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Chapter Three

She lied to herself. Math was fucking hard. Ash bit her down on her lip, face contorted in concentration. Sweat beaded at her brow. It had been a little over an hour and she was finally on the last question on the stupid exam.

Why the hell would a ninja village care about the velocity of a Kunai as other variables intercepted it? All you had to do was through the damn knife, a person wouldn't have time to fucking calculate that shit. Where was a calculator when she needed one? Uggg. Ash wiped at her brow wishing for the answer to the last question would just suddenly appear like her game did.

She sighed. No such luck there. Okay she could do this. She was a highly educated doctorate adult. She could beat this fucking child's play test.

One ounce of poison X contains only ingredients A and B in a ratio of 2:3. One ounce of poison Y contains only ingredients A and B in a ratio of 1:2. If antidote Z is created by mixing poison X and Y in a ratio of 3:11, then 2520 ounces of antidote Z contains how many ounces of A?

"Heh, don't tell me the Great Ashley Greene can't solve some simple math?" His voice chuckled at her as he leaned his head on her shoulder.

Ash giggled and pushed his stubbly face away from hers with one of her hands. "Stop. I'm trying to work."

"Oh. I can see that. I'm just here to distract you. Ignore me. I'm a plebian." He jested rubbing his chin against the back of her neck making her shiver.

"Wow, big word their big boy." She replied rolling her eyes. He kissed her neck, placing his hands on her waist and slowly trailed his fingers up the side.

"Oh, I am a big boy." He said continuing his kissing to her ear. "A big naughty boy, who is distracting you."

"No, you're not." She replied trying to focus on her work.

His hand glazed over between her legs. "Oh. Yes I am." He stated smugly passing his hand on one of her soft spots.

"Penny. Hahahah. Stop that Tickles. I really need to do this blood count." She giggled wriggling in his touch and turned around in his arms.

His blue eyes showed mirth as his hands roamed her body. "Mmmm. Well my blood needs some counting to." He replied kissing her cheek, then her nose and finally her lips. "And if you divide the red blood cells over the white ones, you get a blood count of 3.90-5.03." He grinned through the kiss.

"Just so you know." Josh replied releasing the kiss and headed towards the door.

"Well I got to get back to work now that I've left you all hot and bothered." He grinned cheekily at Ash's flushed face. She blinked then growled and grabbed the pen from the desk to throw at him.

"Love your hon, don't work to hard!" He called ducking through the door way just as the pen smashed into it.

"You Ass!" Ash growled turning back angrily to finish her work.

Ash sighed as she washed the memory from her mind. If her ex was good for something it was math. Not that he was good at keeping a relationship going. Fucking Asshole. Ash hurriedly finished the last equation and turned her paper over to lay her head on her desk.

She gazed around the class room noticing that other than her, Sasuke looked to be the only other person finished. Wait. Correct that. Sasuke and Shikamaru. Who was either finished or just didn't care for his result and decided to sleep through the whole exam.

Just as Ash sat up to stretch the door to classroom burst open again bringing a wave of yelling Ash hadn't heard while the door was closed.

Huh. They must have silencing seals or something on the class room then. Makes sense, kids learning jutsu would make a lot of noise.

"Iruka-sensei! Let me go I can walk on my own dattebayo!" A rolling blob of orange yelled from the back of a dark-haired man with a scar on his nose.

"As if Naruto! I know once I let you go you'll just run away again!" The man yelled. "I won't allow you to skip class today! And I know you're the one that pranked the Teacher's Lounge! Superglue really?! What made you think we wouldn't notice?!"

The orange ball stopped squirming only to laugh gleefully. "Shizuki-sensei didn't! It was awesome dattebayo!"

Iruka growled dropping his sack of Naruto on the floor only to knock the boy in the head leaving a big red bump.

"It was not awesome! Really Naruto! You need to stop with these pranks! The Academy isn't your own personal playground! How will you ever graduate to be a ninja if you always skip your exams and class just to play pranks and games?!" The Chunnin chastised the blonde child.

Naruto looked away from his teacher and harrumphed. "Its not like I learn anything new anyway." He growled under his breath.

Iruka's face got even redder till he took a deep breath. "Five, six, seven, eight, nine, Ten." Iruka breathed before sighing. "You won't know till you actually show up for class occasionally Naruto." He replied calmly. "Now you have your academic exam's today. Go to your seat and I'll get you the test. And try to not just put your name on it this time. Actually, answer the questions please."

Naruto groaned before getting and up taking a seat in the front row. "Ha, Ha Baka-Naruto's back." One kid whispered to his neighbor.

"He'll never graduate that dead last." Another replied.

"He should just quit now. It's not like he shows up enough at school anyways."

"He'll never amount to anything. Baka-Naruto."

More and more degrading comments started to circulate the room making Naruto slouch in his desk. Ash bit her lip, as she glared at some of the kids from behind her bangs. From the side of her eye she noticed Hinata was also gripping her pencil tightly like she wanted to say something.

At least one kid was on his side, she thought.

"Alright everybody quiet!" Iruka yelled when the comments had gotten two loud. The man sighed as he handed Naruto his test before going back up to the front of the room.

"Anyone that's finished their test by now should come turn them in. Afterwards we'll be taking roll." Iruka said patting the desk behind him before turning to converse with Mizuki.

Ash sighed and looked over to Hinata's paper. It looked like she was done too as a few people around them started to get up and turn in their papers.

"Hay, want me to take yours up for you?" Ash asked the shy girl quietly motioning to her own paper. "I've finished mine already too."

Hinata tensed before she let her pencil drop on the desk. "A-ah. Okay." Hinata replied snakingly handing over her own test. "A-a-arigato. H-h-haruno-san."

Ash smiled and shook her head. "Sakura's fine. Hinata-chan. Be right back." Ash replied standing up to go turn in the papers.

"O-okay…" She heard Hinata replied from behind her. Ash grinned, she was probably giving the poor girl a heart attack just from talking to her. Oh, well, she thought moving to join the line to the teacher's desk.

"Ha, Ha, Baka Naruto. Bet he can't even answer one question." The kid in front of her said sneering at the blonde boy who happened to be at the end of the row right next to them.

Ash's good mood deflated. Fucking kids where jerks. She glared at the back of the rude kid's head from her point behind him.

New quest added!

Get back at the Bully Somehow!

Plus 500 exp!

The game pinged making Ash blink. She'd almost forgot that she was in a game. Well. If the game asked for it…She grinned and hooked her foot around the kid's leg making him topple over suddenly.

"Arrgh, What the?" The kid screamed as he clutched his head from hitting it on the side of the desk. Ash comply walked around him. "Gomen, my foot slipped." Ash replied softly to the floored kid as silence reigned around the room.

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Ash ignored the kids around her as she felt everyone's eyes turn towards her. The silence was deafening as everyone realized what just happened.

Sakura Haruno just defended Naruto. The world was ending.

"S-SAKURA!" Ino cried in shock.

Ino stared at her ex-friend from her seat. What just happened? Did Sakura just knock over that kid! And for Naruto?! Another thing. What happened to Sakura's hair!

Still reeling, Ino cried her question. "What happened to your hair!?"

The pinkette looked over her boredly a frown merrowing her face. "What do you mean? I just cut it that's all." The girl replied placing a hand on her hip causing Ino to take in Sakura's full appearance.

Ino sputtered and pointed at her. "And what the heck are you wearing!?"

Ash raised her eyebrow at the blonde. She looked down at her green half shirt before looking back up to Ino. "Uh…Clothes…?" She replied confused.

Shikamaru and some other boys from the class snorted. What a drag. He thought before feigning sleep again.

Ino squawked. "Clothes…That's not what I m-!" The girl went to continue her tirade but was interrupted.

"That's enough Ino, you can talk with Sakura-san after class." Iruka-sensei said. "You should sit down and finish your test. That goes for the rest of you. Unless you all want zeros." The scarred teacher said staring down his students.

Ino winced and sat down only to keep shooting Ash looks of the we will talk later variety. Ash shrugged and walked up to turn in her paper. The rest of the class soon quieted down and started on their tests again.

Iruka-sensei patted her on the shoulder when she sat her paper down on the growing pile. "Your new hair looks good Sakura. Very practical." He said softly to her. Ash smiled as she pulled a bit of said hair behind her ear.

"Thanks, Iruka-sensei." She replied as she turned around to head back to her desk. As she was walking up she caught Naruto-boy main character himself- staring at her.

Oh right. Dang. She'd already messed up. Sakura didn't like Naruto. So why would she had pranked a kid who made fun of him. Shit.

Trying not to seam like she was bothered by the boy's questioning blue eyes. Ash give him a timid smile before passing him and heading back to her seat.

Hinata looked at her wide eyed as she sat down. Ash just sighed and laid her head on her arms taking a que from Shikamaru. Being Sakura was just troublesome. She wanted to go home already.

An hour and a half later found Ash making her way to the bathroom to hide from her two fallowing blondes.

Right after class had ended for lunch Naruto and Ino had tried to corner her as she rushed out of the room. Ash's headache started come back with all the glances Ino, Naruto and Hinata where throwing her. She just wanted some piece. And an empty place she could unbox her inventoried bento without a squad of hopeful ninja's, chunnin teachers, or worse Anbu coming down on her head.

Ducking around a corner for the fifth time Ash prayed that Ino or Naruto hadn't seen her as she noticed them from the corner of her eye.

Ash didn't know what Naruto wanted, but she new Ino would interrogate her like a teenage girl hooked on Justin Bieber.

No. Just no. Ash didn't have nor wanted the patience to deal with it.

She was still trying to accept her reality.

Finally, she spotted the boys and girls bathrooms up ahead of her just in time to see Ino rounded the corner she was hiding behind.

Shit.

Making a break for it Ash ran into the boy's bathroom hoping Ino wouldn't think to look there.

Panting she looked around the room and sighed in relief. The bathroom was empty. Thank god. Locking herself away in a stall Ash finally let her guard down.

Now she could eat whatever Sakura's mother packed her in peace and maybe read up more on the help guide of her game. There had to be something to help her get out of here. Hell, she'd take leaving Konoha in general right now.

Ash just wanted away from all the crazy she knew would come.

Opening her Inventory Ash tapped her finger over her pink bento. The icon bento glowed and materialized right in front of her making her jump to catch it.

Sighing in relief, she opened the pink fabric to see a cobble rolls of onigiri and some sushi that Ash didn't know the name of.

Munching on her surprisingly good onigiri, Ash pulled up her help guide and started to scroll through the ones she could access.

Welcome to the Help Guide. We're here for all your newbie needs!

Please Choose a Guide to View!

Status Guide.

Character Guide.

Closet Guide.

Achievement Guide.

Perk Guide.

Points Guide.

Chakra Guide.

Relationships Guide.

Sub Class Guide.

Currency Guide.

Magic Guide.

Summons Guide.

Skills Guide.

Controls Guide.

Logout Guide.

Health Guide.

Ash hummed as she mused over her options. She could pick status, character, achievements, perk, points and health guide. She had already read the status guide and she was pretty sure character was just about Sakura, herself, anyway. She already knew what achievements where from the explanation earlier, points where self-explanatory, same with health, that just left Perks.

Selecting the perk guide, Ash finished her onigiri and grabbed one of the sushi things to nibble on. She really needed to ask Sakura's, her mother what these things where called. It was like heaven in a little seaweed wrapped piece of salmon with sweet rice and by god it was delicious. She ate two more before looking up at her transparent screen again.

Welcome to the Perks Guide! For all your Perky needs!

Let's get started.

What are Perks to begin with.

Perks are similar in achievements but vastly different in how they are applied to the game. For one Perks do not Affect your Core Sakura Points.

Perks are little attributes that affect your character and body instead. Say you received the perk Bounding Strength. Instead of effecting your core sakura points it would strengthen your bones and body with bounding strength. But your stat points would stay the same. Most perks also have a maximum duration that when applied only lasts for a few days or hours or even minutes.

Perks can also affect your relationships with people. If you had the Fruity perk you would be seen by your pears as a fruity eccentric person much like Maito Guy.

Perks can also become permanently attached to your character if used often enough. A downside to perks is that if you pick the wrong one you might be stuck with that perk for life.

How do I get Perks?

Simply State or think Perks and your perks status page will open. Perks are affected by your stat points even if they do not affect said points vice versa.

So, if you don't have enough points put into Strength for Bounding Strength to be applied you won't be able to use it.

The same applies to your other stat points.

Picking your Perks!

Firstly, if you are not Level Five yet you may not access your perks.

Once Level Five is achieved a maximum of four perks at one time may be applied. At Level ten four more and four more at level fifteen and the cycle will continue until you reach level thirty giving you a total of twenty perk slots.

Carefully pick out your perks so they don't counteract one another with its opposite perk.

Here is a Comprehensive list of applicable perks.

The pink screen expanded to show little mini Sakura's doing various poses next to the names of their counterparts. On the very top it showed her Stat Points with her Sakura, while in six little rows going downward with ten other lines of perks.

Ash hummed and scrolled through them. The perks she could would be able to access at level five that interested her the most was Chakra Fist, Crafter, Heavy Kunai, Poison resistant, Healers Hands and Tai Fu.

They reached showed a little Sakura doing the actions described. Chakra fist looked good to her. Ash liked the idea of being able to break up anything with just her fists. It reminded her of the real Sakura's Taijutsu under Tsunade. Crafter was a small icon of her sewing and pounding on pieces of leather. Ash liked the idea that if she got that perk she would be able to make her own chakra silk and create her own outfits. Ash's sister was a seamstress so if she could honor her memory that way it would really mean the world to Ash. Heavy Kunai was described as lighting fast Kunai with the force of a bolder. If she could hit people with that it would be either an instant K.O. or at least make them think twice. Poison resistant was a given. She didn't want to die in her new life as much as she wanted to die in her old life. And knowing that almost all ninja paints their weapons in poison at one point or another would be good if she ever got nicked with one. She could also use the new antibodies introduced to her system with the perk as an all for one antidote. The last two Healers Hands and Tai Fu where interesting as well. Healers Hands made it easier for her to channel medical chakra to her hands. It didn't do it for her sadly, so she would still have to learn but it still looked like a big help none the less. Tai Fu just made it easier for her learn and remember different taijutsu's. Ash loved the idea that she could one day be as strong as Guy but have the power of Tsunade. The thought was almost mouthwatering.

Ash finished her lunch with a happy hum as she closed out her menu and put her empty bento box back in her inventory. Wiping the crumbs off her shirt, Ash paused the listened to the boy's bathroom for anyone in the room.

If someone, or a boy, saw her it would cause all kind of drama and Ash didn't want to deal with it right now. Her headache had finally gone, and after reading the perk guide she didn't feel as floundering as she had when she first arrived in Sakura's body.

Still if she could just go home it would be so much easier than deal with this new reality.

Hearing the door close to the room Ash waited till whoever was done with what their doing and left as the door made a small sound again.

Sighing Ash opened her stall door attentively and eased her way out, eyes scoping for anyone who would have seen her.

She looked to be in the clear again. Awesome.

Swiftly she opened to boy's bathroom door and ducked out right smack dab into someone else's chest.

Using the wall to keep her balance, Ash paled as she caught sight of who she had bumped into.

"There you are Sakura! I've been looking everywhere for you!" Ino yelled and crabbed her arm.

"Come one! You're going to tell me what's going on weather you like it or not!" The aggravated blonde girl told her dragging her down the corridor towards where she new a empty closet was. Ino didn't know what was wrong with her friend, she meant, ex friend or why Sakura had suddenly cut her hair after years of moaning over its shortness but Ino was going to find out. It was her sole duty as her rival to do so.

All Ash could think as the stubborn girl started to drag her despite her protests was, oh shit.

She really wished that logout button would work right now!

Fucking Benzaiten!

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