Hey! Finally made my decision... you'll find out at the end... and no i'm not telling you here.... that would be silly xDD anyway hope you like it... and uh more action is coming later... i think my style changed while i was in school haha... . read, enjoy, and review!

Disclaimer: Naruto and its characters do not belong to me... however Amaya/Mizi and the Ainu clan i made up all by myself!

Regardless of the process of moving into a new home, and the anticipation of the informative meeting planned for the next day, I was able to sleep soundly. The ordeal I had earlier with Sasuke seemed to exhaust me, which in turn, allowed me to rest. My dream world is one of the most important things in my life. If this were to be taken from me, by genjutsu or otherwise, I would probably wind up going crazy. In my dreams, I controlled how things concluded, or began. Sometimes, like in my dream with Hyuuga Hinata, my subconscious waited till I was comfortable in my dream, and then showed me something I needed to see. Usually it was important enough that I would write it down, but other times I ignored it. I regret to admit that I paid the price later. When I didn't control something I knew that I needed to pay attention to it.

That night though, I had no dreams, and I woke the next morning with almost no recognition of the previous day. For a moment, I believed I had been kidnapped. I was in a new, unfamiliar place, but with no bindings, I soon realized my mistake. Don't you remember? Was yesterday so painful that you forgot overnight? What happened? Mizi was concerned. I could almost hear her as if she was real. 'Not that it was painful, I just don't want to be reminded of what almost happened thanks to that damn Uchiha,' I replied.

I dressed in my usual black and white outfit and tied my amulet around my neck and covered it with the forehead protector. I ran a hand through my strawberry blonde hair before tying it in a low side ponytail. I wished for a second that I could just leave it this color, but I knew it was impossible. The only other person who had hair color even close to mine was Sakura, and I didn't want to be compared to her. I didn't even want to be put in the same sentence with her. I didn't hate her like some people did. She had some admirable traits, but she was extremely annoying.

I looked in the refrigerator for the food I had bought yesterday. Eggs, and cheese, onions, red peppers, leeks, a small whole yellowtail fish were the contents. All of which I had bought yesterday, but the eye on the yellowtail fish was dyed violet. Meaning Sasuke hadn't been able to forget even while I tried to take his mind off of it while we were shopping. I sighed. 'This is not a good thing. Yesterday was way too close. That can't happen again you know.' I nodded to myself, and began to fix breakfast.

By the time I finished breakfast and cleaned up my dishes it was time to leave. I wanted to be the first in the classroom to avoid getting a bad seat. It was key in the academy to get a seat somewhere in the middle of the classroom. This way you could get away with more things than you could if you sat in the front, or in the back. I transformed into Mizi, left the apartment, and locked my ugly green door.

On the way to class I managed to dodge most of my classmates. I'm sure most of them were trying on their forehead protector in different places so they could see what looked best. Most of the girls were too concerned with their physical appearance. That was why many of them could not really live up to their potential. I knew before I got to class, many of the girls would have come up with new ways to wear their forehead protector, where as the boys would probably wear it on their forehead, or sport it the way their parents did.

I got to the nearly empty classroom, and took a seat in the middle closer to the back. It wasn't my usual seat, but today wasn't a usual class day. There were maybe four other shinobi in the class chatting with each other. You know, Amaya said, we could always join in their senseless chatter. It could be fun. I rolled my eyes. 'It would most defiantly not be fun because the chatter is indeed senseless. Contributing to such useless conversation is not really in my best interest. Books are far more useful.' I argued. I felt Amaya get annoyed because she wanted to make friends, but at this moment, friends were not in our best interest. She knew that, but it hurt to be alone all the time.

I pulled out a book and began to read. I always lose myself when it comes to reading. Usually, I am far too interested in the book to fully notice my surroundings. I did not notice the class fill up, nor did I notice Uchiha Sasuke to sit down on my left, and Naruto sit down on my right. When I finally looked up, there were a bunch of girls glaring at me. I sighed inwardly. I don't think we should move… I mean, we were here first. The only reason Sasuke is sitting near us is because of what happened yesterday. I'm convinced he still thinks it's real.

I sighed again. "What do you want?" I asked the girls.

Sakura answered for all of them, "Well, it's kind of obvious Mizi. I want to sit there."

"Oh I see. So that explains Haruno, but what about everyone else? Why are you staring at me Yamanaka?" I asked sweetly. The girls narrowed their eyes. I was being curt using their last names, and they knew it.

"We all want to sit there," some kunochi with pigtails said.

I nodded in understanding. "Well, this is the best seat in the classroom. Perfectly situated, nice sunlight from the window, I can understand why someone would want to sit here, but if you all want to sit here, then you'll all be sitting on each other," I answered. The girls didn't budge, but they had stopped paying attention. Their focus was now behind me, and I turned to see what they were looking at.

I found myself looking at Naruto and Sasuke staring intensely at each other. Wait, what is Naruto doing here? I thought he failed. Well, I guess it's a good thing. Now he can't call us a liar. Naruto was on top of the desk in front of Sasuke merely inches away from his face squinting at him. He opened his eyes a bit and the energy coming off the two was not hatred, but more like competitiveness. What is this a staring contest? So not interesting. I was about to agree, but that's when Naruto fell into Sasuke. Their lips met, and both seemed too shocked at first to do anything about it. Um… what? I almost laughed. The girls in the class would most certainly be upset now. The two rivals parted and began coughing. I turned to look at the girls in the class and saw pure jealous hatred in each pair of eyes.

"Naruto!" The pink haired girl growled. Naruto flinched at the sound.

"Hey Naruto, why don't you come sit next to me," I said sliding further from Sasuke leaving a seat. Naruto gladly dropped into it. I turned toward the girls. "It seems that Uchiha-san isn't interested in you. You'll have to find someone else because he very well could be," I lowered my voice and every girl leaned in to hear my last world, "gay." Many of the girls gasped, others nodded, but some were in denial. I looked at each girl in the group and noticed the one missing.

Hinata had sat in the back of the classroom, and although she was interested in Naruto, she was observing the conversation with her pearl colored eyes. There were times when I wish I had been blessed with the Byakugan instead of the Sharingan. With the kekkei genkai I inherited from my mother's clan, I'm sure the Byakugan would be extremely powerful in its own way. Then again, I had read a history on the Byakugan, but not on the Sharingan. I couldn't weigh the pros and cons of each because I really didn't know.

That was my own fault. Itachi-nisan killed Amaya's family, and I felt detached from the Uchiha clan because "Mizi" had never really belonged to it. The kekkei genkai from the Uchiha clan seemed more like a curse now. We didn't want it, and I didn't want to remind Amaya of what happened. If I used the Sharingan, she would be reminded every time I used it. Amaya wasn't like Sasuke. Amaya technically wasn't spared the fate of her clan. Itachi-nisan probably thought she was dead just like everyone else. Amaya could not be an avenger because she didn't want revenge. Even after all this time, Amaya didn't hate Itachi-nisan. She just wanted to have her family back.

"Okay everyone calm down," Iruka-sensei said pulling me out of my thoughts. "Please sit down and I'll start announcing the teams. Ah, Mizi, may I see you for just a second please?"

I raised an eyebrow. Do you think Hokage-sama told him? We graduated so maybe the hokage wanted him to know about me. I was wondering the same thing as I got up from my seat. I could feel everyone's eyes on me too, and I have to admit I was a little embarrassed. I can speak up to a bunch of annoying girls, but when it comes to being singled out I just can't take it. I followed Iruka-sensei out into the hall and gave him an inquiring look. He coughed a couple of times trying to stall. Apparently this was going to be hard for him to say.

"I called you out because well, there is an odd number in the class this year-" Oh no, "And you joined later than everyone in the class-" Here it comes, "And you missed so many days because of a special condition the Hokage has hinted at-" Stop him before he can say- "Maybe you should stay behind a year to catch up," Iruka said. The only thing I could do was scowl. How incompetent did he think I was? Why me? Why not someone else like, Naruto, or better yet Sakura. She might be able to through a kunai better if she stayed behind, so why me?

"I don't think I understand sensei," I said choosing my words carefully as not to disrespect his decision. "It sounds like you want to hold be back because, even though I passed the exam, I am lacking in some category."

"Well, that's not exactly true-"

"Sorry, but I don't really see why I should be held back instead of someone else in our class. If Hokage-sama informed you of my condition in some way then you should know it doesn't really hinder my ability to learn. Besides, I didn't know Naruto passed. If he hadn't then this wouldn't really be happening, and I could get on with my life. Why don't you hold someone else back, or take a chance sensei and try bending the rules just once?" I said. Mizi, I think that was kinda rude. It was. I knew that, but I wanted to understand why I should be held back.

"Mizi, I don't think you understand how the academy works. I can't just bend the rules. I need permission to even hold a student back. I already asked the Hokage if it would be appropriate to hold you back, and he agreed."

My scowl deepened. The Hokage agreed to this madness? That seemed unlikely. Kind of like over-protectiveness huh? I asked Amaya to stop interjecting her comments whenever and tried to figure out a way to change my teacher's mind. I knew Iruka had a soft heart. Maybe if I hit the right string he would make an exception. I changed my scowl into a look of disappointment and mixed just the right amount of sadness into my voice. "Sorry for being rude earlier," I began. "It's just, I was so looking forward to finally being a kunoichi that I just…" I trailed off and faked a tear. "I mean, I could finally have my life mean something. I wouldn't be the odd one out anymore, and I might be able to make friends without making a fool of myself," I said. I think you got it. Just one more push and he'll crumble at the sight of you. "But I suppose there isn't anything you can do. Even for a student, a teacher can only do so much… Should I go home?"

"Mizi," Iruka started. "Maybe after I assemble the groups, we can decide which group would be most appropriate to put you in. After all, I'm sure the Hokage wouldn't mind a four-man team just this once."

I managed to brighten my eyes and hide a smirk at the same time. "Really? You mean it? Thank you so much sensei! I'll be sure to treat you to ramen with my first paycheck!" I smiled and jumped a bit to exaggerate my happiness. I was truly happy, but I also felt bad for lying to Iruka-sensei. He put so much trust in people it hurt. Iruka smiled with me and led me back into the classroom.

My scowl returned when I noticed Sakura had pushed Naruto into my seat, and took his just so she could sit next to Sasuke. 'I wouldn't mind being in Sakura's group as long as she's not with Sasuke. She'd be too obsessed with him to focus on the actual mission.' I thought to myself. I weighed the options of the other classmates, and after grabbing my books found a seat. I opened the same book I had been reading earlier and waited for Iruka-sensei to tell me which group I was going to be joining. I should have paid attention, up until that point. I should have known I cursed myself just by thinking about Sakura and Sasuke, but who knew?

Was this longer than the last one? was it was it? i think so.... did you like it? can you tell whats going to happen? i'm actually excited for the next chapter too xDD

A special thanks to: Cereah, Infinite Sky, NutCaseBaka, Anijiru animefan, Hone'Sweetie, and Midenigufutsu Koyote for reviewing chapter 9 and telling me what you wanted. n_n

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