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Sara Pov
Two weeks passed, and i was finally able to train again, Hideo sensei helped me with training, i learned a few new light justsu, which was something i havent done in a while, i guess being on a genin team gave me more free time than i thought.
We also wprked on my dark energy, i was better at controling it, i didnt lose control over it as much as before, i even learned a few new dark jutsus.
In those couble of weeks, i became friends with both Tenten and Lee, i visited Lee in the hospital, and kept him company, i visited Hinata too, who i found out has a crush on Naruto. I even spent some time with Ino and Sakura, I havent talked to Neji at all, but the other guys were too busy with training i didnt see them at all.
Today i had the day off, and i was making my way to Naruto's room in the hospital, he fainted from exhaustion, which for Naruto wasnt something new.
I was walking in the hospital hall, when i heared the faint sound of sand, i stopped in my tracks, and focused on it, before running to Lee's room.
"Ya know what?!" i hear Naruto's voice shouting, as i entered the room "You're sick in the head"
"Yeah. you're crazy" Shikamaru agrees.
I saw that Garaa was caught in Shika's shadow possesion jutsu, Garaa's eyes dart to me, when the two see that, they turn their eyes to me as well.
"You know glaring wont doanything Garaa" i told him humorly
"You're the other person i want to finish" he said monotonely
"I should have expected you would come after Lee" i said as i moved from the doorway, and stood beside Shika.
"You met him?!" Shika asked shocked, i nodded "He tried to kill me two years ago, and he still tries too"
"Do you really think we're just gonna kick back and let you do what you want?" Shika asked him sharply "Yeah right you selfish psychopath..."
"If you dont get out of my way, I'll kill you both too" Garaa informed Naruto and Shika.
"Oh yeah?!" Naruto challanged "Lets just see you tri i-oof!"
Naruto is interrupted by a jap in the gut from Shika.
"Garaa, i told you before" i said in whisper appearing beside him, in a blink of an eye "Dont let him control you"
"We saw you match with Lee" Shika stated with a smirk "So we know you're strong. but we have a few tricks up our sleeves. we held back during the exams you know"
My eye turns to the sleeping Lee, Garaa's sand was still creeping around Lee.
"Besides" I hear Shikamaru continue "its three against one. you should just take my advice and get out of here"
"I'll say this again" Garaa growled "Get in my wasy, and I'll kill you"
"And i'll say this if you try and hurt my friends i will kill you" i told him as i made a hand sign, and a light shield appeared above Lee, preventing the sand from reaching him.
"He can act like a demon all he wants" Naruto declared "But i've got the real thing in me!"
Garaa looked up, as Shika gulped.
"My upbringing wasnt exactly a happy one" Garaa drawled "To make sure that i would be among the strongest of ninja, my father cast a jutsu on my unborn self, sealing a sand spirit inside of me. I destroyed the life of my own mother. I was born a monster."
Shika and Naruto were shocked and scared.
"It's name is Shukaku" Garaa continued "And it is the living incarnation of an old sand village monk, who had been sealed inside a pot of tea"
"That's definitely a demonic jutsu" Shikamaru muttered "But to use it on an unborn baby? Man that's just creepy..."
'You're boyfriend over there is going to get it if he doesnt shut up' Yami said
'Not now'
Shika suddeny smirked.
"Wow, you're dad must've been a great guy" He said sarcastically "He must've loved you a lot"
"Love?" Garaa asked "Dont measure me by your standards. Love and Family? the only kind of ties i have with my family, are the ones I'd love to wrap around their necks. Ties of hate. As i was given life by the death of my mother..."
'the jinshruki really likes to play the role of the tragedy' Yami stated with a chuckle
I rolled my eyes.
"Lets get one thing straight Garaa" I gowled as he finished talking "Harm the people i care about and you wont live to see another day"
My eyes were now black, and i didnt lose control, iwas getting ready to use my dark energy if needed, and my eyes turning dark, is one of it signs, like when i use light energy my eyes turn golden.
'Making bonds are we?' Yami taunted i just ignored him.
Garaa's sand suddenly pulled itself up into the air.
Ofcourse he was till caught in Shika's juts, but controling his sand doesnt reguire his hands, just like i can control my light without hands.
Garaa's eyes widened, a crazy, blood thirstiy look in them, as two pillars of sand raced towards Naruto and Shikamaru.
In a second i was infront of them, i made a few hands seals quickly "Light barrier 2nd stage!" i said as a two layer light barrier formed around the three of us, blocking his sand, I stand still infront of them, this barrier requiered the user to remain still.
Before anything else happended, a voice made sveeryone pause.
"Alright, that's enough!"
We all looked up, only to see Guy.
"Save it for the finals tomorrow" He advised, walking over to us "You're just wasting your talent in here!"
I dropped the barrier, falling to my knees panting hard, as Garaa grabbed his head with both his hands, looking pained.
"You okay?" Shika asked keeling beside me with a worried look "Yeah" i told him with a tired smile "I just learned this jutsu, and it requiers me to stay completely still, so still need to work on that"
"Just you wait..." He warned coldly "I'm going to kill you all..."
With that, he exited the room, Naruto stared after Garaa looking deep in thought as Shika helped me up.
"So where are we going?" I asked Shika who was dragging me through the streets. He sighed "Mom asked me to bring you to her, when she found out we were friends again!"
Like i said before my mother and Shika's mother were best friends.
We walked through the streets, with him still dragging me.
"Hey guys!" Ino greeted us as she came running towards us, before she squeled "So you guys are finally together!"
I looked at My hand to see that Shika and I have been holding hands all along, we both let go, and my face was all red.
"It's not like that!" I said shaking my head, and avoiding any eye contact with Shika "we were just going somewhere.
"Troublesome woman!" Shika muttered "We are just friends" for some reason i felt a bang in my heart when he said that 'Focus Sara not the time to be thinking about those things'
"Well i need to go anyway, but you too are so cute together" She said leaving and ignoring everything we said.
"That Was..." I started saying awkardly
"Troublesome" He finished "Lets just go forget what she said!"
we continued walking to his house, in an awkward silence.
'As much as i really hate that girl's squeals, i have to agree with her' Yami stated 'It's obvious you have feelings for this boy'
'even if i do, It doesnt mean that he feels the same way' I thought back
'you never know, i think the boy have feelings for you'
'even if he does it's not fair for him, I'm dying! at somepoint i will have to let all of my friends go, even if it meant i have to break the bond i have with them'
"Hey!" A voice intrupted my thoughts with Yami , i looked to see Shika moving his hands infront of my face "What wrong?"
"Nothing!" I lied "Just remembering something" I looked to see that we were standing infront of his house. "We are here!" I stated and and then scolded myself mentally for obivously stating the obvious.
"Yeah! lets go inside my mom is probably waiting" he said leading the way and openning the door.
"I'm home!" he shouted once we were inside.
And soon enough a brown haired women wearing a pink blouse were standing infront of us "Took you long enough where have you been all this time!" she yelled at him, i smiled at that she hasnt changed much.
"Troublesome women!" he mummered under his breath "I was bringing Sara!" he said gesturing to me.
she turned to look at me, and the next think i know i was being enveloped in a hug.
"You really grown, and you look so much like your mother" she said taking a close look at me after she she broke the hug, and she told me somthing a loy of people told me before, and that was how much i looked like my mother "You know you should have visited us in the last few years"
"Sorry mrs Nara!" i stated rupping the back of my neck "I was busy with missions and all"
"Non sense, i mean you had to have sometime off between missions" she stated standing and putting her hands on her hips.
"I had little time, and used it to spend some time with my little sister, and trainning"
"Little sister?!" she wondered
"Adobted, she lost her father seven years ago and her mother died at her birth, so she was left alone, i took care of her since then" i explained, all the grwonups heared and knew what happened seven years ago, not the specifics though.
"I see, so any chance of getting her hear i would love to meet her?"
"Yeah i think i can get her here"
"Good to hear, you do that and i will go finish making dinner"
"Thank you mrs Nara for having me"
"No proplem, and I always told you to call me Yoshino"
"Sure thing"
"I see you still have a good relation with her like before" Shika stated boredly as his mother left the room.
"Where are you going?" i asked as he was making his way out of the house "Arent we going to bring Kohana?" he asked.
"No worries!" i stated, while he looked at me confused "I can let her know to come here without having to go myself"
At that moment i bit my thumb, so blood was dropping from it, i made some handsigns, and slammed my hand on the ground "Summoning jutsu!" i said as there was a puff of smoke, once it cleared, a white dove was standing on the ground, it was normal sized dove.
"Sara!" Kei yelled happily once she saw me "It's been too long!" she positioned herself on my head, and i giggled.
"Good to see you too Kei! So this Shikamaru, Shika this is Kei, one of my summones" I introudeced them to each other.
"Kei do you think you can get Kohana and bring her here?" I asked Kei who gave me a closed eye smile "Sure thing!" and then she dissapereaed in a puff of smoke.
"So where exactly did she go?" Shika sked confused
"She is a messenger, she can appear any where she wants, sadly she can only do it to herself, but its helpful when i want to get a message to anyone at any time, and she is really a good friend" i explained to him.
Dinner was great, soon enough Kei came back with Kohana, at dinner Kohana chatted with Yoshino, and they both got along really well, we were all laughing, afterwards, me and Kohana went home.
Now Kohana was sleeping, and i was staying at the roof, watching the stars, it was about two in the morning, and a few minutes before i had the nightmare about what happened seven years ago, so i couldnt sleep again.
I sensed some dark chakra in the village i got up, and wore my ninja outfit before flickring to the village, i then started jumping from roof to roof, following the Dark chakra.
'If i were you i wouldnt follow this chakra' Yami advised in my mind, and i ignored him, and continued following the chakra.
I finally reached the location where to was coming from, to see the source of this chakra was Garaa, who looked half beast.
"So you lost control" i stated the obvious again, i think i need to work on that, he turned to me and growled, my eys darted to the dead sound nin on the roof, i didnt know his name, but i did know he was one of the finalists.
I made a hand sign just in time for a light sheild to appear and stop the sand hand from attacking me.
I made a few handseals "Light Prism!" I shouted and soon enough a prism formed ariun him trapping him inside, as he began trashing, trying to get out.
"You're wasting your energy" I told him while my hand remained in hand seal "the only way to get out if i broke the hand seal, and that wont be happening unless you go back to your cage shukaku" He growled at me, but eventually calmed down as sand fell from his right arm, he held his head in it panting, once i felt the Shukaku's chakra retreat to it's cage, i dropped the handsign and the prism dissapeared.
"how you feeling?" i asked him putting an arm on his shoulder, he looked up at me shocked.
"Why aren't you scared?" he askde shocked
"everyone deserves a chance, and you're not the monster" as i said that he regained his emotionless expression, i sensed the other chakra signs here coming to the roof, so i stood up.
"You're family is coming, i better get going see you tommorow" i made a handsign and dissapeared in a puff of smoke.
We were standing in a row facing the crowds in the middle of the arena, all the finalist were here but Naruto and Sasuke.
'That's weird! I thought Sasuke was going to be late since he is training with Kakashi, but i never thought Naruto would be late'
'forget about those too, you have bigger problems' Yami thought back with a growl
I understood what he meant, i turned my gaze, and my eyes met with Yuu, we stared at each other, my eyes showing no emotions, while his eyes filled with pure hatred, i fuilt guilty, but i did what i had to do, atleast that was what i told myself, i mean their father was leading a group of ninjas in terorizing villages, it was the right thing to do wasnt it?
As i hear a commotion on the streets outside, i snab out of my thoughts, to sense Naruto running from bulls! I sweat dropped at that, 'the one and only knuckle head'
He soon came into the stadium sliding along the grounds till he came to a stop infront of me.
I helped him up.
"Guys!" Naruto cries urgently "There's a huge herd of stampeding bulls coming! We've gotta run!"
"How do you manage to get yourself in this situations?" I asked shaking my head with crossed arms.
"Hey, where's Sasuke?" he asked, making me shrug.
"Yeah, I'm supposed to be fighting Dosu first up, but i havent seen him either" Shika said thoughtfully.
"Hey, quiet you guys!" Genma said, "Stand up straight and represent your village proudly to the spectators"
We all glanced at the cheering crowd, i saw Naruto get serious, probably since he is going Against Neji, Sakura told me about the pledge he made, after Neji and Hianta's battle.
I looked up into a high stand, where the hokage and the Kazekage are, I narrow my eyes at the Kazekage.
'Somthing's off about him!" i thought to Yami wanting his opinion on the matter.
'I know hi chakra something wrong with it, you better keep your guard up'
"Welcome everyone!" The hokage announced to the whole stadium. "Sincerest thanks to everyone for coming here, the hidden leaf village, to witness the final competition with the finest gennin in the lands! They are the final 10 contestants, chosen from among hundreds to represent there respective coutries! we ask that no one leaves until all of the fights have concluded! Please, enjoy yourselves!"
The crowd broke into thunderous applause and cheering, excited for the matches to begin.
"One more thing before we start" Genma said, pulling a sheet of paper from his leaf vest, he hel it up for us all to see. It told us who we'll be fighting.
"The matches have changed a little bit" he explained "So take a good look and remember who you're fighting"
My fight was going forth against Yuu.
"Uh, I have a question" Naruto announced
"Yeah, what?" Genma asked boredly
"Well, what'll happen to Sasuke if he doesnt show up?" Naruto asked looking concerned.
"If a competitor isnt here when their name is called, they automatically forfeit the match" He informed us all.
'Great going Kakashi, youre tardness ir really infective' i though to myself concerned
"Alright, the terrain may be different here, but the rules are the same as in the perliminaries" he explained.
"You all know that that means there are no rules. the match will end when one contestant concedes defeat or dies. That said, if i think that a match is over, I will step in and stop the fight. And there'll be no arguing with me! understood?! Alright, so the first two contestants, Naruto Uzumaki and Neji Hyuga will stay here while the rest of you will go up to the waiting area" He pointed to a high balcony.
As everyone turned to head for the stair way, i wished Naruto luck, he grinned determinedly, and I made my way up there.
I stopped in the stair case, once i made sure no one can see me, i bit my thumb and made some handseals "Summoning Jutsu!"
In a puff of smoke a white dive appeared, but this unlike Kei had a pink circlet mark around her neck.
"Miyuki, no time, i need you to find Kakashi Hatake, tell him he better get here quickly!" I informed her urgently, she nodded and dissapeared in a puff of smoke.
I made my way up and stood beside Shika at the balcony railings.
"Who do you think will win? my money is on Neji" Shika asked me eyes watching Naruto and Neji who were staring at eachother.
"I think Naruto will win" i informed him watching the two in the arena.
"You got something to say to me kid?" Neji taunted
"Yeah, exactly what i told you before!" Naruto retorted "I vow to win this match!"
Neji closed his eyes, before reopening them, his Byakugan activated. He stood in the typical Hyuga fighting stance.
"Heh all the better for me" Neji said with a cofident smirk "I cant wait to see the look of misery on your face when you realize that you wont be able to keep your pathetic little vow"
"Are we gonna stand here and talk all day?" Naruto asked slowly "C'mon! Lets get going already! Lets see what you can do!"
"Alright!" Genma called "Then let the first match of the final competiton...Begin!"