Chapter 9
Hikari's POV:
Ever since we got back from the mission we went on last week, Naruto's been thinking he's the most amazing person ever because of the bridge named after him. It's starting to get on my nerves. For example, right now as all of us are walking home from our training session, Naruto is boasting about being the strongest out of all of us.
"Naruto, shut up." I mumble grumpily.
"Hey Sasuke why don't we go train together so we can work on our teamwork."
"No thanks Sakura. You should be training by yourself right now because you need all the training you can get. You're a terrible ninja. You might even be worse then Naruto." Sasuke says.
"Worse than N-Naruto." Sakura says sadly.
Sasuke walks away and Sakura turns around to face us.
"Worse than Naruto." she whispers again.
"Hey Sakura why don't you and I go train together and work on our teamwork?" Naruto says.
Naruto looks over to Kakashi sensei to ask him something but he poofs away, probably sensing something bad will happen between Sakura and Naruto. The look on Sakura's face makes me a bit worried. Suddenly a giant puff of smoke comes from inside a box that is supposed to look like the ground and Konohamaru jumps out with Moegi and Udon in quick pursuit.
"Hey Naruto how was the mission? Hey who's that girl, is she your girlfriend?" Konohamaru asks.
Oh no, he did not just say that. Sakura turns around looking really pissed off. She charges at Konohamaru and throws him and Naruto into the wall. I back away a bit.
"Ughhhh..." Naruto says.
"Gosh she's a jerk, and did you see that forehead." Konohamaru says.
Oh crap. I start making a run for it and grab Moegi and Udon as I go. Sakura is so pissed off it's not even funny. She starts to charge at Naruto and Konohamaru and they start running for their lives. They catch up to me faster than I first anticipated and Konohamaru gets in the lead of all of us. I look behind me and wish I hadn't. Sakura is closing in when all of a sudden I hear Konohamaru cry out as he runs into some guy. I come to a stop and look at the guy closely; he's wearing purple face paint and a hat that makes it look like he has cat ears. A girl is standing behind him; her hair is held up in four ponytails and she's carrying a big fan on her back. The boy in the cat hat grabs Konohamaru by the shirt collar and lifts him up into the air.
"I hate it when brats like you don't watch where they're going." cat boy says.
"Hey put him down!" Naruto yells.
"I would put him down if I were you Kankuro. He could get here any second." the girl says.
"I have to teach these brats a lesson Temari." Kankuro says.
"You better put him down or you're gunna be in big trouble!" Naruto yells and starts charging at him.
Kankuro twitches his fingers and some of the ground comes up, tripping Naruto. Okay that's it, now it's my turn. I use a jutsu that covers this Kankuro guy's feet in rock so he can't move. I feel a strong chakra nearby but I ignore it for the moment. I run up to him and kick him in the stomach, do a flip over him, and land on the thing on his back. I stand up and look around, trying to find out where this chakra is coming from but Kankuro pulls the thing on his back out and gets ready to use it. I do a back flip and land in front of him. He's still holding Konohamaru so I get ready to grab for him when a rock hits Kankuro in the hand.I look up and see Sasuke sitting on a tree branch. I roll my eyes.
"You always like to make an entrance don't you." I say and everyone looks over to the tree and stares at Sasuke.
"You know I do." he says, "I would put him down if I were you. Things can get very ugly if you don't. Did you see how that girl in front of you hit you and did all that before you could blink. Well I'm ten times better than her."
"Hey. I could beat you in a fight any day." I say.
"I'm going to teach you all a lesson." Kankuro says.
I grab Konohamaru and push him behind me as I get into a fighting stance. I feel the strong chakra again and I finally figure out where it's coming from. I look up into the tree Sasuke is in and a guy with blood red hair and the Kanji love symbol carved on his forehead is standing there upside down.
"Hey you in the tree, who are you?" I yell.
The red haired boy gives me a glare that could kill someone and jumps down. Sasuke and everyone else stand there amazed that they hadn't noticed the kid in the tree before.
"Stop it Kankuro. You're a disgrace to the village. If you do that again I will kill you." the boy says.
"Y-yes Gaara wh-whatever you s-say."
Ha, Kankuro looks like he's gunna crap his pants. They start walking away and Sakura calls out to them.
"Hey you're not from here. I can tell by your headbands, but you aren't allowed in another village unless you're given permission, so state your business."
"Have you been living under a rock? We're here for the chunin exams." Temari says.
"The chunin exams. What's that?" Naruto asks confused.
"I tell you guys what it is later." I say.
"Wait, you, what's your name?" Sasuke asks.
"Who me?" Temari blushes.
Great another Sasuke fan girl. I seriously don't know what they see in him. Gaara turns around and and glares at him.
"My name is Gaara of the desert. I am interested in you too. And you." He says pointing at me and Sasuke.
"I'm Sasuke Uchiha."
"And I'm Hikari Uzumaki." I smile.
"I bet you're dying to know who I am." Naruto shouts.
"I could care less." Gaara says and walks away.
I sigh and watch as they leave. He's actually kind of cute. I blush and turn around. I can't think about that right now, but something is definitely different about him, but I can't seem to put my finger on it.