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Chapter 8: Training really begins part 1

-In the forest-

"Sasuke, do you see the shrine?" Sakura asked, Sasuke climbed down the tree he was on, "Yeah, it's straight ahead, but we have to cross the river first." Sasuke said "The river is around 800 meters north and the shrine is around 2 kilometers father." "Okay then, we better get going." Sasuke nodded.

While they were walking, Sasuke felt a presence with them, but he just ignored it for a while. Around 7 feet before the river, it was a clearing. Sasuke halted Sakura to stop. Sasuke felt more presence following them.

"Why, what's wrong?" Sakura asked "There's something following us." Sasuke said. At that, Sasuke and Sakura prepared themselves for an attack.

Then, suddenly the people following them appeared. There was around six of them. They were all in black, as in everything. They seemed like ninjas, their form in combat resembles one too. "This must be the training they were giving us." Sakura said "Sakura, get ready." Sasuke instructed, Sakura tightened her grip on her kunai.

Then one of the ninjas launched himself on Sasuke with a kunai on his hand. But with quick reflexes, Sasuke was able to dodge it in ease. Then Sasuke kicked him on his back and threw five shurikens at him. Then the ninja fell down and started fading holographically.

"A holograph?" Sakura asked herself when suddenly two more ninja's attacked her behind, luckily she was able to turn around and saw their attack and dodge it,

"Sakura watch out!" Sasuke warned as another ninja tried attacking Sakura, but then Sakura was able to hit him with her kunai and then the holographic ninja faded as the other one did.

Much to their dismay, around 10 more holographic ninjas appeared. "Are you ready?" Sasuke asked "Yeah." with that Sasuke jumped to the air.

Sasuke made some hand seals and started blowing fire balls at the ninjas, he was able destroy (I couldn't really find any other word) 5 of them, which leaves the around 9 more, six of them were surrounding Sakura.

Sakura went nearer to the river, she was less than I foot near it. The river was on a very high current. Two of the ninjas jumped over her and tried attacking her. She was able to block the attack with her kunai, and then two more charged trying to kick her. She was able to block the kicks with her own kicks but they one of them punched her and she wasn't able to block the punch. She fell down, one hand holding her stomach, where she was punched, and the other trying to keep her balance on the ground.

"Sakura!" Sasuke called out as he saw her got punched, he was dealing with the other three ninjas. "Sakura!" he called as he threw shirukens and kunais to two of them causing them to disappear. He tried to run to where Sakura was but then two more ninjas appeared to stop him.

"Ugh... they are so annoying." Sakura said, spitting blood as she stood up "They're only holograms but they can really hurt. This is so annoying."

Two ninjas attacked Sakura but when they were about to hit her, she jumped and kicked them, after which, throwing shurikens at the two ninjas and they disappeared. The other four ninjas surrounded Sakura and were going closer, each step they made, made Sakura move one step back.

Sakura was only a step from falling into the river. She stopped at the last step when one ninja charged from above but she was able to dodge it, she threw a kick at the ninja causing the ninja to fall in the river. But then at that moment another ninja threw around 3 kunais at her. She was able to dodge the two of them easily but was barely able to avoind the last one causing her to move one step backward.

When she stepped backward, the soil she stepped on suddenly fell causing her to also fall into the river. "AHH!" she screamed before her whole body fell into the river.

"Sakura!" Sasuke yelled as he just destroyed the three ninjas which were on his way. He then charged to the ninjas who were attacking Sakura and made a way through them. He then jumped into the river with out any hesitance as he tried to swim to where Sakura was.

-In the stimulation room-

"Very interesting… I didn't think Sasuke would jump in just like that." Kakashi said "How would you know that?" Gai asked "He's my student, I would know, and this is most unlikely."

"Anyway, let's take a look at how Tenten and Neji are doing." Asuma said.

-In the maze-

"Looks like we've been given a puzzle to solve." Tenten said "We won't be able to climb this wall to look at the top view." Neji said.

Suddenly kunais were charged at them, around more than twenty. They were able to dodge it easily when suddenly a log with spikes was about to hit Tenten but she was able to dodge it no problem.

"Quick reflexes." Neji remarked "Hey, weapons are my specialties, how can you expect me to lose in my own kind of field (weapons)." Tenten smirked "We better get going." Neji said, Tenten nodded.

They took a few turns, did several twists, went to some dead ends and a lot of walking. "We aren't really making any progress." Tenten said as she felt that they weren't really going any nearer to the shrine "Why don't you use your Byakugan?" asked Tenten.

"If I could then we wouldn't really have a problem finding our way, now would we?" Neji said "They placed a jutsu that makes me incapable of using my byakugan."

"Seems like they really meant this place for us." Tenten stated "Although, I'm pretty sure that the shrine is at the center of this maze." Neji said.

Just then, more shurikens dodged themselves to the two of them, Neji easily dodged them, Tenten jumped to dodge them but when she was in the sky, kunais and daggers were sent to hit her. She was able to dodge them, barely. While trying to evade them, she lost her balance and was falling.

"AHH!" she yelled. She closed her eyes and expected a hard fall. But she didn't feel any hard fall.

She opened her eyes and saw Neji. Neji caught her (bridal style) before she fell. "The second time you fell, and the second time I caught you. Are you trying to make this a habit?" Neji grinned.

"Haha very funny Neji, or maybe it's you who likes to catch me every time I fall?" Tenten said, grinning as well.

"Don't praise yourself Tenten." Neji said.

"Well, first of all I am not, second, I would really appreciate it if you put me down." Tenten said, hinting neji that he's still holding her.

Neji came closer to her face "Oh, but admit it Tenten, you like the idea of me carrying you like this, don't you?" Neji said, leaning closer as if threatening to kiss.

"N-neji?" Tenten started to blush. Then at that moment Neji dropped her.

"Did you actually think I'd kiss you?" Neji said.

Tenten got up "N-no of course n-not. Why would I think that?" Tenten said shuddering a little, still blushing, a little.

"Then why are you blushing and your voice is shaking." Neji smirked.

"I am not blushing. You're so annoying." Tenten said as she started walking to avoid whatever Neji would say next. Neji just smirked and followed her.

-In the stimulation room-

"How very unlikely of Neji to act like that." Kakashi said.

"How would you know, he's not your student, he's MY student, not yours." Gai said as if pouting.

"Uh Gai, he doesn't have to be Kakshi's student for him to tell that. It's pretty much obvious." Asuma said as a matter-of-factly.

"Oh."

-In the snowy mountain-

"Ugh… the shrine is still on top of the mountain, that means we have to climb through all this snow before we can reach it." Naruto said.

"Are you ready to climb this mountain Hinata-chan?" Naruto asked.

"U-uh, yeah, I-I'm ready." Hinata said.

While they were walking through some thick snow, some ninjas in black appeared. There was about ten of them. "Who are you?" Naruto asked, none of them answered, "Fine, it seems that you are mute, that's alright, I'll just have to beat you then." Naruto said, still none getting that they are just holograms.

When one of them tried attacking Naruto, he easily kicked him away, but then some of them started attacking Hinata, Hinata used her gentle fist to beat them. One of the ninjas tried attacking Hinata from the back, she was unaware. But before the ninja could attack her, Naruto blocked him and threw a kunai straight at the ninja.

"Are you alright Hinata-chan?" Naruto asked.

"Y-yeah, I-I'm o-okay." Hinata said. They both stared at the fallen ninja as it started to fade.

"Whoa, what happened to him, he just faded?" Naruto asked, amazed.

"U-um, N-naruto-kun, I-I think, t-they are j-just h-holograms." Hinata said.

"Oh, wow Hinata-chan, you know a lot." Naruto said stupidly. Hinata blushed.

As they went on further after defeating the rest of the ninjas that attacked them, Hinata started to shiver from the coldness of the mountain. She would hug herself every now and them because of the cold.

"Are you cold Hinata-chan?" Naruto asked.

"I-I'm alright N-naruto-kun." Hinata said.

"Here, wear my jacket." Naruto said as he placed his orange jacket over Hinata's shoulders.

"B-but what a-about you Naruto-kun?" Hianta asked.

"I'll be okay, I have very strong resistance." Naruto said while doing a muscle pose thing. Hinata giggled, and slightly blushed.

Then suddenly a pile of heavy snow started to fall heading towards the two of them. "It's an avalanche!" Naruto said "Hinata-chan move!" Naruto said as he pushed Hinata off the path that the snow was on, but it was too late for him to evade.

"NARUTO-KUN!" Hinata yelled.

-In the stimulation room-

"This is turning out to be a romance thing instead of training and torture." Asuma said.

"This is getting boring, not really what I expected." Kakashi said.

"Let's go to a coffee shop and have a break first then." Kurenai suggested. The four of them stood up and left the mansion to buy some coffee.

-In the swamp-

"Why, why of all field are we sent to a swamp?" Ino pitied herself.

"Why, why oh why oh why was I paired up with her?" Shikamaru mocked Ino.

"Shikamaru, why you!" Ino clenched her fists, ready to hit Shikamaru anytime soon.

"Oh stop your complaining woman, you're not the only one who finds this annoying. Let's just find the shrine and get this over and done with so we can all move on with our little miserable lives." Shikamaru said which made Ino shut up.

"Fine, but where do you suppose the shrine is?" Ino asked "Probably in the middle of this shrine." Shikamaru replied.

Just then, shurikens were sent flying toward Ino and Shikamaru, which caught them off guard. They were barely able to dodge them. "Where did those come from?" Shikamaru wondered and looked around the trees, he felt someone or something moving behind them.

"Someone's there!" Shikamaru said, kunai's were sent flying toward Ino "Ino, watch out!" Shikamaru warned. Luckily, Ino was able to evade them in time. Then a couple of ninjas appeared suddenly.

One of them tried attacking Ino but Ino kicked him, sending him to hit a tree, then Shikamaru threw kunais at the one Ino just kicked and then the ninja disappeared. "They're holographic." Shikamaru stated "But they're still dangerous." Ino said.

"Ino!" Shikamaru called out as he kicked a ninja who tried to attack Ino from the back "Thanks Shika." "Be alert Ino, there's still more behind the trees." Shikamaru warned.

About 3 more appeared suddenly, Shikamaru expected them to come so he threw kunais and hit two of them. One was approaching Ino but Ino quickly punched him continuously. "That teaches you not to mess with me!" Ino said "Scary." Shikamaru sweat dropped.

Ino suddenly slipped but before she fell into the mud Shikamaru was able to catch her by the waist. Their faces were nearer to each other and they both blushed. 'She has very beautiful eyes.' Shikamaru thought as she gazed into Ino's eyes.

Ino blushed more when Shikamaru's face went closer then automatically she slapped him. "Ouch that hurts! What did you do that for?" Shikamaru complained as he held his now reddening cheek.

"Well, sorry but it was your fault. You were going to close." Ino said "Well, if I haven't caught you then you would have fallen into the mud, and I was only getting closer because my foot was slipping because of the slippery mud." Shikamaru explained.

"Even then." Ino said.

"Anyway, we better get going." Shikamaru said as the continued on.

-In the dark room-

"Chouji, get your lazy fat ass up and help me feel our way out and find the shrine!" Kiba demanded.

"I don't want to." Chouji said plainly.

This got Kiba more annoyed. "GET UP YOU PIG!" Kiba yelled of annoyance.

"What did you say? WHAT DID YOU SAY? YOU DID NOT JUST CALL ME A PIG!" Chouji started to fire himself up with anger because Kiba called him a pig.

Just then several ninjas appeared, ready to attack them. Just when they were about to attack Chouji from behind, Chouji just threw them away with one arm. The ninjas plus Kiba were shocked and scared for that matter.

"Uh oh. I am so dead now. Why do I always end up with bad groups?" Kiba said as he started running away from Chouji. Every ninja that would pop up in front of him, he would just throw away easily not because he was strong but because of the fear of Chouji beating him up to a dust. That left the ninjas somehow dumbfounded.

"HELP ME SENSEI!" Kiba tried to call out.

-In the stimulation room-

No body was there to hear Kiba's cry of distress. Well, that's too bad for him.

END OF CHAPTER

So how was it? Did you like it so far, I had to put more romance here, because what's the point of making this also under romance if I don't put romance. But I hope you like it, there'll be more romance in the upcoming chapters.

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