"ready...to...give...up...yet? you...little...brat..."
I could hear she was breathing heavily, she must be getting tired, good because I'm at my limit too.

"No...way...not...until...you...pro...mise...not...to...kill me..."
My answer came out equally broken, just a bit longer and my legs would most probably give out, not that I would tell her that.

"fine...stop...run...ning...I...won't...kill...you...I...just...want...to... talk..."
Hearing that I was a bit more reassured and sighed out in relief.
Not that I could run much further anyway and thus, I jumped down from the branches and sat against a tree to catch my breath.
The woman who was chasing me did the same and sat across me, when she caught her breath she spoke in a tired tone.
"You sure got some stamina for a kid...I'll bet you can even give Gai a run for his money..." a faint smile crept on her face.
"That super fuzzy brows? No way I can beat that."

A giggle could be heard from her direction, I guess this is my chance to apologize.
"Hey...uh...sorry about earlier, you weren't responding to anything, but I guess using that on you wasn't really a good idea."
"You shouldn't use that move on women, for that matter, you shouldn't use it on anyone." It was too dark to see her face, but she was probably still angry at me. "How did you think up such a vulgar technique anyway."

I was suprised by that. "Huh? Think up? Isn't it widely known? Kakashi-sensei used it on me during the genin test."

I heard some cursing from her direction and some leaves shuffling on the ground, she was now squatting in front of me.
I felt hands on my cheeks and felt it being turned to her direction, her face was way too close to mine, it didn't help that she was glaring.

"Never ever use that move again? You hear me?"

Unconsciously I gulped and nodded fervently.

"Good." with that I was released and she sat next to me, too close for comfort, I was still a bit skeptical about her promise of not killing me.

"So...aren't you supposed to be training for the chuunin exams? Instead of causing trouble around the village?"

I frowned at that. "That was the plan, but sensei'd much rather train Sasuke than me and I was brushed off to Ebisu and I was told that I need to practice my chakra control. I was on my way to do that, but then I walked into you."

"I...see" A frown marred her face and there was a moment of silence, as if she was pondering something.
"Hey, how about I train you for the month?"

"...what?"

"I'm offering to train you for the chuunin exams."

I look over at her, she didn't seem much, actually she looked kinda frail...

"You? You could barely keep up with me! forget about training me!"

A frown marred her face, then it turned into a predatory smile
"Fine, lets decide who is better then..."

A chill ran down my spine, but I couldn't back down anymore now.
"Your on!"

...oh how I would regret that decision