikou nods and says "alright Sakura we can stop by and ask you mom on the way there."

Sakura nods and says "alright!" With that they all leave the grounds where they where stopping by Sakura's place to see if she could have dinner at Aikou's house before heading to Aikou's house.

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Aikou opens the door and yells "we are here! All four of us!" she looks at her teammates and says "Come on we can hang out in my room until dinner is read." She then heads up the stairs to her room and opens her door letting them in and then going in leaving her door open since it was a rule to leave her door open is men where in her room.

Sakura looks at Aikou's mirror, saw the pictures that where on the mirror, and saw one of Aikou and a red hair boy. She asks "is that the boy you used to like?"

Aikou looks over and says "yeah that's Gaara-kun." She turns on her TV, pulls out her Wii, and sets it up. She looks at Naruto and asks "up for tennis?"

Naruto grins and says "hell yeah!" he stands up grabbing a controller and steps back grinning.

Aikou turns it on and looks at the other two looking at them like they where crazy and she says "Naruto comes over a lot." She nods to her closet and says "that's why he has a few of his clothes hanging up in there." she starts the game and says "Naruto ya going down!" with that the game started.

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Zack leans in the doorway chuckling at his team. He smiles and says "kids dinner is ready and knowing Naruto and Aikou I know they are hungry." As if to prove his point both said pre-teen's stomachs growled loudly that caused both to blush and grin sheepishly. He laughs and says "wash up and then come down for dinner." He then leaves.

Aikou grins and says "bathroom is down the hall. The door is open so you can tell it's a bathroom." She walks over to the door that wasn't open in her room and opens it and says "and this is my bathroom. I know Naruto is dying to see it so Sakura can wash her hands here." She grins and steps into the room closing the door behind her.

Naruto pouts but turns and drags Sasuke to the other bathroom.

Sakura enters Aikou's bathroom and gasps at everything in there and says "wow this is so pretty." She walks over to the sink and washes her hands along with Aikou.

Aikou nods and says "I know. main reason why I don't let Naruto in here." She finishes washing her hands and then dries them on the black towel that was hanging up by the sink. She moves and sits on the sink waiting for Sakura to get finish and asks "why are you and Ino fighting all the time now?"

Sakura says "We are rivals. We both have crushes on Sasuke." She blushes a deep red and says "don't tell him please."

Aikou nods and says "I won't. I can see why you're not jealous of me when I sit next to or talk to Sasuke because you know I'm taken by someone else."

Sakura nods and says "yeah that's also why I will openly call you a friend." She dries her hands and then walks out of the bathroom with Aikou behind her.

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Zack grins at his sister and her friends as they sit down. he saw their shocked faces at the dinner he had made for them. he smiles and says "Eat up!"

Sakura asks "is it any good?"

Aikou gets her plate of food and says "yes. it's the best food in the world. He learned from our dad and our dad was the best cook." She starts eating.

Sakura takes a bite and then grins before eating more.

After dinner, everyone was sitting in the living room talking and somewhat watching the TV. Zack yawns and says "Well I'm going to bed. If you don't want to go home then feel free to crash on the couch." He then gets up and leaves.

Sakura yawns and says "I better get home." she stands up and leaves after saying good bye to everyone.

Sasuke stands up and leaves too saying a short good bye.

Naruto merely yawns and stretches out on the floor and says "I'm staying here."

Aikou giggles and says "alright. I'm gonna go get ready for bed." She then gets up and heads up to her room and her bathroom.

Naruto just gets up, heads up to the main bathroom, and gets ready for bed too before crashing on Aikou's floor.

Aikou giggles as she comes out of her room in her p.j.s that where just a t-shirt that used to be Zack's and shorts. She crawls into her bed and looks at the door as Zack walked in and hugs and gives her a kiss on the forehead g'night. He looks at Naruto and says "ya know you can sleep by her right?"

Naruto nods and says "yeah but the floor is so much more comfy to me." he grins and says "probly since I sleep on just a mat in my apartment."

The two siblings nod and Zack says "alright then g'night and sweet dreams." He then leaves turning off the lights.

SnowNeko: heres chapter four. i tired to make it long but i'm kindof on a writer's block for any story so i'm gonna be posting shorter chapters to make the story last longer. P.S. its my b-day today so be lucky that i felt like posting this chapter today.

Thanks for reading this far... anyway Review and c ya in a month! unless ofcorse I get 10 reviews then there will be a second update this month. i dont even care of the reviews are just random people saying happy b-day to me.

(Authoress Note: this chapter was placed up at 3:00 P.M. on July 06th 2007.)