--Four weeks later...--

Sakura ran through the clearing, looking around, then cursing, and running out again. She was wearing new clothes, as she didn't find the old ones to be good for combat. Now she wore the same top of the dress, but had dyed it to be white and black, so most of it was white, with the exception of the patterns that had been there, which were black. She now had white bell sleeves too. Both her hands were bandaged. Naruto had convinced her to dye them black so they would hide any blood it soaked in, making her look stronger to enemies while fighting. On the bottom, she wore white three-quarter trousers, and the normal ninja shoes. She had her hair tied up in a low ponytail, which trailed behind her as she ran.

"Where are they?" She whispered to herself in frustration. She had learnt a new jutsu from the scroll and wanted to show her teammates, who were nowhere to be found. She sighed and took to the trees, speeding through them faster than she ever had been able to do before. If two weeks of training could produce these results, she thought happily, what would a year do? During the time, she had focused on two things; her stamina and 'bloodline'. By charging chakra into her fist, and releasing it in short, controlled bursts, she could hit something with extreme force. She had learnt this while punching a tree, determined to become strong. She heard familiar voices, and turned sharply to the left, entering another clearing, where she found Naruto and Sasuke sparring lightly.

"Aww, now it won't be fair!" She said, with a slight whine to her voice, proving that she had taken on a bit of Naruto's personality, as all of Team seven were influenced by each other. The two boys turned and looked at her in confusion. She smirked, and walked up to them. "I want to fight one of you. Now." She said and Naruto giggled.

"We have another Sasuke now." He said. "And now Sakura fights Sasuke for the title of Bad Ass!" Soon after, Naruto was punched into a nearby tree. "Woah, there! Save your energy for the fight, Sakura-chan!" He called, getting up from the crushing blow almost instantly.

Sakura then looked at Sasuke, and raised an eyebrow at Sasuke's clothes. He wore black trousers and the same shoes. He wore a fish net shirt with a type of padding strapped to his chest like Kiba did, and over that he had an open black jacket, with a large neck and the Uchiha symbol on the back. (Inside, Inner Sakura is drooling)

"What's with the new clothes?"

"Naruto changed his, you changed yours, but you both get all excited when I change mine? Am I that awesome?" Sasuke said, coolly. Sakura rolled her eyes.

"Hardly, but your clothes were fit for shinobi, and you aren't a cross dresser." She said, and brought her fist up. The two ran at each other, and Sakura swung her fist at Sasuke's face, but he dodged, running up a tree to a high branch, then made seals.

"Katon: Fireball technique!" He yelled, and hundreds of tiny fireballs shot towards her. She opened her mouth and let out a high pitch screech, and sound waved moved outwards, pushing the fireballs away. She then held a hand out towards Sasuke, and started to sing or chant a strand of words from a different language. Sasuke felt a pull, and second or two later, he found himself two meters away from the kunoichi, with her fist coming towards him. "Shit!" He cried, and jumped away, making more seals as he did. His hand sparked slightly with a small charge of electricity. He jumped down, and placed his hand on the ground. Sakura stared at him as if he was crazy. Suddenly she felt a shock and jumped back, wincing in pain. She looked up to her crush in shock. He smirked. "You didn't hear the name of the jutsu, Sakura-chan. It is Earth and Lighting style: Conducting Technique. Electricity passes through the ground. I just lead it towards you." He said, and charged his hand again with the jutsu.

Sakura jumped around, to dodge the attacks, while her brain tried try to think of a solution. It did. She smiled to herself and jumped onto a tree. She saw the bottom of the tree smoke slightly, but she wasn't harmed. "You can't use Wood elements, can you? That was only possible by the First." She said smugly, and started to sing a light song, and Sasuke started to feel light-headed and happy. But suddenly the song turned daunting and dangerous. Sasuke felt some kind of killing intent surrounding him, and looked back up from himself to Sakura. His eyes widened as a dark glow surrounded his teammate, and a true banshee took her place, hair lengthening and flying behind her, a long, bloodstained dress barely touched the floor as she floated a bit off the ground. She screeched and flew towards him, sharp nails flying towards him, in fast swings. As one hit is arm, the skin turned grey, as if the flesh had died.

A few minutes of mauling later, Sasuke fell to his knees. He saw a flash, and when he could see again, he saw Sakura standing above him, as normal as ever. He looked down, and saw no big wounds. Sakura saw the confusion on his face. "Genjutsu, Sasuke-kun. That was a nice fight." She said, smiling widely.

Sasuke rolled his eyes, and got up, dusting his clothes. "Yeah, it was. Hey Naruto," He called up to the other boy, who cocked his head to the side in question. "When are you going to show us your moves?"

Naruto laughed. "In the Exams! I just LOVE to show off, ya know!" Naruto said, giggling a bit.

Sakura pouted. "Aww, can we have a hint, please?" Sakura asked, and Naruto jumped down to their level.

"Of course, Sakura-chan!" He put his hands on his hips. "This is all I'm gonna say! It involves a blizzard." He said, and the other two sweatdropped.

Sasuke sighed. "That doesn't help us to guess at all, Naruto! That was as helpful as you are straight!" He jeered, joking, with a smile on his face.

Naruto pouted, pulling off the 'kicked puppy' look perfectly. "Why must you always bring my sexual orientation into our conversations, SAS-KAY-KUN?" He whined, gaining a giggle from Sakura. Sasuke gaped.

"You aren't denying it, Naruto?" He asked, and Naruto shook his head.

"No point anymore. Also having you bug me about it every two seconds is annoying as hell!" Sasuke grinned triumphantly. "But if Kakashi-sensei tries to put the moves on me, swear to Kami-sama, I'll become asexual!" At this Sakura and Sasuke glared.

"Has he been on to you, Naru-chan? If he has, I'll fucking kill him, then revive him, then kill him again!" Sakura cried, and Sasuke nodded in agreement. Naruto sweatdropped at their protectiveness.

POOF! "Yo, Minna-chan!" Kakashi greeted. "Hello, Ero-sensei." Sasuke and Sakura greeted back.

Naruto had his own nickname though. "Hi Kaka-Baka!" Naruto said. "Done spying on us?"

Kakashi nodded. "Though I'm kinda hurt that you would think of me as a pedophile, that was a nice spar, you two!" He praised his students, and took out his book, Icha Icha Paradise Yaoi edition, which was under a strong Henge. "Anyways, that's not why I'm here. I'm here to tell you that the Chunnin Exams are up, and I believe that you three are ready for them!" He announced, taking out three slips of paper, with names on them, saying that they have been allowed to participate. The gennin took their slips, looking over them in excitement.

"Wow, thanks Kaka-Baka! This is great!" Naruto cried, the others agreeing. "So when's the exam?" Sasuke asked, Kakashi tried to remember the date. "Umm, the exams on...tomorrow." He said, his eye forming a U shape. Team Seven panicked, with the exception of Sasuke, who was simply too cool for that. He settled for glaring at his teacher.

"what! I've got to prepare! See ya tomorrow, guys!" Sakura cried, running off.

Naruto giggled, leaning against a tree. "Trust her to only look for us to spar, but run off when it ends!" He commented.

Sasuke turned away from Kakashi to Naruto. "Don't you have to pack, Naruto?" he asked, and Naruto shook his head. He prodded the scroll in his belt.

"Got it all right here, Sasuke-kun. I don't need to worry about it!" He crowed.

Sasuke rolled his eyes, glared one last time at Kakashi, then walked off, muttering a goodbye to the two. Kakashi lifted a hand to bid Sasuke farewell, then turned to Naruto, his nose still buried in his porn. "So, what are you going to do now, Naru-chan?" He asked. Naruto eyed him carefully. Kakashi brought his head out of his book, cocking it to the side. "Naruto?" He asked again, bringing Naruto out of his thoughts. Naruto kept looking at him though. "Well..." He mumbled slowly, while stepping closer to Kakashi until they were standing against each other. "I'm going to do this..." Naruto breathed, and Kakashi's visible eye widened. "And I'm going to do this!" Naruto, taking advanage of his sensei's temporary shock, reached up, and plucked the Icha Icha Paradise book out of Kakashi's hands. He stepped away, and walked off, giggling as he snuck a look at the page he had turned to.

Kakashi stood there, shocked, for a full ten minutes, until he reached into his pocket, pulled out his second copy, and walked out of the clearing.