DISCLAIMER: Nothing has changed...I still don't own Naruto...
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"You three are from the leafe village ka?" Naruto muttered.
"Hai," Kyo said again. "Team Eleven."
"I've never heard of a Team Eleven," Sasuke said, walking over.
"Well now you have," said Gen coldly.
No girl had ever said anything cold to him before. Sasuke looked over at her, and he thought her black eyes were nice.
'Wait, nani?' Sasuke thought. 'I don't like her, do I?'
"So you're here for the chuunin exams too," Sakura said. "I wonder if Kakashi-sensei will enter us in it."
Sasuke didn't say anything. But Naruto did.
"I'm sure he will, Sakura-chan," he said.
Sakura just glared at him.
"Who is your sensei?" Naruto asked Kyo, chaning the subject.
"His name is Ronin," Kyo answered. "I guess he'll be at the matches..."
Riko nodded. "I'm sure he will be. So that suna nin...his name was Gaara?"
"Yeah," Sakura said, looking at the direction he'd gone. "Why?"
"Nothing..." Riko trailed off.
Gen looked towards the direction of the suna ninja as well, looking very bitter again. "I hate them."
"Naze?" Sakura asked.
The red haired kunoichi just shook her head. Sakura shrugged.
"Well, either way, he's strong. That 'Sabaku no Gaara'," she said.
Riko nodded. "Yeah," she agreed. "He is."
"You're being enthusiastic about him," said Kyo. "Do you like him?"
"I hardly know him, don't be stupid."
Kyo shrugged and smirked.
Sasuke was still watching Gen. She obviously really hated suna nin. She acted a little like he did about his brother.
"I have to go," he said.
"Where?" Sakura said automatically.
"I have things to do," he said vaguely. He noticed Gen looked over at him but looked away again. She was not like other girls, this was probably one of the first ones that didn't melt at his looks. He wasn't trying to be conceited, it was just something he had noticed.
Sasuke took off into the village again.
"You like him?" asked Gen, looking at Sakura.
Sakura nodded. Kyo watched as Sasuke took off.
"What's so special about him?" he asked.
"He's strong and good looking," Sakura said defensively at Kyo.
Riko and Gen smirked as Kyo leaned away from Sakura in fear as she held her fists up and looked at him furiously. Naruto, who had been wondering the same thing for a long time, sighed.
"So," Sakura said. "How do you think you're going to do in the chuunin exams?"
"I don't know..." Riko sighed. "As long as we're outside, I'm fine."
"How come?" Naruto asked.
"Because I'm an earth ninja," Riko answered.
"Oh, cool," Naruto said. "But I will still beat you."
Riko smirked. "Sure."
"What kind of ninja are you guys?" Naruto said, turning to Gen and Kyo.
"Ice," Gen told him.
"Fire," Kyo added abou himself.
"Wow," Sakura said. "Sugoi, ice, fire, and earth. That's cool."
Gen smirked at Sakura. "Arigatou."
Sakura only smiled at Gen. But Inner Sakura was angry. She'd noticed that Sasuke was acting different around her. Maybe it was still too early. But he'd been looking over at her a lot.
"Well, I want to test your powers," Naruto said. "I want to train against you. All of you."
"Do you?" asked Riko. "Fine. You can train against me. And if you beat me, you can train against Kyo. And if you beat Kyo, you can train against Gen."
"Fine!" shouted Naruto. "I need someone to test my jutsus on anyway."
So the two teams walked to an opening, and Riko got into a fighting stance. Naruto did as well.
"I will beat you!" he exclaimed.
