Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the characters from Ceres.

A.N.: This isn't really a Naruto/Ceres crossover, I just borrowed some of the character names, and yes I did borrow the name Yui from Fushigi Yugi.

Chapter 8

Boys and Girls

After Sakura, Naruto, Sasuke, Yuki, Maya, and Miori broke away from Kakashi and Mayu, they went down to the park. They ended up in disagreement over what they wanted to do. Sasuke suggested that they spar. Yuki suggested going on the swings and seeing who can swing over the bar. After a few minutes of arguing, Sakura suggested that they vote on what they should do. Sasuke, Sakura, Maya, and Miori voted for sparing. While Naruto and Yuki voted for the swings. They drew names at random to decide who would fight who. These were the standings:

Sasuke vs. Maya

Naruto vs. Yuki

Sakura vs. Miori

Then Sasuke and Maya got into fighting positions. Before the fights began they agreed that they wouldn't use any weapons or dangerous jutsus. So it was mainly a taijutsu match. Maya had no trouble dodging and blocking all of Sasuke's attacks. Naruto was laughing his head off because Sasuke was having trouble keeping up with Maya. Meanwhile Sakura was cheering him on, while Inner Sakura was saying, "My Sasuke won't lose to that four-eyes! Cha!" But in the end, Sasuke lost his match against Maya, and of course he was irritated that he lost to a girl, especially a girl with glasses.

Next was Naruto's and Yuki's match. Naruto of course used the Shadow Clone Jutsu right away. Yuki countered with her own clone jutsu. It was an all out brawl between the Naruto and Yuki clones. The fight went on until the clones dropped from exhaustion and disappeared, leaving only the worn out Naruto and Yuki. The match ended in a draw.

Then Sakura and Miori went to fight next. For the first 5 minutes Sakura and Miori seemed evenly matched. Then Miori hit Sakura with a kick that sent her flying. While Sakura was down, Miori quickly used hand signs. "Earth Style Jutsu: Nature's Cage." Then some dirt and plants around Sakura rose up and formed a cage around her. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get out. Miori won the match.

After Miori released Sakura from the cage, Naruto said, "Wow you guys are good! How long have you been genin?"

"We've been genin for almost two years now." answered Maya.

"Yeah, Tama-sensei thinks we might be ready for the next Chunin Exam." said Yuki.

Naruto couldn't help but feel jealous of these girls who were his age that were more experienced genin then he was. Sasuke felt equally annoyed. 'I can't believe that Maya girl defeated me.' he thought. 'But that Yuki girl tied with Naruto. So I bet she must be the weakest member of the team.'

Then the six genin explored the park, until a creepy looking forest caught Naruto's eye. "Hey, let's go explore in that forest." suggested Naruto.

"No, we can't." said Maya. "That's Twilight Forest. The Kage has ordered that no one go there because of a demon. Not to mention it's haunted."

"Cool!" exclaimed Naruto. "But let's go anyway! I'm not afraid of any ghost or demons! Believe it!"

"No Naruto." said Sasuke. "They said their Kage has made that place off limits. Remember we can't cause any trouble while we're here."

"You're just afraid of the ghost and demons." said Naruto.

"I am not." argued Sasuke. "Don't be an idiot! If we break the rules here, it could cause trouble for our village."

"Besides Kakashi-sensei and Mayu told us to be back at the Kigaro house by nightfall and the sun starting to set." Sakura pointed out.

So the six genin said sayonara and promised to meet at the park again tomorrow. As the girl genin team walked home together Maya asked the other two girls, "So, what do you think of those genin from the Hidden Leaf Village?"

"I think that Naruto boy is nice." said Yuki.

"Oooh, Yuki has a crush." said Miori.

"I do not!" Yuki protested blushing.

"Come on, admit it! You like him." said Miori.

"Okay, I'll admit I like him a little." said Yuki still blushing.

Then Maya and Miori started to sing "Naruto and Yuki sitting in a tree…"

"Cut it out you guys!" Yuki ordered still blushing like crazy.