Hey readers! I'm so sorry about the late update but with the holidays, my computer having no internet, and getting ready to go back to school, things are just a little hectic. Thank you to Ray-nee-chan for being the first reviewer. I tried to make this chapter a little longer. Let me know if it works!

3. "Training" and Yuki's Bad Dream

After their ramen feast everyone headed home to get some sleep. In the home of Kakashi Hatake, Yuki slept fitfully. She kept having a reoccurring nightmare.

In her nightmare she was surrounded by fire. There were dead bodies everywhere. This shocked her and she walked through the flames searching for a sign of life. Seeing nothing but flames and char, she turned and went back to where she was. However, when she turned around she was met with a gruesome sight.

Lying on the floor was the lifeless body of a woman. She turned to see a large group of men towering over her. She cowered in fear until she heard a crash. Yuki turned to see Kocha standing in front of her. Yuki looked behind her and almost screamed. Lying before her were the lifeless bodies of Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi. It looked like they had been brutally murdered. Yuki fell to her knees with tears streaming down her face. She turned to see Kocha now lying dead on the floor with the men still standing without a scratch.

"No." she whispered. "This can't be. They were all so strong!"

She continued to cry, not sensing that there was a presence behind her. A new voice spoke to her in her hellish dream. "They weren't strong enough to face me and now, my snowflake, you are mine."

Hearing this Yuki turned and saw a figure standing above her. The only thing she saw before she woke up was that the figure had red eyes.

"NO!!!" Yuki woke up in a cold sweat, screaming and clutching her chest. She heard footsteps pounding through the hallway and immediately tensed. Her door flew open and there stood Kakashi.

Kakashi saw the state she was in and rushed to her side. "Yuki," he spoke, startled. "Are you alright!?"

Yuki looked up at him with fearful eyes and then flung her arms around him almost sending him to the floor. "Kakashi!" Yuki cried. "You're okay!!" she began to sob into his chest. "It was awful!"

Kakashi put his arms around her and tried to calm her down. He hadn't seen her like this since he first found her. It made his heart ache to see his little girl like this.

Tensing up, Kakashi heard footsteps then he relaxed after recognizing the face in the doorway. He went back to comforting Yuki.

"She's fine, Kocha," he assured. "A little scared, but fine otherwise."

Kocha let out a breath of relief. As soon as she heard Yuki scream her sword was out and she searched for unfamiliar chakra in the house. As soon as that was done, she ran to Yuki.

Kocha walked over to the bed and sat down beside the trembling girl. She put a hand on Yuki's head and began to smooth back her damp hair. "Yuki," she said gently. "What happened?" Kocha suddenly became shocked. Yuki's eyes told her that she remembered her.

"I remembered!" Yuki told them. "I only remember you, Kocha but that's all." She continued to tell them about the nightmare. After a few minutes passed Kocha gently pushed her down to her pillow. "You need to rest." She told her.

Yuki began to shake her head vigorously. "No!" she said, fear in her voice. "I don't want to sleep! I don't want to see that again. Please, don't make me!"

Kocha's chest tightened at the site of Yuki. She leaned down and touched her forehead to Yuki's. "I will be right here, Yuki-chan." I promise that nothing will happen to you."

Yuki calmed down and closed her eyes, drifting off to sleep. Kocha smiled warmly and moved to get up. She was instantly pulled back down. Confused, Kocha looked and saw that Yuki was clutching her hand tightly. Kocha just smiled and shook her head.

"She's lucky to have you," smiled Kakashi, looking at Kocha.

"I could say the same about you." She said looking into Kakashi's eye. For a moment that's all they did. Finally, Kocha looked away. She felt heat rising to her cheeks. Am I blushing!? She thought.

"Well," said Kakashi standing up quickly. "I better get back to bed. Goodnight, you two."

"Goodnight," murmured Kocha, lying down next to Yuki. He was blushing too?

The sunlight shone in through Yuki's window and shined on her face. She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and sat up in bed. Whoa! She thought. Did I gain weight overnight?

She looked sown and saw the sleeping form of Kocha. Suddenly, last night's events replayed in Yuki's head including her nightmare, Kakashi, and Kocha's promise. Not wanting to wake up her friend, Yuki made a hand sign and a bit of wind came in from the window. It wrapped around her body and lifted her off the bed, carrying her to the floor.

Unfortunately, when her feet hit the floor she slipped on one of her discarded shirts, sending her to the floor. Kocha woke up with a start. Noticing that Yuki was not in her bed she assumed the worst and jumped out of bed only to fall to the floor. The funny thing was, the floor groaned.

"…Yuki?" asked Kocha. "What are you doing?"

"Well," said Yuki. "I was trying to get downstairs without waking you up. But I guess that didn't work too well."

Kocha got off of Yuki, a small smile on her face. She shook her head and tousled Yuki's hair with her hand. "What am I going to do with you?"

"Am I interrupting anything?" The two girls saw Kakashi standing in the doorway, reading his book.

"No," said Kocha. "Everything's fine, Kakashi-san."

"Just Kakashi, if you please." He said looking up from his book. "It makes me feel old."

"But you are old, Kakashi!" Yuki quickly rose and tackled Kakashi to the ground.

"Gee thanks!" laughed Kakashi.

Yuki giggled and looked up at Kakashi with loving eyes. "I mean in a good way." She winked.

Kakashi smiled and rose to his feet. "Well, you had better get dressed young lady. We have an extensive training day today." He told her.

"Alright!" said Yuki. She turned around and saw Kocha standing in front of her with a disappointed look on her face. She raised the book Kakashi had dropped from Yuki's attack to his face. "You're sick." She said plainly.

"What?" said Kakashi raising his palms. "It's a hobby."

"Whatever." She said thrusting the book into his chest. "I'll be downstairs. Don't take too long or you'll be even later."

The two watched as Kocha walked around the corner and out of sight. Yuki leaned over to Kakashi and whispered, "That could have gone better."

"You think so, too?" Kakashi said playfully. Yuki nodded. "Maybe I should just stick to ninja training." He sighed. Yuki only giggled to herself.

After a hearty breakfast, Yuki and Kakashi headed out the door. It was only when Yuki stopped that Kakashi turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Kocha," Yuki asked. "Aren't you coming?"

"I thought I might be in the way." She replied.

"Nonsense!" Yuki objected. "You can come with us. I'm sure that Kakashi-sensei would like the company. Right, Sensei?" Kakashi nodded while once again reading his book. Yuki just sighed, walked over to Kocha and pulled her towards Kakashi. "Don't worry." She whispered. "He really would appreciate the company." Kocha smiled and they all set off for the training grounds.

Yuki knew that they were late when they approached the grounds. Likewise, she expected the yelling from Naruto and Sakura when they saw Kakashi.

Sakura and Naruto ran up to Kakashi and screamed, "You're late!"

Kakashi scratched the back of his head and said, "Well, you see, I was trying to answer one of life's age old questions, and I got side-tracked."

The two angry genin yelled at him calling him a liar. Kocha stared in amazement while Yuki walked over to Sasuke, who was shaking his head at the sight. "They're acting like kids." He muttered.

"Well, Sasuke," said Yuki. "We are only 13." Sasuke just stared at the ground.

"Okay, okay," said Kakashi. "Today we are going to do some extensive training with chakra. Yuki, Sakura, I want you two to work on transferring chakra to each other. Kocha will stay to watch your progress."

I will? Thought Kocha

"Sasuke, Naruto. You two will come with me." Kakashi continued.

While the boys went into the forest the girls stayed in the meadow. Kocha cleared her throat and said, "Alright, let's get to it."

Yuki and Sakura nodded and sat on the grass, deep in meditation. After an hour Kocha became extremely bored by the silence. She walked over to a tree and sat in the shade with her hands behind her head.

Yuki was deep in thought, trying to gather enough chakra. Once she had enough she pictured Sakura in her mind. Okay, she thought. I hope this works!

Kocha stopped daydreaming and looked over her shoulder to check on the girls. The sight she saw made her rise to her feet and stare in awe. Yuki's body was radiating a white glow. The glow traveled out of her body and into Sakura's body. Sakura's body glowed a little and then they both opened their eyes.

"Did you just-," Sakura said.

"I think I did!" Yuki interrupted.

"You did it, Yuki!" Sakura cheered. She ran to hug her best friend jumping up and down in excitement. Yuki, who was still trying to get over the shock, stood there dumbfounded.

Kocha smirked at the two and said, "Congratulations, Yuki. You have successfully transferred your chakra." She turned to Sakura and said, "Now you try it." Sakura nodded and concentrated all of her chakra in her body. She made a hand sign as a green glow came around her body. The glow, then, left her body and was absorbed into Yuki's. They both opened their eyes and hugged as they cheered.

"Congratulations," said Kocha. "You have completed the first part of today's training. As soon as Kakashi returns we can continue with the rest of today's training….Whatever they may be."

Kocha took her usual place by the tree while the two girls laid in the sun with their heads touching each other. "Hey, Yuki," said Sakura. "What do you think Sasuke and Naruto are doing?"

"I don't know." Yuki answered. "But I bet they're not having as much fun as we are!"

"Wow," said Kakashi shaking his head. "Have you two learned nothing from the fight with Zabuza and Haku? I expected a little more from you two."

"Give us a break, Kakashi-sensei!" complained Naruto. "It's just been a while since then."

"You call that an excuse?" said Kakashi. "You should be getting stronger after each mission, not lax! If you choose to slack off after a mission you're sure to get yourself killed in the next."

"You're such a loser, Naruto," said Sasuke. "Even I train after a mission."

"Shut up, Sasuke!!" yelled Naruto. "I'm still stronger than you'll ever be!"

"Prove it!" growled Sasuke.

"Alright!" boomed Kakashi. "Okay, let's try a different kind of training"

"What do you mean, Sensei?" asked Naruto.

"What I mean is that you two are ready for a very high-level training," said Kakashi.

"Yeah!" cheered Naruto. "I'm ready for this! Believe it!"

"Tch, fine," scoffed Sasuke.

Kakashi opened one of his pouches and took out objects of different colors. "Good," he smiled. "Then, take these and go to the river. After that I want you to ambush the girls." Kakashi handed the items over and left the two to their mission.

Naruto and Sasuke looked at what was given to them. They got questioning looks on their faces. Naruto examined the object and asked, "What does he want with balloons?"

Kocha's scenes immediately went on alert. She felt a presence nearby so she looked toward the two girls who were conversing. Getting up she walked toward the source of the unknown source.

"Kocha," Yuki called. "Where are you going?"

"Nowhere," replied Kocha. "Just continue your conversation." Yuki gave her a wary look and shrugged her shoulders.

As soon as she was away from their eyes, Kocha put her hand on the handle of her blade. She dashed toward the now known scent of chakra which led her straight to Kakashi Hatake. She lowered her hand and rolled her eyes. She smirked evilly as she advanced slowly toward the jounin with cat-like stealth, making sure her chakra was concealed. She maneuvered behind him and said, "And just what are you doing, Kakashi?"

Kakashi jumped a little and turned to meet Kocha's heated stare,, gold eyes boring into his. His hand went to the back of his head and said, "Kocha! Heh, w-what are you doing here?" I never even sensed her coming!

"Making sure you're doing your job, you pervert!" Kocha glared putting her hands on her hips.

"Oh, don't you worry!" Kakashi smiled. "I am."

"What did you do?" Kocha growled.

"Me?" Kakashi pointed to himself. "I haven't done anything."

Just then, they heard screams coming from where she had left the girls. Panic searing through her, Kocha turned to Kakashi and said, "Come on! They might be in trouble!" Together they sprinted back to the girls.

"Naruto!" screamed Sakura. "You big idiot! What are you doing!?" Another water balloon splattered all over her face.

"This is awesome!" said Naruto readying another balloon. "I don't know what this has to do with training."

Sasuke just smirked and aimed back to his target; Yuki. He took out another balloon and looked for the opening. Yuki was trying to fend them off but it proved to no avail. She was sopping wet.

Where are you, Sasuke! She thought trying to sense his chakra. It was too late. She felt a presence behind her. An arm wrapped around her pinning her arms to her sides and locking her against a body. She gasped in surprise as she heard a voice say, "Gotcha." He slammed the balloon over Yuki's silver-haired head soaking her even more.

"Sasuke!" Yuki growled. "What are you doing!?"

"Training," Sasuke smirked as he readied another assault.

"Let me go right now or I swear I will-"

"Or you'll what?" Sasuke slammed another water balloon on her head.

"What in the hell!?" shouted a disgruntled voice. The four genin turned their heads and saw Kocha standing there with Kakashi. The sight that Kocha saw made her want to do horrible and painful things to Kakashi. Naruto was standing over Sakura with another water balloon raised over his head ready to throw it at her. Sakura was shivering with cold looking at her teachers.

Kocha turned from the spectacle to look at the next. She saw Sasuke pinning Yuki to his body with his hand on her head. Kocha's eye twitched and she turned to Kakashi who flinched at the sight of her anger. Grabbing the cloth at the base of his neck she yelled, "Why do I think that this is your fault!?"

Kakashi's face contorted as she raised her fist at him. "No, really!" he laughed nervously. "I had nothing to do with this!"

"Like I believe that!" she hissed.

The four genin just blinked in amazement at the sight of their teachers. It was the first time they had seen Kakashi get scolded by another person. Finally, thinking it had gone on long enough Yuki raised herself away from Sasuke then made a hand sign and said, "Soshigan!" The water from all of them seemed to come off of their body like floating snakes. They formed a massive sphere then fell to the ground only to be absorbed by the grass. Yuki released her power and breathed a sigh of relief.

After things calmed down the six ninja walked back to the village. After a while a while Kocha asked, "So what kind of training was that?"

"Shinobi battle tactic," said Kakashi with a shrug. "Ambush the enemy and be sure to clear the area of the enemy. The girls were supposed to immediately put up a defense formation."

"Yeah," Yuki said, sulking. "Thanks for the warning."

"Ambushes happen unexpectedly," said Kakashi. "Like the one yesterday. We were at a disadvantage because you all were never taught what to do in that situation. If Kocha hadn't come when she did, we all would have been captured or worse."

"Oh!" said Naruto. "Now I get it."

"Yeah right," said Sasuke. "You were so trigger happy you didn't even focus on a clean target. You just kept on pelting Sakura the entire time."

"That's enough." Said Kocha. "I have a headache and you two aren't making things better." She rose her hand to her head. "You got out of one bad punishment, Kakashi." She glared.

"I do what I can!" smiled Kakashi. "Oh, that reminds me. I told the Hokage that you four are ready for the Chunin Exams. Let me know in two days time if you are ready to take it."

With that said, Kakashi walked ahead of them. The four genin stood there wide-eyed. One though went through their minds: Chunin Exams!!?