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She left the apartment building as the sun was rising and waved at the man standing a few feet away. He came up to her.

"Happy? I kept my promise." She blinked before grinning.

"Seriously? That's wonderful!"

"Sure. Come on, you need to be tested."

"Please say you're actually going to talk to me now. Do you have a girlfriend?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"Because."

"Because why?"

"Why do you want to know?"

"Curious."

"Stop being curious then." He led her to the chuunin exam stadium where the Hokage, an ANBU, a jounin, and a chuunin were waiting. She looked around at them in surprise.

"What's going on?"

"We're going to test your skills. You will fight each of these shinobi, starting with the chuunin, and we will determine what skill level you're at. I will be watching from up there." He pointed and she nodded.

"Do I get any weapons?"

"No, this will be hand-to-hand combat, but you may use any jutsu you can. They will not hold back, so you shouldn't either. Whenever you're ready." Everyone one but the chuunin and Makoto left. She tilted her head and looked at him.

"I get to judge." She nodded and looked back at the chuunin.

"What's your name?"

"Why?"

"Curious."

"Iruka, Umino Iruka."

"Lunare Atsura, nice to meet you. Whenever you're ready then?" He nodded and Makoto raised an arm.

"Begin." Iruka attacker her faster than expected, but she dodged it easily anyway. She spun around too fast to see and hit him on the back of the neck, knocking him out. Makoto raised his arm.

"Match over. The winner, Lunare Atsura." She knelt by Iruka and turned him over. Makoto came over and picked him up.

"He'll be fine. You're against the jounin now." He walked away with Iruka.

"Begin."

"Ah! You now have the honor of going up against me! Might Guy!"

"I'm sure you know me now, so?"

"All right, let's go!" He took off almost as fast as she can be, shocking her and landing a hit.

"Damn, I should have remembered. He trains with weights and his best point is speed. Although, this could be a good thing. I can't show them I'm too strong, right?" She dodged his next attack., getting far enough away to perform a summoning. Without even thinking about it, she summoned three snow leopards. They quickly leap at Guy, distracting him long enough for Riz to drop kick him. He rolled to get away, and ended up next to the leopard, all of which instantly attacked him. Riz joined in, spinning on her hands and kicking him, sending him flying across the stadium to land in a heap, covered in scratches and bite marks. Makoto stared for a moment before raising his hand again.

"Match over. The winner, Lunare Atsura." Riz went over to make sure he was okay and saw him shakily get up first. He grinned and gave her a thumbs up before leaving. The ANBU appeared and Riz stood across from him.

"If you're both ready, begin!" The ANBU instantly started a jutsu, performing the hand signs at a fast pace. Riz blinked, but otherwise let nothing show on her face.

"A jutsu battle? Of course, a test of skills is not only in speed and taijutsu, but also genjutsu and ninjutsu." She performed her own jutsu, faster than he was. No one even saw her move her hand, and she knew the ANBU was shocked when he was suddenly surrounded by a whirlwind of flower petals. He tried to get out, but they surrounded him completely, encompassing him within. He started his own jutsu and Riz moved her hand slightly, causing them to start shooting out at him. This both injured and distracted him. It worked for a while until he preformed a fire jutsu, obliterating the petals. Riz took a step back and jumped out of the way of the flames, letting herself get singed in the process. She made it seem like a bigger injury than it was, kneeling down and rubbing the spot as if it was terribly painful. She smirked inwardly and got up slowly.

"This may be more difficult then I thought. I need to lose this battle." She ran at him and he preformed another jutsu, making her jump out of the way again as multiple weapons were shot at her. She got hit a couple of times by some shuriken. Pulling them out, she did another jutsu, slower than the first. He dodged it and rushed her, making her jump back. She let a bit of panic and weariness show on her face. Her back hit a wall and she cursed before being sent flying to the side. She got up and was struck with another jutsu. After a minute of getting pelting with punches and shuriken while surrounded by darkness, she fell to one knee, panting.

"I… give up." The attacks stopped and she looked up at the Hokage.

"You did well." She smirked inwardly and looked around to see the ANBU talking to Makoto. In the other direction, she could see Kakashi.

"Don't look so amused Kashi. You know I have to do this." She looked back at the Hokage.

"Do you need a medic?" Her eyes widened and she rapidly shook her head.

"No, I'm okay. I'll be just fine. Just need to rest." He nodded, clearly amused.

"Well, you can go. I'll see you tomorrow in my office." She nodded and he walked off. Makoto came up to her and smiled slightly.

"Good job. What did the Hokage say to you?"

"That I can go now and he'll see me tomorrow." She stood and smiled at him, "I'm kind of tired and hungry. Can we go back to the apartment?"

"Yes. This way. Come on." She followed him back to the apartment and invited him in.

"What do you mean no?"

"I'm not supposed to go into your apartment with you."

"Why not? You can't keep watch on me from out here, and I don't need protection. I won't try and leave either, which is also something you wouldn't know about from staying out here. Besides, I invited you in." He sighed and smiled slightly at her, clearly amused.

"You just don't give up, do you?" She smiled and tilted her head slightly.

"Nope! Come on, I can make something to eat, and I think there's tea somewhere I could make. Unless you would like something else?" He shook his head.

"It doesn't matter to me." She smiled and they entered the apartment. She found some tea and began that. She began to rummage through the pantry, trying to find something that she could make quickly. She finally decided on a stir-fry of sorts. She used ramen noodles, and whatever else she thought could go in it. By the time she was done with it, the tea was ready, and the entire apartment smelled good. The food didn't look very good, but she didn't care. She only smiled when Makoto looked at it oddly.

"Don't worry, it should taste just fine." To prove her point, she began eating it herself. She sighed when he still wouldn't.

"It's not poisoned. I doubt that would make a good impression on the village of me." He laughed and took a tentative bite of the food, blinking in surprise.

"Not bad."

"I'm glad you like it. You said you didn't have a girlfriend, right?"

"Right."

"You never did tell me why. Is it because there's no one you like? Or does no one like you? Or maybe it's because you're too busy?" She rolled her eyes when his head hit the table in exasperation.

"Why do you want to know so badly? Does my personal life interest you that much?"

"Depends, do you have anything else to talk about?"

"No."

"Then yes, it really does." He sighed, but smiled slightly anyway.

"I don't have much time for that, and no, there's no one I like."

"No one at all? What about me? Do you like me?" He looked up in shock to see her smile.

"What?!"

She laughed, "Do you like me at all? Maybe not as a girlfriend at all, but perhaps a friend?"

"I just met you."

"Wrong! You met me yesterday!" He sighed.

"I still don't know you well."

"I don't know you either, but I'll consider you a friend. I can tell you're not a bad person at all anyway." She smiled again and finished her meal before getting up to put the dishes away. Makoto finished his meal as well and brought in the dishes. She took them from him and they said goodnight. He went back outside to keep watch, while she went to bed. She lay there for a while until she heard the window open. She smiled and looked over to see a very pissed-off Kakashi.

"Something wrong?" He glared at her and pulled her close to him, pressing her to his body.

"You shouldn't be here. I know it's hard to believe, but I'm being watched. By a really nice man named Makoto, do you know him?" He growled and pushed her back onto the bed. She smirked and got up, wrapping her arms around him.

"Are you jealous Kashi? Were you watching everything I did? Were you stalking me and what you saw made you jealous?" She kissed his cheek and pulled away, laughing.

"No."

"Liar." He didn't answer, but shrugged and reopened the window. She watched him leave.

"If he keeps coming here, someone's going to get suspicious." She smiled and stretched out on the bed

xXx

By the time Makoto was knocking on her door, she had made a breakfast and set the table. She opened the door and invited him in to eat.

"You were planning this, weren't you?"

"Perhaps. I doubt you've eaten since you keep watch all night. By the way, when do you sleep?"

"I will later today, while you are talking with the Hokage."

"I almost forgot about that. I wonder what he's going to say…" They finished and he walked her to the Hokage's mansion, letting her go in the office alone. She entered and was greeted with a smile from the Hokage as he motioned for her to sit. She glanced around after the doors shut before he started talking.

"After watching you yesterday, I have decided to make you a chuunin. After a month or so, you may take the jounin exam if you so wish. You may go on some missions, and will learn anything you may need to know within this month. You still will need some lessons, and may start that today. Understood?"

"Yes."

"Dismissed then." She nodded and left, meeting up with Kakashi instead of Makoto.

"What are you doing here?"

"Giving Makoto a break."

"He is sleeping then?"

"Yes."

"That's good, he needed it."

"What did the Hokage say?"

"I'm a chuunin now, that means I'm ranked higher than you now, right?" She grinned.

"No."

"Bad mood much? I have to start lessons today, and can take on some missions. I can also take the jounin exam after a month."

"Are you going to?"

"I don't know. I might like being a chuunin. I wasn't one for very long before, after all." He rolled his eye.

"Chuunin are scary."

"How so?"

"Iruka hasn't stayed a child."

"I would certainly hope not! Seriously though, is he really that bad?"

"You have no idea."

"Am I supposed to? Anyway, where are we going?"

"To meet with my team."

"You have a genin team? That's hilarious! I can imagine it now…" He took out his book when she began to laugh, having it instantly ripped out of his hands.

"Give that back!"

"No. So, where are you supposed to meet them?"

"Training grounds."

"And you're late, again."

"Actually, no. I might even be early this time."

"Really?! That's amazing Kakashi. The only time you had ever been on time was when you were meeting me, what changed?"

"Nothing, old habit from being near you I guess."

"If we weren't out in public and it would be suspicious, I would hug you right now. Although, I can't help but think you're kind of being mean to them by being early."

"You would rather me be late?"

"No, I don't want to hear a lame excuse." He chuckled as they neared the training grounds. There was no one there.

"Just how early are you?"

"Ten minutes at most."

"Who's on your team anyway?"

"Well, there's Naruto and Haruno Sakura, do you know her?"

"I've heard the name before, but that's all. Who else?"

"Sasuke." Kakashi made a point to not look at her after he said this.

"Sasuke?! You brought me with you and Sasuke's going to be here? What is wrong with you?!"

"Is there something wrong Atsura?"

"You are so dead." He smiled at her and snatched his book back. Riz glared and quickly burned it before walking to a tree to sit under, leaving an appalled Kakashi behind. He glared at her and she smirked.

"I know where you keep the rest." Kakashi paled and turned away from her to where Sakura had just appeared. She wasn't looking at them, but when she did, Riz began to laugh.

"KAKASHI-SENSEI?! What are you doing here?! You're early!" Kakashi shrugged and leaned against a tree to wait for the rest of the team. Sakura just stared at her teacher before turning around when she heard her name.

"Sakura! Hey!" She rolled her eyes and turned away again.

"How are you Saku-? Kakashi-sensei?! Why are you here? You're always late, dattebayo! And you're not reading your book! I get it! You're not really Kakashi-sensei, are you?! Who are you?" Naruto glared at Kakashi and Riz couldn't help but laugh, catching the two genin's attention.

"Who are you?"

"Sorry. I'm Atsura. And you?"

"Haruno Sakura. I've never seen you here before."

"I'm new."

"She's a chuunin. Atsura, this is Uzumaki Naruto."

"And I'm going to be Hokage one day, dattebayo! So, you're new? And all ready a chuunin?! That's super cool! How old are you? Where are you from? Do you like being a shinobi? Why did you come to Konoha? And-" Naruto was effectively shut up by A hand over his mouth and Riz laughing.

"Do you ever shut up? Let's see, I'm about 19 and I came to Konoha to become a better ninja."

"Cool! How come you're a chuunin all ready?"

"You would have to ask the Hokage that. He made me one."

"Naruto, if you're done, can you go get Sasuke? He's late."

"It's your fault for being early, dattebayo!"

"Go get him." Naruto sighed and walked off, grumbling.

"I could get him Kakashi-sensei!"

"You can go with him then." Sakura smiled and took off. As soon as she passed him, Naruto began running too. Riz laughed as Kakashi sat next to her.

"Such a lively team for such a lazy person. You look bored. Is it because I burned your porn?"

"Maa… I'm fine." Riz smirked.

"Well, no one's here anymore. Tell me what you've been up to."

"Nothing much. Left ANBU and became a jounin not too long after you left."

"That's it? Four years and that's all you do?" He shrugged.

"Someone's coming." She scowled at him and looked over to see only one person.

"Is that Sasuke?! Where's Naruto and Sakura?"

"Calm down. They probably missed each other. They'll be back soon enough."

"You are completely missing the point here."

"You're early." Kakashi shrugged.

"You're late. I had to send Naruto and Sakura to find you."

"Hn." He looked over at Riz.

"Sasuke, this is Atsura. Atsura, Uchiha Sasuke."

"Hello."

"Hn." She glared at him.

"It's customary to say hello." He ignored her and she glared at Kakashi instead.

"Just say hello Sasuke. She's new here and a higher rank. Be nice." He turned his head away.

"Hi."

"You need to talk more Sasuke. Or should I call you Sasuke-chan?" His head whipped back at her and he gave her his harshest glare. She only smiled at him.

"Well? Which is it? You must talk Sasuke-chan. You have to learn to speak in sentences." His glare intensified. She continued to smile sweetly.

"Sasuke-chan. Do you know how to speak? I'm waiting."

"Stop that."

"Stop what Sasuke-chan? You need to be more specific." His eye twitched.

"Stop calling me that."

"Calling you what Sasuke-chan? I'm using your name? Would you rather me call you Baby Sasuke-chan?"

"Just Sasuke. No chan or baby."

"Awww, but it was just so much fun. That still wasn't a very good sentence, but it's better than nothing I suppose. Oh! I see Naruto and Sakura!"

"OI! Sasuke! When did you get here? We were looking everywhere for you, dattebayo!"

"Hello Sasuke-kun!"

"Hn."

"That didn't sound like a complete sentence or even a hello Sasuke-chan."

"Hi."

"Whoa! Sasuke, did you actually say hi?!"

"Shut up dobe." Riz smacked him the same time Naruto yelled at him.

"Teme!" Riz glared at the blond.

"Do I have to hit you too?" She caught Sasuke's foot as he tried to kick her and quickly pinned him to the tree, right beside Kakashi.

"I did say she was a higher rank than you."

"Shut up." Riz smiled at him and sat back down as Kakashi got up and let Sasuke down.

"Any chance you could not attack my team?"

"There's a chance of everything."

"Of course. How likely?"

"Ask the quiet one."

"Not very then." He turned to his team, "Well, it's just training today, so get to it."

"Kakashi! You should be training them! Not just having them train alone! You get to it!" He sighed.

"Fine. We'll be working on chakra control and standing on water. Come on." Riz got up and followed him, Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke all looking at her strangely.

"She must be really scary to make Kakashi-sensei do that." Sakura and Sasuke nodded before they all followed the two.

xXx

20 minutes into the training, Sakura had all ready mastered it. Sasuke was doing well, but Naruto was, well, it's Naruto. An hour later and Naruto could stand more. Another hour and he had it down. Sasuke had it half an hour earlier. Riz watched them in silence, only speaking to congratulate Sakura on getting it so quickly. She didn't even make fun of Kakashi when Naruto almost knocked him over. She smiled at him when he sat beside her.

"Done for the day Kakashi?"

"Yes."

"You don't seem too happy. I bet I can make you laugh though." He shrugged.

"Try it." She smiled and stretched before diving into the water. Kakashi watched as Sakura was suddenly pulled under, followed quickly by Naruto. He wondered why they didn't come back up, but decided to wait and see.

By now, Riz had done a water jutsu so Sakura and Naruto could stay under for quite a long time. She motioned for them to be still as she swam over to Sasuke. She circled him for a while, leaving small hints that she, or something, was there. She smirked when he began to walk faster towards the shore. When he was almost there, she grabbed his ankle and yanked him under, undoing the water jutsu at the same time. By the time he looked around, she was gone. He resurfaced to find both her and Kakashi laughing. He glared at them, but otherwise said nothing. Their training ended, and Riz followed Kakashi back to her apartment, inviting him in. He didn't even hesitate and accepted her offer, telling her that unless he or Makoto had a mission, he was going to be her guard every other day.


Sorry it's short! Again, The Unknown Scribe needs to lose the The. Review please!