Chapter 25

It was the start of a brand new Day as Miyuki got up as she let out a yawn as she looked at her clock she managed to wake up early today if was very rare that she does wake up usually shed overslept and hurry over to her team at the usual meeting place. As she showered and picked out her outfit for today she wore a light blue jumper as she wore a matching skirt underneath cream shorts as she brushed her hair as she looked at her reflection it was only yesterday that she cut her hair.

' I wonder how the boys will react? dad was really surprised that I decided to have my haircut he said he prefers my hair long luckily I had to tell him that having it too long might get in the way...in the end he agreed with me.' Miyuki though as she looked at her hair as she smiled

As she brushed her teeth and had breakfast as she noticed yet again that her dad wasn't home she figured that he went to his usual spot. As she packed her lunch and kakashi's just in case she locked the door of her house.

" Okay Miyuki! Today's the new day for you! " Miyuki said as she raised her fist " yeah! I'm so pumped!"

As she ran to meet with her team at the usual meeting spot. As usual Miyuki was sidetracked at stopping by a certain sweet shop as she walked to the bridge as she saw her team there minus her dad.

" Good morning everyone" Miyuki said

As they saw her as Naruto and sasuke froze when they looked at her. Somehow they're stares made her feel a little nervous as a small amount of Color rose to her cheeks.

" Miyuki it's good to see you!" Sakura said as she smiled at me as the other two boys stared at Miyuki as somehow Miyuki saw a slight color on the two boys cheeks.

" Mi-Miyuki your hair?!" Naruto exclaimed which made Miyuki even more nervous

" Yeah I sorta though that it might be nice for a change so Sakura had her mother cut it for me" Miyuki said as she played with her hands as she felt the boys eyes on her as she glanced as she could've sworn she saw sasuke a little bit of color in his cheeks she figured that he might be getting sick.

" you look great Miyuki!" Naruto said as he Scratched his cheek as there was a little color on them " this new look makes you almost cute!"

" are you saying I'm not cute if I remember correctly you said that I wasn't cute the last time too right?" Miyuki said as she felt an angry anime vein popped in her head

" No not like that it's just—" Naruto started as Miyuki smacked the back of his head " Ow!"

" think before you complement a girl!" Miyuki exclaimed " don't just run your mouth like that!"

" Ow!" Naruto rubbed his head " why is it always me that you hit?!"

" it not just you I do that only if it's necessary!" Miyuki exclaimed

" that's like all the time! It's not Cool Miyuki!" Naruto exclaimed

" ah whatever Naruto " Miyuki said as she smiled at him as she glanced at sasuke she wondered if he was okay so she walked to him as he stared at her.

" are you feeling okay? You look like something hit hard in the gut " Miyuki said as she placed her hand underneath his forehead as there was a small hint of color on his cheeks that was slowly darkening. " are you sick? Hmm no fever "

" I'm fine" Sasuke said as he grabbed her hand so that it wouldn't touch his forehead anymore as he looked at Miyuki as she looked at him curiously. As he opened his mouth. " you...look okay"

She figured that he was trying to complement her hair so she smiled at him. " thanks" she said

As sasuke looked away looking at a tree as if it was interesting at the moment " whatever" he muttered.

" hello everyone good morning" kakashi said " I'm sorry I'm late I'm afraid that I got lost in the path of life."

" Whaa?!" Naruto and Sakura exclaimed

" I'm ready for the next ninja mission sensei! No more of this dumb beginner stuff okay! I want a chance to prove myself! I'm talking about a real ninja mission! I gotta break out and burn it up! See!" Naruto exclaimed as he had fire in his eyes as he was fired up. As Miyuki gave out a small giggle.

" yeah I can see that but take it easy would you?" Kakashi said

As Naruto Glared at sasuke ' sasuke! He's always rescuing everyone in our missions! trying to grab all of the glory and making me look like a chump! I think that's why Miyuki always smacks my head well not today! But he'll never get the edge off of me!' Naruto though as he was pumped up for today as Sakura glared at Naruto for glaring at sasuke

' he's such a twerp!' Sakura though

' Naruto I feel a headache coming along' Miyuki though as she sigh

as sasuke glanced at Miyuki that was munching on her candy. ' she looks nice in that haircut...wait why am I thinking of that right now? I gotta focus to get stronger' Sasuke though

" Believe it!" Naruto exclaimed as the fire in his eyes were burning brightly from a fantasy of him showing off.

" Naruto stop daydreaming " Miyuki said

" let's start the mission now if you're done fantasizing Naruto" kakashi said

" Yeah!" Naruto exclaimed

" Could you not be so annoying Naruto! Just for once!" Sakura said

" Sakura I say that to him all the time and he didn't listen just learn to deal with it like I did" Miyuki said

They're first mission was simple picking weeds off a garden. As the four of the divided themselves to pick the weeds at different directions of the Garden as they picked off the weeds Miyuki was smelling a few of the herbs thinking of buying a few at a shop to use for tonight's dinner. Naruto managed to pull the weeds but he also pulled out all of the herbs that the client grew as the client was upset as Miyuki smacked naruto's head for upsetting the client.

They're second mission was to pick up trash flowing from the river. While they're sensei was in the shade of a tree reading his book. Miyuki was okay at picking up the trash because she liked putting her feet against the cool water it helped relaxed her feet as she continued to pick up the trash. As she glanced at Naruto as his left eye had a purple mark by they're previous client as Naruto tripped as the river was sweeping him away Miyuki and sasuke saw this as Miyuki ran as Naruto was swept by as he though he was falling as he felt something sturdy and cold as he saw that Miyuki had used part of the water into ice to make an ice floor to catch him as he looked up at Miyuki as she looked down at him.

" thanks Miyuki! Your the best!" Naruto exclaimed

As Miyuki smiled " aren't you glad I was here?" Miyuki said

" Yeah!" Naruto said as he smiled at her

As sasuke noticed the two as Naruto hugged Miyuki as he thanked her as he glared at Naruto.

" she wouldn't have to do that if you weren't such a loser " Sasuke said

They're third mission was to walk dogs for the clients. Naruto took the bigger dog.

" hey wait we're supposed to go the other way!" Naruto said as he tries to hold onto the leash but the dog dragged Naruto through a Booby trap area.

As the other three genin had smaller dogs

" what a loser" Sasuke said

" Of course he just had to choose the biggest dog" Sakura said

" I warned him but he didn't listen right little guy?" Miyuki said as she petted the dog as he playfully licked her cheek as she giggled.

" Ah stop pulling you're not supposed to go over there! That place is a mine field!" Naruto exclaimed as he struggled to the dogs leash as the dog didn't listen to him as the dog ventured into the booby trap area. As the others looked at Naruto as he went inside the area as they saw small explosion as they had a few concerned faces as Miyuki shook her head as she sigh as Sakura and sasuke let out a sigh as well. They were lucky that the Dog was okay he wasn't harmed but Naruto had dust and smoke coming out from him.

As they were done with that mission Miyuki and sasuke grabbed Naruto to help him walk.

" Look at you, you're hopeless Naruto, time and time again Miyuki warned you but you didn't listen to her " Sakura said

" You really are just one big problem for her aren't you Naruto? Loser" Sasuke said as he smirked

As he let go of them.

" Sasuke!" Naruto yelled out as he was angry but a hand stopped him as he looked at Sakura.

" If you keep this up I'll finish you off myself!" Sakura exclaimed

" for once I agree with you Sakura!" Miyuki said

As kakashi sigh "I guess we're not making a lot of progress on the team work"kakashi said

" that's right our team work is all out of whack because of you sasuke!" Naruto exclaimed " you think you're better than everyone else!"

" Not everyone, just you face it. I'm better and stronger than you are" Sasuke said as he was walking away. "It's a fact" as he turn his head glaring at Naruto " unless you have what it takes to prove me wrong"

As the two boys had a staredown as the other two females of the group looked at them with worried looks on their faces.

' they're actually worse than before' Sakura though

' I'm getting tired of all of this! They're acting like kids!' Miyuki though

As sasuke glared at Naruto ' I don't have time to waste on Naruto and on these lame missions, there's still ninja out there that can out fight me. I've got to hone my skills so that I can beat them ' he though

As kakashi noticed a hawk flying in the sky. " All right guys, let's call it a day you can beat each other to a pulp some other time" kakashi said " anyway I have to file my report on this mission. Miyuki I'll see you later at home"

" Whatever I'm outta here" Sasuke said as he turn around and walked

" Wait! Sasuke! I'll go with you!" Sakura said as she ran up to him.

As Naruto had a deadpan expression on his face as Miyuki patted his back trying to cheer him up.

" you know Naruto I think what you have for Sakura might not work out. you know she's to into sasuke maybe you should try to find someone else that might have an interest in you" Miyuki said

" I...But...Miyuki..." Naruto said as he looked at Sakura

' Oh Naruto it's like you're a love sick puppy' Miyuki though as she saw Sakura and sasuke talking.

"Let's do something more personal you know to improve our teamwork and all" Sakura said as she blushed

"I swear you're just as bad as Naruto " Sasuke said " instead of flirting why don't you follow her example and practice your jutsu to make the team stronger. Let's face it you're actually worst than Naruto "

As Sakura had a deadpan expression as Miyuki felt bad for Sakura.

" Sasuke that was really mean!" Miyuki exclaimed as she ran up to him " you just think you're better than us! You said you wanted to spar so let's!" As she grabbed sasuke's hand as he was a bit surprised at her action but he didn't let it show it in his face.

As they went father a to find a spot to train as Miyuki put her bag down as she glared at sasuke as he looked at her.

' is she mad at me? she's pretty feisty...wait. why am I thinking? We're only gonna spar' sasuke though

" you ready sasuke? " Miyuki said

as Sasuke smirked " the question is are you ready? We're only going to use hand to hand combat until one of us are either too tired or if one of us is unconscious " He said As the two looked at each other.

As Sasuke ran at her full speed as he tries to hit her as Miyuki blocked his attack as she tries to punch him as both of them took a hold onto each other to blocked the other's attack. As Miyuki noticed that sasuke was smirking at her as they quickly got some distance from each other.

" your kinda fast" Sasuke said

" I'm always light on my feet" Miyuki said

As sasuke concentrated chakra on his feet as he ran as Miyuki took out a kunai knife as sasuke took out his as both weapons clashed against each other as the other tries to push the other back.

" I didn't know you had it in you" Sasuke said " I guess your not as weak as I though "

" wow is that supposed to be a complement? I'm so happy being complemented by you uchiha" Miyuki said sarcastically which caused sasuke to smirk as he manage to unarm her as her knife hit a tree as he swiftly went behind her and trapped her in a bear hug as she struggled to break free since sasuke was a few inches taller than her as she struggled as sasuke slightly smirked as he pressed tighter on Miyuki as they're bodies was a bit close.

' what's that smell? Peaches? cherries? Ah wait this is not the time for that! no matter how close I am to her!' Sasuke though as Miyuki stomped on his foot as she felt his grip loosen from the pain as she pushed him back as he was fast as he grabbed her as they fell to the ground as sasuke looked as Miyuki was on top of him as he tried to move as Miyuki held him down.

" ~Gotcha sasuke~" Miyuki playfully said

' this girl...' Sasuke though as he glared at her as he struggled as he moved as the two genin were rolling in the ground until a tree stopped them from moving as sasuke opened his eyes to see that he was on top as his face was a few inches away from miyuki's face as she looked at him as the two stopped as they looked at each other. As the wind softly blew as Sasuke saw her eyes very clearly they looked like amethyst jewels as he went a little closer to her as Miyuki froze.

" I got you Miyuki" Sasuke whispered in her ear as his breath tickled her neck. ' why am I feeling like this when I'm close to her? Am I? No it can't be that...' He though as he looked at her

Before Miyuki could talk the two preteens heard a certain ninjas loud voice.

" you better put him down right now!"

' is that Naruto? Please don't let it be that he's in trouble!' Miyuki though as Miyuki pushed sasuke off as she quickly got up as she ran leaving sasuke in a daze as he saw her run trying to process what had happen as Miyuki found Naruto as they didn't see her yet but they're was two other ninja that she looked at one looked like it had cat ears and a girl with what she though was carrying a giant fan.

"We got a few minutes until he gets here, let's mess with these punks huh" the cat eared guy said

" let go of me you jerk!" Konohamaru said as he struggled by the cat eared guys grip.

" you're feisty but not for long" he said

As anger coursed through Naruto " put him down!" Naruto exclaimed as he ran as Miyuki saw a slight hand movement from the cat eared guy as Naruto fell down as Miyuki wondered what jutsu that cat guy used. " what was that?!"

" you leaf genin too, looks like your village is full of wimps" kankuro said

' this guy...' Miyuki though as she opened her box of pocky as she put one in her mouth lightly biting it as she tries to think as the candy was slowly being munched on.

' they're outsiders from somewhere, but what are they doing here?' Sakura though as konohamaru's friends were worried about him.

" Hey cut it out it hurts!" Konohamaru said

" that's it! Drop him now or I'll take you apart! You got that fool!" Naruto said angrily

As Sakura grabbed in in a choke hold " you're the fool! Making threats isn't going to help Naruto!" Sakura exclaimed

" you're annoying, all of you" he said "I don't like runts or scrawny weaklings, so when a wimp like this starts shooting of its mouth. I just wanna break him in half"

" fine I'm not involved in any of this okay" the girl with the fan said

' what's this guys problem?' Sakura though ' this is getting ugly'

" first I'll take care of him then the other one" he said as he was about to hit konohamaru as Miyuki Though fast as she took the first thing she had in her hands and aimed at his hand.

At that moment konohamaru was dropped as the cat eared guy looked at the floor as it was a pocky that had a pointed sharp end that looked like it was carved. As Miyuki was up a tree.

" you're a long way from home and out of you're league" Sasuke said as he was in another branch next to Miyuki.

" Sasuke!" Sakura exclaimed as she blushed

' ugh not sasuke again!' Naruto though ' but Miyuki is acting cool right now'

' well,well local hottie' the girl with the fan though as she looked at sasuke

" Naruto!" Konohamaru said as he ran to his friend

" you okay?" Miyuki asked

" I'm alright!" Konohamaru said

" good" Miyuki said as she glared at the cat eared guy

" Aw great two more to tick me off" he said as he glared the other two genin.

" Get lost" Sasuke said as he crushed a pebble

" if you know what's good for you leave them alone" Miyuki said as she took out her pocky it looked like the same one that was thrown at him as she took a bite of it. As Konohamaru's friends and Sakura were starstruck at sasuke and at Miyuki as Konohamaru pointed at Naruto,

" how come you're not Cool like them!" Konohamaru said

" ah don't be like that I could've taken that guy out two seconds flat" Naruto said

' Sasuke! You're always trying to make me look bad in front of everyone!' Naruto though angrily

" hey punk! You and that girl get down here" he said

As sasuke glared at him as Miyuki ignored him as she munched on her Candy.

" you're the kind that I hate the most, all attitude and nothing to back it up" he said as he took out what he was carrying.

" what? Are you gonna use the Crow for this?!" She said

" Kankuro...Back off" a cold voice said

As sasuke's and miyuki's eyes widen as Miyuki glanced at the person that was behind the tree. As the other saw him. The boy was around the same age as Naruto and miyuki he had fair skin, green eyes, and short red hair, He has no distinctive pupils or eyebrows, He had black rings around his eyes he has a tattoo on the left side of his forehead as Miyuki stared at the red Headed boy.

" you're an embarrassment to our village" the red headed boy said

" H-Hey Gaara" kankuro said

' he didn't even make a sound' Sasuke though ' only jounin at kakashi's level are that good'

As Gaara glanced at sasuke then at Miyuki as they're eyes met as Miyuki stared at him full of curiosity as she felt a sudden warm feeling in her.

' hmm why do I have this feeling that I met him? Well I haven't completely recovered my memories on the incident when I got separated from my mom did I meet him before the incident? I don't know...why am I feeling like this just by looking at the redhead?' Miyuki though as she felt her cheeks go a bit warm as she stared at Gaara ' I think he's cute...wait why am I thinking like that? I never though of that before! I mean it's true that's there's something about him that gets my attention ...Miyuki stop it!' As she felt herself heat up by this As she looked at the redhead.

Meanwhile with kakashi and the other jounin

As all of the jounin were gathered in the hokage's office

" the reason why I gathered all of you I'm sure you realized what this is about" the hokage said

" so soon I though we had a little more time" kakashi said

"I take that all the other lands have been notified about the up and coming events" Asuma said " I noticed some of their Genin arrived at the village "

" and when do we start?" Kurenai asked

" We will begin in one week" the third hokage said

"That's pretty short notice" kakashi said

"Take heed exactly seven days from now on the first day of July The Genin will be gathered and tested only the very best will be selected as Chunnin " the third hokage said

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