This chapter has been revised.

Wiping the sweat from her forehead, the teen grinned. Her eyes stared into the blue flame, currently enveloping her hand and forearm. After nearly three months, she had finally mastered it. If she knew it was going to take this long, she would have started with it first instead of the other jutsu. Mayu clenched her fist, extinguishing the blue flames. She examined her arm. She had burned herself numerous times, learning the jutsu. Not to mention the amount of chakra needed. Haah. Hinata had scolded her many times on the dangers of chakra exhaustion. Still, because she had worked so hard, she had mastered the powerful fire jutsu of Ishikari. She would not need to worry about being burned in the future now.

Mayu squatted down and unrolled the scroll that lied at her feet. According to Hinata's speculation, this scroll, along with the other scrolls she had been using, had been taken from a secret place. The reason the Hyuga had come up with such a conclusion had been because Mayu had no knowledge of the Ishikari clan for most of the time they had shared a body. That led the ignorant teen to believe that she had stolen the scrolls from somewhere, which meant someone else knew of the clan's existence? But who? At the moment, Mayu couldn't be sure. It could have been the Third Hokage. He was dead now, though. Well, in any case, whoever did have knowledge of the clan probably buried it in their memories, still having not realized that certain items had come up missing. Why concern yourself with a clan full of dead people?

Pushing those thoughts to the back of her mind, Mayu bit her thumb. Her incisors pierced her flesh, drawing blood. She slid her thumb across her written name, a sign that she had mastered the jutsu. The last name written had been Morino. Before that name was Mayuka. Mayu had wondered about the bloody names. The file had stated that there were sixteen members of the Ishikari clan. However, they were six names in the Tsukeru scroll, excluding hers. It was a mystery, but Mayu had decided not to delve too much into it. Eventually, she would find out the information.

Before rolling the scroll back up, Mayu blew on her name, which caused the blood to dry quicker. "Time to replenish my energy!" She shot a fist into the air at the thought of eating. Hopefully, she had some money left over from the last time Hinata was in the village. Over the past six months, the sweet Hyuga had been taking care of her. Without her help, Mayu would have starved. Merely having shelter wasn't enough. Though, she did feel guilty about having Hinata using most of her hard-earned money on her.

That would end soon, hopefully. Now that she had mastered the Ishikari clan's last jutsu, she hoped to apply for the career of a ninja. Honestly, that was the only thing that motivated her. Back home—in that parallel universe—she had been so bored. Thinking back, one of the only things that could be considered fun was fighting. That and participating in Archery club. Mayu shook her head as she entered her home. She was so twisted. Walking to through the halls, she came to her designated room. There was only a bookcase in the room. The futon had been put away.

Yes, she had cleaned the entire house, but she had yet to decorate the interior. As stated before, she felt guilty about using Hinata's money. She would definitely start buying furniture and other things when she had an income. Mayu stepped into the room and walked over to the bookcase. This was her hiding place for the scrolls and file. She hadn't pushed the books all the way to the back, leaving room for items. The file was placed under the books. The items were not visible that way.

Nodding to herself, Mayu turned to leave. After she was done eating, and perhaps napping, she would go to see the Hokage. After pushing her feet into her boots again, she stood, slid the front door opened, and smiled. "It is time…" She shielded her eyes from the rays of the afternoon sun with her left arm as she closed the door with her right hand. Behind her, the Ishikari crest shined. "For my DEBUT!"

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As expected, people stared. Of course, they would. Dark-skinned people weren't exactly a common thing in the Leaf village. Besides, whenever Mayu had ventured into town, she had used the Transformation Jutsu. Because of that, she had gotten pretty good at it. Her shoulders slouched as she continued to walk. "Should I have used the jutsu until I met the Hokage?" she questioned herself. Oh well. It was too late now. Her back straightened as a smile appeared on her face. She had eaten and had taken a short nap. Actually, it hadn't been that short. In fact, it was actually the next morning. And yet the citizens of the Leaf still stared. Gosh—take a picture already.

Mayu suddenly stopped and blinked. A few meters in front of her, she recognized someone. Admittedly, out of all the characters of the show, Hinata and her team were the only people she had seen. Minus Kurenai, of course. That long spiky white hair and red lines going down from the man's eyes were a dead giveaway to who the older person was. Jiraiya—the Toad Sannin. His dark eyes, though, weren't focused on the path in front of him. His neck stretched up. Mayu found herself following his line of sight. Her gaze slowly traveled up a wooden pole. Squinting, she subconsciously stood on her tiptoes. Standing on top of the pole was none other than Uzumaki Naruto. Even if she hadn't spotted his blond hair, she had certainly spotted his signature orange color. He wore a black and orange jacket with orange pants. His headband was no longer blue, though. The metal had been on a longer bandana.

This… was a person who knew of her existence, right? Cupping her hands around her mouth, she called up to the blond shinobi. "Naruto…! Oi, Naruto!" Blue eyes shifted down. Mayu stretched her arm up in a wave. Without warning, he jumped down from the pole and stood in front of the teenage girl. Having him this close, she realized that he had gotten taller. He used to be so short—shorter than anyone in their age group. From what she could guess, he might have been over 160 centimeters. At his look of confusion, Mayu smiled. Of course, he would be confused. After all, she didn't look the same. "You can't tell who I am, can you?" Naruto blinked, and then squinted. Leaning forward, he crossed his arms. Well, at least he wasn't sniffing her.

Naruto suddenly reared his head back and gasped in an melodramatic way. He pointed a finger. "Could you be… Mayu?!" The girl dug a pinkie in her ear, complaining about her ears ringing. "Wha… What happened to you? You don't look like Hinata at all!"

"Been thinking about how Hinata looks after all this time, have you?" Mayu teased, grinning. Naruto stumbled over his response, nervously rubbing the back of his head. He averted his stare and poked out his lower lip. Mayu's eyebrows rose. So he had been curious? "Ah. Such development…!"

"Sh-Shut up!" Naruto exclaimed. "Just answer my question! Who are you this time?"

"This is my real body, Naruto," Mayu stated.

"Eh? How did you manage to get your own body?" he questioned. Mayu waved off his question.

"Let's talk about that later. Right now, I'm on my way to see the Hokage."

"Wh-What?!" Mayu raised a brow at the blonde's sudden apprehensive demeanor. "Why are you going to see her?"

"I'm hoping she can make me a certified ninja," she answered.

"Ninja… All of a sudden?"

"Yeah, I've been training like crazy, and I think I'm ready now," Mayu stated. "Hope you've been doing the same, Naruto."

"Of course!" He puffed up and placed his hands on his waist. "Hey!" he sounded excited. "Maybe she'll let you be my teammate, too!"

"Huh…? Why would-?"

"Because I don't have any teammates, duh! It would be super cool if we became a team—just like in the beginning! We were trained by the best, so bow down like the rest!"

Despite the obvious of Naruto being unaware of the memory loss, Mayu grinned. His excitement was infectious. Also, that phrase he said was proof of her influence. Her grandmother—on her surrogate mother's side of the family—had been the one who told her that. Mayu really had been Sakura. The dreams were indeed memories. "The beginning…" Mayu repeated with a nod of her head. "Listen, Naruto, there's something I need to tell you." However, before she could explain the happenings of when he hadn't been here, his mentor walked over.

"Excuse the interruption, but who are you?" Jiraiya asked.

"She was sorta my teammate before," Naruto answered for her. "You already met her. Remember when we met the Akatsuki together that one time. She pretended to be under that guy's genjutsu." Jiraiya's eyebrows knitted together, recalling the event.

"Wait… What's your family name?" he questioned. Despite himself, what had stuck out to him back then had been the strange Hyuga. The girl smirked, proudly stating her full name. The older ninja's lips parted. That explained it. This girl… could she be the one that disappeared during that period? She did seem to be the right age. Her presence before had been a mystery, and he had not thought to put two and two together simply because there had been more pertinent matters to attend to. Getting rid of those two Akatsuki members, for one. Finding Tsunade had been a big priority at the time as well. However, if this girl truly claimed the name Ishikari, it would explain her altered appearance at that time. Jiraiya focused his attention back to the two teens. They had gone on ahead, Naruto animatedly telling the girl what he had seen on his travels. "Another certified ninja of the Ishikari clan… This should be interesting. I wonder if Tsunade-hime knows." Smirking, the Sannin followed his student and his student's friend.

The three reached the Hokage's office within minutes. "… And my New Sexy Jutsu easily worked on him!" Naruto finished his story, turning the doorknob. Mayu appeared genuinely interested.

"Really? Just like that?"

"Yup!" Naruto answered with a grin. He stepped into the office, unannounced, with Mayu and Jiraiya behind him. "Granny, we're back!" The female Sannin didn't look very pleased that the young ninja had barged into her office. She and Shizune seemed to be in the middle of a conversation. "You miss me?"

"Sure, why not?" came her vague respond. The young blond visibly pouted and crossed his arms. Tsunade's brown eyes focused on Mayu, who stood at attention. "Who is this?"

"My name is Ishikari Mayu! It's a pleasure to finally meet the village's leader!" She bowed at a forty-five-degree angle. She lifted her torso to see the puzzled expression on the Fifth Hokage's face. "To get straight to the point, I wish to become a ninja!" The woman blinked, and then glanced at Naruto. The shinobi flinched and averted his eyes to the floor. Mayu saw the entire exchange.

"Is this the girl, Naruto?"

"Uh…" The blue-eyed ninja took several side-steps away from the girl. She looked at him, wondering what his problem was. "Ye-Yeah?" Tsunade nodded her head a bit. Mayu crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes in Naruto's direction.

"Naruto."

"Y-Y-Yes?"

"Why does she already know about me?" she asked.

"Well… You… see… wh-what had happened was-" Mayu raised her brow again, appearing skeptic. Naruto threw himself to the floor. "I'm sorry! It slipped! I didn't know what to do! Forgive me!"

"Cut that out, Naruto! You're going to make them think I beat you!"

The adults in the room laughed at the exchange. Mayu flushed lightly, and then forced Naruto back on his feet. "So, you would like to be a ninja?" Tsunade leaned back in her chair. "As a starting genin, your age is a bit…" The woman trailed off.

"I was under the impression that in order to gain the title of genin, a person must pass a test," Mayu stated. "If that hasn't changed, I am more than willing to test. I already know the Transformation Jutsu as well as the basic Clone Jutsu. Any further skills you wish to see, I cannot demonstrate without another person. I assure you that the result of my training is great. It would be a mistake not to make me a ninja."

"Hm… Well, this is just perfect then," Tsunade muttered. "Seeing as how Naruto has just come back, hopefully with outstanding results from his training-" Jiraiya scoffed and stated that of course the results were outstanding. The Hokage ignored her former teammate. "-I want to see those results from the both of you." The two teens blinked, and then exchanged a look. "I want you to fight a certain someone. I haven't given him any missions these past few days so that he could rest up. That opponent is…" A knocking suddenly came, causing Naruto and Mayu to turn in that direction. "Come in!"

In walked two familiar people. Shikamaru of the Leaf and Temari of the Sand. "Hey," the Leaf ninja greeted. Mayu exclaimed their names. His eyes locked on the girl. "You…" He then sighed heavily. "You're back." Surprised, Mayu asked how he knew about her. "It's obvious. Blue eyes and dark skin—either this is your real body or you're sharing again. Ishikari Mayu, welcome back, troublesome girl."

"Wow…! You're still so smart!" Naruto exclaimed. "Long time, no see, Shikamaru!" The Nara shifted his gaze towards the blond shinobi. He smiled.

"You, too, Naruto—welcome back," he said.

"This is that shrimp…?" Temari thought. Then her focus moved to the girl. "Ishikari Mayu…? She's the one who Gaara…"

"So, is this your real body or not?" Shikamaru questioned.

"It… is," Mayu replied, slowly. Honestly, she was surprised that another person knew about the circumstance of sharing bodies. Though, Shikamaru probably understood the concept, being teammate to Yamanaka Ino. "It's good to see you, Shikamaru."

"Likewise," he replied.

"Eh? Wait… Shikamaru is our opponent?" Naruto asked.

"Opponent? What are you talking about? I just came here to pick up some documents."

"It wasn't Shikamaru…?" Naruto's gaze shifted to Temari. "Who are you again?"

"You don't remember?!" The Sand kunoichi sounded highly offended.

"Naruto! Those two aren't your opponents!" Tsunade gained the attention of everyone in the room. She pointed to the right. "He's over there." Blinking, the two walked over to the window. Naruto was the one to open it and look outside. He gasped, causing Mayu to look out as well.

"I see you two have grown." The masked ninja on the roof turned their way. As usual, the jounin had been reading one of his favorite books. "Yo, Naruto, Mayu." He gave a small wave in greeting.

"Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto exclaimed, excited. He jumped out of the window, saying how much the older ninja hadn't changed at all. Mayu, though, remained where she was.

"Another person who knows me…? There's a lot Hinata didn't tell me, after all," she thought. "There's still so much that I don't know. It really does suck that I've lost my memories." Tsunade walked over to the window just as Kakashi opened the green book Naruto had given him.

"Stop goofing around now," she told her subordinates. "Both of you get in here." After giving the order, the Hokage returned to her desk. Mayu had to back up so that the two could enter the office. "As you may have figured, your opponent will be Hatake. Depending on your fight, I'll decide how to deal with you two." The two young stared at Tsunade for a moment longer. Then, they smirked.

"Looking forward to it!"

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"That Kakashi-sensei…!" As he walked, Naruto crossed his arms. Clearly, he was pouting. "Is that stupid book more important than seeing the results of our training?" Minutes ago, the masked ninja had postponed the assessment, giving the excuse that Naruto needed to rest seeing as how he had just returned from his trip. He had taken off in quite a hurry, too, which led the rest of the group to believe he had gone off to read the latest book in Jiraiya's series. Mayu only chuckled nervously, walking by Naruto's side. Honestly, she could not say anything. She had once almost missed a school exam because she had stayed up all night, reading romance manga. Her mother had literally kicked her out of bed and rushed off her to school. It was a horrible experience that only happened once. Ishikari Sheena was not a woman anyone wanted to mess with.

Mayu came to an abrupt stop, noticing that Naruto was no longer by her side. She turned her body, seeing him having a conversation with Shikamaru and Temari. The blond shinobi seemed awfully excited about something. Mayu walked back to them, asking for some information. Apparently, Temari's brother had become the leader of the Sand village—the Kazekage. "Eh?! Gaara-kun's a leader now?! So cool~!" The girl clasped her hands together against her chest.

"I'm not going to lose either!" Naruto stretched his finger high, and then pointed to the Hokage Monument. "I'm definitely going to become Hokage!" His blue eyes turned to Mayu. "Just you guys wait! As soon as we pass Kakashi-sensei's assessment, I'll train more and more, and then I'll be a Kage, too! Just like old times, right, Mayu?" He raised his thumb and grinned.

"Like old times…" she repeated in a whisper. Her gaze shifted to the ground for a moment. If only she could remember those old times. This was becoming more and more like an inside joke she wasn't a part of. Mayu sighed heavily, causing the grin to drop from Naruto's face. "Hey, we need to talk," she stated. His arm dropped as well. "How about over a bowl of ramen?" Immediately his eyes lit up at the thought of his favorite meal. Eagerly, he nodded his head. Mayu turned to the other two. "Sorry, Temari, Shikamaru—this is where we split up."

"Ah, I have to get going anyway," Shikamaru stated. "Good luck with your fight."

"Thanks!" Mayu grinned. "Let's go, Naruto!" The blond nodded his head. After waving goodbye to Temari and Shikamaru, the two began walking again. Their destination was Naruto's favorite ramen stand. Hinata and Mayu had gone there a few times when the Hyuga was feeling nostalgic. Now that she thought about it, she hadn't eaten the delicious ramen in weeks. The two teens walked in silence towards Ichiraku's. Well, Naruto couldn't control his wiggling body. Erratically, he would nearly squeal in glee.

Mayu found herself smiling. Naruto hadn't changed all that much since part one, it appeared. However, he had only just come back. Perhaps she'd see another side of him in the future. Upon arriving at the ramen stand, the pair was instantly greeted, Naruto more so than Mayu. The owner was apparently ecstatic about the shinobi's return. They sat down and immediately ordered. As Teuchi turned to prepare their orders, Mayu felt Naruto's questioning gaze on her. "So, Mayu, what do we need to talk about? You had this really serious expression on your face."

"Yeah… You wanted to know how I got my own body?" She tugged on her left bang a bit. "It happened two years ago. Prior to that, according to Hinata, I had been sneaking out at night, and had been doing it for months. She does not know the true reason for it. She suspects that I had been doing more than just learning jutsu." For a moment, Mayu's eyes closed. "The last time, Hinata followed me back to the Ishikari residence. She saw me conduct a powerful jutsu known as Tsukeru. Then she saw the last jutsu I performed. She watched me disappear in that room."

"Disappear…? Oh, you did a transportation jutsu?" Naruto asked.

"Yes, but it was much more powerful than anything you may have heard of. This jutsu not only transported me… home, but it is also the reason I have lost my memories." Mayu opened her eyes again. The blond beside her seemed awfully quiet after she had stated such a thing. Perhaps he was thinking about the situation calmly?

"EHHHHHH?!" Apparently not. It must have taken time to register and process. "What do you mean lost your memories?! What memories?! What are you talking about?"

"Simple really, I do not—cannot—remember my experiences when Hinata and I shared a body," Mayu stated. "And what's more, the memories I gained when I inhabited the body Haruno Sakura have faded with time. The most I can remember about that time is… the bridge. The end of the mission, I guess. In short-" Finally, she turned her gaze to the clearly shocked shinobi. "Your feelings of nostalgia are one-sided, along with Hinata's, and any other person that may know of me."

"No… way…" Naruto couldn't help but murmur. This had to be a joke, right? His friend had been known to tease and joke, after all. Judging from Mayu's face, though, she was completely serious. Lost memories? He couldn't believe it. Narrowed eyes stared down at the table. If she had truly lost her memory, then she had also lost valuable information, too. To think he had begged her to tell him before he left. Damn… "Wait…" he thought. "This means she knows nothing at all!" This was really bad. "So that means that you don't even remember Sa-" A bowl of ramen was set in front of him, halting his question. Mayu's order was placed in front of her as well.

"Ah! Itadakimasu!" The tense atmosphere was immediately broken once Mayu got a whiff of her meal. She broke her chopsticks apart while grinning. "Mmm! Chicken!" The girl began to happily eat her ramen. Naruto, on the other hand, could not eat with the same vigor.

"Crap, I might have almost made a mistake," he thought. Slowly, he slurped up his noodles. Maybe it was a bad idea to tell Mayu about Sasuke and the plan. Right now, she didn't feel anything towards Sasuke. Yeah, it was probably a really bad idea to tell her anything. Who knows how she would react? Besides, the information gathered was gone now. "I should probably just… wait until her memories return… or until we're all together again." Mentally, the blond shinobi sighed. After all they had been through together, Mayu had to go and accidently get amnesia. Briefly, Naruto wondered how Hinata must have felt. She had lost her best friend, too…

"Eh, Naruto? Something wrong?" Mayu's muffled voice asked. Her mouth was full of noodles. Quickly, she slurped them up. "You'd think you'd be on your third bowl by now."

"No, no… I just… You know, this whole memory loss thing is getting to me. It seriously sucks," Naruto muttered. Mayu nodded her head in agreement. "Who else knows about it?"

"You, Hinata, Kiba, and Shino."

"That's it? What about Kakashi-sensei?"

"Has no clue as far as I'm concerned," Mayu answered. "Since I've been back, I haven't seen him or anyone else. I spent most of my time relearning things with Hinata and training on my own. Sometimes, Kiba lets me spar with him." She turned to him again. "Speaking of which, what exactly did you tell the Hokage about me before you left?"

"Er…"

"Come on, Naruto. I'm not going to get angry. How can I?"

"You kinda told me not to tell her about you at all," Naruto stated. "Uh… Anyway, I accidently said that you were involved with the mission."

"Mission…?"

"To retrieve Sasuke that one time," Naruto clarified.

"Oooh! Hinata told me about that," Mayu recalled. She blinked. "But how involved did you say I was?"

"…"

"Naruto…!"

"I panicked a little bit after I said that actually… And… then I lied and said we found you along the way, and you tried to help us."

"Well, that doesn't sound too bad."

"Re-Really?"

"No, well, I am surprised you lied, but-" She stopped and smiled. "Anyway, should we talk about Kakashi-san now?" Maybe it was a good thing that she has lost her memories. If she hadn't, Naruto would have surely been beaten. The girl had nailed how important it was to not tell Tsunade about her presence, and it took a long time, too. And yet he had let her name slip. Naruto mentally sighed again. He should count his blessings for now.

"Sensei," he said.

"What?"

"Sensei… Kakashi-sensei is what we called him, you know," Naruto explained.

"Oh yeah…? Hm—well, alright," Mayu muttered. "Ah! I need some ninja gear. You got some extra stuff, don't you, Naruto?"

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For what seemed like the hundredth time, Naruto walked pass her. She, with her eyes closed, leaned against the iron gate. Mayu and Naruto had been waiting for Hatake Kakashi for nearly two hours. The man hadn't changed a bit with his tardiness. Mayu sighed heavily as Naruto, again, paced. She had already strapped a shuriken holster to her left thigh. For now, that's pretty much all she needed. Luckily, Naruto did have an extra. "Just how long does Kakashi-sensei plan on making us wait?!" Naruto finally shouted out his frustration.

"Be calm, Naruto," Mayu advised. "After all, we both know what he's doing." She opened her eyes and focused her gaze upwards. "I wonder if it's interesting… When I'm eighteen, I'm going to buy the first book."

"No way! No way!" Naruto waved his hand back and forth in front of his face. "It's boring as hell!"

"It's a best seller, though…" Mayu muttered. "If many people are buying it, then something about it must be good. I want to read it."

"You'd be wasting your time."

"Like I'm going to listen to someone who doesn't enjoy reading in the first place."

"Hey!" At Naruto's indignant huff, Mayu laughed loudly.

Suddenly, a cloud of smoke appeared on top of the gate, causing the two to look up. The smoke vanished, revealing Hatake Kakashi. "Hey! My bad, my bad!" he said, giving a small wave. "Actually, while on the way here, I saw an old woman who needed some help-"

"You liar!" Naruto interrupted. Kakashi laughed nervously.

"Well, let's not waste anymore time," he said, jumping down from the gate and landing next to Mayu. He began to walk in the direction of one of the training field. "I see that you're both anticipating this, hm?"

"Of course we are!" Naruto exclaimed. "It's been so long!"

"Indeed, it has…" Kakashi murmured. The three walked until they reached the three familiar stumps. The blond looked around, smiling a bit.

"This place is kinda nostalgic," Naruto commented. He recalled that time—those memories. The beginnings of Team 7—the three of them had become one that day and became a cell, a squad, a team. His blue eyes slid to Mayu. She was looking around as well, but there wasn't any nostalgia to her gaze. This memory loss of hers… it really sucked. "The bell test," he tried to discreetly give Mayu some insight. "We passed and became a team." The girl nodded her head and smiled.

"That's right…" Kakashi lazily looked up from his book. "You were here—your first training area—with us, weren't you, Mayu? Along with Sasuke." Naruto lowered his eyes to the ground. Mayu didn't react at all. "Oh…? Is that name taboo?" The girl scoffed.

"No," she stated. "Why would it be?"

"Like I thought…" Naruto grimaced. "She doesn't feel a thing for Sasuke." Maybe he could drop some cool points for Sasuke so that Mayu would start liking him. Hopefully, she'd be completely in love with him by the time they crossed paths? Oh, who was he kidding? Mayu wasn't the type to fall in love at the drop of a coin. "Sasuke is not going to like this." The jiggling of bells brought the blond ninja from his pondering. He looked Kakashi's way to see the older shinobi dangling two silver bells. He gapped at his sensei.

"I'm going to see how much you've improved," the man stated. "You haven't given up on Sasuke, right?"

"No way! That's the reason I've been training!" Naruto started to feel fired up. Mayu merely closed her eyes.

"That's not the reason I've been training," she muttered. Instantly, Naruto felt deflated. Even if it didn't work, maybe he should make Sasuke seem like a better person to her. So, when the time came, she could, at least, be friendly towards the Uchiha. Kakashi nodded and attached the bells to his pants.

"The rules are the same from the first time we did this," he said. "You can use any tricks you have as long as you get the bells from me. Come at me-"

"Like we're going to kill you, right?" Naruto interrupted, smirking. "Or else we won't be able to get them?"

"That is correct," Kakashi said. "You have until tomorrow. So, shall we begin?" he asked, closing his book.

"You aren't going to fight while reading the book this time, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked, tightening his headband. "Or did you already finish reading it?"

"No, I'm going to have to put that hobby aside for the moment," Kakashi stated, putting his book away in his back pouch. "Besides, it kinda feels like I'm going to have to be serious this time." He revealed his Sharingan as he spoke.

"Who do you think you're talking to? I'm always serious when it comes to fighting," Mayu smirked. "Don't underestimate me for a second, Kakashi-sensei."

"No, I won't be doing that this time around," the jounin said.

"Good cuz here we go!" Naruto shouted, rushing towards Kakashi.

"Why are still so hasty, Naruto?" Mayu questioned, frowning. "No matter. I have to pass this bell test no matter what."

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