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CHAPTER 11: Strangers? Sasuke Gets Jealous
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Ari woke up to the familiar scene of her room. Not the one she had been occupying in the Land of Waves, but her very own room in Konohagakure
'When did I get here?' Ari mumbled, getting up from the bed.
The door then opened and Ari turned to see Kakashi there, holding a plate of food.
"Wow, Onii-Chan, you never let me have breakfast in my room. What's the occasion?" Ari took a piece of toast from the plate and started munching on it.
"Imouto, do you not remember what happened at the bridge?" Kakashi asked carefully.
"Nope." Ari answered,"All I remember is seeing people on the br..."
Suddenly Ari remembered something important regarding the mission.
"How is Sasuke?" Ari asked frantically. "What about Haku and Zabuza?"
"Zabuza and the kid that as with him died." Kakashi answered slowly.
"And Sasuke? How is he!" Ari shouted grabbing her brother by the neck and shaking him roughly.
"Imouto, calm down! Sasuke is alright." Kakashi reassured her feeling a little dizzy
"Thank god." Ari sighed.
"From the way you are worrying, I would say that you like him-" Kakashi teased only to have a pillow flung at him. "ONII-CHAN!"
Luckily for him, he dodged it by closing the door.
Before he left, Ari heard him shout,"Don't sleep too much, Imouto. It's time to get up!"
Mumbling, she got up and took a quick shower, tied her hair up in a ponytail with her ribbon.
Walking down the streets of Konoha, Ari was minding her business as usual until she heard shouting nearby. Turn the corner Ari could see Naruto with Sakura, three midgets and two strangers. There was a girl who had blonde hair tied into four ponytails. She had a huge fan strapped to her back. The guy next to her was dressed in all black with sharp horns sticking from his head. He had purple-ish paint on his face, and he carried a heavy looking black object on his back.
The guy in black lifted a little kid from the ground and started to choke him.
"Put him down!" Naruto screamed.
"I just want to play with him a little...while we're waiting for the nuisance to get here." The guy in black answered as Naruto charged at him, only to be knocked back by a single hand movement. "What a wimp. Is that the best Konoha's ninja can do?"
"Stop it!" Ari shouted, walking over to the man. "Let the boy go."
"Another Konoha genin? Who are you to tell me what to do" the guy asked glaring at her
Your hitai-ate tells me you came from Sunagakure" Ari observed. "Why are you here?"
"Don"t talk back to me little girl!" the guy in black dropped the kid before grabbing her left arm and squeezing it so hard that Ari almost thought it would break.
"Let go!" Ari glared at the boy, right fist clenched and ready to go
"Ari-san!"Sakura shouted worried.
"Ari-chan!"Naruto shouted almost simultaneously.
Before Ari had the chance to punch the guy a rock flew and hit him in the arm causing him to let go of her.
They all turned around to see Sasuke sitting in a tall tree holding another rock.
"What are you doing in our village?" Sasuke asked.
"IT'S SASUKE!" Sakura screamed joyfully
"So?" Naruto glared.
"Oh, look, another little brat" the guy smirked as Ari began to rub my bruised arm.
"Get lost" Sasuke stated
"Ooooo...how cool" Sakura exclaimed
"Naruto..." the little kid pointed at Naruto,"You're uncool" making Naruto mad.
"You think you're smart, don't you?" the guy asked placing what was on his back on the floor.
The girl next to him looked frightened for a moment, then she said, "Don't tell me you are going to use it."
"KANKURO, STOP!"
A voice shouted from the same tree Sasuke was in. Looking, we saw a guy with red hair hanging upside down on a branch opposite of Sasuke.
'How long was this guy here' Sasuke calculated, 'I couldn't sense him at all'
"You are a disgrace to our village," the new guy stated
He had flaming red hair and was carrying something on his back. From Ari's point of view, it looked like a gourd of some kind. Tattooed on his forehead was the Chinese word for 'LOVE'
"G-Gaa-Gaara!" the guy named Kankuro stuttered.
"It annoys me that you would lose control like this" Gaara stated."Have you forgotten why we came here?"
"But Gaara...they were the ones who attacked me!" Kankuro pleaded.
"Shut up!" Gaara glared. "Or I'll kill you"
'He threatened his own teammates?' Ari was shocked
"You're right," Kankuro almost cried. "We were out of line."
"We're really sorry, okay Gaara," the blonde-haired girl laughed nervously
"I'm sorry about my friends" Gaara stated to Sasuke before disappearing and reappearing right in front of Ari, making her gasp out in surprise
"I apologize for his foolish behavior and bruising your arm" Gaara gently grasped her arm and ran his cold finger softly over the bruise making her blush
'Wha-why am I blushing!' Ari couldn't keep her face from turning red
Suddenly, there was a thump and Ari found Sasuke right next to her gripping Gaara's arm
"We accept your apology" Sasuke stated, still griping his arm
"I know we're a little early" Gaara stated, letting go of Ari's arm and walking back towards his group, "…but we didn't come to play. I swear this won't happen again"
They turned and was about to leave when Sakura Shouted, "WAIT!"
"Yes?" Gaara turned around again
"According to your hitai-ate, you three…" Sakura stated, "Come from Sunagakure, right?'
'Didn't I already say that?' Ari asked herself
"Didn't that girl already announce that?" the blond hair girl sighed pointing at her
"I know, but still…your country is one of Konoha's allies…but according to our treaty, ninja's from other country are not permitted to cross the border without authorization. We just can't let you go like that"
"Temari, I think we have to explain it to them" Kankuro told the blond girl
"As you can see, we're genins from Sunagakure and we're here to take the chuunin exams" Temari stated, showing us their passes
"What's the chuunin exams?" Naruto asked
"You really don't know do you?" Temari sighed before explaining what the chuunnin exams were for
"Hey Konohamaru!" Maybe I should join the chuunin exams too" Naruto cheered, ignoring Temari who got angry at him for ignoring her
"Hey you! What's your name?' Sasuke asked
"Huh? Wh-who me?" Temari pointing to herself
"No, you with the gourd" Sasuke turned towards Gaara
"Sabaku no Gaara" Gaara stated, 'You are…"
'So…he is called Gaara of the Desert' Ari thought
"Uchiha Sasuke" Sasuke smirked
"That girl next to you" Gaara turned towards Ari, "Her charka interests me"
"My name is Hatake Ari" she stated with a small bow
"Hey, hey! Don't you want to know my name too?" Naruto asked
"No, let's go" Gaara stated as the 3 of them disappeared
"Hey Ari, how's your wrist?' Sasuke turned towards his teammate
"H-huh?" Ari looked at her wrist and saw it beginning to turn purple, "It doesn't really hurt. Don't worry"
The 4 of us were walking towards the bridge were all of us met for missions
"Do-do you like that guy?" Sasuke murmured so quietly that Ari could barely hear. She doubt that the other two was able to hear either since they were walking ahead of us bickering loudly
"W-what!" Ari gasped, clearly caught off guard at that question
"I saw you blush" He stated trying to hide his embarrassment, "Do you like him?"
"Of course not!" Ari reassured him, 'The only one I like is you.'
"Hn" Sasuke didn't answer her as they continued towards the bridge
'What's wrong with Sasuke?' Ari wondered confused, 'Did I do something?'
There was a sudden poof and Team 7 saw Kakashi in front of them
"Yo" he smiled at us
"Onii-chan!" Ari waved at him
"This may surprise you, but I recommended you 4 for the chuunin exams" Kakashi stated
"Really!" Naruto cheered before tackling Onii-chan, "Thank you sensei!"
"Here are your applications to fill out" Onii-chan handed us 4 papers, "This is voluntary, you need not have to compete. The choice is yours. You will all meet in room 301 at the school tomorrow. That's all"
Ari was about to leave when Kakashi called to her. He took her aside and out of the others hearing range.
"What is it Onii-chan?" Ari questioned him, confused with his actions
"Imouto, I think you should know that Sasuke there is jealous. I was watching it" Kakashi smirked behind his, "And you should all know that there is a festival headed today before the chuunin exams. It should stared about 7"
'S-Sasuke is jealous?' Ari stared to understand what Kakashi had said, 'And there is a festival too? Oh boy…'
"Let's go home and ice your arm" Kakashi held his hand out for Ari who happily held it in her own
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