Disclaimer: Don't own it. Also, some of the lines/scenes in this chapter are taken directly out of the manga.
Sakura woke up first, used to early starts.
She stared unashamedly at Shino's restful features, committing them to memory. No matter what happened, no matter what she'd have to do – at least she'd have this memory.
She watched as his eyes moved beneath his lids, and he finally stirred.
He seemed to be doing the same thing to her.
"I should go," he spoke quietly, wishing the opposite was true. "My Dad will be worried. And I have to meet my team."
Sakura sat up.
"I understand," she looked away. "Look after yourself Shino-kun. And Kiba and Hinata. They'll need you."
He nodded, straightening out his clothes, and putting on his jacket.
"Do you have anyone looking out for you, Sakura-chan?" he asked suddenly.
"Yes," she replied simply, giving him a sad smile. "I do."
"Good."
She escorted him to the door and peeled off the security seal, but before she could open the door, he pulled her into another hug from behind.
She'd never expected Shino to be like this, before she got to know him – he had always seemed so aloof. But she had come to realize his emotions ran deep, and he had a few rejection complexes.
She turned around slowly until their noses were brushing.
Wordlessly, he planted a tender kiss on her lips.
"Shino..."
"This may be the last time I get the chance to kiss you Sakura-chan," he spoke softly. "Take care."
With a final kiss, he disappeared, leaving her staring stupidly at the door.
With a sigh, she collected a new set of clothes and headed towards the shower.
'If only I could have foreseen this...'
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Her second day back was extremely busy – she completed her application forms for the chunin exams along with her team and handed them in at the agreed time.
She even giggled, seeing Izumo and Kotetsu in their genin forms. Not that watching them hassling Lee was all that hilarious, but she knew he wouldn't come to any real harm.
"Please let us pass," TenTen asked, but Kotetsu punched her in the face with lightning speed, making her fall to the ground.
"Horrible..." somebody muttered.
"What'd you say?" Kotestu leered at them. "Listen to me: this is our kindness. The chunin exam isn't easy. Even we have failed it three times. There are those who fail and end up quitting as shinobi – there are those who die: we've seen it all. And chunins often become captains of military teams. The failure of a mission, the death of a comrade... That's all the captain's responsibility. And you kids... you think you can pass?"
Tenten frowned, picking herself up off the ground, but Kotetsu glared at her, making her shy back a little.
"All we're doing is thinning out those that will fail anyway. What's wrong with that?" he said haughtily.
"I agree, but..." Sasuke spoke from beside her. "You will let me pass though... And also remove the genjutsu on the surroundings. I'm going to the third floor."
The crowd began to mutter in confusion.
"Ah," Kotestu grinned.
"So you noticed," Izumo completed, with a smirk of his own.
"Sakura, you must have noticed it first, right?" Sasuke turned to her.
"Of course," she winked back at him – obviously, he'd gotten over the grudge of her breaking his nose. "This is the second floor."
She approached the two chunin in disguise.
"You know, you guys remind me of some people I know," she tapped her chin thoughtfully, before leaning in to examine Kotetsu's face. "Yeah, he looks just like you, only a little older. Only, he wears a bandage across his nose."
"So this guys pretty good looking, huh?" her target smirked back at her, but she just laughed.
"Nah, he's a complete brat," she teased, making him pout. "His friends pretty hot though. You'd like him – he seems like your type."
"What?" he yelped, and made a grab for her, but she danced away.
"See you later!" she called out behind her as her and her team continued up the stairs, team Gai close behind.
"HEY! I'm not gay!" his voice followed them, along with Izumo's laughter.
"Hey, hey, Sakura-chan," Naruto said from beside her. "Did you know them?"
"They're friends of mine," she answered him, still grinning wickedly from the reaction she'd got. "But they're using a henge to appear younger. They're actually chunins."
"How are you friends with chunins?" Sasuke asked unhappily.
"I approached them to help me with my research," she informed him. "And ended up scabbing some training as well. They're easy to bribe, when it's something harmless like that. Besides, they're actually nice guys."
"He didn't seem very nice," TenTen offered her opinion.
"You could've easily defended yourself," Naruto frowned at her and Lee. "Why didn't you fight back?"
"We don't want to reveal our fighting styles," TenTen told him. "And so the others will underestimate us – then we can use it to our advantage later on in the exams."
"That's a good plan," Sakura agreed. "Naruto, you should try not to attract too much attention as well. No outbursts."
"What do you think I am, Sakura-chan?" he pouted, and she pinched him on the cheek.
"Easily excitable."
As soon as they entered room 301, they were accosted by Teams Eight and Ten who were talking excitedly.
"Geez, is everyone here?" Shikamaru complained.
Sakura glanced at Shino, who was staring determinedly at Naruto, and not in any way at her.
Respecting the motion, she instead struck up conversation with Ino.
Kabuto made his way over and introduced himself, telling them to quiet down a little.
And with that the chaos of the chunin exams began.
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She smirked at Ibiki's macho act, scaring the living piss out of everyone in the room, and kept to herself, calmly filling in the answers, knowing that her two teammates would get through one way or another.
On completion, she removed her forehead protector and used it to cover her answers, before sitting back and watching the others, picking up hints to the skills of those she didn't face the last time around.
As such, she noticed Hinata trying to help Naruto. She frowned in thought... She wished she could do something for the girl... but then again, that wasn't exactly her main priority at the moment. Naruto was going to be targeted by Akatsuki as well... it was the same as with her and Shino: they were safer if they were apart.
Suddenly, she was hit with Ino's mind swap jutsu – which she didn't even try to negate. She wanted team ten to succeed after all.
Once recovered, she continued to wait until the final question was asked, and watched everyone sweat with nervousness. Man, Ibiki really was cruel...
A few teams left before Naruto made his little outburst, and filled everyone with resolve.
It was moments like these she was really proud of Naruto... Perhaps later she'd even hug him for it.
As Ibiki announced the rest of them had passed, grinning broadly, Sakura burned the image into her skull – it wasn't often he made an expression like that. He must've enjoyed putting the test together – the sadist.
Well, she knew he wasn't really a sadist... just... very strict and serious. He didn't want people going out into the field who weren't prepared.
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Before long, they were led to the Forest of Death for the second part of the exam. They filled in their forms and retrieved their scroll, heading off to the gates with their supervisor.
Sakura was on edge – this was the moment of truth... Here she would be tested not on if she was fit to be a chunin, but on whether or not she would let Sasuke down... As much as he annoyed her these days, and as much as he'd hurt her in her own time... She still loved him, and wanted to protect him.
He was still one of her boys.
This test would not go the same way.
She even allowed Naruto to pee in front of her, just looking the other way.
Knowing the genin from amegakure would be nearby, she opened up her senses to find him.
There.
Performing one of her latest sneaky tricks, she sent out chakra vibrations through her feet, preparing it to receive a clone. Using one hand –thank you Haku! – she made her shadow clone, who snuck around towards the lone genin. Reaching towards the river nearby, she created a tunnel, channelling the water to where she wanted it and releasing a water dragon.
The young ame nin washed up near her feet and she paralysed him with a touch.
"You're alone," she frowned at him.
"Un...lucky," he muttered, looking terrified while straining to move his muscles.
"Good job Sakura," Sasuke smirked, looking down at the boy.
"Wow, how'd you know he was there?" Naruto asked.
"Don't let your guard down," she glowered at her blonde team mate.
"You won't have the scroll," she looked back to her prisoner. "You were most likely sent here alone for stealth reasons. We'll hold you until we find your teammates... but it's going to get dangerous, so I'll seal you away until then. I won't harm you unless necessary, so be good."
Whipping out a scroll, she sealed him away wordlessly.
"Good move," Sasuke commented. "We might be able to do a swap, him for his teams scroll."
"My thoughts exactly," Sakura agreed. "Let's get moving though, we don't want to get ambushed. Stay close."
Stealthily making a clone and disguising it as a shuriken, she slipped it into Naruto's jacket pocket.
Before long, Orochimaru, disguised as a grass nin attacked and separated them, returning in Naruto's form.
She flung a kunai at his head immediately.
"Geez, Sakura-chan! What's your problem?" he yelled, dodging the projectile.
"You can henge into anyone," she spat at the intruder. "But you can't copy a chakra signature so easily."
"Kukukuku," their opponent laughed wickedly. "You're even brighter than I'd expected. Well... you want this 'earth' scroll don't you? Since your scroll is 'heaven'."
They watched as he swallowed it, giving them a crazed look.
"Let's battle for them with our lives."
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Meanwhile, Naruto got swallowed by Orochimaru's giant snake, while Sakura's clone remained silent – Naruto could get out of this, but the back up was her trump card.
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Sasuke freaked out when he experienced Orochimaru's killing intent, while Sakura let it wash over her. She'd been caught out by this once already – never again!
They dodged and kept out of their enemies distance until Naruto turned up behind him.
Sasuke panicked and told him to run, throwing the scroll towards their enemy, but Naruto leapt to catch the scroll. With Naruto's loud entrance and melodramatic actions, nobody noticed a shuriken fall from his pocket.
Using the distraction of Sasuke and Naruto, Sakura's clone transformed and swiftly drew her blade, cutting the legs out from beneath Orochimaru.
Shocked, but ever quick, he made to summon his giant snake, using the tattoo on his arm – but Sakura knew that trick as well. And being caught out by that once was bad enough...
She sliced the arm off, followed by the other until he was completely limbless. But apparently not defenceless.
He shot his tongue out, piercing and dismissing the clone – but Sakura had not been standing idly by – she had made another clone which sliced his head off as well.
'If only this was his real body.'
Slitting his stomach, she retrieved the Earth scroll and turned back to her teammates who were staring at her in horror.
"He was the one who challenged us to the death," she answered simply. "Keep moving, his teammates might still be around."
She attached a chakra string to each of them, keeping it invisible by suppressing it. She wasn't going to risk losing them.
They ran until they reached a spot sheltered by some overgrown roots.
"Naruto, make some clones to keep an eye on the area. And be stealthy," she gave him a look. "Create a few that look like me and Sasuke as well – we may have four ninja of unknown strength after us."
"Right," he agreed, and did just that.
"We better interrogate our prisoner," she said, pulling out the scroll he was sealed in and releasing him.
"Sakura... why did you do that back there?" Naruto asked cautiously. "I mean, I know he was our enemy, but-"
"He was stronger than a genin," Sakura bit out. "And he would have killed you. Sometimes you have to kill in order to protect."
She reached down and removed the ame nin's mask, and returned mobility to everything he needed to speak.
"Your name is Oboro, correct?" Sakura asked him, propping him up against a tree.
He frowned at her.
"Yes," he growled moodily.
"How did you know that?" Sasuke asked curiously.
"Kabuto's cards," she replied quickly. "Well, Oboro-kun, what scroll does your team have?"
He scowled.
"What did you do to me?"
"It's a medical ninjutsu," she explained. "I paralysed you. Don't worry though, it's easily reversed by a medic. I can heal you whenever I want. Now, answer my question, Oboro-kun."
"Earth."
"Hmm," she nodded. "Then we don't need your team. We also have Earth."
"What is your name?" he asked, after a moment.
"Haruno Sakura," she replied evenly. "I'm assuming, if you live up to your name you're a genjutsu specialist? 'Oboro' means 'haze', doesn't it, Oboro-kun?"
"Yes it does," he agreed, obviously embarrassed. "If you don't need me then why don't you let me go?"
"It doesn't pay to have loose ends flying around," she smirked. "Besides, we have other teams from Konoha in this exam. I don't really want to sic you on them."
He remained silent.
"We should find a better spot to camp out for the night," Sasuke prompted. "And hunt down some food."
Naruto's stomach growled in agreement.
"I've got it sorted," she said, and performed her Whack-A-Mole technique once again. She tucked Oboro's mask into her skirt, and grabbed her prisoner. "Follow me."
She sunk deep into the earth, and moved far enough away from their original site before creating an underground cavern, stiffening the sides until it was almost as dense as rock. Pulling out a flashlight so she could see what she was doing, she used her paper jutsu, which she thickened as well, creating a sturdy card, and pierced the ceiling in several points, all the way to the surface to create air holes. Content with that, she created some paper seals to ensure that no noise, light or any other traces would escape their cocoon.
"We're safe now," she informed her teammates. "We'll go the rest of the way underground as well, I think."
"No one will see our air holes, will they?" Sasuke asked hesitantly.
"They bend and divide – they go a long way away from where we are, so we'll be okay. They also don't go above the surface, and I coloured them to match the ground," she informed her teammate. "We're also quite far down, so we shouldn't have to worry about any other earth users."
"Can we eat now?" Naruto whined, his stomach growling again. "What'd you bring for us, Sakura-chan?"
She laughed, and took out her storage scroll.
"No ramen," she teased. "We can't cook anything underground because it'll use up our air supply. I've got plenty of bento boxes though."
She released four of them.
"You're feeding him?" Sasuke asked, a little shocked.
"You should be nice to your prisoners whenever possible," she scolded her teammate. "You never know when the tables will be turned."
She turned to glance at said prisoner. "But that doesn't mean I'll be letting my guard down. Your info card said you are earth and water type. I'll feed you, but I won't give you your mobility back yet."
"Thanks, I guess..." Oboro replied, uncertain.
She ate her own food first, as they sat around and joked, before Sakura fed her prisoner, and Naruto looked on in jealousy.
"What's Amegakure like, Oboro-kun?" Sakura asked, curiously. She'd never actually been there herself, but she knew the story well by now.
"Why?" he asked, still untrusting.
"I just want to know," she shrugged. "I know a bit of the history, I just want to know what it's like from someone who lives there."
"Why don't you tell me what you know already?" he retorted.
"Ame is in a fairly small country, compared to Fire and Wind. As it's in between three nations it's often been used as a battleground between nations, resulting in a large demographic of orphans and refugees. It was also home to Hanzo, an extremely strong shinobi who was our enemy in the Second Great War," she recited. "That's about it. Due to the history of unrest, Rain is seen as a suspicious nation and not much news leaks out."
"Then you can understand why I don't want to talk much about it," he stared back at her.
"I'm not asking for any massive secrets, geez..."
"Do they have ramen there?" Naruto asked, getting into it.
"Of course we have ramen," he looked insulted. "What kind of a backwater place do you think I live in?"
"Ramen is Naruto-kun's favourite food. And obsession," she told their prisoner. "We've got a good ramen bar here, Ichiraku. You should go there and try it for yourself before you leave Konoha."
Sasuke was staring at her incredulously.
"What are you doing?" he glared at her. "You're not supposed to make nice with the enemy."
"Well, Za-" Naruto started, but Sakura clamped her hand over his mouth.
"That's top secret, Naruto-kun," she warned him seriously, her features looking particularly evil in the torchlight. "Weren't you told?"
"B-But he already met all our friends – everyone knows about them."
"Secret from outside the village," she amended, her expression snapping back to a smile. "So, do you like ramen, Oboro-kun?"
"I-It's alright," he sweated.
"Maybe we should go together, both of our teams, once the exams over," she offered. "Besides, I owe you a meal or something for disqualifying you so soon."
"Um... maybe..." he answered, feeling trapped.
"How old are you, Oboro-kun?"
"Fourteen."
"Sakura," Sasuke repeated. "Answer me."
"I'm being diplomatic," she answered him with a frown. "We want peace between our villages, not war – that's the entire point of having joint chunin exams. As well as, you know, gauging each countries aptitudes. And the first step to peace is being friendly and not hostile."
Sasuke snorted. "Suit yourself. I'm going to sleep. Give me a blanket."
"What, not even going to say 'please'," she teased him, releasing one from her scroll and tossing it to him. "You'd fail as a diplomat, Sasuke-kun."
"That's a useful technique," Oboro noted aloud.
"Yeah, it's one of my favourites," she said with a smile. "We had close ties to a village that was destroyed in the last Great War – they were seal experts, and we gained a lot of what we know through our alliance with them."
"But they're gone now, despite the alliance," Oboro pointed out bitterly.
"Yeah. Sand crushed them. We lost a lot of ninja during that fight as well, I can remember reading about it," she sighed. "The world is still in a state of unrest, and nobody trusts anyone. Everyone's obsessed with getting everyone else before they get you. It's a sad way to live."
"What other option is there?"
"Setting the standard for everyone else, rather than following the grain," she proposed. "I could have killed you, after all. I out skill you – I could use you as bait to lure in your team. I could do any number of things with you. But I'm choosing to let you live. Hopefully, you'll do the same to someone else in a similar situation and we can set a new trend."
"The blonde guy said you killed someone else today."
"He challenged us to the death. He didn't hold back and would've killed my teammates if he had the chance," she justified herself. "Besides, I really didn't like him. It was that guy with the long tongue from hidden grass."
"Ah, that creep," Oboro grimaced. "He was unlucky."
"I think it was more to do with arrogance than luck," Sakura pointed out. "He let his guard down so I went for it."
"Hmm..."
Sakura noticed Naruto nodding off and threw a blanket at him. "Get some sleep Naruto. I need you to pay attention tomorrow."
"Mmm, okay Sakura-chan," he agreed and crashed.
"Are you cold too, Oboro-kun?" she asked. "It gets a little chilly this far down in the earth."
"A little," he admitted, and she covered him with a blanket of his own.
Sakura took her sword out and started cleaning it, making sure it was in perfect condition.
"How old are you, Sakura-san?" he asked, after a while.
"Almost thirteen," she shot him a smile. "You're a nice guy, Oboro-san."
He seemed a little shocked that she addressed him so politely.
"Thanks..." he blinked in confusion. "You seem very nice as well."
"Would you consider yourself lucky to meet me then?" she asked teasingly.
"Not really," he answered awkwardly. "It's because of you my team will be disqualified, after all."
"True enough," she spared him a smirk.
"But I'm lucky to be captured by you, and not someone ruthless," he admitted, embarrassed.
"You need to work on masking your chakra," she told him. "And being more light-footed. You're better than most, but when you're underground you can still sense it."
"I thought I'd gotten pretty good," he frowned. "Though I guess not good enough."
"Next time we meet you'll be more of a challenge," she assured him. "I just ask that, if at all possible, you spare us our lives."
He let out a quiet laugh.
"I look forward to our next match then," he smirked. "But be warned, you'll be fighting my teammates as well."
"I'm sure Sasuke and Naruto can keep them busy," she put her sword away and ruffled his hair. "You're gonna be mine."
He laughed again.
"You leaf nin are strange."
"I've been told," she didn't deny it. "What's with the jumpsuits, anyway? I noticed your teammates wearing them too."
"They are practical, and insulate heat to a certain degree," he told her. "And if we want to dive underwater they double as fast drying wetsuits."
"Clever," she moved closer to inspect the material. "Although they look a bit dorky, I gotta say."
He pouted at her and she giggled.
"Sakura, shut up," Sasuke's irritated growl reached her ears.
She stuck her tongue out childishly, resulting in an amused snort from her prisoner.
She pulled out a blanket of her own and wrapped it around her, settling next to her prisoner, and thinking deeply about their next move.
Oboro's team didn't make it past this round anyway, so that shouldn't make any changes. She should perhaps track down his team mates, though.
And the sound nin needed to be crippled. Shino would fight him later, and she didn't want to set him up to fail. If she killed them, however, it would mean that the rounds would change later, which could make things unpredictable.
Hmmm...
"Do me a favour, Oboro-kun?" she turned to the boy next to her.
He looked at her, a little shocked. "What?"
"When the boys wake up, tell them I'll be back in an hour or two."
"You're leaving?" he asked, panicked. "Do they know how to get us out of here?"
She shook her head.
"They're both useless with Earth ninjutsu," she smirked. "But I won't take any risks."
"Where are you going?" he asked.
"To tie off some loose ends."
"A-Alright."
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Sakura moved silently, knowing instinctively which way her other half was. She'd need her help if she wanted to pull this off.
Before long, she was beneath their campsite. She let her chakra signature leak through faintly, and felt 'Kabuto' respond in kind.
Within moments, her other half joined her in her tiny cave under the earth.
She updated her and they put their plan into action.
Although the sound trio knew nothing of Kabuto, Kabuto knew all about the sound trio, thus Inner Sakura would take care of them.
Sakura would hunt down the missing Ame nin and capture them, taking them back to her campsite.
Within seconds, they were on the move. Sakura knew not to underestimate Oboro's companions, as they would have themselves well hidden – but luckily for her, she wasn't searching by sight, but by feel.
She passed by several groups of three, until she finally found a lone duo. She observed them for a while, before sending a clone to the surface.
But they were Orochimaru's duo. She sunk back into the ground, unseen to continue her search.
It took her a while, but she finally got them. One of them was asleep in a tree, the other was next to him keeping watch.
She created two clones and cloaked them completely, sending them to the surface a short distance away. The one on watch was Kagari, who wore a blindfold. She knew she'd have to be extremely careful here.
With anyone else she would've gassed them, but their masks would make that useless.
She preferred to do things quietly, but she didn't have much of a choice right now.
Using her paper jutsu, her two clones created a mass number of explosion notes, disguised as black beetles. Her clones sank into the earth alongside her as the beetles did their magic, crawling up into the trees.
Simultaneously, a third of them exploded, followed by two successive bangs.
They leapt down from the trees and crouched on the ground, scanning for enemies.
Immediately, Sakura and one of her clones thrust their arms through the ground and gripped their legs, sending a paralysing shock through them and bringing them into the earth with her.
She made her way immediately back to her campsite, and placed the other two on the ground next to their teammate.
"Oboro!"
"Mubi! Kagari!"
"You went and got them?" Oboro directed at Sakura in shock. "Why?"
"I had something else to do that was more important," Sakura corrected. "But because your team lost you, they are disqualified anyway. It's pointless to put them in further danger while they search for you."
"You did it to protect us?" Mubi repeated, doubtful.
She shrugged. "You two are at a disadvantage without your teammate. There are opponents stronger than me out there. If I could catch you all off guard that easily, you really shouldn't be here just yet."
"You-"
"Leave it," Oboro cut over his teammate, who shot him a frustrated look but shut up nevertheless.
"Have you two eaten?" she asked them. "I have plenty of extra food."
"Why would you give us food?" the blind one grated.
"Because I'm just that nice," she grinned back at them happily.
"If you're hungry, take it," Oboro ordered. "It's not poisoned."
They ate after that, and even managed to sleep for a few hours before Sakura woke them all up.
"When did you get them?" Sasuke asked, looking at their new additions.
"Last night," she shrugged. "I didn't want to leave them looking for their friend."
He stared at her, before letting out a huff of amusement, and folding up his blanket.
"Sakura-chan, you're so nice," Naruto crooned, and she just ruffled his hair.
After their things were packed away, she spread out one of her blank scrolls.
"I'm going to seal you guys in here for transport," Sakura informed them. "Don't worry, it's perfectly safe, and I'll let you out on the other side."
"Shouldn't we take their scroll first?" Naruto asked hesitantly, but she just shrugged.
"We don't need it, we already have both," she answered. "And we won't encounter anyone else before we get to the tower due to my technique, so there's really no point."
"Why don't we just let them go then?" Naruto asked. "I mean, I know they tried to ambush us first, but if we don't need them..."
Sakura pursed her lips.
"Everyone should be heading towards the tower in the centre," she said. "I'll drop you off near there. If you wait around, you can probably set up an ambush for them."
"You'd do that?" Oboro asked, equally shocked and delighted.
"Sure, but just a little advice..." she bit her lip. "Do not, under ANY circumstances, fight Gaara of the Desert. He's a short sand shinobi with red hair and a giant gourd on his back. If you see him, get the hell out of there: he'll kill you."
"O-Okay."
"Second: if you fight any leaf shinobi, please don't kill or seriously maim them in any way."
"I think we can do that," Oboro agreed happily, his teammates making noises of affirmation.
With that, she sealed them away. She didn't really want to change the events of the chunin exams, but it might be worth it to have a contact inside Hidden Rain. She needed to contact Pein and Konan eventually, after all.
She led Naruto and Sasuke to the base of the tower and left them there before making a quick detour for the Ame boys.
Double checking nobody was near, she made a small cave near the surface of the earth, and released them from the scroll.
"You're two kilometres north east of the tower," she informed them. "I'm going to do a delayed paralyses release on you, meaning rather than getting mobility back immediately, it'll take you two minutes by which time me and my team will already be in the tower. I've already checked the area and the closest group is about five hours away. They're some mediocre waterfall nin, so they shouldn't give you too much trouble. The roof here is about ten centimetres thick and I've loosened it up, so you can punch through it."
She pulled Oboro's mask out of her skirt pouch, and looked at it one last time.
"These are made really well," she said, before putting it back on him. "I'm gonna have to try make one myself."
She performed her justu, before giving the group one last look.
"Good luck," she said, sinking into the wall.
Once they were sure she was gone, Mubi spoke up.
"She's cute."
"Shut up."
"I think she likes you," Kagari pitched in.
"Shut up," Oboro repeated.
"You shouldn't be so grumpy," Mubi ribbed him. "You're lucky."
"Yeah," he agreed after a moment. "Lucky."
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Authors note:
I figured theres a good place to stop...
Seriously guys, thanks so much for yor reviews.
And for those of you asking about my other fic "Balancing Affections"... um... yeah... I know it's been a while - I kinda wrote myself into a corner there by rushing things. I'm hoping when I've done a bit more on this one I'll be able to go back and redo it. I really like the fic, but I don't wanna do it half-assed, you know?
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