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Rising to the challenge

Rina turned and saw a pink haired kunoichi, she is looking towards Rina and Yuzuka, "Konnichiwa Rina-chan, Konnichiwa Yuzuka-chan, why are you two here?" The pink-haired kunoichi was holding a traditional reed-woven box, "Rina-chan, Yuzuka-chan, have you seen Uzumaki Naruto and Sasuke-kun yet?"

Both genin girls points to the same direction, "Hai, Sakura-sempai, they went to the Hokage's office there!" Haruno Sakura smiled in return, "Thank you, Yuzuka-chan and Rina-chan, uh, and why are you two here?" While Sakura's face shows cheerfulness, Inner Sakura was just about to blast things off to pieces, 'BETTER NOT SAY WE COME FOR SASUKE OR YOU TWO DAMN GIRLS WILL BE DEAD!!!!!!!!!!' Rina answered frankly, "We come to welcome Sa…." Just in a sudden, Yuzuka covered Rina's mouth and answered instead of Rina, for her friend's safety, "Uh…we are here for our friend Sousaku…uh yes!!!! Sousaku said he'll meet us here at about late noon right Rina?" Rina was puzzled, "Sousaku? Who is Sousaku?" Yuzuka was in a great panic, "Nani? Bad girl Rina! You forgot Sousaku???? Sousaku is our friend, the one that bought a Fuuma Shuriken for you!!"

Sakura twitched her right eye, "Neh, you girls look suspicious, is there anything you two won't tell me?!" the clever kunoichi answers quickly and point to a boy nearby, "Aye! There he comes! Sousaku-kun!!!" Yuzuka dragged her friend right to a genin boy that comes by, "Sayonara Sakura-sempaiii!!!!!!!!!"

The boy was puzzled, "My name is Yoimaru, not Sousaku." Yuzuka looks at the boy evilly, "Neh, Sousaku-kun, why are you fooling as your brother Yoimaru? We know it's you, Sousaku. Yoimaru is taller than you…you can't fool us." The boy was convinced to go with the girl's situation by Yuzuka's "evil" look.

"You always know it's me, no matter how I tried. I still want to be like my older brother Yoimaru, he is just…too good!" the boy smiled to Rina and Yuzuka. Sakura turned to see the 3 genins having good conversations, "Sayonara Rina-chan, Yuzuka-chan, and to you too, Sousaku-kun!"

The 3 genins watched as Sakura happily stride away to the Hokage's building. "By the way, thank you so much! What's your name again? I though I saw you in team 18." Yuzuka happily ask the boy. "Oh, Watashino Yoimaru desu. I'm Yoimaru, and yes I am in team 18, keen eyes you have, girls" Suddenly, Yuzuka dragged the boy's hand, "We two will treat you since you save us both from the evil clutches of Sakura-sempai." Rina asked, in a puzzled manner, "Where are we going?"

"To the Ichiraku! Where else shoud we go?" Yuzuka smiled. Rina was running after Yoimaru and Yuzuka.

While far away, in the Hokage's building, Sakura sneezed, "Heh, who is gossiping about me now."