Chapter 3
A/N: Okay, this came out really short, damn.
It's been a few days, Asuma stayed with me and we both wore one another out. I wasn't complaining, the twinges in my body were though. In this timeline, Asuma was the first to see my face. I didn't mind that. However, on the fourth day, I did confront him about calling me another name. He blushed and started to leave until I put my hand on his arm and stopped him.
"It's okay," I told him softly. For telling me his secret, even though it was inadvertently, I told him mine. "I'm in a similar position Asuma, I'm in love with someone I should not be." I rubbed the back of my neck sheepishly, he looked horrid and I couldn't help the laugh that slipped past my lips. "Iie Asuma, it's not you." I leaned and rubbed my lips against his jaw, "That's why I can do this," I traced down his jaw with my lips to his neck and collarbone. "I am not looking for an ever-lasting thing, and you're experimenting." He nodded but surprised me by placing a gentle kiss on my lips and thanked me.
When the exam finally finished, I decided to let Iruka do his thing. I'll see my team soon. After the forest, it was the preliminary exams. I knew what to expect, so when Orochimaru came to me, I was going to kill him and skin his snake hide and hang it on my wall. As well as finding a way to get Naruto to meet Jiraiya the right way. I flinched at the memory of the hurt look on his face. I have to train Sasuke, Jiraiya is better at training Naruto, and Sakura...she becomes a fabulous Koinichi. So there wasn't much I could change until later. However, I needed to stop Sasuke from going to Orochimaru.
Shaking my head, I walked to where they held the preliminary and waited against the wall. My eyes trailed over the students, smirking as I sen Gai show off. "Hm?" I said, as I "pretend" to not listen to him. In reality, Gai was someone I considered as a lover. He reminded me of Obito quite a bit, always realized that hard work was a helluva lot more worth than being a genius. However, my heart wasn't going to deal with anyone else but him. I rubbed my chest unconsciously as I thought about the bloody mess I found him in. 'Never again. This time will be different, somehow...' I told myself, and his spirit.
Leaning against the wall, I watched how they all interacted, however, this time was odd. He kept looking at me, Asuma walked over with Kurenai in tow, as well as Gai and I shook my head and smirked behind my mask. My eyes went to Asuma, watching how he was more relaxed, he nodded his head with a small smile and we talked slightly about the teams that were there. Sand, Rock, Leaf, Sound, it was pretty impressive. Then it started and all the genin were lined up, then the Jounin by the Hokage. I didn't know if I could stop Sarutobi from being killed, the only thing I could think of was warning him, I just hoped he'd trust me enough not to ask questions, if I didn't succeed on killing Orochimaru in time, rolling my neck, I locked eyes with him, and saw a flash of pain in them as he looked at the other. Quirking a brow at him, he shook his head. Alright, I guess this wasn't the time.
'After this, we will talk.'