Not long after, Kabuto, showed up. "Ah, taking care of your 'daughter' I see, Kakashi," Kabuto stated. He stepped forward towards Kakashi. "It'd be a shame if something bad were to happen to her, wouldn't it?" Kakashi was about to attack, but he knew he couldn't. "Well, Kabuto. I knew you were working for Orchimaru. Now two of our strongest Genin are now under his curse mark," explained Kakashi.

"Ahh, I know. I helped. They will be wonders to the Sound Village. Just need to wait until the time is right to bring them to the Village. We'll be unstoppable then," Kabuto stated. "Get out of here now, Kabuto. I don't want to have to hurt you. You're a great ninja, but you just went on the wrong path," stated Kakashi. With that being said, Kabuto vanished.

I awoke in the infirmary, not sure of what just happened. All I know is that it was the last day to finish the challenge. I had to get back to the tower, I wouldn't be able to make it in time. "Look who's awake." It was Kakashi. He also had Kami and Sasuke with him. "How're we going to get back to the tower, Kakashi," I asked, in shock.

"Don't worry, I can take us there with ease," Kakashi began. "Are you all well fed, and filled with energy?" We all nodded our heads and started heading back to the tower. I didn't know what the next part of the challenge was, but it should be pretty easy. I think so anyways. The other two were easy, but this one may not be.

We reached the tower, and inside were five teams. The only people who passed were: Kami, Sasuke, and I. Naruto, Sakura, and Sai. Kiba, Hinata, and Shino. Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji. Nenji, TenTen, and Lee. Garra, Temari, and Konkuro. Then the three remaining Sound Ninja. We all met in a room, it looked like there were to be battles taken.

Sasuke, Kami, and I walked up to the upper level of the tower. We didn't know what was going to happen, but we knew we'd find out soon enough. We saw the Hokage step forward, so we decided to all be quiet.

"What you are about to do next, is not your final challenge. This is going to be a preliminary round, to what you will do in a month. But what you are going to do is, you are going to be matched up with another ninja, and you will fight until the other in unable to," explained the Hokage. "First up will be Kaori Shadows and Sakura Haruno. Please come forward."

I jumped from the upper level, and landed on the sparing zone. Sakura took her sweet time walking down the stairs to where I was. "Hurry up, billboard brow," I yelled. That made her pick up the pace. "I will fight you, and I will win. I will also win Sasuke-kun's heart," Sakura proclaimed. I just laughed. She thinks Sasuke will actually be hers. She's a funny little idiot.

The fight began, and Sakura hasn't landed a hit on me. I decided to go easy on her though. I threw kunai's at her, but she dodged all but one of them. When the battle was going nowhere I decided screw this, and unleashed power on her. "Beware, Sakura," Naruto yelled. "She's finally going to attack!" I did a few hand signs, and Sakura was glued to the spot. She kept trying to move, but she couldn't. "What did you do to me," Sakura asked. I just laughed at her, and then I explained. "Well, it's a jutsu that I learned from Shikamaru. Well, I sorta copied it from him. It's Shadow Possession. You're stuck, because I have your shadow."

Everyone was amazed that I could copy a kekkigenkai. But I let Sakura go, and she charged at me. She wasn't giving up. I just stood there, and I let her take a hit at me. I went flying across the arena, and Sakura went after me. I used my momentum, and kicked her across the face. I then did a few hand signs, and I breathed fireballs towards her, and one hit her in the face.

Sakura just kept fighting though. She had the will to beat me, to impress Sasuke, I believed. So, I guess I had to access the family necklace. After concentrating on the element of light and combining it with shadow, I created a shadow ball that explodes into light. Everyone in the arena saw this forming and was in shock. How could someone so young master that?

I threw the ball towards Sakura, and she couldn't dodge it. It hit her straight in the back. She was blasted back about ten feet. Sakura couldn't move, and soon passed out. "The winner of the first round is Kaori Shadows. You may leave Kaori. Come back when we are finished," stated the Hokage.

I left the arena, and slipped into Sasuke's mind. 'So, how'd I do,' I asked him. Sasuke inwardly laughed. 'You did great. You really showed her who I liked, because when you were busy concentrating, Sakura tried talking to me.' I was a bit confused, because usually when I concentrate I can hear what's going on. 'Sakura asked me if I were to ever date her, and I blurted out that I was in love with you and that you were the only girl for me.'

'Wow, Sasuke,' I began. 'Do you really think that?'