Hi yall! Here we go with the next chapter. I hope you like it. I don't own Naruto.
The next day Cho had packed some supplies and waited at the gates. Today was the day the she and the sand siblings would be going beck to Suna, at least until the chuunin exams. About half an hour later they were all there and they started off. Cho was glad that they didn't question why she couldn't stay there. It would have been to painful to tell them. That evening they set up camp and Gaara and Cho went to find water. Cho was kneeling down in front of the river filling canteens.
"Are you ok?" Gaara's voice asked.
"I'm fine. Thank you." replied Cho.
"When we get to Suna you'll train with us until the exams."
"Ok, Gaara can I ask you a question?" she asked.
"Sure."
"W-what do you look like?" asked Cho.
"Why do you want to know?" he asked.
"Well if you're my friend than I would like to know what you look like," said Cho running her fingers over the water's surface. Gaara sat down beside Cho and looked at his reflection in the water.
"Well... I have red short hair." he said. Cho nodded. She was forming a mental image of him in her mind. "Pale skin, my eyes are lined in black and are blue-green in color. I have the kanji 'love' on my forehead. And that's about it." Gaara said. Cho had finished putting together a mental picture of him.
"But why do you have the kanji 'love' on your forehead?" asked Cho.
"Because when I was about six I promised to love only myself, and fight only for myself." he replied.
"I see..." said the red-haired girl.
"We should get back to camp." said Gaara. Cho said nothing but walked with him to the camp. She insisted on taking first watch. She needed time to think about what Gaara had said.
'...I promised to love only myself, and fight only for myself.' she thought. 'Well this puts me in a predicament eh, Hebinesan?' she asked her inner-self.
"Sure does Cho." replies the voice that Cho called Hebinesan. "It sure does." A few hours later Gaara took watch, Cho slept lightly and woke early in the morning. To her surprise Temari was up and cooking. They ate a light breakfast and set off again. Gaara and Cho were in the lead but didn't talk. Around one o'clock in the afternoon Cho saw the gates of Suna from a dune. When they reached it Gaara glared at the guards and they let them in. Temari grabbed Cho's arm and marched her up to a very big building.
One they were inside Temari led Cho up into her room and left Cho sitting on the bed. Cho pulled out her book and moved her fingers over the pages. What Temari cooked didn't exactly look edible so Cho just fell asleep.
Cho's Pov:
The next morning I woke up to someone banging on my door.
"Wake up!" said Kankuro's voice.
"I'm coming." I said and got dressed. When I came down Temari had made waffles, they were a little burnt but tasted fine. Then I was escorted to a training field to train. First we warmed up. Temari did simple stretches, Kankuru did as well, Gaara watched me as I stretched then ran laps.
Admittedly I wasn't the fastest runner...
"Yeah right you are the slowest person ever!" said Hebinesan.
'Shut up!' I told her. The next thing in our training session was sparing. 'Hebinesan don't do anything. I want to test out something. So don't feed me extra chakra!' I told her. I was facing Kankuro, he readied 'the crow' as I started my hand seals, horse, snake dragon!
Gaara's pov:
I watched Cho do her hand seals. But what I noticed is her tattoos didn't come out. Usually when she fights they come out as soon as the fight started. 'Why not now?' I thought. Cho was standing there and a small cloud of smoke came from her. When that cleared there was a python slithering in the direction of Kankuru. Cho seemed to have charka strings that were attacked to the snakes head. 'So she's controlling it.' thought Gaara. 'Those chakra strings are like reigns'.
Kankuru's pov:
The snake made its way in my direction, I readied my crow. As I unwound the cloths the snake was about thirteen feet away from me. Finally my puppet was revealed and it attacked the snake. I smirked, the snake was going to die. I saw Cho moving her hands and the snake was obeying her movements. Then I saw the crow in the death grip of the python. The crow broke in half.
"No!" I yelled. I had lost the fight. The only weapon that I had brought was the crow. Cho made another hand sign and the snake disappeared. She knelt down breathing heavily.
Cho's pov:
'Darn it!' I thought. 'I'm so out of practice with my own chakra! I need more practice.'
"All you needed to do was use my chakra. You would have won faster."
'But that not fair to Kankuro, Hebinesan.' I told her. I was still kneeling down breathing heavily. Controlling a living thing takes up a lot of my chakra. I heard someone come up besides me.
"Are you ok?" asked Temari's voice.
"Fine... just a little tired." I said between breaths.
"It looks like that move takes up a lot of your chakra." she said.
"It does. I'm zapped but I'll be fine." I said. I felt a drop of sweat drip down my nose.
' I need to go shopping. I don't have the cloths on for Suna.' I thought.
"Agreed. Maybe you can go shopping later. Until then use my chakra." said Hebinesan.
'No.' I told her. 'When ever I use your chakra someone gets really hurt or dies. I don't want that to happen when were training.'
"Suit your self." she said.
"You ok Cho? Maybe you shouldn't train anymore." said Temari.
"I'll do another fight." I found myself saying. " But only one more. If I do more than that I'll get to exhausted to move." I said.
"Alright then. My turn." said Temari. I head her pull out her giant fan.
"If I win then you take me shopping Temari." I said.
"And if I win?" she asked.
"I'll polish your fan whenever you want for a year." I said. 'I wont loose.' I thought.
"Agreed. Lets go!" said Temari. I nodded and started making hand signs, dragon, tiger, snake!
Gaara's pov:
They had just made a deal with shopping.
"Thats creepy." said Shikaku. And for once I agreed with him. I saw Cho make the hand signs, but once again, no tattoos. 'Is she holding back?' I thought. Kankuro was trying to mend his 'crow', if Temari's fan breaks then she will never forgive Cho. I looked up at the fight, Cho had apparently fell back by the force of Temari's fan. The snake she had summoned had also been blown back into Cho's arms. I saw her whisper to it and it slithered up to Temari again. This time it flared hit hood and spat it's venom at Temari. Temari didn't have time to duck but had the sense to put up her arms to shield her face.
The snake then slithered up to Temari's body and wound its body up to her neck. It looked as if it was trying to bite Temari's neck.
"No!" yelled Cho. I wondered. 'How is she able to tell what the snakes doing?' Cho pulled the snake back with her chakra strings and it disappeared. Temari was shaking and Co was squatting over her.
"You ok Temari?" she asked. Temari nodded and let out a shaky laugh.
"I guess I just don't like snakes." she said.
Cho's pov:
'Good she's ok.' I thought.
"Oh darn it! Why didn't you let the snake kill her?" asked Hebinesan.
'Because Hebinesan, she's my friend.'
"Friends are over rated." she said.
"Temari?" I asked.
"Yes." she said helping me stand up.
"Now you have to take me shopping." I said.
"Fine." she said.
"Good. Because if I didn't have your help I'd probably be wearing men's cloths." I said smiling.
"Yeah. Well when do you want to go?" asked Temari.
"How about tomorrow. I need to rest for a bit. Those moves are draining." I said.
"Ok." said Temari. She grabbed my arm and we went into the house. I laid down on my bed and let sleep take me.
Temari's pov:
'Well thats strange.' I thought. 'I thought she would be stronger. Why is she exhausted now?' I began thinking about tomorrow's shopping spree. I could get revenge on her. She wouldn't even know if I put her in something disgusting. 'But then again.' I thought. 'We girls gotta stick together. I'll help her.' I decided and started polishing my fan.
Gaara's pov:
I wandered back to the house thinking about the match. Shikaku was rambling on about how Cho reminded him of someone. I had tried to ask him who but he always said, "No it couldn't be her. Why would she be here." It was very annoying. I wanted to know who 'she' was. Those fights were very strange as well. I wonder, 'Why didn't the tattoo's appear?' Oh well. I might ask her tomorrow. I slipped into meditation thinking about a certain red haired girl.
Temar's pov:
I knocked on Cho's door for the fifth time.
"Cho wake up!" I yelled.
"I'm coming Temari." said her voice. I stood tapping my foot outside her door. About three minutes later she came out. Her hair was a mess!
"Ready to go Temari?" she asked suppressing a yawn.
"I am but your not." I said laughing. I pushed her back into her room and squatted behind her on her bed.
"What is it?" she asked me.
"You look like a mess." I stated. Pulling a hairbrush from the dresser I started brushing her thick red hair.
"Do we have to do this?" she asked.
"Yes. I'm not taking you shopping if you look like this!" I exclaimed.
"Whatever... Ow!" said Cho as I hit a knot.
"You shouldn't be a ninja if you think this hurts." I said working my way through the knot.
"Ok. Thanks Temari." she said to me. I smiled.
"Your welcome." I said, pulling a black hair ribbon and tying her hair in a low ponytail.
"Are we ready now?" she asked.
"Alright lets go shopping!" I yelled, pulling her through the house. "Bye guys we're going shopping!" I yelled at Gaara and Kankuro.
"Ok." said Kankuro. Gaara nodded.
I took Cho into a store where I knew that we could find some good desert cloths. I pulled her in and looked around. Finally I put together an outfit that I thought would do her justice.
"Here." I said pushing her into the dressing room. I waited for a bit then got impatient.
"Whats taking you so long?" I asked
"I cant get this right." came her voice. She unlocked the stall for me to help.
"Ahh." I said. "Turn around." She did so and I helped her get the outfit on right. Then I stood back and admired my handiwork.
Cho wore a black halter top and a hooded black long sleeved jacket. Then she wore red shorts with a black snake design on the legs. Finally she had on black ninja sandals.
"You look awesome!" I proclaimed.
"Thanks..." she said sheepishly. "Temari I would have been so lost without you."
"Don't mention it." I said. We paid for the clothes and went for lunch.
"Temari, when do the exams take place?" asked Cho.
"About twenty-eight days why?" I asked.
"Oh no reason." she said. "But we need to train more!"
"Agreed." I smiled.
In Konoha: Normal pov.
"So Cho left with the sand-siblings?" asked Kakashi.
"It appears so. But she's going to return for the chuunin exams." said the Hokage. "What interests me is this force inside her. She says that it is not a demon, but then what is it?"
"This puzzles me also lord Hokake." said Kakashi.
"Very well then Kakashi she will be placed on your team again for the exams. "
"Why mine?" asked Kakashi.
"I don't trust her with the sand-sibling's. She will be on your team."
"Very well then sir." Kakashi left and the Hokage was left to puzzle the strange girl named Cho.
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