Disclaimers note : I don't own Naruto or any of the characters in this story except Rinn, Kaoru, Rangiko, Kiniko, Cory, Mayuri, Akemi.
"speech"
'thought'
Demon
'Demon thinking'
Flash back
Rinn woke up in a dim room. She tried to gather her thoughts off the previous events when the door swung open. A figure stepped into the room and paused at the door way before coming in. "Sasuke…?" she murmured. "Ahh…awake already that's good". He placed his hand gently on her forehead "Low fever that's good. The doctor had to leave early, and Sakura is taking care off Kakashi sensei. This leaves me to take care off you since, Naruto is an incapable and immature dope who's taking his time arguing with the boy".
He lightly put a soft towel on her forehead and reluctantly, pulled Rinn's blouse up to inspect the bandages, Rinn blushing heavily. To his relief they were dry, meaning he wouldn't have to change them, he pulled the blouse down, quickly standing up and turning away, a microscopic blush lingering on his cheeks.
' This is getting embarrassing, I better get well soon' Rinn didn't waist time trying to sit up. "Hey! You don't sit up quickly when you had you're side nearly chopped up. Rinn winced and squeaked with pain. Sasuke looked alarmed "are you ok?" he asked before returning to her side. He put a hand on her back and the other on her waist, awkwardly helping down. Rinn quickly slapped his hand away and she received a scowl from the Uchiha.
"Tch. A bit touchy today, aren't we…?" he muttered, withdrawing his hand. "Kakashi sensei said we'll be having training today. We made it out of the last battle barely but we still sustained to much loses, you and Kakashi sensei. If you're up to it you can join". Rinn grabbed her ribbon which she saw was lying beside her and quickly wrapped it around her head, locating her hitai te, she tied it loosely around her neck and kicked off the covers. " Count me in for training".
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An hour later she made it to the field, supported by Sasuke, who refused to believe she could walk on her own, let alone train. " Alright, the last battle was a success" Kakashi began " but I have to say it was just a fluke". Naruto started whining "but Kakashi sensei!". Kakashi adjusted his crutches " no Naruto . It was creative use of your skills and jutsu, but not off you're chakra". Sakura cocked her head "what do you mean, Kakashi sensei".
"In a certain sense, you wasted you're chakra. Instead of using a small amount of chakra on one technique, you resorted to using a large amount of unnecessary chakra on the same technique when you could have saved it". Naruto just looked at Kakashi like he just told them the Earth was a sand box, Sakura just tilted her head and puzzled over it, whereas Sasuke just remained stoic. Kakashi exhaled and slapped his forehead " for example, when you were battling Zabuza, you Naruto used Shadow clone jutsu to immobilize him." Naruto grinned. "Rinn on the other hand used a simple kind of summoning jutsu to do the same thing, thus saving more off her chakra".
Sakura's head shot up in understanding " So , Kakashi sensei, you want to teach us how to conserve chakra and at the same time get things done". Kakashi nodded slowly " exactly, so , you're going to do a training exercise today, now watch closely". He straightened up and did the chakra symbol, a small blast of chakra emerged at his feet and he began to walk, vertically up the nearest tree there was. The Genin stared in wonder as he stopped, hanging upside down on a tree branch. "Focus you're chakra on the soles of you're feet and walk up. You could run though if you're a bit nervous".
The four Genin stood and performed the chakra symbol. " Alright! I'm gonna master this training in no time! Believe it!" Naruto yelled before they took off. Not surprisingly, Naruto didn't make it a meter up before he fell and bonked his head at the foot of the tree. "Owowowow!" he rubbed his head tearfully. Sasuke had better luck and made up half way up the tall pine tree before his foot crashed through the bark and he was forced to jump off ' not to much other wise I'll go right through' he thought as he landed on the ground.
A voice from above said " hey! This is pretty easy!" Sakura sat smiling all the way at the top of the tree. Rinn walked casually up the tree, hands clasped behind the back and turned down to watch what was happening, down on the forest floor. Kakashi looked up from his Ichi Ichi Paradise book to comment on the scenario. " Hmm…seems as though the female half of the squad are better chakra users. Guess the mighty Uchiha clan isn't so powerful after all and didn't some one mention becoming Hokage?". Sakura looked down at Kakashi and shouted " No sensei ! Take that back now! Sasuke's not weak!" Naruto was cheering on the forest floor "Way to go Sakura-chan!". Rinn rolled her eyes and continued up the tree.
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" Nina! Focus! You won't get through the Chunin exams by dozing off!" Rangiko shouted across the training ground. " Sorry sensei!". She looked around at her blonde team mate panting beside her. It had been decided that the group would be split up into squads off three. Cory, Mayuri and Kiniko made up one team and had finished training. When Rinn returned she would be informed of her being teammates with Nina and Akemi.
Nina took a long pause looking at the setting sun. She was enjoying the scenery when she saw out of the corner off her eye, a dash of red. She quickly turned to her left to see a pair of dark rimmed, teal eyes watching her from the darkness of the trees. In a flash, Gaara narrowed his eyes and disappeared in a shroud of sand. " Nina, training is over for today!" . Still standing, looking at the spot where the Jinchuuriki had been moments before, she quickly responded to the call. " I'll be there soon!".
Before anything stopped her she ran into the clump of green and looked around. There was no sign of Gaara and she slowly turned to leave but a glint of light caught her eye. She crawled through the lush leaves and found a small hourglass of red sand. She stood up pressing the small charm to her heart. She recalled it from a memory seven years ago.
Flash back
"Look ,Kaoru" Gaara had rushed up to her holding a little piece of glass. As she looked closer she saw sand sloshing around in it. "Nice! It's pretty, Gaara! You're good at making things!". He blushed and absent mindedly put his hand on the back of his head. "T-thanks! H-here! I made one for you too". He held out another delicate little hour glass, this one with black sand in it.
End of flash back
Nina herd a little clink as the hourglass connected with something hard under her shirt. She reached into her shirt and pulled out a little hour glass of black sand on a chain.
She held them together in each palm and for once in her life realized they were the same colors as their hair.
Slipping her hour glass in her shirt she headed out of the bushes, she reached in her pocket and withdrew a white piece of cloth. She gingerly wrapped the remaining hourglass in it and pocketed it. When she emerged from the trees, night had fallen across Konoha. She took one last breath of night air before heading to their compound.
Ok, another flash back. Gaara gave her a charm, Aww how sweet. You might have been wondering if I'll change her name in the future but that's for you to decide. Kaoru or Nina? That's for you to decide.
No more changing the Nina X Gaara
Also I wanted to know what you think of these pairings.
Cory X Kabuto
Mayuri X Kiba
Kiniko X Kankuro
Akemi X Deidara ( for a future sequel I'm planning, Distribution Nin Shipuden!)
Rinn X Sasuke ( If you don't approve of this pairing I'll have to change the story)
If you do not like theses pairings pleases say so. You could also make suggestions for these pairings and other pairings. I'll take it if I like it. If you don't vote. Parings will stay as stated.
Also , Please review ( puppy eyes, if even capable of doing puppy eyes)