[:] It hurts... [:] ~A Gaara Love Story~ [:] Deep inside.. [:] ||Chapter nine||-The Chuunin Exam!-[:]

In the last chapter, you (Kilaru), Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura were about to go into the place where the Chuunin Exam takes place.

We entered.
We were supposed to go to the 3rd floor. We saw a bunch of people around one single door.
"What's happening over there?" I asked my team-mates.
"I don't know, but we'll just see." Sasuke calmly answered.
We went through the crowd and got close to the door.
Sasuke and one of the two guys that were blocking the door exchanged words.
They were about to attack each other, when a guy in a tight green suit stopped them.
[Mhmm... Seems he's specialised in taijutsu. He's fast too.] I noticed.
He looked pretty good. Physically, I think that Sakura thought he was a geek. But I didn't mind his big eyebrows and his big round eyes at all; neither did his bowl-cut matter.
He looked like a nice guy.
Sasuke was surprised that the guy could stop his kick with only one hand.
[There are some people who are better than you in this world, Sasuke.]
Lee said he didn't want a battle to start.
And then Sasuke said that this wasn't even the right floor.
"You must've realized it first, right Sakura? After all, you're the one who's got the best deduction in our team."
Sakura was half there. Her bubble popped and she looked at Sasuke, surprised.
She smiled and turned it into a smirk, and replied, "Well of course I knew! This isn't even the third floor! This is the second floor!"
Everyone seemed surprised.
The bowl-cut big-browed guy came to Sakura.
"My name is Rock Lee. Please go out with me! I would protect you with my life!" He said, winked and did a thumb up.
As he winked, a heart made its way out of it and was sent to Sakura. He kept on doing it and Sakura dodged them all.
Lee was depressed because she evaded them as though her life depended on it.
He was at the wall, all while depressing.
One of his comrades asked Sasuke's name. Sasuke didn't tell him as he replied with something I once told him: "It's impolite to ask someone's name without saying yours first.
Anyways, the rest of the convo was not important. All I know is that Naruto was angry because everyone wanted to know who Sasuke was and didn't care about him.
He was also depressed and went beside Lee and they had the same position of depression. How sad.
I went next to the two of them. I looked at Lee.
"Hey, Lee. If you want to, maybe later we could talk together, hmm? I would like to be friends with you alright? You look like a really nice guy." I smiled to him. He almost cried.
I turned around to look at Naruto.
"Come on, Naruto. It's okay now. Everyone will know your name when you become Hokage, so just hurry up!"
We left, hand in hand, after I told Naruto to come.

On our way to the doors ( the GOOD ones ) we met a strange person.
He was just there. Doing nothing. At ALL.

I went beside. I poked him.
"Someone theeeeere~?"
I was freaked out by his eyes. They SLOOOOOWLY moved toward my direction.
"Are you okay..?" I asked. He.. was... weird.
And suddenly, he ran away from me to finally stop in front of two person and yelled:
"You're finally here! There was this cute girl trying to talk to me, but you said not to do anything until you get here! So, if you'll excuse me~"
I think I flushed. [Is he talking about me?] I looked around. I saw Sakura. [Surely, he's not speaking about her!]
He walked back to where I was standing with a big grin in his face. He wore a black t-shirt with simple blue lined at the bottom of the shirt itself as well as the sleeves. He wore wrists bands. His pants were of a dark blue, almost black, with a bandage on his left leg, also where his hitai-ate was. I presumed he was right-handed.
I looked at him quizzically.
"Why are you smiling like that?" I raised an eyebrow.
"Because a cute girl wanted to get my attention! My name's Zenaku."
"Well, if you're interested into knowing the cute girl's name, it's Kilaru." I winked at him.
"You've got to be kidding me..." Sasuke muttered.
I looked at him with flames in my eyes. The flames dropped but a smirk appeared. I close my eyes and gestured Sasuke.
"Oh and, this is emo-boy, AKA Sasuke, there's Naruto and Sakura." I smiled.
"Is that your boyfriend?" He gazed at Sasuke.
"Him? Hell no!"
"And who's the orange one?" He asked again.
"Naruto? I consider him as a brother! =D"
"Oh. I see. Then, I'll present you to my teammates."
"Well then let's go." I smiled, ready to listen.
"Himitsu is the guy and the girl's name is Unmei. They're cousins."
I didn't realize back then, but they all had highlights in their hair.
Zenaku had aqua highlights while Himitsu had blue and Unmei green.
"I looooove your highlights!" I screeched.
"Talk about a way to get seen by the opponents." Sasuke remarked, but said it with a spiteful voice.
I could see he glanced at Naruto while saying so.
"Heyy!" Naruto shouted. He started pouting while he turned away.
I smiled and sweatdropped.
Unmei seemed shocked. "That's not so nice!" She complained at Sasuke.
Himitsu saw Sakura.
"Oh and... Who's this lady?" He asked.
"Oh? That's Sakura. Nothing much, though. I never saw OR heard anyone talk to her like you did. It's a miracle!"
Sakura had angry marks on her forehead.
She hit Naruto, who complained. "Why'd you hit! I didn't do anything! Kilaru's the one who talked! Not me!"
"Well, I don't wanna hit HER... She's just... SCARY..."Sakura whispered the last part.
"She reminds of Zenaku, except he looks more of a dem—"
"Anyways, I guess we'll be leaving, you guys." Zenaku interrupted Unmei. "It was nice meeting you.
"See ya!" I waved happily at them.
And soon we could not see them anymore
"Well, they were nice, don't you think?" I smiled.
"Well, your "boyfriend" seemed pretty weak, if you ask me." Sasuke looked away.
I twitched at the word "boyfriend".
"My... "boyfriend" you said?" My back was facing him. I slowly turned my head towards him. My eyes glared daggers at him. "Dare say that again?"
"Hmph." He looked at his right.
"Okay, I take that as a no! So let's go now!"
{F-freaky...} Sakura thought to herself.
Though, I can read people's thoughts...

---::Meanwhile::---
Zenaku, Unmei and Himitsu were now out of Team 7's sight.
Zenaku grabbed Unmei by the throat and pushed her on the wall.
"Don't EVER compare me to those monsters..." He spat out.
"H-hai..." Unmei managed to reply.
Himitsu gulped.
Zenaku let go of his grasp.
"Alright. Let's go now." He said and started walking.

---::Back to Team 7::---
~3rd person POV~
The team was walking towards the door where, on the other side, there were tons of ninja willing to become a shinobi. But, right in front of the gate, they saw their sensei, Kakashi.
"Kakashi-sensei? What are you doing here?" Sakura asked.
"So, you came too, Sakura."
Everyone looked at her.
"Well, I guess now you three can go on to the Chuunin Exam."
"What do you mean by "now"? Couldn't we go on to the Chuunin Exam anyways?"
"No, you need to be on a team of three people to participate."
"Why didn't you tell us?" Sakura asked.
"I didn't want Naruto or Sasuke forcing you to take it, now wouldn't I?"
"But, even if I didn't come, they would still have Kilaru!"
"Yeah! Kila— Wait! Just WHERE is Kilaru!?" Naruto looked around, agitated.
"Since Sakura came, Kilaru knew she couldn't come with you guys. I told her that since she was the last one of the team, she could take the Chuunin Exam depending on Sakura's decision. If she chose to take it, Kilaru would go, if she wouldn't, Kilaru would."
"B-but that's.. Then it's my fault she can't get in?" Sakura asked.
"Well, don't think of it like that. Think of it as you chose something to make her decision clear."
"But you can't just do that, sensei! She's part of our team!"
"Yeah! She's been on our team as long as we've been! It's not just because she's new that she wouldn't really be part of our team!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Yeah, she's a member of our team. Though I don't really think anything about her, she should at least get to go to the Chuunin Exam." Sasuke spoke.
"Yeah! She doesn't deserve that! She's really good too!" Naruto shouted.
"Hai, hai. I know that, but I can't do anything. Only teams of three can participate." Kakashi stated.
"Well, if Kilaru-onee-chan isn't going, then I'm not going either!" Naruto pouted.
"I understand, Naruto. But you see—"
"Sensei! Please do something about this! We can't just leave her!" Sakura yelled.
"I know, that's why I asked the Third for an... exception."
"WHAAAAAT!?" Naruto and Sakura shouted. "Why didn't you tell us before!?"
"I was just testing your teamwork." Kakashi smiled (beneath his mask).
"S-so.. That means Kilaru can come with us?" Naruto asked, eyes gleaming.
"Yup. I asked the Third if she could. He told me "Of course! Even though it might seem unfair, we can't just force her to forget about it"! So that means that she can, even though your team will be a four-man cell." Kakashi explained.
"So... Where is she now?" Sakura asked.
The door slowly opened.
The team could see a pair of green eyes looking at them.
Sakura flinched.
Suddenly, the door opened really fast.
"I'm HERE!!" The figure screamed.
"Kilaru-nee chan!" Naruto cried out.
"Naruto-nii chan!" She exclaimed.
They hugged.
"Pff.. They look like 6 years-old children..." Sasuke sputtered.
"Awww! Sasuke is jealous because Naruto got a hug from Kilaru!" Kilaru herself exclaimed as though talking to a baby. "You can always ask for one!"
Sakura felt a sudden anger filled with... jealousy?
"Sakura would surely be happy to give you one!" Kilaru finished.
The pink-haired girl was suddenly happy, but still in a state of shock. {She just...?}
"Anyways, you should all go inside. I am proud of you guys, so don't disappoint me now!" Kakashi declared. He smiled, eyes closed.
"Hai!" Kilaru screamed. She looked at Naruto. "Let's go, Naruto-kun!"
She took him by the hand and rushed inside. "The people inside are pretty quiet, but don't worry! They shouldn't bite!"
Sasuke and Sakura followed.

~Kilaru's POV (once again xD)~
I saw Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke look pretty amazed by the amount of people inside.
"Bye, Kakashi-sensei!" I cheered as I close the door.
Some people looked at me.
{She closed the door with only one hand!?}
{That door was pretty heavy, you know!?}
I could hear all their thoughts.
I smirked at their remarks.
I went back to Naruto.
Every nine rookies joined us as we were talking.
But, since we were talking rather loud for SOME people, a strange guy with weird, round glasses came to us. He had grey hair and dark eyes.
"Hello there. I see you're new around here."
"Who are you?" Sasuke asked.
"I'm Kabuto. Nice to meet you. And, you are...?"
"I'm Sasuke. Uch—"
"Alright, Sasuke. We all know you're from the Uchiha clan, so please stop that."
We started talking, but I didn't quite listen. I was too busy looking for my new friends (AKA Zenaku, Unmei and Himitsu)
When I finally found them, I started mimicking things in order for him to understand what I was talking about.
I snapped out when I heard Sasuke say the name "Gaara".
[Gaara?]
They were talking about cards, how the guy knew a lot about people, etc. I heard his name. It was Kabuto.
[I don't like this guy...] I thought. [I'll just have to keep a close eye on him.]
I checked his chakra card on Gaara.
[Ha! He doesn't have much info about him.]
"I see that you don't have as much info as you pretend to, Kabuto."
"Hmm? And you are?"
"Oh, me? Just call me Kilaru. I bet you don't have a card about me, huh? I'm new around here."
He started his thingy.
"Oh, you're right. I don't. And, what do you know about this Gaara." He declared.
"Oh, nothing important. I just happen to know how he attacks, and why he has his gourd on his back, buuuuut... This surely won't be of any use to you."
"Well, it could always be of some kind of use." Kabuto said and waited expectedly.
I snapped out.
"What? Oh, you want me to tell you? Nah... Wouldn't help anyone. I guess." I smirked.
"As you wish."
So the guy continued to talk with them and I continued talking to Zenaku (with gestures).
3 minutes or so later, I felt movement.
I looked and saw 3 people from the sound running at Kabuto.
[Great... No just WHAT did he do..?]
The guy hit him, but Kabuto dodged it by stepping by. He smirked, but his glasses broke and he kneeled down and starting to puke.
I couldn't hide the smile I made when I saw him like that. I quickly hid it and looked at Naruto and Sakura who helped him up.
"Put this on your cards: The Sound Team WILL become Chuunins." One of them said.
"Yeah, yeah, and I killed my village." I said.
Naruto laughed.
We heard sound and smoke appeared.
"Silence, everyone! I am your 1st examiner, Ibiki Morino!" A man with scars on his face declared.