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Drabble Twelve

Chunin Exam: Part 2

At the same time, Kankuro had looked so did Naruko, and they saw Sasuke sitting coolly in a tree. "What do you thinking you're doing in someone else's village?" Sasuke questioned the boy, ignoring when Sakura cheerfully screamed out his name, though he did notice a certain blonde who was now glaring up at him.

'She really doesn't know how to be thankful.' Sasuke couldn't help but frown.

'Tch, the bastard and his cool entrances,' grumbled Naruko, wishing that she could wipe that cocky smirk off his face. Turning her head over to where Sakura was standing, she saw that Moegi had now joined Sakura, gushing over Sasuke's coolness.

"Tch, another brat." Kankuro began glaring at Sasuke. "Hey, brat, why don't you come down here and face me in your girlfriend's place?" This comment caused quite the reaction from the Konoha group.

"G-G-Girlfriend?! Like hell, Naruko isn't Sasuke-kun's girlfriend! Over my dead body!" viciously screamed Sakura, throwing her glaring eyes over at Naruko, who was just as livid.

"What makes you think I'm that bastard's girlfriend?! Are you out of your freaking mind!? Look at that girly face, eyes, and hair! Dammit, Sasuke looks even prettier than most of the girls in the village!" ranted Naruko, causing a certain Uchiha's temple to twitch, while Konohamaru couldn't help but ask,

"Naru-neechan... Are you insulting him or complimenting him?" Four people wanted to slap that idiot little boy upside the head, those people being the four oldest who were stationed at the scene.

'What boy would like his appearance being compared to that of a girl's?' Kankuro threw a questioning look over at Konohamaru, who had his head turned towards Naruko.

"Such a girly boy is not my type! I want someone manlier and strong. Also, someone who knows cool jutsus!" Naruko answered Konohamaru's question, oblivious of the burning gaze a certain Uchiha had directed down at her. Though before he could insult Naruko in his head, a voice spoke out. It was then the group saw a boy with red hair standing upside down on the same tree Sasuke was sitting on.

"Nee-chan, it's another weirdo," whispered Konohamaru. Upon the redhead's appearance, his older two teammates appeared somewhat afraid of him. Sasuke, on the other hand, was scolding himself for being unable to sense the other's presence. Once he threatened one of the members on his teams, the redhead called Gaara removed himself from the tree. Naruko tried to ignore Konohamaru when he whispered how the guy reminded him of a raccoon.

Right before the group could leave, they were stopped by Sakura, who demanded to know why shinobis from another village were in Konohagakure. They seemed a little surprised at hearing Sakura's question, showing her a permit, saying how they were here to enter the Chunin Exams. Seconds later, Sasuke jumped down from the tree, demanding to know the redhead's name who answered and in return demanded to know Sasuke's.

"Uchiha Sasuke," Gaara said nothing, but soon turned his eyes to a pair of blue ones that seemed to have been staring at him as well. For some reason, both felt a connection, a pull towards one another, but they did not know why. The two didn't know how long they simply stood there staring at one another, which brought forth an awkward silence, which was broken when he asked for Naruko's name.

"...Uzumaki Naruko." Both Sasuke and Sakura noticed how Naruko's voice lacked its usual loudness and confidence and couldn't help but wonder why the blonde was acting so strange around that redheaded Suna ninja. Nodding his head, the Suna trio soon disappeared from out of their sights.

"Naru-neechan, could it be... that you fell for that weird raccoon Suna ninja?!" Sakura was shocked when she saw Sasuke slam his fist upside Konohamaru's head, before seizing the back of Naruko's collar and began dragging her off.

"What the...?! Sasuke, what the heck do you think you're doing?!"

"Shut up, idiot, we are heading to the training grounds."

Sakura watched Sasuke drag Naruko off and felt aggravated to be the only one left out, so she ran to catch up with the two. "Wait up, Sasuke-kun! I want to train with you as well!"

"Hey, Sakura-chan, don't forget about me!"

"Shut up, Naruko!"

Meanwhile, somewhere else in the village, the Third Hokage gave an explanation of how this year's Chunin Exams would be held in Konohagakure. Iruka stood there calmly, knowing in her heart that those precious students that she taught and that had just graduated from the academy, were nowhere near ready to sign up for the Chunin Exams.

That was until she heard Hatake Kakashi recommend Team Seven to take the Chunin Exams. The very same team that held her precious Naruko. It only became worse when Kurenai and Asuma followed his lead. At this point, something in Iruka snapped as she marched forward and stood in front of the three jonin.

"Wait a minute! They're still young graduates that just came out of the Academy; they're rookies! Yet you are signing them up to take the Chunin Exams?! Are you really just going to throw them to the wolves like that!?" yelled Iruka, who knew just how dangerous the Chunin Exams could be. People lost their lives in the Chunin Exams, and she couldn't bare it if such a fate landed on even just one of her precious students. Especially Naruko, who she practically helped raise.

It was Kakashi who spoke first, "I became a Chunin when I was six years younger than they are now."

"Things were completely different back then compared to now. So don't even try to bring that up as a fact!" Iruka stood face-to-face with Kakashi, brown eyes fierce and protective. Though the next words that came out of his mouth caused all rational thoughts in Iruka to snap. Her hands reached out and gripped Kakashi by his jonin vest, only to slam her knee so hard upon his crown jewels. Every man in the room, including the Hokage, couldn't but wince and weep with sympathy.

Upon seeing this, Kurenai's eyes grew large with shock, and Asuma made sure to stay far away from the angry chunin, who looked as if she was about to kill Kakashi. Iruka's sudden attack had caught Kakashi off guard, feeling nothing but pain as if his soul was about to fly out of his body. It had been a while, since the famed Copy-Cat Ninja' felt such fear, especially from such a fragile and kind looking woman. She glared into his left eye and uttered in a voice that was so cold and deadly that Kakashi had a hard time believing that Iruka was some weak chunin,

"If something happens to them. If she doesn't come back to me. Your life is mine, Hatake Kakashi!" threatened Iruka, before walking around Kakashi. Every man in the room made sure to stand out of the livid chunin teacher's way, who exited out of the room.

"She is something special," smirked Kurenai. Kakashi's feet were no longer able to support himself as he fell to the ground.

End of Drabble Twelve