Hey guys! So the Chunin exam arc is starting. Though don't get your hopes up, the actual exam is either next chapter or the chapter after. Sorry. These chapters are needed though. This chapter is also really short, but I'm updating soon So, without any further ado...

WARNING: Launguage, grammar mistakes, spelling mistakes, and all that shit. Yeah, I'm not the best writer.

"Hey Sara! In here!" I motioned my friend over to the kitchen when she walked through my door.

She smiled and made her way over sitting down in a chair.

I decided to have lunch with Sara at my house before heading off to the leaf village for the Chunin exams. Wow, if I ever had that thought before I would've thought I was crazy. Anyways...Winter break started today so I don't have to worry about school during the exams. I guess I will have to worry about the one month wait between exam 2 and 3, but I doubt I'll make it that far anyway. Sara's going to go somewhere with her family and dad is always drunk so no one will notice absence. Everything's planned out.

"So what are you going to do this break." Sara asked a little guilty. She doesn't want to leave me here alone with my father so she's beating herself up over it.

"Erm...I might try speak with father to see if we could fix our relationship." I lied.

"Kira...he's not still beating you is he?" She asked seriously.

"Don't worry about it. He hasn't done anything in a while, I think he stopped for good." I...lied again.

She gave me a relieved smileX. Man, I hate lying to her, but I don't have a choice.

"That's good..."she bit her lip as in contemplating saying something.

"Hey, you oka-"

"What is it!" She interupted standing up abruptly.

I froze.

"Why aren't you telling me? What are you hiding? Why are you lying?" She yelled, her eyes searching my face.

"I don't know what your-"

"I thought we were friends! Kira! You stopped hanging out with me after school and you haven't called in weeks! The last I heard from you was on my birthday, You didn't even spend the night like we do every year! WHAT HAPPENED!" She was close to tears now.

"Is it your father? Family? Did I do something wrong? Did-"

"Sara!" I interrupted, "Calm down, I was just busy is all."

"Busy with what?" She asked.

Oh shit, now what do I tell her.

I bit my lip.

"Have you gotten mixed up in something? A gang? Drug dealers?" She asked slowly.

Well I guess you can consider the Akatski a gang, but-

"Sara please...I'll tell you when I'm ready. We are best friends after all." I told her softly.

She slowly relaxed.

"Your right. I'm sorry. I'll be on my way now." She apologized before turning around and walking out, leaving me to myself.

I felt our bond loosen then. Yet, there wasn't anything I could do. So I did what I had to.


I put the dishes away and walked upstairs to my room. I decided that I was going to need an outfit that would be good for the Chunin exams. I looked in my closet and pulled on some clothes.

I was wearing a black off-the-shoulders crop top with Purple edges and a purple skin tight tank top under it so that the straps and bottom of the tank top showed. I was also wearing black skin tight Jeggings. I had black fingerless gloves that went up to my elbows so that my scars from the whip wouldn't show. I slipped on black knee high leather boots and tied my purple hair in a high pony tail that left my bangs that flipped above my right eye and some hair that framed my face. The rest was braided down to my thighs. All in all, I looked pretty badass with my black and purple theme.

I took the pouch Konan gave me moved the weapons to the side to pack extras. I packed more clothes, a riceball, salt, and my extra senbon pack.

I paused. The senbon pack seemed a lot more heavy then before... Oh well, don't care.

After I managed to magically fit everything in my large pack, I strapped it to my thighs securely.

I took a deep breath and jumped into the mirror.

WOOOH! DOUBLE UPDATE! CLICK THE NEXT BUTTON BELOW! This is because a) i got nice reveiws b) this chapter short as hell.

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