Chapter 11: Sasuke vs Rock Lee! The Gang's Back Together Again!
"I HAD ENOUGH! WHY IS KAKASHI SENSEI ALWAYS LATE?! DOES HE EVEN CARE ABOUT HOW I FEEL?! I WASN'T ABLE TO BLOW DRY MY HAIR BECAUSE OF HIM!" Sakura screamed
" IT'S NOT FAIR! I WAS IN SUCH A RUSH I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO BRUSH MY TEETH AND CHANGED MY UNDERWEAR!" Naruto yelled. (First thing in the morning and they're already driving me nuts.) Sasuke grumbled while leaning against the rail of the bridge. Then he noticed that the Senju was late which wasn't like her at all since she's usually one of the first to arrived along with himself. He was about to go look for her when Kakashi finally arrived much to genin's annoyance and aggravation. "Good morning everyone sorry I'm late I met this nice lady and naturally she wanted to go dancing with me." he explained lazily
"YOU LIAR!" Naruto and Sakura yelled
"Where's Peri?" Kakashi asked
"She hasn't arrived yet but what would you expect from a loser like her? She has no class or elegance at all. It's like her parents haven't taught her any manners. " Sakura said unaware that her rude comment made Sasuke glared at her and it made Naruto flinched. This was one of the many things the Uchiha hated about the pink haired girl out of all four of them she was luckiest because she had a mother and a father who would welcome her home everyday. She will never understand the painful feeling of
never see her family again "Hey don't say that about her." Naruto said not liking the comment his crush made about his friend
"You know it's true Naruto." Sakura said
"Peri's probably still mourning the loss of her parents since yesterday was the anniversary of the Civil War. Sakura if you don't have any nice to say then don't say anything at all." Kakashi scold at the fangirl. Sakura just rolled her eyes she never really did like the brunette that much at the academy however the two girls were able to tolerate each other during their time together as teammates. Even though they were on good terms she did not like how close Peri was to Sasuke.
-Forty five minutes later-
(Music: Naruto Shippuden Unreleased OST - Konoha Peace)
Sasuke, Kakashi, Naruto, and Sakura watched the Senju girl running in the distance but was progressively getting closer to them."Sorry I'm late! I was eating breakfast and I lost track of time!" Peri apologized
"It's no problem. Anyway I recommend all of you to participate in this year's Chunin Exams. The exams will start in five days if you want to enter go to the academy's room 301,but if you don't want to participate than that's fine because this is a personal choice." Kakashi said then he dismissed the four genin before he left himself.
Sasuke, Peri, Naruto, and Sakura were all walking together throughout the village it was late in the afternoon so they four friends decided to go to Ichiraku Ramen for lunch. "So are you guys going to enter the exams?" Sakura asked
"Yeah I really want to fight Gaara. I can tell that he's strong and Gaara said that he was going to enter the exams. I'm sure there will be a lot of more stronger shinobi there too." Sasuke said
"I'm going to enter as well if I become a chunin then becoming hokage will be easy! What about you girls? Are you going to participate?" Naruto asked taking a bite of his ramen. Peri and Sakura looked at their application papers deep in thought they both knew they weren't strong as the boys were however that was ok for Sakura because she really didn't want to participate. Sakura believed that they should try to train some more and wait til next year (If I tell that to the others they would be so disappointed in me. ) she thought sadly. " I think if I participate I can figure out how strong I am." Peri said finishing her bowl of ramen. On a scale the Senju girl knew her ninja skills was average which was nothing impressing and that was something Peri hated. She wanted to catch up to her brother and Naruto and she wanted to catch up to Sasuke most of all so he would acknowledge her. Peri wanted to be able to stand on her own to feet and get stronger that was her goal after all. "Alright then it's decided! We're gonna kick butt at the exams so that means we all need to train like crazy!" Naruto said before running off Sasuke and Peri's paid for the meals and left the restaurant to do some training leaving Sakura who didn't even touch her food. After some time the pink haired girl paid for her food and left the restaurant walking in a different direction. Peri began to look for Kakashi hoping to get his advice on training (If I want to catch up to Sasuke who is the strongest member of our team then I have to train more harder. Maybe learning a new jutsu would be helpful.) the brunette thought as she began to look for Kakashi. Eventually she found her sensei leaving the bookstore "Sensei do you remember those two water style jutsus you used against Zabuza?" she asked
"Yes I do why?" he replied lowering his orange adult book
"May you please teach me how to use them?"
"I'm sorry but I can't. I simply copied them with my Sharingan and since you don't
have the Sharingan I can't teach you and I don't know anyone who can help you." Kakashi said watching. Peri fell into a sulking depression with black lines above her head "But I wanted you to teach me." she moped
"Sorry Princess." Kakashi apologized.
-Senju Clan's Library-
Peri was walking in a huge library filled over millions and millions of books and scrolls and had everything that a ninja should know from the basic of chakra to chakra natures, to ninjutsu to genjutsu and much more written within them. Once the young girl found what she was looking for she quickly left.
-Public Training Grounds-
The Senju was at public training grounds holding two textbooks in her arms. "If I master this new jutsu then I will be ready for the Chunin exams." Peri said to herself and placed the two textbooks down in the ground she began to studied them then begin to practice making the hans signs later. A couple minutes later her teammates came to the training area to polish up on their ninja skills "Mind if we train with you?" Sasuke asked
"Sure I don't mind the more the merrier." Peri replied with a pink tint on her cheeks (Sasuke's so cute. Get a grip Peri! You're supposed to be training not staring at Sasuke!) she thought to herself and shook her head. Sasuke was practicing his fire style jutsu, Naruto was working on his taijutsu, and Sakura was throwing her kunai at the targets. The four of them continued to train until late in the evening Sakura was the first to leave then Naruto left to ask her out but she said no and Sasuke left after three hours later leaving Peri alone who was still training. It was completely quiet in the training area with only the stars to act like a light source. (It's late in the night and she's still training. (she's different from my useless fangirls she's actually serious about her being a ninja.) Sasuke thought to himself watching the Senju train until she left.
-Five Days Later-
Team 7 was walking through the halls of the academy in a comfortable silence however they noticed that there was huge commotion going on up ahead. To teenage boys were blocking the entrance to test room fighting against a large crowd of genin."Come on please let us in we have to go inside." a girl with hair buns said trying to enter but two older boys she was pushed back into the crowd
"Now look we're not letting you weaklings in. Listen the chunin exams is a dangerous competition where you put your life on the line." the teenage boy explained
"Yeah we're doing you a favor so just take our advice and go home." the other teenage boy laughed
"Nice speech now let me through." Sasuke said stepping forward, "And while you're at it release the genjutsu it's pitiful. You should of recognized it right Sakura? You do have the best analytical skills after all."
"Yeah I recognized it easily. This is the second floor not the third floor." Sakura said. The teenage boys smirked at the members of Team Seven and released the genjutsu. Suddenly one of the teenage boys ran to kick Sasuke who was ready to defend himself however another boy with a bowl cut hairstyle stopped them both with just his hands "This is not the place to fight." the boy said before letting them go
"Hey Lee what was that about? I thought we agreed that we would hide our true abilities for the competition!" a Hyuga boy with brown hair said walking up to the boy name Rock Lee. "I know but I just couldn't because-" Rock Lee paused when he looked at Sakura and walked over to her "My name is Rock name Sakura is right? Please be my girlfriend and I promise to protect you with my life!" he vowed with a blush on his cheeks
"Absolutely not." Sakura said
"Why?" Lee whined
"Because you're a weirdo." she answered
"Hey that's not very nice Sakura." Peri gently scold her friend who just waved her off. Then two of Lee's teammates walked over to Team 7 well they walked over to Sasuke they noticed him as the number one rookie at the academy.
"Hey you what's your name?" the Hyuga asked
"It's common courtesy to address your own name before asking for someone else's name." Sasuke countered. The brown haired girl next to the Hyuga giggled at Sasuke (He's cute) she thought happily. "I'm Peri Senju and this is my friend Sasuke Uchiha. What are your names?" the burnette asked nervously
"I'm Tenten and the Hyuga next to me is Neji. Sorry about Rock Lee he's a bit weird." a brown haired girl said. "Hey Sasuke! Naruto! Let's go!" Sakura said pulling Peri away from Sasuke and dragged the boys up the stairs "That girl is really getting on my nerves." Peri growled running up the stairs to catch up Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura.
~Time Skip~
Team 7 was walking to their destination in a peaceful silence until it was suddenly broken."Hey you with the attitude! Hold on!" the voice yelled. The four genin turned and saw Rock Lee standing on the balcony "Uchiha I challenge you to a fight!" Lee said jumping off the balcony and landed on the floor as he continued, " Everyone always talks about how great the Uchiha Clan now I want to see that greatness for myself. And Sakura I want you to know that I love you!"
" Leave me alone! Your eyebrows are too bushy to be real! You're such a weirdo!" Sakura yelled shaking in fear
"But you are angel sent from heaven! Please accept my love!" Lee exclaimed blowing pink heart shaped hearts at the pink haired girl who screamed and began to skillfully dodging the pink hearts that was flying towards her. "Should we help her?" Peri asked
"I don't know." Naruto whispered
"Enough! You want to know how my clan fight in battle then I'll be happy to show you." the Uchiha smirked
"No Sasuke don't fight him we need to get register for the exam before it's too late." Peri protested
"Don't worry this will be over in two minutes." Sasuke said cracking his knuckles. Naruto tried to fight Rock Lee first but he was quickly defeated then Sasuke began to fight with his challenger by using his Sharingan. "Your eyes are different. They're much stronger than Kakashi sensei I guess it's because you're the real thing right?" Peri asked staring intensely at the Uchiha's eyes then moved away from ignoring the glare Sakura (It's been a long time since I've seen those eyes) Per. "May we begin our fight Sasuke?" Lee asked
"Yeah let's fight." Sasuke said as he began to fight his challenger. For a bit Sasuke was doing really well in the fight, Lee however was no pushover and defeated Sasuke with only taijutsu. "SASUKE!" Peri and Sakura yelled running to over him but it was Peri who managed to catch her falling teammates in her lap "Are you ok?" she asked softly. Suddenly a red turtle appeared out of nowhere and yelled at Lee "Are you ready to for your punishment?" the turtle asked
"Yes."
"Very well then please come out Guy sensei!"
A puff of smoke appeared from the turtle's back revealing a man that looked just like Lee but just a little older. "Hey everybody what's shaking! Is life treating ya good?" the man asked striking a pose
(Music: Naruto- Might Guy Theme)
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Peri, Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura screamed with bulging eyes as they huddled together in fear. "His eyebrows is bushier the Busy Brows over there. There almost alive!" Naruto yelled
"Hey do not make fun of Guy sensei he is the greatest man in the world !" Lee snapped however his sensei calmed him down then Guy punched him. Team 7 watched in total shock as Guy and Lee embraced each other crying. "Let's get out of here." Naruto whispered and if he said the most brilliant thing everm the four of them made a mad dash out of the room and ran into their team leader. "I'm glad you came Sakura otherwise I wouldn't be able to let you enter the Chunin exams." Kakashi said to Sakura
"What do you mean sensei? You said that it was an individual choice to participate was that a lie?" she asked
"Not really you see it is an individual choice that affects the whole team so if you decided not to come I wouldn't allow the others to come as well." Kakashi explained
"Since we're all here does that mean we can go in?" Peri asked
"Yes you can. Good luck and do your best I'm cheering for you." Kakashi smiled opening the door for his students and watched them enter the room. "Sasuke where've you been?!" Ino asked jumping on Sasuke's back.
(Music: Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire - Lisia Theme [HQ] )
"Oh boy Sasuke you have no have idea how much I missed the broody good looks of yours."she giggled
"Back off Ino-pig he's mine!" Sakura snapped
"Miss Forehead they let you in I see? Still have that billboard brow yours! And just so you know Sasuke's all mine." Ino smirked then stuck her tongue out.
"Actually he doesn't belong to either of you." Peri said cooly and gently pulled Sasuke away from the blonde girl much to Sasuke's relief
"Butt out Peri!" Ino snarled
"What? I'm just saying that you can't own a person. Sasuke belongs to nobody but himself." she argued
"Hmm I guess you're right besides Sasuke's more a sexy lone wolf." Ino giggled
"That's not what I meant." she said moving away from Ino with Sasuke doing the same. "So you guys are here to? I knew this stupid test was going to be a drag." Shikamaru complained
"Shikamaru! Choji! Ino! You guys are here too?" Naruto asked giving the Nara a high five
"Yeah unfortunately." Shikamaru replied. "Good to you sis!" Tenicho winked holding his hand up
"Good to see you to bro!" Peri winked holding her hand up and the twins did their handshake which was two fives and a fist bump. "So looks like the whole gang's back together again? This is gonna be fun for those who can handle it right Sasuke?" Kiba smirked
"Kiba careful you don't get overconfident." Sasuke waned in a playful manner
"Just watch we're gonna blow you away since our sensei nominated us for the chunin exams we have been training like crazy." Kiba boasted
"What do you we've been doing sitting around picking daisies? You don't know what training means!" Naruto yelled pointing his finger at Kiba
"P-Please don't mind him I'm sure he didn't mean to offend you." Hinata said blushing. Then a teenage boy wearing a dark purple and white shirt and pants walked over to them "Can you guys keep it down a little you're making a bit of a scene." he asked. Peri opened her mouth to say something but Ino beat her to it "Well who asked you? Who are you?" she demanded
"My name is Kabuto Yakushi. You guys are the eleven rookies right fresh out of the academy right? Well if I was you I wouldn't try to make a big spectacle of yourselves. I mean just look around you kids really did made a big show." Kabuto said.
The eleven rookies looked around the room and saw everyone glaring at them menacingly making them all nervous. "But I don't expect rookies to know the rules of the Chunin Exams. You guys remind me of myself back in the day." Kabuto smiled
"This isn't your first time taking the exam Kabuto?" Sakura asked
"No it's my seventh time." Kabuto answered
"What do you mean?" Peri asked confused by the older boy's answer. "The exam takes place twice a year so this will be my fourth time participating." he explained
"So you're like an expert." Ino said
"Yeah some expert he's never even passed." Shikamaru
"Well seventh time's the charm right?" Kabuto laugher
"It's third time's the charm." Peri and Tenicho said sarcastically. After they settled down a bit Kabuto offered to show them his ninja information cards and gave them information about the other village and he gave them information about Rock Lee and Gaara on Sasuke's request. "To simply put it this year the competition is gonna be fierce." Kabuto sighed
"It's almost enough to lose your confidence." Hinata said softly
"So do you have any information on the Village Hidden in the Sound. I heard a rumor that it was a newly discovered village." Tenicho asked
"Not much but that's mainly because the Hidden Sound Village is very small so there isn't much information." Kabuto said reading his ninja cards before putting them back in his weapon punch. What they didn't know was that three people from the Village Hidden in the Sound were listening to their conversation and took offense to Tenicho's and Kabuto's comment about their. The shinobi from the Hidden Sound Village decided to teach Kabuto a lesson they quickly ran through the crowd heading toward the rookies. One of the three shinobi as about to punch Kabuto but instead he was stopped by Tenicho who blocked the punch with his hand. "I wouldn't do that if I were you." Tenicho said casually.
"What the heck? How did he move so fast?" Shikamaru gasped
"I didn't even see him move." Sasuke whispered glaring at the Senju boy. (He moved in a blink of an eye. I've never seen anymore move that fast before.) Kabuto thought to himself. "Alright you delinquents pipe down!" a tall tanned skinned man wearing a black trench coat yelled. All of the genin in the room turned around and looked at the man "Welcome to the Chunin Exams my name is Ibiki Morino and from this moment forward your worst nightmare." Ibiki smirked evilly. Peri and Tenicho looked at each other than looked at Ibiki in fear "We're doomed." the twins said and they both fell into a sulking depression.
Author's Notes
The Chunin Exams has finally began and that mean something is gonna happen to Team 7 especially Sasuke. And just for you guys to know Peri and Tenicho have the same sulking depression thing just like Hashirama. And since the rookies are very close to each other there will be chapters when they all just hang out because in my personal opinion the anime didn't show the Konoha 11 hanging out. I am really glad to update this chapter for you guys since this story is for you my amazing readers! I hope you enjoy this story and don't be afraid to leave a review.
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