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Tauren Paladin says: Sorry people, for not updating quickly. You see, I had to walk the dogs, study for the final exams, and play FF: DOS…

Well, I hope you like the story. Remember this is an alternate chapter.

Oh, and thanks to Ceasg-sama once again. And of course, all of you who read and review!

Disclaimer: I own Naruto. Just kidding, I don't.

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At the theme park

Alternate Chapter 3

Nadesico gathered some water from the low pond that stood before her. She couldn't believe that two Jounins were holding up a competition for her when she had arrived. Hesitantly, she drenched her face in the cool water she reached from the pond. Konoha was really amazing her. The people were so spectacular; there were a lot of people who had greeted her with such energy…

Meanwhile, Gai was interrogating Kakashi. His goal was to know more about Nadesico.

"When did you meet her?" The green beast asked enthusiastically.

"Um… yesterday." Was Kakashi's answer.

Gai put his hand on his chin as if thinking. He WAS thinking of course, but being Maito Gai, people would have believed he was faking.

"It's strange…" Gai said in a rough, deep voice. Kakashi just looked at him expectantly.

"Yesterday was the day in which the stone attacked… Did you have something to do with it, Kakashi?" Gai asked. Kakashi was starting to sweat. He wondered when Gai had found out about the attack. He found himself speechless.

"AHA! So you had met someone without telling your rival!" Gai exclaimed as he turned towards Kakashi. The white-haired pervert was relieved.

Then, they saw Nadesico walking towards them. They both smiled at her. She did the same.

She had known them for not too long, but she was convinced they were good people. First, Kakashi had accepted her into his home and been kind to her. Who in earth would have been so kind? And Gai… Gai was a funny guy, which she started to see as a quality. His never ending energy would cheer her up. Although his jokes didn't have sense, they always made her laugh.

The group walked toward the training grounds, to train a bit, but Gai didn't know Nadesico was a trained nin too. As the grounds appeared on sight, Gai winked at Nadesico, and then fixed his gaze on Kakashi.

"I challenge you to a duel Rival Kakashi!" Gai exclaimed as his teeth shone like a flash of thunder in a stormy night. "We will prove our love for Nadesico-san in this match!"

"I accept. It is long since we sparred." Kakashi replied as they set foot on the small arena that was specially designed for sparring matches.

The girl looked at Kakashi. She was worried something might happen to him, as she had seen how those stone nins were about to finish him off. She put her hand on his shoulder, but she found herself in front of a smile that could ease her worries.

"Kakashi-san, will this be alright?" Nadesico asked.

"One must stand for his girl." Kakashi stated as he and Gai walked towards the opposite sides of the arena. She sat on a chair and watched how the match was about to start. She blushed a bit, but no one but her noticed, much to her relief.

Gai was on his usual pose, having one arm behind him and the other in front of him. Kakashi had not revealed his Sharingan, and had a kunai on his left hand and was making seals with one hand.

Soon, three replicas of Kakashi appeared to guard him from Gai's kick, which had hit one of the bunshin. Quickly, Gai ducked and entered with a high kick aimed for Kakashi's chin. The action had been lightning fast, but Kakashi knew it was going to happen, and dodged it with ease. Gai took out a kunai from his holster to deflect a pair of kunai which were thrown to him. It was weird, but they each knew the other's moves, since they had been on a lot of missions together, and that had teached them the other's tactics with perfection. They knew the battle was going to be longer than expected.

On the other hand, Nadesico was found with her mouth wide open. She didn't know how well they fought. She could have expected great skills from Kakashi, but what she was seeing was impressive. Gai had surprised her too, because his taijutsu skills were unmatched. She watched in awe as they both fought the equal battle.

Kakashi reached for some shuriken on his pouch, and aimed them towards Gai. The green beast evaded them and rushed towards him with a Konoha whirlwind. Kakashi blocked it and revealed his kage bunshin, which was behind Gai. The green beast smiled as he hit the bunshin with a low spin kick and used an uppercut on Kakashi, which was soon revealed to be a log. Then, a flurry of shuriken flew towards Gai from a corner. He jumped this and was about to hit Kakashi when a well-aimed sai flew between he and Kakashi.

They turned to see an enemy scout killed by the sai. Apparently, the scout was a chuunin from stone, and he had the mission on spying them. Were they a target?

Gai and Kakashi turned to the direction the sai had come from. Nadesico had thrown it.

"I think groups of enemy nin are coming from the woods were we walked earlier." The kunoichi said as she hurried to the woods, followed by Gai and Kakashi.

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Soon after, they met a group of nin from the stone village, which outnumbered them. They seemed to be different from the other stone nin, as they had an unusual weapon and different garments. Their faces were covered by a mask like Kakashi's, but they were brown.

Without hesitating, Nadesico, Gai, and Kakashi assumed their battle positions. Nadesico unsheathed her weapon and held a sai in front of her. Kakashi revealed his Sharingan and took out a kunai from his holster.

The battle started suddenly. The enemy nin stormed in all at once, striking with their axe-like weapons. Kakashi started to charge his chidori up, while Nadesico and Gai covered him. Gai had no trouble holding on his own, but what really surprised him was the fact that Nadesico could fight, and so skillfully, as if she was a nin herself.

Kakashi had been taking out most of his foes with his chidori. He was feeling worried about Nadesico, who was nearly handling a thousand nin on her own, but she had saved him, but he wondered if she had done all of that by herself.

Nadesico was fine. She was a master in disabling weapons with the three prongs of her sai, while she attacked with her kodashi. The kunoichi sensed reinforcements, so she flung an electric fuuma shuriken at them, knocking out almost all of them. Kakashi knew the girl was not normal after seeing this move.

After some minutes, the battle had been won by the three of them. Noticing it was almost night time, they walked towards their homes in hope for some rest. They would tell Tsunade-sama later, as they were tired from the previous match.

Gai had been suspecting about Nadesico, but not in the way you readers are thinking.

How could she resist his charm? How could she avoid hugging him the moment she saw him?

"YOSH! Tomorrow I'll win the competition! You'll see!" Gai said as he stormed off to his home. The fight had evidently not affected him.

Nadesico and Kakashi sweat dropped. The girl smiled as she and Kakashi walked to his apartment for supper.

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Tauren Paladin says: Sorry for the short chapter. But anyway, I hoped you liked it.

Sayo!