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I have a Naruto poll up on my profile, it's my first one so I'm not sure if I did it right... :P please vote! I will be asking for ideas later on...

Hell, I feel evil about what I'm going to do...

Slight warning: Hint of SasuNaru! And a very...very...VERY...oblivious Mikotsu, devious Sakura, and innocent Naruto and Sasuke who have no idea what's going on...

Mikotsu POV

After Gaara left, Sasuke quickly disappeared too, and Naruto and I soon crashed into bed, getting ready for the long day tomorrow. Chunin exams... What kind of test would it be? Is it going to be a written test? A taijutsu or ninjutsu test? Or maybe it tests your teamwork... After all, Kakashi-sensei did stress that topic when we were aiming to become part of Team Seven.

I flopped over onto my side. I could feel a migraine coming on from thinking about this. My brain was going back to Academy-mode, where sleep was the awesomest thing in the world and nothing else mattered. Nothing...

But now, I have to worry about survival, my relationship with the Sand Sibs, my relationship with Sasuke, and my relationship with all his fangirls that were out for my blood. I mentally shivered at the thought and dragged my mini-gourd closer to me. I didn't want a replay of what happened a few months ago.

My last thought before I fell to sleep was, "I wish I had an awesome gourd like Gaara's..."

"Mikotsu! Wake up! Chunin exams!" The urgent voice of my best friend woke me up. I couldn't remember the last time Naruto woke up earlier than I did.

"Naruto..." I breathed in heavily and twisted around. The bed was so warm... "Just five more minutes... No need to charge in half-asleep..." I yawned.

"No! Mikotsu! Get up!" Naruto started shaking me. "We need to hurry! We're already late!"

That snapped me out of my happy place. "What?" I instantly shot up. "What time is it?"

"Five minutes past when we were supposed to meet Sasuke and Sakura at the bridge...," he called from the other room.

"Shit." I quickly brushed through my long hair with my hand, then changed clothes. I remembered to wear a light jacket over it, just so that I could have an extra set of protection against attacks. Then I grabbed my ninja tool pouch, made sure that I had the maximum I could carry, and clipped my gourd onto my belt strap. The Konoha forehead protector shone proudly on my waist.

"Y'done, Naruto?" I hollered through the door. He hadn't appeared yet.

"Almost, let me get this... Okay, I'm done!" Naruto showed up in the doorway, wearing his usual bright orange clothing.

I sighed. "Naruto, why don't you wear something that'll make you less obvious? I mean, I can probably see you from a mile away." I stood up and prepared to make him wear something less visible.

Naruto pouted. "But I feel comfortable in this! I can't move if I wear one of the things you tell me to!" He turned, trying to block the way. "C'mon, let's just go! I'll be fine in this!"

I sighed, giving in. "Fine, let's just go. We're late as is. I wouldn't be surprised it Kakashi-sensei arrived before us..."

"I'm not sure if I said this already, but Mikotsu, you are going to be participating in these exams. It's alright to have a team of four, because that just means one more person you have to keep alive and one more person to hinder your team." Kakashi-sensei gave us a half-bored look. "I'll be seeing you guys later."

When he poofed away, silence reigned over us four genin.

"...that's it?" I muttered. "No pep talk?"

"That was disappointing," Sakura agreed. "I was expecting him to give us some hints on how to survive."

"No kidding," I said, nodding. "But I'm sure with your precious Sasuke-kun, we'll be fine!" I couldn't resist adding an insult.

Strangely, Sakura didn't reply, but seemed to be staring in space. Uh-oh. Not a good thing. Definitely not a good thing. Quiet Sakura equals evil plotting bitch. But I just shrugged it off as being paranoid.

That was the first warning.

When we started heading towards the exam sight, Sakura started making small talk with me, rather than bother "Sasuke-kun".

Second warning.

"Hey, Mikotsu-chan, did you know that Sasuke...?" Sakura's voice trailed off in a gossipy manner, almost a bit evil. She took advantage of the fact that Sasuke and Naruto were more that a couple feet away.

Third warning.

"What?" I asked, oblivious to her trap.

"Did you that Sasuke..." She lowered her voice. "...is going out with Naruto?"

I quickly glared at her to make sure that she wasn't joking. She wasn't. Her eyes were full of tears, as a Sasuke fangirl could be expected to do. Then I glanced over at Naruto. He was talking with Sasuke. Talking. Not fighting. But talking. I could feel a breeze going through my gaping mouth.

My mind instantly flashed to last night. Naruto did tell me that he didn't want me to keep talking with Sasuke...could he have been acting out of jealousy? Then I switched my gaze to Sasuke. He was talking back to Naruto. Not ignoring him. But talking. Not yelling either, but talking.

Either I'm dreaming or Naruto really did get together with Sasuke. Or Sakura was faking this. I glared at the pink-haired kuniochi again. She was wiping tears from her eyes.

"We were all devastated when we heard that they were together..." Sakura whimpered out. I assumed that "they" meant the Sasuke fan-club. "We were hoping that he was joking when he told us... But don't tell Sasuke or Naruto! We swore not to tell a soul!"

I ignored her. My brain was frying itself into bits. I shook my head, trying to clear my thoughts. Then I realized the stabbing pain in my heart. I clutched at my chest, trying to ease the invisible wound, but it wasn't working.

Is this...is this what they would call...a broken heart?

But that didn't make sense! I didn't love Naruto any more than a brother...I haven't felt any sexual need from all the time we spent together alone... Then my thoughts flew to the other person in the relationship.

...Sasuke. Was it Sasuke?

Why? I wanted to ask, but my mouth seemed to have shut itself closed, as opposed to a few minutes ago when it was hanging open like a flycatcher. Why had this happened? How did it happen?

Sakura POV

Beneath my mask of tears and heartbreak, I was laughing my butt off. I couldn't believe that stupid Mikotsu actually fell for it! My Inner Sakura was gleefully throwing a party at my victory.

Now, I could have Sasuke all for myself, and with any luck, Mikotsu wouldn't trust Naruto anymore. By herself, she would be weak. We could take her down.

Naruto wouldn't be coming to save her this time.

Sigh...so this is how Sakura acts when they're about to charge into the face of death...AKA the Chunin exams...

Please review! I need suggestions for what should happen; should Mikotsu ask Sasuke or Naruto about their current status? Or should she just blindly swallow it up?