Yari quickly jumped back from Sasuke. Sasuke charged towards Yari and delivered a roundhouse kick to his stomach. "Ooof," moaned Yari. "That stung a little. Try this!!!" he cried. He jumped over Sasuke's head and kicked him in the ankle, which caused Sasuke to fall down, but quickly recovered. "Hn. Not bad. Now! Great Fireball Jutsu!!!" A large ball of flame consumed Yari. When the smoke cleared, Sasuke leaned over to see a charred log. "Damn." Sasuke turned to see Yari charging towards him. Yari jumped high in the air, made a few hand signs, and five clones appeared beside him. Sasuke quickly punched one to disperse it, but as he punched, it exploded into a small burst of flame. "Fire clone jutsu," smirked Yari. Sasuke jumped away and removed them with a few shurieken. Sasuke then activated the Sharingan and started the Lion Combo on Yari, but was stopped when a kunai hit his foot.
"What are you doing, teme?!?" called Naruto, to Sasuke. "I'm fighting a trespasser, what does it look like?" "Trespasser??? This is Yari, the transfer ninja and my friend." Naruto ran to stand beside Yari. "You're good, Uchiha, but I had you," cried Yari, defiantly. "What are you talking about??? I was about to cream you!!!" retorted Sasuke. "Both of you, shut up!!!" yelled Naruto. "Yari, go back to training with your assigned team! Sasuke, go train and brood somewhere else!" "Yeah, yeah." Yari walked dejectedly off. "Whatever." Sasuke walked away at a leisurely pace. "Wow. That felt pretty good," thought Naruto, with pride.
Yari found his way to the spot where Team 8 was training. "Hey Hinata, hey Dog-breath, hey Kurenai-sensei!" he called out. "Hey sand-man," replied Kiba. "What have you been doing, Yari-kun?" asked Hinata. "Ah, I got caught up in a fight with Sasuke," he replied, "I'm pretty sure I hate him more than you, dog-breath." "I'll take that as a compliment," Kiba grinned. "Are you okay?" asked Hinata. "Yeah, a little bruised, but its okay. Naruto stopped the fight before anything serious happened to either of us." "That Naruto-kun…" murmured Hinata. "I didn't quite catch that, but she definitely said something about Naruto," thought Yari. He brought Kiba aside. "Hey, is there something going on between Naruto and Hinata?" whispered Yari. "Heh. Funny you ask. She has probably the biggest crush ever to exist on him, yet he has no idea, and continues to pine after Sakura, who treats him like dirt," replied Kiba. "I see…" murmured Yari. Yari went back to training. "Wait. Who the heck is Sakura?" he wondered.
After their training session was over, Yari went and looked for Naruto. Eventually, he found him wandering the streets. "Hey, Naruto." "Oh, hey Yari. Look, about earlier-" "Man, its cool. I was way out of line." "Yeah, but you had reason, Sasuke can get on anyone's nerves." "Yeah, he seems to have a way with words. So, Naruto, tell me a little about your team." "Heh. Actually, Sasuke's one part of my team." "Whoa, no way!" cried Yari. "Yeah, then, there's Kakashi-sensei, you've met him." "Yep." "And then there's there's the amazing, beautiful, spectacular Sakura-chan!!! She's pretty, wonderful, and-" "I take it you like this girl?" chuckled Yari. "Well, duh! C'mon, I bring you to meet her!" Before he knew it, Yari was being pulled off in some direction or another by Naruto.
"Well, it's nice to meet you, Yari," said Sakura. Naruto and Yari had just arrived at the flower shop, where Sakura was hanging out. "It was nice meeting you, too, Sakura," replied Yari. "Yep, she's as beautiful as ever," commented Naruto. "BAKA!!!" cried Sakura as she clobbered Naruto over the head. "Oooh. That's familiar. Heh heh," Yari chuckled. Naruto and Sakura looked over. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's just that I laugh at needlessly cruel things, as long as they're on a small scale." "NEEDLESS!!!" cried Sakura in indignation, as she clobbered Yari over the head. "Owww!!! I mean justified!!! Totally justified violent things!!! Please don't hurt me!" "Hmph," Sakura grunted.
Suddenly, Genma ran up to them. "Sakura! Urgent message from Hokage-sama!" "Hai!" Sakura quickly responded. She opened the scroll and scanned it for a moment. 'Naruto! Yari! We're needed for an important mission!"