Chapter 3
Haha, I am sorry for not updating in ages, I got hampered by freaking homework. I am blabbing.. sorry guyz I'll try to update quicker!
Lol.. I tink Sasuke's a little OOC in here… my fanfictions hav some OOCness in them.. but hey! It's a fanfiction right?
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
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"Spar!"
Reiko grabbed a kunai from her holster and rushed forward, eyes glinting fiercely, her lips twisting into a snarl.
Sasuke pulled out a kunai and rushed up to meet her, their kunais letting out shrill ringing sounds every time they met.
Their speed are almost equally matched thought Kakashi, looking at the spar with mild enthusiasm.
"I am going to win this!" muttered Reiko fiercely as she tried to hold off Sasuke's fearsome attacks, dodging his kunais and shurikens.
"Not if I beat you first!" Sasuke muttered back to her. Reiko frowned and attacked him again, using her taijutsu skills to tire him off, but they don't seem to affect him.
"Hm.. if taijutsu doesn't work on you.. I'll use ninjutsu then!" she yelled angrily, her hands forming familiar hand seals that Sasuke had seen before.
Nani! She's doing Fire Jutsu! thought Sasuke.
"Katon Goukakyuu No Jutsu!" Reiko yelled and a huge ball of fire shot from her mouth.
Sasuke dodged quickly, the fireball nearly scorching his shirt. Phew he thought. That was close…Damn, I was too careless…
Suddenly, Reiko appeared behind him, her hands raised as if to punch him. He dived out of the way in time, and yelled, "Katon Housenka (Is it Housenka or Houraken?) No Jutsu!" and small balls of fire shot from his mouth, engulfing Reiko in flames.
There was a poof of smoke and Reiko immediately changed into a log. Kawarimi again…thought Sasuke and he grimaced. Suddenly he saw something burning on the log, Sasuke leaned forward for a closer look but backed away instantly. "Exploding tag!" he shouted and the log exploded with a huge bang.
He dived back just in time but there was soot all over his clothes and face… "Damn… why am I so careless today…" Sasuke muttered angrily.
Reiko saw the chance and attacked Sasuke again, trying to kick him off balance. He turned and leaped, grabbing her arm and shouting, "Shishi Rendan!"
"Nani!" Reiko gasped. Sasuke kicked from all sides, making her panic as she tried to dodge all his attacks. She grunted as he kicked her stomach, knocking the wind out of her, and her mind became dizzy and painful.
Damn it Reiko, don't give in now! A voice in her brain said. She quickly gathered up her energy and grabbed Sasuke's leg, her other hand reaching into her kunai holster to grab a kunai.
Sasuke tried to free his leg from Reiko's vice-like grip and grab his own kunai, as they plummeted from the sky, metres away from the hard ground.
Suddenly, Reiko released her grip from Sasuke's leg and straightened herself from the fall, and she saw Sasuke do the same. They landed on the hard ground, legs bending from the impact. Tendrils of dust and sand billowed about them as they held their kunais inches from their throat.
Reiko panted heavily and tried to think, as she was frustrated that she can't break through his steely defence.
She was about to attack him again when a shrill and all-too-familiar voice sounded throughout the forest. "HELLO YOUNG ONES.. I CAN SENSE YOUR PASSION TO FIGHT FROM A MILE AWAY!" A few birds dropped dead from the sky as Sasuke tried to snatch a glance at the new comer. I know that voice…he thought.
Kakashi looked up from his perverted book and looked at the new comer. "Oh my god.. It couldn't be?"
Reiko and Sakura's jaw dropped when they saw the new-comer. Sasuke's eyebrow was twitching and he was struggling not to go blind when his eyes processed the image before him. Naruto was rolling on the ground and clawing his eyes, screaming some inaudible gibberish and Kakashi fell out of his tree and muddied his precious book.
Lo and behold! It was none other than the infamous Gai-sensei! But it wasn't just Gai-sensei, it was Gai-sensei in a BRIGHT PINK NYLON SPENDEX SUIT! Holy crap! And that's not all… because Rock Lee is in a BRIGHT YELLOW SPENDEX SUIT! Reiko thought her eyes are going to roll out of her eye sockets as she looked at the sight before them.
"HELLO NARUTO! I SEE THAT YOU ARE IMPRESSED WITH MY NEW AND PRETTY SUIT!" yelled Rock Lee, his furry eyebrows twitching with pride.
"Impressed my butt," muttered Naruto and the rest of Team 7 nodded their agreement.
Neji and Tenten were standing beside their sensei and teammate, their faces glowing with humiliation, embarrassment and anger as they glared at their boasting sensei. If looks could kill, Gai and Lee are already shredded into a zillion pieces.
Kakashi tried to suppress his laughter (which he failed) and asked politely, "Ehem, Gai… why are you disrupting my class?"
"Disrupting? Why… Never! I am just giving some words of encouragement to your pupils, I never disturb children that are training when the flames of youth burn in them!"
Sakura's raised her eyebrow at the word "children".
"Uhh… you just did, Gai," said Kakashi matter-of-factly.
"But…but … you haven't made any comment on my new suit yet, Kakashi!" begged Gai with puppy-dog eyes.
"Oh yeah? Well I think it deserves to be flushed down the toilet, burned, soaked in some sodium hydroxide acid, shredded into pieces, and buried under tons of soil," answered Kakashi.
"Hmph, even you lose to me when it comes to fashion sense, Kakashi,"
"Yea right, you have a fashion sense equal to a muck-covered badger,"
"How dare you insult my fashion sense!"
"Alright, can you just shut up!"
The rest of Team 7 and Team 8 sweatdropped when they saw their sensei's bickering like 6-year old children.
Suddenly, Tenten stepped between the sensei's and shouted, "STOP FIGHTING!" As usual, they ignored her and resumed their argument, and poor Tenten was pummeled with flying spit from both senseis. Well… maybe not from Kakashi because he's wearing a mask.
"CUT THE CRAP!"
Everybody looked at Neji with wide round eyes… well… everyone except Reiko and Sasuke. Neji has definitely lost his cool.
Kakashi realized that he was acting weirdly and quickly scratched his head, a guilty look plastered on his face. "Ahaha… Gomen! Our training ends here, kay," he said sheepishly. "You guys did a great job!"
Reiko rolled her eyes. Finally… she thought. She was about to leave the training grounds when she saw Sasuke looking at her. Why is he looking at me? She stared back at him, her eyes glinting defiantly.
"Nice fight," Sasuke said with a smirk. Reiko glanced up in surprise, not believing that the Uchiha prodigy had just complimented her. He smirked again as he saw her gaping at him in confusion, a frown on her face.
"Th..Thanks," she replied, her eyes not meeting his dark obsidian ones. "Stop gaping like that, Reiko, you look like a goldfish," he joked. Reiko couldn't help but stare with her eyes wide open at the smirking Sasuke, trying to make sense about what he just said. Did Sasuke just made a JOKE? What the heck is happening here?
Reiko shrugged it off and walked out of the training grounds, all the while thinking about what happened. Maybe I am just hallucinating…Yeah…I wish…
Sasuke stared after Reiko as she walked out of sight. She's a good fighter… He smirked to himself again when he saw Reiko's surprised face… She looks pretty when she gets all surprised like that…what the… what am I thinking! Sasuke mentally punches himself in the head. Shit… where did I get all these darn thoughts…grrr…
"Er…Sasuke… Are you alright?" asked Sakura. She saw Sasuke gritting his teeth and shaking his head just now and felt worried.
"Yeah… Did you get rabies or something?" sneered Naruto.
Sasuke looked away to hide his blush and tried to control the urge to strangle Naruto. "Shut up dobe, it's none of your stinking business,"
"Whatever,"
Sasuke quickly left them and headed back to his home. He paused for a moment when he walked past Reiko's house, but quickly continued walking, all the while thinking about her.
He couldn't help but smile at the thought of Reiko, whom was his only kin besides Itachi… At least, he wouldn't be alone anymore… at least… he could share his feelings with her… At least… he wasn't the only one now…
Alright.. I think I'll stop here now… Well guys… pls review k! Ah.. and one more thing.. do you guys want a sad ending or a happy ending… pls vote k! Thanks! I really appreciate all the ppl who reviewed me… I'll try to write my stories better… considering that English is not my country's main language… but I'll try k!