~Sasuke's POV~
Sensei asked us to meet him again and we were waiting for another three hours. I looked at Tenshi and saw she had a hard look on her face, she must really be thinking about something. Tamotsu nudged her hand with his nose. She snapped out of it and looked at him.
"What's up, Tenshi?" He asked her. Tenshi then sighed.
"I just get this feeling that I've seen those sand ninja before, especially Gaara," she said to him. Of course she was thinking about him. Great, just another person I want to kill aside from the murderer of my own clan.
"Well, I remember them quite well, it's how I knew Kankuro and Gaara were brothers," Tamotsu told her. She looked at him with shock.
"Who are they then, Tamo?" She asked him.
"When you were three, we traveled to the Sand Village with your mother to meet with the Kazekage, there you met three children; Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara. I was only a pup back then, but if I were human back then, I would have been older than even Temari, who was five at the time," he told her. Tenshi nodded for him to continue. "While your mom talked to the Kazekage, you played with Gaara and his elder siblings, that's when Mamoru and I came to join all of you. Later on, your mother and the Kazekage introduced all of us, but we had to leave a week later to go back home, ten years have passed since we've seen them," he told her. So that explains it, they were friends back then. That's when we heard Sakura complaining about how it should be illegal for a Sensei to be late. When he showed up, Sakura and Naruto complained to Kakashi-Sensei and we got the Chuunin Exam applications. We had to report to room 301 tomorrow at four PM. We started walking home and I was thinking about who I would be able to fight. I was hoping I would be able to fight Gaara, I looked at Tenshi; she looked like she didn't really care. After Naruto and Sakura left, Tenshi and I walked home, I noticed she was quiet through the whole thing. I nudge her arm.
"Are you okay?" I asked her. She looked at me and gave me a small smile.
"Yeah, I'm fine, just thinking about who I might have to fight…I hope it's none of our friends," she mumbled sadly. I grabbed her hand and rubbing my thumb over the top of it.
"It's going to be alright. I know it's going to be hard, but we'll make it through this," I told her. That's when I realized, back when we were it the wave country, she can Kakashi-Sensei talked about the 'Blood Mist Village'. That's when I took both her hands in mine making her face me. "It's not going to be like the Mist Village, this one is different, we aren't savage like them, your dad wouldn't let you enter if it was like that would he?" I asked her. She looked me in the eye and smiled. She then hugged me and I hugged her back without hesitation. She then snuggled into my shoulder.
"Thank you, Sasuke, I'm glad you're in my life and on my team," she said softly into my shoulder. I just hugged her tighter, my face in her long luscious hair. That wonderful smell of jasmine and vanilla. It was calming to me. We stayed there for what felt like hours, but then she pulled away. "I better get home before dad worries, see you tomorrow, Sasuke," she said to me, she then kissed me cheek and left. I was blushing, but walked into the compound and to my house. I touched my right cheek where she kissed me, my heart is racing just thinking about it. No! I can't fall in love! I have to avenge my family before I can do something like that. The next day rolled around and we all went to the academy for the exams. I looked at Sakura…she seems worried. Does it have to do with what I said yesterday? We walked in and saw two ninjas messing with a boy with a bowl cut hair and a girl with her hair tied in two buns.
"And Chuunins often become captains of military teams. The failure of the mission, the death of a comrade…is all the captain's responsibilities. Yet, kids like you think you can pass? We are just thinning out those that would fail. What's wrong with that?" Asked the boy with spikey hair. That's when I smirked while Tenshi went to help the two ninja who were down.
"I agree with that but…you will let me pass through and also remove this surrounding created with Jutsu, I'm going to the third floor," I said to them. I heard other ninjas say that this was the third floor, man they're rookies compared to us.
"Ah, so you noticed," said the boy next to him with a smirk. I smirked at that.
"Sakura, you must have noticed first, right?" I asked her. I need to boost her confidence, I looked at Tenshi and she nodded with a smiled. Then I looked back at Sakura. "Your analytical ability and Genjutsu know-how…is the most improved of our team," I said to her. She then smiled at me and smirked at the other two.
"Of course, I noticed a while ago, because this is the second floor," she told them.
"Yup!" Naruto agreed. With that the Genjutsu wore off.
"Hm…not bad, but all you did was see through it!" The spikey haired ninja said. He then went to attack me but bowl head stopped them. Tenshi then walked up to them.
"Kotetsu! Izumo! That's enough, don't you have a gate to guard?" Tenshi asked them. Okay, now I'm confused. Everyone looked at her like she was crazy, but 'Kotetsu' and 'Izumo' smiled at her. There was a poof of smoke and two adults took the place of the kids. The one with the bandana on his head when up to Tenshi and gave her a pat on the head.
"You just had to be smart, didn't you?" He asked her. Tenshi let out a small laugh.
"Of course! I wouldn't be a Hatake if I wasn't" she said to him. Kotetsu and Izumo nodded with a chuckle.
"True, let's go, Izumo," Kotetsu said. They then left.
"What happened to the plan? You're the one who said we shouldn't draw attention to ourselves," the Hyuga complained.
"Well…" the bowl head then looked at Tenshi and blushed.
"Oh, no," the girl mumbled shaking her head. Bowl head then walked up to Tenshi.
"Hi, my name is Rock Lee, so your's is Tenshi…" he said smiling a bit. He then grinned. "Let's go out together! I'll protect you till I die!" He said happily to her. I wanted to knock him out. Tenshi just smiled softly at him and placed a hand on his shoulder making him blush more.
"I'm sorry, Lee, but I don't feel the same. I already have someone I like, but I'm flattered that you like me," she said to him sweetly. His smile faltered, but then turned into a small smile.
"Well, whoever he is, is a lucky guy. But I'm going to fight for you!" He grinned at her. That's when the Hyuga walked up to me.
"Hey you, what's your name?" He asked me.
"When you want to learn someone's name, you give your's first," I told him.
"You're a rookie, right? How old are you?" He asked me.
"I don't have to answer to you," I said to him and walked away from him.
"See you later, Neji, Tenten, you too, Lee!" Tenshi said waving goodbye to them. They waved back with small smiles. How does Tenshi know everyone? We kept walking until we heard someone.
"Hey, guy with the dark eyes," Lee called out. I looked at him.
"What is it?" I asked not really caring.
"Will you fight me here?" He asked me suddenly. I raised an eyebrow.
"A fight right now?" I asked. We have somewhere we need to be and he wants to fight?
"Yes," he confirmed. He then jumped down and landed across from us.
"My name is Rock Lee, when you want to learn a person's name, you introduce yourself first, right?" He asked me. I nodded.
"Sasuke Uchiha. Heh, so you know?" I asked him.
"I want to fight you. I want to test my techniques against the offspring of the genius ninja clan. Plus…" he then looked at Tenshi. He blew a kiss to her. "You are an angel!" He exclaimed. Now I want to kill him!
"Challenging me knowing the Uchiha name….Frankly, you're a fool. You're about to learn what the name Uchiha means, Thick brows," I glared.
"Wait," Naruto called out. "I'll take care of Thick brow, just give me five minutes," Naruto said angrily.
"Who I wish to fight is not you, it's Uchiha," Lee scowled. Naruto then rushed forward to attack.
"Dammit! I'm so sick of hearing about Sasuke!" He yelled. Damn, I really rub him the wrong way. Naruto attacked him, then Lee used a Jutsu on him causing Naruto to fly back. Tenshi ran to him with Tamotsu and helped him up. Tamotsu lick his injuries and he was healed.
"I'll say this, you guys cannot defeat me, because right now, I'm the strongest Leaf Ninja," he said confidently. That's when I smirked.
"Not really, the strongest would be Tenshi," I told him. He then gave me a confused look.
"What do you mean?" He asked. I raised an eyebrow.
"Don't you know her name?" I asked.
"Tenshi Hatake," he said to me. I smirked again and shook my head.
"No, it's Ookami no Tenshi Hatake," I told him. His eyes widened. "That's right, the Angel of Wolves," I said to him.
"The daughter of Kakashi Hatake, the Copy Ninja, and Ookami no Yuki, the Mangetsukage?" He asked me. I nodded and he glared at me. "I will definitely win her heart!" He declared. Not on my watch.
"Sasuke, we only have thirty minutes till the meeting!" Sakura exclaimed.
"I'll do it in five minutes," I told her confidently. She and Tenshi tried to stop me, but I didn't listen.
~Tenshi's POV~
I watched as Sasuke and Lee fought, Lee was so fast! But when Sasuke was knocked down, he looked up with a smirk and…his Sharingan! Sasuke ran forward but ended up getting kicked back. Lee went to remove his bandages. This can't be good, if he's anything like Guy-Sensei, this isn't good! I have to stop them. I jumped forward and grabbed Sasuke before Lee could do anything.
"That's enough, Lee!" I shouted along with another voice. I looked and saw a turtle and smiled. Guy-Sensei! Lee bowed and started apologizing. Naruto was confused on the fact that the turtle was talking.
"Naruto, I'm a talking wolf! And you're asking about a turtle! You're so damn lucky you're on my team, Blondie!" Tamotsu growled making Naruto hide behind me. I shook my head, and this is my team? I looked at Sasuke and saw some blood dripping from his lip. I took out a piece of gauze and started wiping the blood off.
"Are you okay?" I asked him. He looked at me and nodded with a small smile. I smiled back and helped him up. That's when Guy-Sensei appeared in his human form. Lee looked exactly like him. With their weird relationship, Guy-Sensei punched Lee then a few seconds later, they were hugging and crying. My team had weird looks on their faces and I had an eyebrow raised. "And people say my dad is weird," I murmured. Sasuke nodded. That's When Guy-Sensei looked at me and smiled.
"Little Tenshi! How are you and your dad doing?" He asked me. I smiled and hugged him, he hugged me back and even though the others were giving me weird faces, I didn't care. Guy-Sensei was a nice guy, and treated me like family.
"We're both doing well, Uncle Guy," I said to him.
"Uncle Guy?!" everyone asked. I laughed with Uncle Guy.
"Yup, he and my dad are rivals, but that doesn't stop Uncle Guy from acting like family to everyone. Whenever dad had a mission when I was younger, I would stay with Uncle Guy, Uncle Asuma, or Aunt Kurenai. Practically everyone that's a Jounin are either my aunt or uncle," I told them. Uncle Guy nodded and pat my head.
"You sure have blossomed, just as beautiful as your mother. Both of you, such beautiful youths!" Uncle Guy exclaimed. Sasuke came up to me.
"He knew your mother?" He whispered. I nodded.
"He had a crush on her, but as you can see, dad won her heart," I told him. He nodded. Soon Uncle Guy was boasting about how he's better than my dad and I shook my head. The rivalry between these guys…is entertaining yet annoying. Uncle Guy then left wishing me and Lee good luck, then Lee left saying that Sasuke was one of his targets. Sasuke was shaking with anger and I frowned, I hate seeing him like this.
"The Uchiha Clan ain't worth much these days," Naruto said.
"Shut up, next time I'll beat him," Sasuke growled.
"Sure, you just got your ass kicked," Naruto reminded him.
"Naruto!" Sakura and I exclaimed. But we were ignored.
"Both you and Tenshi saw his hand too, that Thick brow must have trained hard every day, more than you," Naruto told him.
"That's all it is," Sasuke replied. His hand turned into a fist and started shaking. He then smirked.
"This thing is getting fun, this Chuunin Exam," Sasuke told us. We all agreed. "Ready to go, Tenshi, Naruto, Sakura?" He asked us.
"Hell yeah!" Naruto exclaimed. Sakura smiled blushing and I smirked with Tamotsu.
"You bet your ass I'm ready! Team Seven is going to kick some ass!" Tamotsu growled excitedly. I shook my head with a smile on face. We walked to the class room to find dad waiting for us. He then started talking to us about how we all had to be together during this exam, we couldn't be divided. Dad said we were his proud team…we all smiled at that. I hugged dad and we went into the room. Before we walked in I heard dad say something to me softly.
"Good luck my little angel, your mother, Tori, and Mamoru are with in this," dad said to me. I nodded with a smile. We walked in and saw about a hundred Genin Ninjas. There are so many people this year. That's when Ino Yamanaka and her teammates, Shikamaru Nara and Choji Akimichi, came up. Sakura and Ino started fighting…over Sasuke…again. I walked up to Shikamaru and gave him a smile which he responded with a small smile. We got along well. He was like a brother to me, same with Choji.
"Hey, guys, you excited for the exams?" I asked them. They both nodded.
"It'll be a drag, but worth it. How about you, Tenshi?" Shikamaru asked me. I nodded.
"Yeah, and even if we don't make it, I know I have my team, it's a win/win either way for me," I smiled. They both smiled and nodded at this. It's hard to believe I have so many friends.
~Sasuke's POV~
After Ino and her group showed up, Kiba Inuzuka, his dog, Akamaru, Hinata Hyuga, and Shino Aburame, walked up. They started talking to us but I was too busy watching Tenshi. Akamaru got off Kiba's head and ran over to Tamotsu.
"Yo, pup, glad you could make it," Tamotsu said to him. Akamaru barked in response. Kiba walked up to Tenshi with a smile and blush.
"H-hey, Tenshi," he stuttered. Tenshi smiled at him.
"Hey, Kiba, I'm glad your team could make it," she said to him.
"O-of course we would! I'm glad you made it, T-Tenshi, you're going to do great," he said to her. She giggled and kissed his cheek.
"So are you Kiba!" She encouraged.
"Hey, you guys, you should be more quiet," someone said. I turned and saw a guy with silver hair and glasses. "You guys are rookies just out of the academy, right? Screaming like school girls…geez. This isn't a picnic," the guys said. I then saw Tenshi glare at him making him flinch back.
"You have no right to talk, we're just some friends talking. Who do you think you are?" She asked him with Tamotsu growling at her side. He told us his name was Kabuto, he told us about the Rain Nin and how this was his seventh time here. That's when he brought out Nin-info cards, I asked about Rock Lee and Gaara of the Sand. I found out more about them and a Sound Nin came out to attack Kabuto, he blocked the attack but his glasses broke and he threw up. Tenshi, being the good person that she is ran up to him. "Are you okay, Kabuto?" She asked him. He nodded and said he was fine. Those three Sound Nin said they would become definite Nins. They went for another attack but Tenshi did some hand signs. "Moon Style: Lunar Shield!" She shouted. Soon a white shield covered her and everyone behind her blocking their attack. "I think you three should back the hell off!" She growled. Wait…growled?! Tamotsu came up next to her ready to attack.
"Back away you Sound scum!" He growled. They all flinched back clearly shaking. Then there was a big puff of smoke, it cleared showing a man in black and a lot of other Nin dressed the same behind him. We all got to our seats, and Ibiki-Sensei started explaining the rules to us. As we were taking the test, I saw Naruto freaking out, I looked at Tenshi and she looked at like it was no problem. How can she not even be a little shaken by this like everyone else? I started using my Sharingan and started copying answers. I looked at Tenshi and saw she was using her Taiingan. She looked at me.
'I see you finally got the point of the test' she thought to me.
'Point?' I thought back.
'Yeah, we're supposed to cheat. For example, if we were to spy on the enemy, we would have to gather information, that's what this is. Uncle Ibiki is testing us on our information gathering. You're doing great,' she replied back to me. She then started giving me some of the answers. What would I do without her? There were times I would use my Sharingan while Tenshi used her Taiingan. I also noticed others either using their Kekkei Genkai or a Jutsu. I looked and saw that some of the ninjas that arrived with Ibiki-Sensei where watching us like they knew we were going to cheat, I'm mostly glad they have caught my team yet.
~Tenshi's POV~
I was helping Sasuke with the test until I felt sand being summoned. That's when I looked at Gaara, he had his pointer finger and middle finger to his eye…that's it! He's using a sand spy Jutsu! I smirked as I saw the eye go around until it reached this one kid next to me.
'I'm impressed, Gaara,' I thought to him. His head snapped up and he looked around but couldn't find my voice. 'You won't be able to look for me, I'm behind you. I'm using communicating with you through my mind,' I thought to him. He went back to working on his test.
'How are you able to do this?' He thought back to me. That's when I felt Jinroo stir inside me.
'Be careful around him, Tenshi, he holds the one tailed named Shukaku,' Jinroo warned me. Good thing she isn't causing trouble right about now.
'Let's just say I have a gift, now, when were you going to come clean to me about Shukaku?' I asked him.
'How did you know about him?!' He asked me.
'A little birdy told me, no one you know though,' I said to him. I know I should be honest with him, but I need to keep my guard up, even around my friends.
'Who the hell are you?' He asked me.
'I already told you, so you should know…old friend,' I said to him remembering how we were years ago. I saw him stiffen. 'Yeah, we were close friends when we were little…you've changed, Sand Bear,' I said using his old nickname.
'So, you remember, Silver Wolf…I was the one you gave you your name,' he thought to me. I sighed and then Uncle Ibiki spoke up. This is it, I guess.
"We will now start the tenth question," he announced. Here we go…