So the day has come...the chunnin exams. After endless training sessions with Sasuke and a little bit of side training with Kakashi, I feel somewhat ready. I still have this uneasy feeling at the bottom of my stomach though, maybe I'm just nervous? I mean who wouldn't be? Let's face it guys, I'm not even supposed to be here, let alone be apart of the notorious Uchiha clan.
I'm not gonna say I don't like it because, I freaking love being here. It's just that, like I said before, I didn't know it would be this hard. I knew it wasn't gonna be all peaches and ice cream either but, it's harder than looks, trust me.
"You okay, Mina?" Sasuke asked extracting me from my current thoughts. I look up at him, "I'm just...a little nervous that's all." I tell him.
"Don't be nervous Mina-chan! I'll protect you no matter what!"Naruto chimes in happily. I give him a gracious smile, "Thank you Naruto-kun." I tells him as he shoots me a cheesy smile.
"Besides, if he can't protect you, I'll be there. You've also been training and you've gotten a lot better at your skills." Sasuke tells me.
"Yeah so there's nothing to worry about!" Naruto says. "...Wait, Did you just call me weak?"
I deadpan as Sasuke gives a slight smirk, "I didn't call you weak, I was just implying it." He tells him. Naruto glares at him, "You guys don't start this again..." Sakura says.
"Hey! You there, with the blue shirt and the attitude!" We all turn to face the newcomer, the one and only Rock Lee. "I want to fight you!" He says determined.
"Why is it always about him!" Naruto yells in distress. "Do you want him to fight you?" I asked the blond, who was currently seething with rage. "Well yeah! It's always about Sasuke! Why can't I have a little piece of action every once and a while, is that too much to ask for! Gah!" He yells again.
I giggle at his anger as Lee speaks up once again, "And you!" He points down to me. "I want to fight you as well!"
"Me?" I asked confused.
"Yes!" Lee answers enthusiastically.
"You have got to be kidding me!" Naruto yells again, "Hey bushy brows, you should fight me too!"
"No, I just want to fight those two!"
"Well, if it's a fight you want it's a fight you'll get." Sasuke says smugly.
"Wait, I don't wanna fight!" I chime in. 'As goofy as Lee looks he's strong...and like I said before I'm not really that confident about my skills yet...'
"Don't worry Mina, I can take this loser out within seconds." Sasuke tells me and sprints off toward Lee. When Sasuke reaches him he draws back his hand to land a punch but, just like that he vanished. "Sasuke behind you!" Sakura cries out but, it was too late Lee's leg was just about to come in contact with Sasuke's chest, the impact sent him flying. I run over to Sasuke and kneel beside him, "Sasuke, are you okay?" But before he could answer Lee speaks up again, "It is now your turn, let's do this I will show both of you that strength is a power that is earned not given!" He says.
"Mina-chan let me handle this now." Naruto says as he steps in front if me to face Lee. "No...I got this." I tell him. "If he wants to fight me, then let him." As saying this I feel something rush through me, adrenaline maybe? I don't know but it feels good, I like it. 'Its time to stop backing down from every fight I get in.'
"Go Mina-chan, kick his ass!" Naruto cheers. Lee begins charging at me, but once again he vanishes from site. 'Where'd he go? He must be above...' I quickly jump up as Lee comes down right where I had been standing before he sits there for a minute. I take this time and charge at him, filling my fist with chakra I go in for a punch but, he catches it. I try my other fist but, no such luck with that either. Since there was no other way of breaking myself free I kick him in the stomach, a little harder than I wanted to but hey it worked.
He goes flying backwards, I know he's done for but...I just can't find myself to stop, it was almost like I was having...fun. Something deep down inside of me...wanted me to...kill him. I walk up to him as he lays on the ground trying to get back up again, I withdraw my hand to hit him but someone catches it. I look over to see it was Sasuke, "Leave him, he's done for that kick was a pretty hard."
All the sudden guilt rushes over me, 'Why was I trying to kill him...I didn't want to kill him...what was that...? It's like something just came over me...'
"Alright Mina-chan! You totally kicked his ass! Nice job!" Naruto congratulates me. "Yeah..." I say still trying to figure out what just came over me.
"Guys, we gotta go! We only have 15 minutes left for sign up." Sakura says. "Okay let's go." Sasuke says.
I look back at Lee, who was still lying on the ground. I walk over to him and help him up, "Look, I'm sorry I didn't mean to-"
"No, do not apologize to me. You have won this battle fair and square, you have proven me wrong and maybe next time I will win but, just go on I'm fine." He says.
"Come on Mina! We gotta go if we're gonna sign up!" Saukra says. I nod and follow the group out the room. Silently thinking to myself, 'What the hell just happened...'
"Ah, there you guys are. I was starting to think that you wouldn't show up." Kakashi says as we walk to him. "I'm glad to see that you all are here."
"You bet Sensei! We're readier than ever!" Naruto says eagerly. "That's good, now you guys know that this will be dangerous, there will be a lot of casualties and remember teamwork is everything, if you wNt to survive." Kakashi says.
We all nod, "Well, that all I have to say for now but, I'm proud of you guys, couldn't ask for a better team." He says as he steps away from the tall white doors. "We won't let you down Sensei believe it!" Naruto calls as we walk in and the door closes be hind us.
As we walk in all eyes fall upon us, staring. 'Well take a picture guys it last longer...' I think to myself as I hear a familiar voice call out, "Sasuke-kun! You're here! I was waiting forever to see you and your good looks!" Ino squeals.
"Hey Pig, Get off of him!" Saukra yells at her. "Well, if it isn't forehead, I'm surprised they let you in here." Ino says. I sigh, 'And bring on the pointless 20 minute argument...'
"So troublesome, why are you two always arguing?" Shikamaru says as he and Choji walk up to us. "That's something I would like to know too..." I tell him. He sighs, "Girls..."
"Tell me about it." I say. "Minami, you don't know how lucky you are to have a brother like Sasuke." Ino says dreamingly. "You don't know how lucky you are..." Naruto says mockingly but not loud enough for her to hear it, I giggle at him. "She's luckier than you!" Sakura says. "What you say, forehead?" "I said she's luckier than you!" Sakura says again. 'And bring on another 20 minute arguing session...'
"Well, looks like the gangs all here." I turn to see Kiba, Hinata, and, Shino approaching us. "Hi Naruto-kun." Hinata says quietly. "Huh?" He asked rudely. I facepalm and hit him behind his head, "Ouch, Mina what was that for?!" He yells.
"Because your clueless that why..." I say as I walk away from him. "Just you guys wait we're gonna blow you guys away." Kiba says arrogantly.
"Cocky are we?" I say to him with a slight smile.
"Well yeah we've been training non-stop." He says. "So, we've been training to! You don't know what training is!" Naruto yells at him.
"Ha yeah, well this is gonna be fun, well at least for the ones are who supposed to be here. Right Sasuke?" Kiba says. "Heh, don't get to over confident Kiba." Sasuke says dryly.
"Hey you guys," I glance over to see...Kabuto, gross. "You might want to keep it down. Not to be mean or anything but, you guys are the rookie 10 right? I wouldn't be masking such a big scene if I were you guys. You already have most if their attention." He says.
"Well, maybe we want all this attention..." I say crossing my arms and leanings against the wall. I hate him so much, I mean come on it's Kabuto...nobody likes him, I have tons of reasons not to like him but I'm not going to list them all because that would take an eternity. "Who are you anyways?" I questioned Even though I already, unfortunately, knew his name.
"I'm Kabuto Yakushi, and you are Minami Uchiha." I glare at him, "How did you know that?" Sasuke questions. He then pulls out a big ass stack of cards from nowhere and holds up a card with a picture of me on it. "This tells me all about an opponent. Such as their blood type, justu, and clan."
"How?" Naruto inquired. Kabuto explains it to him, well to all of them but I wasn't really paying attention.
As he goes on about the cards, the doors finally burst open. "Alright you babies, it's time to begin. I'm Ibuki Morino, and from here on out...your worst enemy."
A/N: Soooo there we go! Chapter 11! I really liked writing this chapter! It was fun! I hoped you like reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it! Although rookie 10 does not sound right...at all but, hey I'll make it work. And what's going on with Mina and her new intent to kill? Hmm...Oh and sorry about the no update last weekend...damn you GTA 5...but I'll try to upload another chapter by tomorrow since I'm out of school or this weekend... Well that's all, til next time bye guys! Oh and Happy late Halloween!