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Chapter 3
Training
"WHAT THE HELL! WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR AN HOUR ALREADY, AND SO WHERE THE HELL IS HE?" Shouted Naruto, very pissed. Kakashi sensai had not shown up yet.
POOF There was a cloud of smoke, and their sensai appeared.
"WHAT THE HELL? WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!" Shouted Naruto.
"Sorry about that. . . . .I got lost in the path of life. . . . ."
"Oh shut up! That's so retarded!" Shouted Sakura.
"Path of life my ass. . . ." Muttered Sasuke.
"Well as long as he's here now, I guess. . . . ." Said Emi.
"There we go! That's my kind of student!"
"SHUT UP! I'M NOT TRYING TO SUCK UP TO YOU OR ANYTHING! NEXT TIME, LET'S SEE WHAT YOU THINK THEN!"
"Shesh! They're so worked up. . . . .Heheheh. Let's see what I think when I'm late next time. . . . . .Hahahaha. They're so entertaining. . . . ." Thought Kakashi sensai laughing to himself.
"Hey! What's so funny!" Shouted Naruto.
"Heheh. Oh nothing. . . .It's just, I was just thinking about what you're going to do when I tell you this. . . ." He said, joking them around. He loved to tease his students around. . . . .It was so entertaining. . . . .
"What?" Asked Sakura.
"Well, you see, the first training procedure will eliminate one of you guys, and you can never ever become a ninja again! Heheheh!" Oh, how he loved the expression on their faces. . . .It just cracked them up how shocked they were. . . . .and the fact that they actually believed him.
"WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH THIS? NOT EVEN A TASTE OF BEING GENIN, AND WE WILL BE KICKED OUT?" Screamed Naruto outraged.
"Umm. . .Yeah." Said Kakashi lazily. "There is no need to scream."
"Naruto should be screaming, sensai! I think it is all our dreams to be a shinobi! And if we don't make it, we can never ever, be a shinobi again?" Said Emi. This had brought her day down. . . . .This will bound to have her gone. . . . .She was so clumsy. But then there was Naruto. . . . .
"He couldn't even pass at the academy. . . . .How on earth is he going to do so now?" Thought Emi. Maybe her chances weren't that bad after all. sigh "That Sasuke is defiantly going to pass. . . .He's the best out of all of us. Everyone knows that. . . . But I have to pass too! I need to show everyone that I can do it! Especially to that Sasuke bastard. . . .Plus, I gotta show dad that I'm not a waste of money. . . .After all, he really does seem to want to save alot of money after fouteen kids. . . ."
"Oh damn it! I'm never going to pass! I'm all brains!" Thought Sakura. Inner Sakura: "No! Sakura! If you lose now, what about Sasuke! You're not going to let Ino have him, are you?"
"No! That's right! I need to win! Heheh. I need to be with Sasuke-kun!"
"Oh shit." Thought Naruto. "I'm so screwed. Wait- no! I will become Hokage. . . .I'm not gonna let that Sasuke beat me! No! I'll show him! And then Sakura will take an instant liking to me!"
FWOOSH!
"Urgh. . . . .Naruto. How did you?" Asked a beaten-near death Sasuke.
(An: This is all in Naruto's head)
"Hahaha. See who's better now, huh?"
"I was so wrong. . . .I'm sorry. I acknowledge you now!"
(Yeah right, Sasuke would never ever do that. . . .Sorry, I had to make it stupid. After all, it is Naruto, isn't it?)
"Oh Naruto! You're my hero! Who needs a weakling like him! Come on! Let's go!" Said Sakura.
"Yo Naruto! Come on! We gotta get going! What are you thinking about? You have a stupid look on your face. . . ." Said Emi.
"Oh. . .heheh. Nothing. Come on, we gotta kick that Sasuke's butt, and show him!"
"Yeah!"
"Come on Emi!" Shouted Sakura from afar.
"Okay, okay! I'm coming!"
"Okay. I am setting the alarm till noon." Said Kakashi. "After we finish, three people will get lunch, and one will have to be tied to a tree trunk. Got that?"
"Hai!"
"Good. Now, in this training, I am your. . . . ..enemy."
"WHAT!" Said an outraged Naruto. "There is no way we can beat you! You're- you're a jounin competing against us genin? What's up with that?"
"You are to get one of these three bells." Said Kakashi ignoring Naruto.
"But sensai, there are three, and we have four people. . . . .How do you expect us all to get one?"
"That is the purpose of this training. . . .See, if you snooze, you lose. Now, get ready- And go!"
The four split at once, and disappeared into the forest.
"Good. . . .Every single one is well hidden. Well Iruka, you taught your students well. . . ."
"Hiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Screamed Naruto who was charging full speed at Kakashi. Naruto punched and kicked their sensai who fell to the ground. Everyone was just shocked. The real Kakashi chuckled to himself as he watched this. He soon popped out from behind Naruto and sent him flying into the water. The fake clone of Kakashi disappeared within a poof.
"What? How did he do that?" Thought Emi. "We didn't even see where he went!"
(AN: I think I'm just gonna skip all over the whole survival training.)
Riiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnggggggggg! That was the sound of the alarm going off. By now, none of them had gotten a bell yet. . . .Only Sasuke who actually managed to even touch it, but surprisingly, he didn't even get it. Sakura had tried to distract Kakashi while Emi came up from behind, but that didn't work either since it turned out they were working against a fake Kakashi. Naruto. . . .well, he did charge a Kakashi in the beginning, but that only got him thrown into the water by their real sensai. Now noon had come, and Kakashi had given the three lunches to Sasuke, Sakura, and Emi. Naruto was tied up to the tree trunk.
"Okay, well, I need to go somewhere for a while, and so after you are done, start training any way you like. Oh, and don't give anything to Naruto. . . .He's not supposed to eat." Finished Kakashi sensai.
"Heh. They ought to figure it out. At least the Uchiha. . . ."
"HEY! WHY DON'T I GET ANYTHING! NONE OF THEM GOT ONE EITHER!" Shouted Naruto.
"Well that's because all of your teammates actually had a strategy. . . ." Replied Kakashi. He had just made this up to make everyone else feel bad. He knew that now every single one of themdidn't havea genius plan, and they did the same thing as Naruto the very first time. He looked at their faces. Sasuke showed nothing, Sakura was looking guilty, and Emi was looking guiltier.
"Perfect" Thought Kakashi.
"Okay, well, I'll be going! Now remember what I said, or you'll be gone!" He said as he "poofed" out of sight.
"Crap! What am I supposed to do? He's my friend, but I can't just give up being a ninja! It's only lunch, right? No, but he'll be starving! Urgh! God! Damn you Kakashi sensai!" Pondered Emi.
"Maybe I should give it to him. . . ." Thought Sakura.
Inner Sakura: "No! God woman! What are you thinking! Give it to him? Have you gone mad?"
"But I should show my nice and kind side to Sasuke. . ."
Inner Sakura: "What're you talking about! Nice side? He hates him! Why would he care?"
"You're right!"
"Here." Said Sasuke handing his lunch to Naruto.
Everyone was shocked. I mean, Sasuke! Of all people! Him! It couldn't be! But yet, it was real enough. . . . .What they didn't know, was that Kakashi was only watching them from amongst the trees.
"What the hell? I thought you were. . . ." Said Emi. "Then I'll give in too. It won't be fair if you were the only one to sacrifice your place as a ninja. Here Naruto."
"What the hell is wrong with the world!" Thought Sakura.
Inner Sakura: "What are you waiting for! Give it to him!"
"Here Naruto!" Said Sakura shoving the lunch to his face while she avoided eye contact.
"Oh, thank you Sakura. You're so sweet. . ." Said Naruto.
"Are you. . . .hitting on me?" Asked Sakura dangerously. There was a dangerous kind of glow to her eyes. . . . .
"Nononono. You've go me all wrong!" Said Naruto trying to cover up the truth.
"Yeah right." Said Emi. "You know Naruto, it's an awful bad thing that you're tied up, cus Sakura here. . . . ."
Sakura was standing up, and about to punch him once more, when all of a sudden, Kakashi sensai "poofed" up in front of Emi's face.
"AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! WHAT THE HELL! KAKASHI SENSAI!" Screamed Emi.
"Heheh. Congratulations. . . ."
"Congratulations for what?" Asked Sasuke.
"You all. . . . .pass." Said Kakashi sensai smiling.
Emi sprung up. "What the hell! What was up with the whole, 'You're going to be kicked out if you give Naruto lunch' thing?"
"Oh! Ha. The purpose of the training today, was teamwork." Everyone just fell over.
"Teamwork?" Asked Sakura.
"Yep. You and Emi kinda had it going before. You were distracting me, while Emi tried to attack from behind. Knowing that you two were close friends, you two ought to have the idea to come to your two little heads." Said Kakashi sensai ruffling their hair.
"Hey!" Pouted Sakura.
"But, you have to learn to work with everyone. Look at everyone around you. They're the people you're going to work with whether you like it or not. So, you better start getting along. . ." He glanced at Emi and Sasuke. "Okay. Come on. Let's take you out to celebrate. I rarely do this, but it'll let me know you better."
"What? So, you don't hate us?" Asked Naruto.
"No. . . .I'm actually starting to like you guys. . . . .But don't think I'm going to go easy on you. If you want to be Hokage, then you better work!"
"Hai sensai!"
"Okay, come on!"
"Yippeee!" Shouted Sakura and Emi together.
"So, where do you want to go?" Asked Kakashi.
"Oooh! Ooh! The Ramen shop!"
"Okay then! Off we go!"
At the Ramen Shop. . . .
"That was good!" Shouted a happy Naruto.
"Urgh. How many bowls have you eaten Naruto?" Groaned Sakura.
"For your birthday, I think we should ask Choji to have a contest with you!" Said Emi.
"Okay. Well, I'm going to go home." Said Sakura.
"Oh, do you want me to walk you back?" Asked Emi.
"No. It's okay." Said Sakura smiling. Emi knew she was hiding something. Normally she would want Emi to walk with her home. She probably didn't want anyone interfering, so she let her go.
"Umm, okay Sakura. Then, I'll talk to you later!" Said Emi beaming. She was worried.
"I hope it's not about Sasuke. . . . .Gosh, I'm mad at him. . . .I guess I just wish that he will give Sakura a chance. . . . .Ino doesn't go along with him. . . . .That's why I support Sakura with him. I think she can turn his heart around. After his clan was wiped out, I saw a major difference. . . .His heart is dark. . . .Sakura will be the light. Ino, I know you'll find someone for you one day. . . ."
"Wonder where she's off too." Thought Sasuke.
"Hn. It's getting late. I'm going to go home too." Said Sasuke after Sakura had left. Everyone was surprised by this, but didn't know why. Maybe they were just wondering why he was going right after Sakura. . . .hmm.
"Bye." Said Kakashi sensai. "Don't be late tomorrow! You guys are out of shape! Be there at 8:00 sharp!"
"Heh. I wouldn't be talking, sensai." Muttered Sasuke. Then he just left. He could see a figure walking in the distance. . . .he followed.
Back in the Shop
"Oh well. Wonder what they're up too." Said Kakashi sensai out loud.
"Nonsense! They're not together! Sasuke. . . .Sasuke doesn't even acknowledge her existence!" Said Emi.
"hmm. Well, you never know." Said Naruto.
"Are you done yet!" Snapped Emi. She was thinking a lot about this. Oh well, she'll pry it out of Sakura. She knows that Sakura has a lot of pain stored up in her heart all from Sasuke. That's the difference between her and Ino. Ino was probably just playing a game. . . . .Sakura however. . . .is serious. It took awhile for Emi to finally realize that her friend was serious about the Uchiha. No matter how much he hurt her. . . .She still fell for him. She sighed. Life was just this complicated.
"Come on. I'll walk you two home." Said their sensai.
"Arigato sensai." Said Emi politely while bowing at the same time.
"Hahaha. No need to be some polite Emi!" Said Kakashi scratching his head. Emi just smiled. Her sensai was nice and kind, and she knew this. She was lucky to have a sensai like him.
"Come on Naruto!"
"Okay, okay."
They walked home chattering in the night. He learned a lot about them, these two. They arrived at Naruto's front step, and they said good-bye.
"Don't be late tomorrow Kakashi sensai!" Shouted Naruto.
"Yeah, yeah! Don't worry. Good night Naruto!" And on they walked.
"Interesting fellow, isn't he, Naruto." Said Kakashi.
"Yep. I knew him since we were little. I think we were five at the time. I remembered nobody played with him, and I just wondered, why? He didn't look like a bad person, so I started to play with him. I was his only friend, since everyone else shunned him. Even the adults. So, their kids followed the examples of their parents, and that's what happened. Naruto has a lot of pain in his heart, since he grew up with nobody except me. Then when I was about seven, I met up with Sakura and Ino. Ino was strong for us, since Sakura was always made fun of for her big forehead, and I always fell. She was strong, and all three of us became best friends. Then Sasuke came along. . . .That day. . . .It was sad. They threw away their friendship for one guy. I remember I started to dislike him just because of that. I was always in the middle. We were never the same, and it saddened me. No matter how hard I try, every time they get together, it's a catfight. I just wish they can forget about it. He's a horrible person!"
"Well, Sasuke went through a lot you know. You're an understanding person Emi, so you should know that."
"I do know that. But his heart changed after his clan was wiped out. But I think, Sakura will be the light in this heart, if he can do so much but to acknowledge her, then his heart will slowly change. . . .Ino is not meant to be with him, and I just realized that. To Ino, I think it's just a game. Half of her liked him because of his looks, but he could have only been one of those guys that you look at and admire, but I think the reason the other half came along, was because of Sakura. But, I will bring us back together again, hopefully. It's not meant to be like this. I think they both know this, but refuse to accept it except for me. I just hope one day they will finally choose to accept this."
"You're right in many ways Emi, and it isn't easy for you either. But, I'm sure your friends will come through." Kakashi said with a smile."
"Emi! Oh here you are! Oh, hello Kakashi." Said Kurenai who was sitting on the front step of their house with Asuma.
"Gomen Kurenai! I forgot to tell you! Kakashi sensai took us out for dinner, and he was kind enough to walk Naruto and me home so we would be home safe." Said Emi. "Oh, hi Asuma-san."
"Hi Emi. Hey Kakashi. So, how are your students? Mine is a handful. . . .Oh. One that eats all day, one loudmouth, and one that is so lazy, but surprisingly a genius."
"Hahaha. Well, I have to take on four this time. They're good students." And he winked at Emi. "You have a good sister Kurenai. She works very hard, but she can be clumsy."
"Thank you Kakashi. Hope she wasn't too much trouble." Said Kurenai.
"No, no. Not at all. Well, I'll see you guys later. Emi, don't be late tomorrow!"
"What do you mean me! Hey! You should be the one coming on time now!"
"Heheheh. Okay. Good night Emi." And he was gone with a "poof".
"Well, I better be going now too Kurenai. I'll see you tomorrow. Good night, and bye Emi." Asuma was gone with a poof too.
"So, are you and Asuma-san going out?" Asked Emi slyly.
"Oh you little-"
"Hahaha!"
"Go in now!" Said Kurenai with a smile.
Over to the other side. . . .
Sasuke followed the figure to where she was going. She still had no idea someone was following her. All of a sudden, she stopped in front of a large cherry blossom tree. The small flowers pelted down gently all around Sakura. She clutched her heart, and Sasuke noticed she was crying.
"Sasuke-sob- Why do you hate me? I just want-sob-to ease your pain, and bring light to your heart. . . ."
With that, Sasuke left the crying girl. All night, her words rang through his ears. . . .
"I don't hate you Sakura. . . . .I can't lose another close one, again. . . . .Move on, and find someone else. . . .. ."
To be continued!
An: So that was the third chapter! How was it? Well I wouldn't know unless you do a little something called, review. . . . . .Seriously, I need some reviews.