Come one, come all! For this is the chapter you're all waiting for, the time to reveal the true power of the one and only…! Well…here's the chapter and enjoy yourself.
Today's the day for the Final Chuunin Exam that all ninjas are going to fight to become Chuunin. Though, the Hokage along with the rest of the judges and the royals have to judge whether one of them or some of them will become Chuunin. Unfortunately, the Anbu's still has no sign of Sakura anywhere, and some of her friends are very worried that she might not make it in time, though…
A month later…
The ninjas had made it to the Final Exam; Naruto was a little late but had his way to make it thru; even if it almost killed him. All the royals and judges are here, same goes to friends and other villagers. So before they begin, Naruto whispered to Shikamaru,
"Hey Shikamaru"
"Hm…" Shikamaru said,
"Where's Sasuke…and Sakura?" he asked
"Beats me, I haven't seem neither of them since the Preliminary" Shikamaru said.
"Where could they be? I know Sasuke wouldn't want to miss this but I still don't know what happen to Sakura" he thought.
At the seats…
"Hey Hinata, there some seats here" Kiba said, Hinata came down the stairs,
"Oh, thanks Kiba" she said with a smile.
"Mind if you sit next to me" they heard a voice, they turned to the other side and saw,
"Racarnu" Hinata said,
"Hello Hinata, I saved some seats for you and your friend over there" Racarnu said with a smile.
"Oh, thank you very much" Hinata blushed as she sat next to him, Kiba and Arkamaru glare at him,
"Grrr! Not him again!" he thought,
"Grrr! Ruff! Grrr!" Arkamaru barked,
"You got that right Arkamaru" Kiba whispered then sat next to Hinata.
On the other side of the seats…
"I don't see Sakura or Sasuke anywhere" Ino said,
"No need to worry Ino-chan, I'm sure they'll show up" Choji said after eating some chips,
"I guess" Ino said.
"Say Ino" Choji said,
"Yeah" she turned to him,
"You've been acting kind of strange for the passed few days, is there something wrong?" he asked.
"Oh…no not at all, just…having problems running the flower store that's all" she lied and gave him a fake smile; Choji raised his left eye brow while looking at her,
"Okay then, just checking" he said as he went back eating his chips.
"I really wanted to just relax and support Shikamaru, but I'm not sure if I could just forget about…what I saw" she thought and sighed.
"Is this seat taken?" they heard a voice, they turned to the side and saw,
"Racardu" Ino said with a real smile
"Good to see you too Ino, mind if I sit next to you and your…friend" he said with a smile.
"Of course" she said,
"But Ino-chan there's no…Ah!" she pushed Choji off his seat to another,
"Right here" Ino said. Racadu sat next to her,
"Now we can see the view together" he said while looking at her.
She blushed and giggled at the same time, Choji has flames in his eyes while glaring at him,
"Just when I got myself relaxed, he has to come and ruin it" he thought.
"You alright there Choji?" Racardu asked,
"I'm fine" he turned away from him and munched on his chips.
Back to the ninjas…
"The first match are…Naruto Uzamki vs. Neji Hyuga" the Jounin said,
"So the two remain here while the rest of you leave" he said to them. As they did as they were told, Shikamaru whispered to Naruto,
"Good luck" and left with the others. Neji and Naruto stood to their places and wait for the Jounin to start to match. Neji said to Naruto,
"Before we fight, I like to ask you a question"
"Hm…? About what?" Naruto asked,
"About your teammate, Sakura Haruno" Neji said.
Naruto stuttered when he said her name,
"While I was talking with Hinata, I figure that your teammate has something to do with her actions. As if Sakura knows the time it'll happen before it even happens" Neji explained.
"What is he talking about?" Naruto thought,
"I wonder if you know where she is, I like to have a talk with her after I beat you" Neji smirked.
"Hey! Who said that you're going to beat me?" Naruto said,
"Face it, you have no chance of defeating me for you're just a failure, and once a failure also a failure" Neji said.
"Why not you fight me and prove it" Naruto said
"Gladly" Neji said as he activated his Byakugan until they hear,
"If you're ready, then begin" the Jounin said.
20 minutes later…
"…the winner of this match is…Naruto Uzamaki" the Jounin said,
Naruto was panting for he used a lot of his chakra (the Fox's chakra) and the tip, of his fingers, were bleeding for digging a hole in order to defeat Neji.
He walked up to Neji before the medical nins took him away,
"Look Neji, just because you lost doesn't make you a failure…so you don't need to let destiny choose for you, only you choose your own destiny…just like I choose my dream of becoming Hokage" Naruto said.
Neji looked at the sky watching the birds fly towards the sky,
"Naruto…" he thought and the medical nins took him away.
The crowd cheered for Naruto for he defeat Neji and moving up to the next round, as Naruto join the other ninjas before the other match starts, he thought about what Neji said to him before they fought.
"'As if Sakura knows the time it'll happen before it even happens', I don't know what he's trying to tell me but…I'm not sure if Sakura's alright or she'll ever show up. Sakura…Sasuke…where are you guys?" he thought deeply.
Then he decided to calm down so he can support Shikamaru for he's going to fight Doso. (yes, they're fighting)
Seats…
"I'm glad…the Naruto won…though I feel sorry for…Neji" Hinata said, Racarnu put his arm around her shoulders with a smile,
"No worries Hinata, I'm sure your cousin will be just fine" he said.
She blushed again as the look at each others eyes until,
"Eeooww!" Racarnu cried as he quickly brought his arm back and check on his hand. That he saw little bite marks on it,
"Oh I'm so sorry, Arkamaru didn't mean to bite you, are you okay?" Kiba said sarcastically.
"I'm alright, thanks for asking" Racarnu said while rubbing his hand, Kiba pet Arkamaru and whispered,
"Good boy Arkamaru"
"Ruff" Arkamaru barked.
Other side of the seats…
"Go Shikamaru you can beat him" Ino cheered,
"Wow Ino, you sure have full spirit in you" Racardu said with a smile, Ino blushed again
"Why thank you Racardu" she said and giggled.
Choji just rolled his eyes still munching on his chips,
"Oh brother" he thought.
Back to the fight…
"Great, I have to fight another sound ninja, what a drag" Shikamaru said,
"Say all you want boy, you may have defeat Kin but it doesn't mean you can defeat the power of the sound" Doso said.
"Then we'll see which is best, my Shadow Possession jutsu or your Sound Waves" Shikamaru said,
"Now that sounds like a challenge indeed" said Doso as they got to their position until they heard,
"If you're ready, you shall begin" the Jounin said.
20 minutes…
"The winner of this match…is Shikamaru Nara" Jounin said, the crowd cheered as Shikamaru got back to his feet. He felt a bit exhausted after using a lot of his chakra to perform his Shadow Possession jutsu on Doso. (yes, he won)
The medical nins took Doso away then Naruto jumped away from the group to the area where he ran up to Shikamaru.
"Alright Shikamaru, you did it" Naruto cheered,
"Yeah…sure whatever" Shikamaru said as he relaxed his shoulders.
"Hey! What's with you? Aren't you even glad you won the match?" Naruto asked,
"What's the point of who wins or lose, at that time everyone may or may not get to become a Chuunin; beside I'm just some guy who doesn't want to be here any way" Shikamaru said.
"Gee, Shikamara you really are a lazy-bum" Naruto said,
"Whatever" Shikamaru said.
"Say Naruto" Shikamaru said,
"Yeah" Naruto said,
"Do you actually think one of your teammates might make it today, because Sakura's match is up next" he asked. (yes, she's up before Sasuke)
"I'm not so sure" Naruto said as he turned to the entrances hoping that Sasuke or Sakura will come.
"Where are you guys?" he thought.
"The other two have at least 10 minutes to get here, or they will be disqualified" the Jounin said as he held a timing watch,
"Come on you guys, you have to show up" Naruto thought as he tightens his fists.
Seats…
"Where are you Sakura?" Ino thought as she scowled down to the entrance hope one of them would show up.
Other seats…
"I sure hope that…one of them will come" Hinata thought then she held both of her hands and tighten them.
9 minutes and 45 seconds later…
The crowd and the judges are growing impatient that two people are not showing up and their time is almost up.
"15 seconds" Jounin said looking at the timer,
"Sasuke…Sakura…come on" Naruto thought.
"10 seconds…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1…" Jounin was interrupted when a tornado of leaves appeared out of no where.
But as the leaves begin to fade slowly it reveals two people standing in the center back to back, and it was none other than, Sasuke and Kakashi.
"And you are…?" the Jounin asked, Sasuke turned to him,
"I'm Sasuke Uchiha" he answered.
"Ha! I thought you'll never show up" Naruto said giving a smirk on his face, even though he was worried at first but he didn't bother showing it to him.
"I sure have, so your match with Neji, how did go?" Sasuke asked with a smirk on his face,
"I won, believe it" Naruto answered.
"You don't say, well this will be very interesting" Sasuke said,
"Is sure is, because I want to fight you next so don't lose your match" Naruto said,
"Don't you worry, I won't" Sasuke said as they looked at each other for the moment.
Shikamaru tapped on Naruto's shoulder as he interrupted the moment,
"Sorry to interrupt but…if Sasuke's here then where's Sakura?" he asked.
"Oh of course…" Naruto turned to Kakashi,
"Sensei have you seen Sakura? I don't know what happened to her, she's no longer at the hospital and I've searched the whole village for her. So I wonder if know where she is" Naruto asked.
Sasuke nearly stuttered after what Naruto said about Sakura, he turned to Kakashi at the corner of his eye with a glare,
"I knew something did happened to Sakura, is that why sensei went back the hospital that day and won't tell me about it" he thought.
Kakashi cornered his right eye to Sasuke as he saw him glaring at him,
"Again with that look…'sigh'…I guess I have no other choice" he thought.
"Naruto…Sasuke…there's something you should know about Sakura…" he said, Naruto and Sasuke looked at him waiting for what he's going to tell them. Kakashi took a deep breath and said,
"The thing is…Sakura's…" he was interrupted as he felt the ground shaking. Sasuke, Naruto and Shikamaru caught their balance trying not to fall; as they did they saw two large bumps on the ground coming from the entrance heading right towards them.
They were about to embrace an impact until the bumps on the ground crash into each other…
Boom!!!
Then it made a tornado as Sasuke and Kakashi did a moment ago, as the tornado cleared out it reveals two figures standing at the center back to back as well. That it was none other than, Sakura and Kamaikom as they're finally here.
Sakura has a new outfit that is similar to Kom's, but her outfit has the color of red, not wearing mask and has two fans; one holding near her face and one at her hip. Naruto, Sasuke and Kakashi were stunned when they saw Sakura.
"Here" Kakashi said
"Sakura, you're here" Naruto said with a smile on his face,
"About time" Sasuke thought.
Sakura turned to her teammates and made a smile,
"Naruto…Sasuke…Kakashi-sensei, good to see you guys again" she said. Naruto ran up to her,
"Sakura what happened to you? I haven't seen since the Preliminary and you were nowhere in the village, where did you go?" Naruto asked.
Sakura placed her hand on his shoulder,
"Sorry I made you worried Naruto-chan, but I'm alright now aunt Kom took care of me when I was training"Sakura said.
"Aunt Kom?" Naruto wondered,
"Oh of course, you never met my aunt" she giggled,
"Well Naruto-chan, I would like you to meet my aunt, Kom" she turned to her aunt as she stepped in.
Naruto looked at her,
"That's her aunt…? She trained Sakura…? I didn't even know she's wearing a mask like Kakashi's" Naruto thought.
"So you must be Naruto one of Sarla's close friends, its pleasure of meeting you" Kom said as she stick her hand out, Naruto smiled and shook her hand,
"Well, it's a pleasure of finally meeting you" he said.
"Indeed" Kom said with smile under her masked, Sasuke looked at her while walking up to them,
"So this is her aunt that Sakura mentioned…" he thought as he examine her,
"Now I know where Sakura got her eyes from" he saw Kom's violet eyes.
Kom turned to Sasuke as he arrives,
"Ah, and you must be Sasuke…how do you do" Kom said as she nod her head,
"Pleasure" Sasuke said. He turned to Sakura,
"It's good to see you back Sakura" he said, Sakura looked away and let her fan near her face again,
"Uchiha" she said. Sasuke raised his left eye-brow,
"What's with her?" he thought.
Kakashi walked up to them, Naruto turned to him,
"Oh sensei, what was it you were about to tell us?" he asked, Kakashi rubbed his head,
"Uh…never mind, it's nothing…now Sakura, I would like to have a talk with you…" he became stunned.
When he spotted a woman who also wearing a mask then Kom turned to Kakashi and she was shock herself. He slowly led his hand down as they both glanced at each other for a moment.
"Oh…and you must be…?" Kom said as she blush a bit, Kakashi snapped out of it,
"Oh…um…hi…my name is…um…my name is…is…" Kakashi stuttered,
"You're Kakashi" Naruto answered for him.
"Y-yes, my name is…Kakashi" Kakashi got back to his senses,
"I'm Kamaikom Shizuda, though everybody calls me Kom for short, please to meet you" she nodded her head again.
"Likewise" Kakashi said with a smile under his mask.
Naruto looked at Kakashi and wondered,
"What's with him, it's like he never talked to a lady before" he thought.
Seats…
"They both made it…thank goodness" Hinata said,
"Yeah, I knew they'll show up eventually" Kiba said,
"Ruff" Arkamaru barked.
Hinata also saw a woman wearing a mask next to Sakura,
"Who is that woman, I never seen her before" Hinata wondered,
"That's her aunt, Kom" Racarnu said.
"Her aunt?" Hinata asked,
"Yeah, her aunt Kom, she's Sarla's trainer and indeed a Jounin from another village" Racarnu explained.
Hinata turned back to Kom,
"A Jounin from another village?" she thought.
Other seats…
"See Ino-chan, I told you they'll make it so no need to worry…Ino…Ino…" Choji turned to Ino that she has a frightening look on her face,
"Ino-chan…" he whispered.
"It's…it's that masked woman again" Ino thought,
Flashback…
"…don't mention this to anyone"
Flashback…
Ino gasped,
"Ino are you okay?" Racardu asked,
"T-that woman" she said,
"Oh, you mean Kom? No worry she's just here for the show, she's very nice though" Racardu said.
Ino didn't say anything as she looked at Kom standing next to Sakura.
Back to arena…
"And you must be…" the Jounin asked Sakura,
"Sakura Haruno" she answered,
"Apparently, you're just in time for your match, so I would for you to stay put while the rest of you people leave before the other match starts" the Jounin said to the others.
Kom placed her hand on Sakura's shoulder,
"You know what to do Sarla?" she asked
"I know what to do aunt Kom" Sakura answered.
"Good, because I will be watching you though first I have to take care of something" Kom turned as she looked up at the seats and saw…
Seats…
Ino gasped again,
"Oh no, she spotted me" she thought as she felt paralyzed.
Arena…
"Chow" Kom said as she disappeared and left violet petals behind, Sasuke saw what she just did,
"Hm…that technique…she's definitely Sakura's aunt alright" he thought.Kakashi was stunned when he recognized the violet petals from before,
"Those were the same petals I found at the hospital…so she was the one who disguised herself as a nurse and took Sakura away from the village…I never knew that she could be…"
"Sensei!" Kakashi got back to his focus and turned to Naruto,
"Yeah" he said,
"I said lets go, I won't see Sakura's match if we're still here" Naruto said,
"Right" Kakashi said.
"Good luck Sakura" Naruto said as he left with the others,
"Sure thing Naruto" Sakura said then she turned as her opponent, Temari as she flew herself down sitting on her big fan.
As she landed, she set her fan in front of her and mad a smirk on her face,
"Well, what do we have here, another brat…Ha, you don't seem that special" she said.
Sakura smirked as she got out her second fan and flung if open,
"Funny, I was about to say the same thing to you" she said,
"Oh, a smart-allic; well we'll see which is stronger, my big fan or your little fans" Temari said as she flung her fan open and got to her fighting stance.
"Bring it" Sakura flung both of her fans open and got to her fighting stance, until they heard,
"The third match are…Sakura Haruno vs. Teamari, so if you're both ready…you shall begin" the Jounin said as he got out of the way.
To be continued…
Attention: All readers, I wish to tell that I'm won't be updating real soon; so I have some important work that need to be settle. But fear not for I will return, so I hope you understand and like this chapter. Please review to me about it, I really appreciated. Thank you for listening or reading, which ever one's best. Bye!