I wonder oh wonder what could possibly go wrong in this chapter...

Disclaimer: Naruto is Kishimoto's toy. I'm just playing with it.

Warning: Language.

Edit: 6/26/14

I found a hiding spot underneath an uprooted tree. I had tucked Sasuke and Naruto in the far back.

I had tried to heal Sasuke, but whenever my chakra was pushed inside of him the Curse Mark repelled me. I was forced to settle for first aid; thankfully I had anticipated the Curse Mark acting negatively towards my healing, so I had packed for it. Sasuke's bruises and cuts were now wrapped in gauze, coated with a special herb mixture I had created.

While the sun was still out—just barely—I had found a river and replenished our water supply. Along the way back, I got extremely lucky and found edible herbs to restore strength. I picked a few before I headed back.

The herbs rested beside Naruto, on top of my pack.

Daybreak was approaching now. I knew what happened after daybreak.

I was scared.

But, yet, at the same time I felt oddly calm about it. I knew it was coming, and I could prepare for it. I would live through this, and I would protect my teammates. I could and I would do this.

I would.

The sun's rays slowly peeked through the cracks between the roots of the tree. I cracked my eyes open, surveying the area.

A squirrel broke out into a run across the clearing, heading straight towards us. I pulled out a kunai, twirling it once before I threw it at the squirrel. It squeaked in fear before turning tail and fleeing in the other direction.

I turned back towards Sasuke and Naruto. Soon, they were going to be here.

I fought off another wave of fatigue, opting to munch on a few herbs, instead. My stomach clenched as the substance reached my acids. It wanted more, something it could actually devour.

I shuddered as a sudden coldness wrapped around me. I placed my right hand over my forehead and sent a wave of chakra into my body. The fatigue eased slightly.

I tucked my knees into my chest and waited.

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"Keeping vigilant all night by yourself... you must be tired," drawled the first voice. I looked up sharply from my spot. "I don't suppose you could wake Sasuke-kun? We'd like to fight him."

"I don't suppose you'd be willing to turn tail and leave?" I asked, slowly standing up. "Duck-Ass is fast asleep after that snake-fucker bit him and left behind a little 'present.'" I quoted my fingers around present, trying my best to keep the sarcasm from dripping out too much.

"Oh?" Zaku said, stepping forward. "Allow me to kill her and Sasuke, it's clear she knows too much."

I snorted. You have no friggin' clue.

Dosu stepped forward. "No. We attack together."

And that's when they all launched into the air. I pulled out another kunai, rushing out from the hiding spot to meet them head on. But, before either of us connected, Lee appeared out from virtually nowhere.

"Leaf Hurricane!" he called out, twisting and hitting them so they were forced to back off and lurch away. I halted, stumbling a bit, before stopping just before Lee.

"Three against one hardly seems fair," Lee said, assuming a fighting stance.

"Who are you?" Dosu asked.

"The Konoha's beautiful blue beast… Rock Lee!" Lee exclaimed.

"Wh-What are you doing here?" I asked, slightly dazed. I didn't think Lee would come. I was in a different area than episode 31. I had hoped, hence why I threw the kunai to cause the squirrel to run earlier, and catch his attention, but… I wasn't too sure.

"When you are in danger, I will appear at any time," Lee declared.

"Ah… thank you, Lee," I responded quietly.

Lee twitched slightly, but I could tell he was very pleased with my appreciation.

Dosu's one visible eye narrowed in annoyance. He pulled out his Earth Scroll, tossing it over his shoulder to Zaku. Zaku caught it with ease before Dosu lunged forward, pulling out his right arm and preparing for an attack.

I twirled my kunai before throwing it at him. He dodged by jumping in the air. In the same movement, Lee struck his fist in the ground, pulling out a major ass big root and using it as a shield against Dosu's attack.

"There's a trick to your attack isn't it?" Lee asked as the root was blasted to bits. "I saw it when you attacked that one examinee with the glasses."

Dosu's eye narrowed into a single furious slit. He lurched forward, but before he could do a thing, Lee was gone. Too fast for me to keep up with. Lee reappeared beneath Dosu. He kicked him in the jaw, sending him flying. Lee lurched right up into the air behind him. Lee grabbed hold of him and twisted him into the air, causing the two of them to fall head first towards the ground.

"Secondary Lotus!" Lee shouted.

In the same instance, Zaku made rapid hand signs, his hands slamming into the ground. Right before Lee and Dosu hit the ground, Lee released him, just barely avoiding Zaku's attack. Lee slid back. Dosu lurched up from the ground and lunged, ready to attack.

I knew Lee was still weak from his forbidden move, I knew he needed my help. So I thought it was only natural I acted. He came here to protect me, now it was only fair I protect him. I threw my kunai at Dosu, momentarily distracting him, as I ran towards Lee.

Before Dosu could touch Lee, I kicked Lee in the side, away from Dosu. In the same move, I twisted my other leg to connect with Dosu's legs. I hit him behind his knee. His knee buckled beneath him and I brought my left fist up to his jaw, sending chakra to my hand to strengthen my blow.

Dosu was sent flying into the air. I rushed over to Lee, grabbing his shoulders. He was breathing heavily. I placed a hand on his forehead. Overexertion on his muscles. Physical problem. I could handle that. But then…

"Lee? Are you alright?" I asked. "Can you move?"

Lee shakily stood up before he fell back to the ground, clutching is left ear.

I was too late. Blood slowly dripped down past his hand. I gritted my teeth in frustration.

"I-I am f-fine, Sakura-san," Lee said shakily.

"No, you're not," I whispered. "Dosu controls sound waves, he shattered your ear drum and confused your… Lee, you're balance is off, you cannot fight now, not until I can give you medical attention."

I glanced behind me to see Dosu had just landed.

"I can fight, Sakura-san!" Lee exclaimed, forcing himself to sit up.

"Lee…" I sighed. "I'm doing this for your own good."

I hit him upside the head.

He slumped to the ground, unconscious.

I stood up, glaring at them. I pulled out a kunai and twirled it in my fingers. I pulled out three shuriken before launching the shuriken at them. Zaku intercepted them, sending out focused air pressure to throw them off course. But, while I had thrown them, I had also started running.

I ducked below the pressurized air, only to come back up right in front of him. His eyes momentarily widened before I forced my knee into his gut and my fist connected with his jaw. He whirled backwards. I threw a shuriken at him.

Dosu intercepted the shuriken, deflecting it with ease. He sprinted towards me and I jumped back, dropping to my knees then rolling away from his attack. Beside me, the ground exploded. I pulled out a paper bomb, tying it to my kunai.

Kin sprinted towards me, pulling out multiple senbon and throwing them at me. I kicked off from the ground and threw my kunai at Zaku. He raised his hands and forced the air pressure to lurch it right back at me.

I smirked, pulling out a shuriken and hitting my kunai on the tip. It zigzagged a bit before being thrown out of the path for the pressurized air. It fell towards the ground at Kin. Her eyes widened when she saw the explosive tag.

"Always wanted to say this." I grinned wickedly, raising my voice, "Art is a bang, un!"

The explosive tag did what it was always meant to do. It exploded. Beautifully.

The force was enough to send Kin flying, as she hit another tree and immediately coughed up blood. She slumped to the ground, unconscious.

I felt a twinge of satisfaction.

It didn't last long. Because of my ego and my satisfaction, I momentarily lost track of my surroundings. Next thing I knew, Dosu was right behind me and his fist connected against my cheek, in the same motion he sent out another sound wave.

Pain erupted into my ear drums and pounded into my head. My vision blurred as I was rocketed into the ground. The air left me as Dosu came crashing down right behind, his foot connected into my stomach and I retched.

My vision doubled and my head spun in circles. Shit, shit, shit.

I swung my left hand blindly, pushing in some quickly depleting chakra. It was enough to cause Dosu to jumped off of me and away, back towards Zaku and Kin.

I coughed violently as I struggled to sit up. I blinked my eyes rapidly; all sounds around me seemed muffled. I raised my hand to my right ear and pulled it away. Blood dripped down from my fingers.

I tried again to sit up, only to fall back down. My arms shook, dizzy, dizzy. The world was spinning. Concentrate, concentrate…

My breath came out in short shallow gasps. Help… please, Inner?

Calm… breathe… calm…

Enough. Something stable to grasp on. My hand raised back to my forehead and I pushed chakra in my hand. It pulsated through my hand and into my forehead before covering my entire body. My vision cleared. Everything I heard was still muffled, but that was okay.

Zaku was walking towards Sasuke and Naruto, Dosu had his back turned to me. I reached into my bag and pulled out an explosive tag. I tied it around one of my last remaining kunai. I threw it at Dosu. Dosu turned his head, and Zaku stopped, turning.

"Katsu," I muttered, smiling insanely.

The tag erupted into a fiery explosion. Zaku and Dosu were thrown away from each other. I shakily stood up, pulling out my final kunai and gripping it tightly. My legs wobbled as I hobbled over towards my teammates and Lee. When I reached them, I shakily raised my hand and assumed a fighting stance. My chakra was nearly gone. I had maybe one more good heal before I would need to rest.

I was in some deep shit now.

Well, I thought dryly, I died once. It's not so bad.

I cringed as a wave of fatigue washed over me. I fell to my knees. Shit.

Dosu and Zaku were now walking towards me, seeing me in my weakened state. Like a cat stalking a wounded mouse, I thought giddily. Damn, I would much rather be the cat in this situation.

Just before they reached me, Ino, Shikamaru and Chōji appeared before me. Their backs turned to me as they stared down at Dosu and Zaku. Kin groaned from her tree nearby, finally coming back to the world of consciousness.

"Ino," I muttered.

She turned her head back to me, smiling and saying something. It was muffled, I couldn't hear. I shook my head at her, weakly raising my hand and pointing to my ear. Her expression softened, then hardened, and she turned her back to me.

Help was here. It would be okay.

Dosu said something and Chōji turned towards Ino and Shikamaru, saying something frantically to them. Shikamaru held tight to Chōji's muffler.

That was when Zaku said something and Chōji stiffened. I felt a ghost of a smile pass over my lips. If I remember correctly, Zaku called Chōji a fatty.

Chōji screeched and raged at him, all fired up. A tired giggle passed my lips.

Chōji turned into his human boulder and launched himself at Zaku. Zaku used his air pressure to hold him off before Chōji was launched into the air, flying straight at him. Dosu ran straight towards him, but Shikamaru stopped him with his shadow possession jutsu.

Ino possessed Kin's body and Shikamaru caught Ino's—now empty body—just in time, Dosu mimicking the action. When Ino tried to take her hostage, they attacked her. Shikamaru's shadow possession faded. They then prepared to kill the possessed Kin… until Neji and Tenten arrived.

Neji activated his Byakugan and everyone stared at him in shock before he deactivated it. He glanced over at Sasuke.

I followed his gaze, Sasuke was wrapped in the dark chakra of the Curse Mark. Very slowly, he stood up, his body glowing from the Curse Mark as the chakra swirled around him. He looked over at me, saw my beaten down form and my bleeding ears.

He was speaking to me, I could see his lips move. But, I gave him a weary smile and motioned to my ears. His eyes narrowed into dangerous slits.

I could remember what he had said in episode 33.

"Sakura, tell me, who hurt you?"

He glanced around the clearing, his lips moving. I knew he had asked the question again, only this time he had asked everyone there.

Zaku smirked. His lips moved. Sasuke's eyes hardened from whatever he said, his body tensed and a glare formed over his face. Shikamaru and Chōji retreated. Ino went back to her own body. They hid in the bushes, a little ways from me.

Sasuke's Curse Mark etched itself across his entire skin. Dosu appeared alarmed, Zaku used his Maximum Air Cutter at us, but before it could touch us, I felt the feather light touch of Sasuke's arm around my waist before I was jerked up from the ground.

Everything blurred for me in a flash, only for me to reappear with Naruto by my side as I half-sat-half-aid on the ground behind Zaku. Zaku smirked, thinking he had done us in but then Sasuke spoke from behind him and sent Zaku flying back.

Zaku twisted in the air to land a little ways from us, smirking still. Sasuke preformed his phoenix fire jutsu, sending in a barrage of fire balls. Zaku blew out the fire with his air, only to reveal that shuriken were wrapped in the fire. He was hit with a barrage of shuriken.

Sasuke appeared from behind Zaku, grabbing both of his arms and placing a foot on his back. Sasuke smirked. Sasuke's leg pushed down on Zaku's back while his arms pulled back. Dosu and everyone else watched in horror as Zaku withered under Sasuke until finally his arms relaxed. And judging from everyone else's face, a sickening crack must have been heard.

Sasuke dropped him, smirking nastily. Turning to face Dosu, he said something.

I knew what was going to happen if I didn't act.

Was this how Sakura felt?

No. No, Sakura loved Sasuke. She didn't want to see him like this.

I just don't want to see anyone like this. That's all…

That's all.

I pushed myself from the ground, my body giving me a thousand reasons why not to. My legs wobbled and my arms shook, but I pushed myself forward, rushing past the lying Zaku. My arms wrapped around Sasuke.

He stopped.

"Stop," I murmured against his back. I was shaking from exertion. I wanted to fall to the ground, close my eyes and sleep, but I knew I shouldn't. Not yet.

Sasuke stiffened at the contact, his head turning slightly to face me. His Sharingan eye whirled as it met mine.

"Stop, Sasuke," I murmured again, "I told you, everything was going to be okay. It is now, just calm down."

He continued to stare at me, his pinwheel whirling before slowly, painfully slowly, the Curse Marks began to retract themselves. His tense body relaxed, and he fell to the ground, his knees buckling.

Naturally, I barely had enough strength to hold myself up, so there was no way I could hold both of us up, so I fell too. Sasuke was breathing heavily.

Dosu must have spoken. Sasuke's head snapped up. Dosu held out his Earth Scroll, speaking. He set it down and walked away, grabbing Zaku and Kin.

Ino's group presented themselves once again, after the danger had left. I was still leaning heavily on Sasuke's back. He shifted underneath me, turning away.

Shit, I thought. I tumbled to the floor, breathing heavily. More waves of exhaustion washed over me. Sasuke turned to look at me, his eyes widening in alarm. His lips moved.

I shook my head. I could infer what he was asking. "Soldier pill for chakra depletion… my pack under the tree."

Sasuke nodded his head, raising his head he shouted out something. In the same instance I felt another presence by my side. Naruto sat beside me, his eyes wide with worry, his mouth was moving at a rapid pace.

I gave a weary grin and glanced over at Sasuke.

Sasuke took the hint and he explained to Naruto how I couldn't hear him, motioning to my ears. Naruto's eyes widened before they hardened, his lips pressing into a thin line. Before he could do—or say—anything, Ino appeared, holding out the pill. She placed it above my mouth and I opened my mouth, she dropped it in and I chewed.

All at once I could feel the rush of chakra flow through me. I raised my hand over to my right ear. I felt a warm rush of chakra flow through my hand and into my ear. Shortly after, my drum was fully repaired. I moved to my left ear, repairing it as well.

"Yay, now I can hear again," I commented dryly.

"Sakura-chan?" Naruto questioned, his eyes still on me.

"Mmm?"

"What happened while we were sleeping?"

"Mmm…" I sat up slowly, feeling my strength momentarily return from the pill. I looked up at Ino. "Thank you, Ino-chan. Do you think someone could give me a hand and help me up?"

Ino grinned, holding out a hand. I took it, she helped me back up on my feet. I glanced around the clearing and saw Tenten and Lee. I hobbled over to them, Naruto, Sasuke, and Ino right behind me.

"Lee," I said, "thank you."

Lee looked at me for a moment, his eyes widening. I dropped to my knees beside where he sat. "Now hold still."

I placed my hand over his bloodied ear. I could see the others watching me as I pushed chakra through my hand to repair his own broken ear drum. Lee's eyes widened even more so when I was finished.

"Better?" I asked with a smile.

"S-Sakura-san!" Lee exclaimed, his eyes watering. "I have failed you yet you have shown me such kindness in healing me. I—I promise to train harder for you. Next time we meet, I will be a stronger man."

"You do that," I said with a quirked eyebrow. "It was only natural I healed you, you did offer your assistance and all."

Naruto was glaring daggers at Lee beside me. I patted Naruto on the cheek. I then turned to Sasuke—who was now sitting on my other side—and patted him on the head.

Naruto stopped glaring at my pat, but Sasuke merely spared me a glance, a small smile tugging at his lips.

I stared at the possible smile in disbelief. Was the great Sasuke actually going to smile?

Note the sarcasm in great.

In the end, Sasuke did not smile.

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The three of us sat around our small fire, eating the fish Naruto and Sasuke had caught. After we had left the others, we decided to find something to eat and a place to camp before we decided our next move.

Naruto and Sasuke were the only ones fit to hunt—seeing how I had healed away all their problems, while I was stuck nursing my own.

However, some good did come of this. Because of my oh so amazing medical skills, we didn't need to waste two whole days waiting to recuperate, like they did in the anime. Now we were roughly two days into the exams, almost three.

By the time they had returned and dinner was served, I was only having to fight off waves of fatigue. Nothing a good night's rest and some food couldn't handle.

While we ate, I explained everything that had transpired while they were unconscious. Naruto and Sasuke listened intently, their eyes widening and narrowing at parts in my story. When I was finished, they both seemed oddly enough content.

"Ne, Sasuke, we're lucky we have such an awesome medic on our team," Naruto said as he took another bite out of his fish.

"Thank you," I hummed, munching on my own fish.

Sasuke closed his eyes, taking another bite from his fish. "Hn. I suppose."

"My, my, was that a compliment from Duck Ass, I hear?" I teased, grinning widely.

He opened his eyes long enough to roll them at me. "Hn."

I glanced around the clearing, looking up at the sky.

Do you suppose Kabuto is watching us already?

Most likely he's been watching us since Naruto and Sasuke have returned from fishing.

That's true… if he is then that means we can finally leave this hellhole. Damn I want out of here... I want a bath... so... bad...

"Hey, Kabuto," I called out, my eyes glancing around lazily. "Come on out, I know you're there."

Naruto and Sasuke gave me curious looks, neither saying anything, but clearly wondering what the hell I was talking about.

"Kabuto," I sung out. "You have until three… One… Two…"

A little ways from us the bushes rustled, Naruto and Sasuke's eyes snapped over, only to reveal a smiling Kabuto walking out.

"I'm impressed, Sakura-san, I didn't think I could have been noticed by you," Kabuto said, still smiling as he walked over to us.

"Kabuto? What are you doing here?" Sasuke asked, his eyes narrowed suspiciously.

"It's not like I was after your scroll or something," Kabuto said. "I already have both." He rummaged through his back pocket before presenting two scrolls. Sasuke's and Naruto's eyes widened before he put them back. "A lot happened, but I was headed for the tower to meet up with my teammates. Excuse me for now."

"Wait," Sasuke said. "Fight us. For the scrolls."

"What the hell Sasuke?" Naruto asked.

"Shut up, Dobe. We need the Heaven Scroll since that… person… burned ours," Sasuke snapped. I inwardly cringed at the hesitation from Sasuke.

SPID, shame on you for burning our scroll. You hater.

Kabuto smirked and I kind of zoned out. He was saying how we should be more serious if want to finish this challenge. If we really wanted the scrolls we would have just attacked and taken, not declared, yada, yada, yada. But, he liked that about us so he's going to show us a path, etc, etc… Then he said to follow him… so we did… (Much to my displeasure, but I really wanted to just end it already)

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While we followed Kabuto, I was lost in my own musings. Not really talking to Inner, just letting my mind wander and slip into day dreams. I didn't need to be alert at the moment.

Finally, after the sun had set and the moon had risen, the tower came into view. Naruto killed a centipede, Kabuto lightly scolded him saying we needed to be quiet and onward we went. We moved slowly and carefully through the forest, attempting to get closer to the tower.

After roughly two hours of walking, I decided enough was enough. "Hold up, everyone."

Slowly everyone came to a halt. "We've been walking for at least two hours now and we have not made any progress towards the tower."

"Eh? So?" Naruto asked, eyeing me oddly.

"So?" I asked, "So I think we're already in someone's trap. Genjutsu."

Kabuto eyed me a moment before he nodded his head. "Good assumption, Sakura-san. Now that you mention it… we should be much closer by now at the speed we were going." He glanced around. "I can't believe I didn't even notice it."

"Eh? Really?" Naruto asked, his eyes wide. "What do we do now?"

"Assume they might attack us, soon," I answered. "Simple as that, really."

And just as I said those lovely words, they presented themselves. They emerged from trees, from the ground, from streams…everywhere. Black cladded clones as they inched closer to us, their bodies moving slowly and sluggish.

"And what do you know," I muttered, pulling out a kunai and twirling it in my fingers. Good thing I had grabbed all of my kunai—that I could—after the fight with Dosu's team. As they neared closer, Naruto swung out his fist.

He cut straight through one of them, his body turning into goo before a new a second body emerged from it. That body held a kunai in its hands.

"Naruto!" Sasuke called out, throwing shuriken at the new body before it could hurt Naruto. The new body twisted towards Sasuke before throwing it's kunai at him.

I remembered this scene…

My body acted on its own. I threw myself down on Sasuke, forcing him to dodge the blow before I hopped right back up on my feet and off of Sasuke. I looked down at Sasuke, he laid still, his eyes staring up into space and his body unmoving as the Curse Mark kept him paralyzed.

"What the hell is going on?" Naruto asked. "I hit them cleanly and that kunai was definitely real. They should have either disappeared if they were clones and if this was an illusion, none of it should be real!'

"It's a different type of illusion," I answered.

"What?" Naruto asked. "That's can't be right."

"No, Sakura-san is right. Most likely the enemy is elsewhere, and they are matching the illusion shinobi's movements. This makes it seem like the illusion shinobi are attacking us."

Sasuke slowly sat up, the effects from the Curse Mark momentarily wearing off.

"Then I'll find the idiots hiding in the forest throwing knives at us, and beat them up!" Naruto shouted.

"Wait, Naruto. In this situation, the source of the real knife is hidden, so we can't figure out the enemy's exact location," I said.

Kabuto nodded his head, glancing over at me. "Listen to her, Naruto-kun. Most likely the real enemy won't come out until we can't move at all. The best we can do, is dodge."

And that's when I decided I would make Kakashi-sensei proud of me, even if I couldn't get praised. While we attempted to dodge, I caught Naruto's attention. I threw down my last smoke bomb, momentarily obscuring the view of our enemies from us. I grabbed Kabuto and Sasuke and in a hushed tone I explained my plan.

Well. Technically it wasn't my plan to begin with. But, I'd rather not drag this on any longer than it had to be, and who knows when Naruto would have finally come up with it.

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The plan worked perfectly. When the smoke cleared, Kabuto, Sasuke and I were hidden from sight. Instead Naruto had created shadow clones of us and began a very long night of fighting off the never ending zombie army until finally 'we' had all collapsed due to exhaustion.

Only then did our enemies presented themselves, having them turn out to be the imposter and his teammates from the very beginning of the exams. They made their way towards the army of their shadow clones and Naruto rushed towards them. Kabuto followed after him. Sasuke attempted to use his Sharingan, Kabuto took a blow for Naruto, Naruto kicked their butts… we stole their scroll…

Then finally we headed off to the tower.

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When we arrived there, Kabuto met up with his teammates and we went our separate ways. We headed off into the tower.

"No one's here," Naruto commented after we entered the tower. "What are we supposed to do now?"

Simply because I was seriously craving on being done with this exam and having a friggin' shower already, I decided to go straight to the point. "Open both of the scrolls."

"What? Where'd you get that?" Naruto asked.

I pointed at the sign. "Read it. Come on, let's open them already."

Sasuke and Naruto exchanged a glance before Sasuke shrugged, pulling out the Earth Scroll. Naruto pulled out the Heaven scroll. I grabbed both then unrolled them, having them cross over in an x. "Summoning jutsu."

White smoke came from the scrolls and a loud poofing sound. Finally the smoke cleared to reveal Iruka.

"Hey, long time no see," Iruka said, smiling.

"Eh? Iruka-sensei, what are you doing here?" Naruto demanded.

"We Chūnin are to welcome the examinees at the end of this second exam. I was given the duty to pass the three of you a message by chance. Congratulations on passing the second exam. I'd like to treat you ramen at Ichiraku, but… You guys are one of the first teams to finish, so please remain in the tower until the third exam starts," Iruka said.

"One of the first?" Naruto asked, his eyes wide. "That's amazing. Yahoo!"

I let out a little sigh of relief. "Goodie."

Iruka smiled at us. "Congratulations, everyone. I'm very proud of you."

Shower, shower, shower! Shower, shower, shower! Going to get out of these gritty dirty clothes and finally take a shower!

Indeed.

"Ehehehe," Naruto said, scratching the back of his head. I glanced over at him, grinning.

"Ne, ne, Iruka-sensei," I asked.

"Yes, Sakura-chan?"

"Who else has past so far?"

He seemed to pause before answering, "Kurenai's team as well as Sunagakure's team."

"Mm, thank you," I said. "So… do we just grab a room here or…?"

He smiled. "There are thirteen rooms here, one for each team with three twin beds for each room. One shower per room. You'll have to room with your teammates."

I nodded once before whirling on my two new roomies. In a very flat tone I said, "I am taking the first shower. End of discussion."

I turned back to Iruka. "Do you know which rooms are already taken…?"

Iruka shook his head. "Sorry, I don't."

I nodded my head again, turning back to Sasuke and Naruto. I placed my hands on my hips. "I'm sure you two have a lot of questions for Iruka, but I want to take a shower, therefore I am going to find us a room and take a shower. When I find a room I'll leave a… sock... on the doorknob so you know it's ours. When I'm out of the shower I expect you two to take one as well."

I then turned on my heel and marched away, not even bothering to see if they followed.

Only Sasuke did.

The sock on the door was a joke because I'm a perv.

Ah... I'm not going to be available on Friday at all so I thought I should update today.

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See you Tuesday.