Unwanted Chapter 10, a naruto fanfic

Hmm, chapter 10, eh? Well thanks for the reviews and please enjoy one of my first fights that isn't less than one page long!!! I said that already, didn't I? …

Unwanted

Chapter 10 – The End of the Preliminaries

Her blind aqua blue eyes filled with terror as Shino swiftly approached her. She wouldn't be able to finish all the hand signs for the Water Dragon Jutsu, and she knew it, though she couldn't see. But what could she do? For the few seconds she had, she pondered it.

Shino looked deep into her eyes that saw nothing, her long blonde hair framed them with her lightly tanned skin. Her eyes opened wide as she 'saw' him grab a kunai and stabbed it forward, she didn't have time to dodge.

"Why didn't she dodge like before?" he thought with the terror of maybe having killed her. The kunai was stuck in her stomach. She spit out blood and it hit Shino's shoulder. She looked towards him, and though she couldn't see him she knew he was sad.

"Why didn't you dodge me?" he asked her and she shook her head.

"I-I didn't want to-to hurt so-someone so-so kind to me." She replied slowly. Shino heard Anko call for a stretcher. "Nobody was e-ever so-so kind…" she collapsed.

"Rikku…"

"Why am I surrounded by idiots?" thought the mist ninja. "Both Kone and Rikku failed, idiots…"

"And that concludes the prelim matches of the third round of the chuunin exam!" Anko declared. All of the winners of their matches lined up; Neji, Naruto, Sasuke, Lee, Temari, Gaara, Ayame, Shino and the ninja from the mist village. "Lady Hokage will now explain how the finals will proceed."

Anko stepped back and Tsunade took her place. "First I would like to congratulate everyone who won their match today," she exclaimed, "and now I will explain the finals."

As Tsunade explained the finals, which were the same as before, Cagalli approached Katya, who stood on the balcony.

"Katya," she said as she reached her, "Ayame is the only one who won."

"Yeah, I know. What's your point?" she asked.

"Well," Cagalli took a moment to think before she spoke, "Gaara beat me and Naruto beat you, I just don't want Ayame to go against either of them…"

"Cagalli," Katya turned to her, "Ayame will be fine, no matter who she fights."

"I know that, but…"

"I said, whoever she fights she'll be fine!" she started to raise her voice.

"Katya, calm down, ok?" she said softly.

"How can I calm down when such memories haunt me?" she thought as she felt her eyes grow moist. She turned away.

"Katayanagi." Cagalli said sternly. "Ayame and I have shared with you what happened when we were young, but you haven't shared yours with us. I don't want to bring it up to bring you pain, but I want you to trust us, ok? Later, will you share at least a bit of what happened?"

"…"

"Please?" Cagalli asked. "We are your friends, right?"

"Yes, later, ok?" she replied, "I think I'll be able to then…"

"So," Tsunade continued, "everybody has a month to rest and train, use it however you wish but remember that everybody knows how you fight, so get some new

tricks."

"Not everyone…" thought Anko, "that ninja from the mist village, Ryuga, his fight was less than a second long, nobody could have seen that."

"Please, each of you take a number from the box Anko is holding." Anko walked up to the first in line, and went to the last one. The tournament proceeded as shown:

Lee smiled, and looked towards Neji, who looked forward, almost emotionless.

Temari looked through the corner of her eye at Ayame, who stood calm and quiet.

Shino gulped as he looked towards the tall, strong mist village ninja.

Naruto smiled and looked at Sasuke, who looked back at him. They thought the

same thing.

Gaara stood without moving.

Everyone was then excused, and they left the building for one month.

"So, Sasuke and Naruto," Sakura said after they left, "you two are up against each other, how do you feel?"

"Great!" they said in unison.

"I can't wait, I'm going to train extra hard!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Same here." Sasuke agreed.

"So I guess you'll be going off on your own? Is Kakashi-sensei going to train you?" Sakura asked and they both shook their heads.

"No, I'm going to find a better trainer." Naruto replied.

"I have high expectations, a month might pass without me finding one, so no, not unless worse comes to worse." Sasuke answered and the three split up after Sakura wished them good training.

"Hmmm," Naruto mused to himself out loud, "who should teach me? I have high expectations like Sasuke, I wonder who…" He wondered along alone in the forest that he had met Katya in, he walked towards his small opening in the thick bushes. Then his eye caught something far into the forest that didn't look normal. He dashed towards it.

His eyes opened wide and they began to grown moist, fast. He remembered what Katya had said: "Did you know that when someone is going to die, a family member or close friend will always think of them."

"S-sensei…" he managed to say as he kneeled down and hugged the dead man. "W-When Katya said that," tears began to flow fast from his shut eyes, "I-I thought that-that it was just a lie…that it wasn't true! I didn't know, s-sensei, that m-my continual thoughts o-of you would mean th-that you would…die…" he opened his eyes slightly. "Iruka-sensei…"

"Let's see…" thought Sasuke as he sat on the top of the apartment building he lived in. The wind blew through his hair, making it blow into his eyes and mouth, and everywhere else. "What teacher is there that can teach me everything I need to know to beat Naruto…" an image of his brother came into his mind, he almost slapped himself for thinking that he might pose as a worthy trainer. "But he would…" he thought again and slapped himself for thinking it.

"What am I doing?" he thought. "I'll ask Lady Tsunade."

"Guy-sensei!" Lee dashed into the kitchen of his sensei's house.

"What is it, Lee?" he was reading a paper and drinking a cup of coffee.

"Sensei, I'd like to start training any time!" he said with excitement.

"Lee," Guy put down his paper and cup, and put his hands on Lee's shoulders, "I know you want me as your teacher, but I'd like you to go find another, a better one, alright?" Lee didn't answer, but he saw his smile vanish. "What I'm trying to say is that I want you to go out on your own two feet and get a new sensei, a better sensei than me, ok? It's not that hard to find one…"

"Guy-sensei…" Guy waited for him to start to yell at him or dash out of the room, "Roger! I'll find a new sensei, just like you asked!"

"Lee is such a great kid…"

Naruto was seen walking though Konoha, his clothes were full of blood and dirt, and he carried a shovel. Shikamaru, who was the teacher now of the Ninja Academy, spotted him and told the class it was break for 15 minutes, and he went to see him.

"Hey, Naruto, what's with the shovel?" he asked but Naruto didn't answer, but he stopped. "…"

"Iruka-sensei…" Shikamaru tilted his head to the side. "Iruka-sensei is…dead. I buried him just now with Lady Tsunade's permission."

"So that's why I was all of a sudden told to teach at this Academy," thought Shikamaru. "Naruto, it's okay to feel grief and sadness, and to cry. I know how much he meant to you, and I have no idea why he died or what you're feeling but I know one thing, Iruka is proud of you."

Naruto smiled slightly. "You're right, Shikamaru…Iruka told me a while ago, before the start of the chuunin exams. I should have remembered that." He smiled then continued on.

"Poor kid," Shikamaru thought, "he really doesn't deserve such pain…"

Sorry all of you Iruka fans! But it kinda fits, eh? Anyway, please review and again I'd like to know who would like Sakura with who, I have no idea who to put her with, so I need ideas!! But yeah, R&R!