Chapter Two:
Naruto and I walk up the stairs with other shinobi to the examination classroom. I'm really nervous about tests. I hope it's written and not oral. I spot Ten-ten by Kiba and Neji. "Hi Ten-ten!" I say running over to her. "Oh, hi Tsukiko!" She responds. "Hi Tsukiko-chan!" Kiba says. "Bark! Bark, bark! (Translation: Hi, Tsukiko! Can you pet me?)" Akamaru barked happily. "Oh hi Kiba and Akamaru," I reply. "Don't bother talking to Neji, we've been trying to make him talk all morning and he just won't" Ten-ten whispers in my ear. "Tsukiko-chan did you forget about me! Huh!" Naruto yells right next to my ear. "Crap, Naruto! You don't have to yell!" I shout at him hitting him upside the head. He just grunted and walked off to go find Sakura. I don't know why he likes her. She's mean to me and I don't know what she sees in Sasuke either. "Anyway, Ten-ten do you know who that red-head guy from the Sand Village is?" I asked her in a confused tone of voice. "You mean Subaku no Gaara?!" She shrieked in horror. "Why are you so scared?" I asked. "Do you know how many people he's killed!?" Kiba said in a dark tone. "No, but there are massive amounts of hate in his eyes," I replied. Then the door we were standing by opened hitting Neji in the face. He just glowered at the person who opened the door who turned out to be Kakashi-sensei. "Heh, sorry about that, Neji." He apologized lazily. "Alright, all Chunin Exams participants step inside this room, you'll be assigned a seat and the test sheets will be handed out. Did I speak to fast for you to understand," He said in his matter-o-factly tone. Well let's just say that there was no orderly fashion to get in the room and I ended up falling flat on my face and having my fingers stepped on. Great I'm the last one inside. "Tsukiko Harazuhina, you'll take the only vacant seat next to Gaara in the back," Kakashi told me lazily. As I walked back to the classroom Ino-pig and Sakura started whispering, which started everyone else whispering. "She has to sit next to the monster," I overheard someone say but I couldn't tell who. I don't understand why they called him a monster. I mean he can't be that bad. Just as I was about to sit down he whispers menacingly, "Scared?" I shake my head. Why would I be scared? "Well you should be!" He growls. "Why?" I whisper. He just gives me another death glare. Kakashi finished handing out the papers. After I finish, I think I'll talk to Gaara moreā¦. He looks so lonely and I hate seeing people sad. Mother used to say it was a curse because I even comfort the people who hate me. I still wonder why he's like that.
