Chapter 8

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, but I do own Mayume Uchiha and any adjustments to the actual series.

Author's note: Sorry I forgot to add in a part at the end of the last chapter, thank you to inuyashaHELP. I might not post these for a while because I'm not going to be home for March break, but I will try to write a few more to post afterwards. I made this one long to keep you guys occupied XD.

XOXOXOXO

Little did team 7; Konohomaru and co. and the sand ninjas know that the 3 ninjas from Oto, the sound village, had just witnessed the passing of events.

"What do you think?" One of the boys was leaning against the tree the other sitting down and the girl was standing up.

"None of them are of any importance except for those two Konoha raven-haired kids from the Uchiha clan and the spook from the sand. Keep an eye in them."

XOXOXOXO (Mayume's POV)

My team left the scene of argument after making sure that Konohomaru was OK. Everyone went their own separate ways except for Sasuke and I.

After saying good-bye to Naruto and Sakura we walked off towards the house that we now shared. I remembered that I had promised to talk to Sasuke for Naruto, but what was I to say? Shit! The things that I get myself into!

"Hey…Sasuke…" I turned to look at him but he just gave me an 'hmph' and I looked forward again.

"Why do you hate Naruto?" "Look Mayume, "This isn't the right time to talk about it…" He looked at his feet.

"This is actually the best time to talk about it since I haven't seen you in so long and I want to know why you're so cold and why you hate everyone." I looked at him with anger starting to build up inside me.

"It's none of your business…" I just stood there staring at him,

"You're starting to piss me off! This whole avenger act of yours is clouding your right judgement. You can't stay isolated for the rest of your pathetic life Sasuke! Seriously…the past is the past. It's not like I don't not want to get revenge on Itachi…"

Sasuke flinched at the mention of his brother's name, "but I also want a life. What happened to the loving, caring fun friend that I used to have? Let go of the past you asshole. And yes it is my business as your friend…or do you want to throw me out of your life too?"

He turned around and stared at me in the eyes and slapped me. I was so shocked that by reflex I punched him in the gut. Of course I knew, after the fact, that he would block it, and once he released my hand I just stomped of in the direction that we had just come from.

XOXOXOXO (still Mayume's POV)

'What a bastard!' I looked around for somewhere to eat. I had just eaten lunch but I was still hungry, I couldn't cook for beans and I didn't want to face Sasuke at home. I thought about the red head sand ninja to try and get my mind off of Sasuke,

'That Gaara kid is kinda cute, but he looks like an insomniac! He also had a huge chakra source and I wonder what's in that gourd of his…I hope that I won't have to fight him!'

An image of him played in my mind, 'Hey! I just noticed that he has the kanji symbol for love above his left eye. How ironic for a meanie like him to have love written on his forehead.' I silently laughed to myself as the smell of dim sum pulled me out of my thoughts and I ran over to the bar and sat down. I ordered a dim sum platter made for two and I ate it all.

'Man I am such a pig! I have got to cut down on the food…but it's too yummy!' I cursed myself and my obsession with food. After I paid the lady at the counter, I slowly got up, now realizing that it had gotten dark outside.

'No wonder I feel tired…well…maybe it's also because of all the food I ate.' I smiled to myself, totally forgetting about my little argument with Sasuke, knowing that I would sleep well tonight.

XOXOXOXO (regular POV)

The next day…

Mayume woke up to the bright rays of sun shining through the window beside her. 'Uhhh! I'm still full from last night…and I'm not feeling to good either!' She slowly got up to go take a quick shower and freshen up.

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Sasuke woke up to the sound of the shower running since the bathroom was next door to his bedroom. He just lay in bed for a while thinking about the fight he had had with Mayume last night.

'Maybe she's right…maybe I'm taking this whole avenger thing a bit to seriously and I should apologize to her.' Well at least that's what his angel side told him.

'No way! That bitch just wants you for herself. You have to kill Itachi and avenge the Uchihas even if she isn't so thrilled about it. You don't need her or anyone else!" Of course his devil side won. He got up off of his bed when he heard the shower stop and Mayume walk out of the bathroom and down the stairs.

XOXOXOXO

All of team 7 gathered around the bridge that they had met at the day before waiting, not so patiently, for Kakashi's arrival. Sakura and Naruto were complaining about how they had to be there so early and how they didn't have time to freshen up that morning.

When Kakashi finally did show up, he told them some lame excuse and Naruto and Sakura yelled at him, but Mayume wasn't paying much attention to them. She was more interested in the 4 small papers that he held in his right hand.

"Oy Kakashi… whatcha got there?" She pointed to his hand. "Oh, these?" he flashed the application cards and smiled under his mask, "I signed you guys up to take the chunnin exams!" He handed the 4 genins each a slip, "Be at the Academy tomorrow by 4:00 and come to room 301 if you want to take it."

It took a moment before what he just said had sunk into the head's of his students. Naruto jumped on Kakashi screaming "I love you!", Sakura and Mayume were talking about what it would be like and even Sasuke looked excited. After pushing Naruto off of him, Kakashi cleared his throat, "That is all!" and with that he left.

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"Naruto…Let's go train! I need help with my chakra balance and we can have short battles…after all, the competition this year is fierce!" when Mayume said this she gave a cold glare at Sasuke.

"Hmph!" he just turned around and walked away with Sakura tagging along behind him. "Ya let's go! I'll teach you how to control your chakra properly! Believe it!" Mayume was glad that he had agreed instead of stalking Sakura and they ran off to the training field.

XOXOXOXO (Mayume's POV)

We reached the training field in record time. We had been racing as a warm up and I've gotta tell you…Naruto's pretty fast! He beat me so badly…then again I'm not very fast myself.

"Hey Naruto aren't you gonna teach me how to control my chakra?" I whined and was getting impatient. "Ya ya…" Naruto paused 'I'll use the same exercise that Kakashi used for us…' he thought, "Ok!" he clapped his hands together "You are going to walk up that tree without using your hands!" He smiled at me.

'WTF have I gotten myself into?' I looked at him like he was crazy and I think that he got the point. He made the hand sign for chakra focus and ran towards a nearby tree. When he got up to it, I thought at first that he would crash, but he ran right up to the top branch and fell down. I ran to catch him but he was just hanging there like that Gaara kid had.

"That is soooooooooo awesome! Teach me, teach me!" I jumped up and down and he quickly got down from the tree seeming satisfied.

"All that you have to do is focus the chakra stream to your feet and run up the tree. Take one of your kunai knives and use it to mark where you get up to. And one more thing, the key is not to let your emotions ruin your concentration."

I did an anime fall 'Jeez he sounds just like Kakashi!' I got up and did the chakra sign with my hands and concentrated on my feet. 'I think that I've got it…let's try.' I ran to the tree and when I hit it my feet latched on to the bark of it and I began to run up the trunk. I felt myself losing grip so I took my kunai and slashed at the tree trunk. I pushed of the tree and landed on the ground clumsily.

When I looked up, I saw that I had gotten about half way up the tree trunk, which really surprised me. "Yay! I did it Naruto, well kinda…" I ran up to him and hugged him without even thinking and then tried it again. I ran up farther and farther until I reached the top of the tree after practicing for three hours non-stop.

XOXOXOXO (regular POV)

"I'm really tired. But I still want to fight against you. Just taijutsu though." Mayume sat down slowly against the tree trunk "Just let me rest for a bit.

"Well I'm not tired. Believe it!" He smirked triumphantly and Mayume hit him on the head. "Baka! Of course not…you haven't been training for like four hours straight!" She slowly got up, and took out her kunai knife. "Ok a one on one battle between me and you. We can only use one kunai knife and whoever either knocks out the other, pins the other in a death grip or mortally injures the other person, wins. Let's try and stick with the death grip for winning." She took a deep breath, "Go!"

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They came at each other in a series of metal clashing against metal and fists and feet against skin. Right now they were deadlocked. Both kunais were against each other and the two genins were both fighting with only one hand and both feet. "You're pretty 'huph' good 'huph'!" Naruto pushed her in the face. "But 'huph' not good 'huph' enough to 'huph' beat me!" She kneed him in the stomach and they broke free of the deadlock.

"Wanna 'huph' bet?" They ran at each other again and started to throw punches and kicks at each other in a series of complex twists and turns. Little did they know that someone was watching them from a nearby tree. "Wow…they're pretty good. I can't wait to fight them during in the exam."

XOXOXOXO

30 miutes later, Naruto and Mayume were collapsed on the ground, exhausted and fighting over who had won the fight. "I so won that fight!" Mayume punched Naruto on the shoulder playfully, "No I was the last won standing so I won!" They just went back and forth bickering between each other for a few minutes.

"I didn't realize how late it's gotten." Naruto said after a few moments of silence. The two just stared up at the setting sun. "Well I have to go now and get some rest so I won't be tired tomorrow." He slowly stood up as Mayume pushed herself up into a sitting position. She waved her hand "Thanks Naruto!" And he disappeared into the trees.