Chapter 6
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto but I do own the idea of Mayume Uchiha.
For Future Reference: The story right now takes place right after Naruto and co. come back from the land of waves. Also, I'm going to change the plot a bit…Gaara is going to be a big part now (or at least later on).
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Mayume had reached her house in less than 10 minutes. She quietly opened the door to her mother's room where she had gotten her clothes from last time. When she had changed into a fresh shirt and caprice, she went outside and knelt before two gravestones in the backyard of her old, abandoned house, 'Mother…Father…I will avenge you both, but I will not lose sight on life because I'm obsessed with gaining power. I know that this is what you would have wanted; therefore I will try to change Sasuke's heart as well.' She slowly got up and walked to her new home with her head down.
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Sasuke was startled awake by his alarm clock. It was 6:30 and he had just about enough time to eat breakfast and train a bit before he had to meet up with his team at the training field. He stretched then got up to go take a shower and put some clothes on, then slowly went down the stairs.
Before he even got to the kitchen, he could smell bacon and toast. There, sitting at the counter, was Mayume looking as regular as ever with bags under her eyes, poking at her toast and yawning. "Morning!" she said with a bored, sleepy tone. Sasuke grabbed a "To Go Bar" and left the house without a word. 'What's up with him?' Mayume was putting her dish in the sink, 'Oh well…I should get going, I still have to find the training field…I'm pretty sure Kakashi mentioned something about a bridge.' She took one last look at the plate in the sink and decided to wash it later.
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Half an hour later, when she had finally found the field after asking a trillion people where the "bridge" was, she was a bit annoyed and Naruto was already there. "Hey Hokage-to-be! What's up?" She stated sarcastically as she sat down on the floor of the bridge. "Good morning Mayume-Chan!" He said it with so much energy and enthusiasm that Mayume felt even more tired than before.
'How can he have so much energy at this time in the morning? This is not my lucky day…I just got here and he's annoying me already.' She wasn't even listening to Naruto while he was babbling on about Ramen and how he hated Sasuke. 20 minutes later, Sakura walked into the clearing followed by Sasuke 5 minutes later. Naruto and Sasuke just gave each other death glares than turned away from each other with a "hmph!".
It had been 50 minutes since Mayume had gotten there and who knows how long Naruto had been sitting there for. Finally, after 20 more minutes, Kakashi showed up. "Sorry that I'm late…I got lost on the path of life!", Kakashi rubbed the back of his head while grinning under his mask. "YA RIGHT SENSEI!" Naruto and Sakura started to yell at Kakashi.
After calming down a bit they all got up and Kakashi took them towards their first mission of the day. "Today we will be weeding a garden, walking dogs and picking up trash. How exciting eh guys?" Naruto just whined while everyone else's shoulders slumped. 'Great! Some boring missions to start off my first day in Konoha!' All of a sudden Naruto started talking about how they should be doing more challenging missions and how he was going to beat Sasuke and save him. Sakura just gave him a death glare and you and Kakashi just sighed.
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After the missions; a few ass-kickings, being dragged through a minefield and being saved by Sasuke, Naruto was very tired, as was everyone else. "Good job team!" Mayume wondered how Kakashi could still have energy even though all he did was read 'Come Come Paradise' all day. She gave a shudder and kept walking. Sakura was still supporting Naruto when Sasuke said something that pulled Naruto's last straw. "Can't you even take care of yourself?" Sasuke asked mockingly. Naruto just started to yell hollow threats at him and Sakura started to threaten Naruto. "Teamwork seems to be suffering lately." Kakashi observed his team; Mayume was rolling on the floor laughing at everyone stupidity, Sasuke and Naruto were trying to get at each other and Sakura was in the middle of them trying to push them apart.
"I'm leaving!" Sasuke stated simply then Sakura cried out "Hey Sasuke-kun wait. How about right now we work on our teamwork…just the two of us?" Sasuke stared at her disgusted and said "Your just as bad as Naruto. Go practice a jutsu or 2. Frankly, your ability is below Naruto's." and with that he walked off. Just then Kakashi stated that he had to leave and that training was over for today. He had just seen the eagle over head, which meant that he had to go see the Hokage about something important.
Now Mayume, Naruto and Sakura were the only ones left standing there. Naruto was just thinking 'Now I can spend time with Sakura, thank you Kakashi-sensei!' Naruto had tears in his eyes, silently crying and praising Kakashi and Mayume and Sakura were just staring at him like "WTF!"
"Hey Naruto…can I ask you something?" Mayume walked over to him and asked in a low voice "How come you and Sasuke hate each other?" he looked down at his feet and Mayume saw him frown for the first time, "During our first c rank mission…we went to the land of waves to escort someone. During a battle, Sasuke risked his life for me and I hate him for doing that." He looked up at her with a big smile on his face, "Thanks for your concern though!" "No problem! I'll try to talk to him tonight if you want…" He yelled a quick thank you to her and ran off towards Sakura to bother her, but he didn't see the box behind him until he heard a noise and turned around. It was square and he guessed that it was supposed to be a rock. He ran forward and so did the rock, he ran back and the rock followed him. "That's the worst disguise ever!" He yelled at the rock than 3 little kids came out form underneath it. "That's the man I view as my rival!" The 3 kids were wearing goggles and Mayume ran over to them and hugged them, "You guys are so adorable!" Naruto had to pry her off of them and they ran behind him for safety. "She almost killed us, hey is she your…" He stuck up his pinky and grinned at Naruto. "No but I sure would like it if she was! And what's with the goggles?" He quickly changed the subject seeing Mayume's death glare. "Oh, you like them? We're copying the old you bro!" Konohomaru gave a toothy grin and the girl of the group stepped forward "Um…leader…are you…um…free?" she asked shyly. "Nope! I'm training!" "But you said that you'd play with us today!" Konohomaru whined, "How can a ninja play ninja? You are so hopeless Naruto!" Mayume and Sakura gave a sigh at the same time. "Hey wait since she isn't your girl…" Konohomaru pointed to Mayume, "Is she?" This time he pointed to Sakura. She yelled out in rage and started chasing everyone around except for Mayume. "What's the ugly forehead girl's problem." Konohomaru wasn't looking where he was going and ran into someone.