Kei suddenly piped up. "Hey, Arashi, do you wanna train with me and Grasshopper?" She asked; "Sure." Arashi shrugged as she took off her backpack. I sighed as I went to go sit with the Hyuuga and the Uchiha.
"Are you ready?" asked Kei "Whenever you are!" yelled Arashi. "Go!" Kei hurled Grasshopper at Arashi which she dodged it and ran towards Kei. The Hyuuga stood up from her seat to chant. "GO ARASHI!! TAKE HER DOWN!!" Arashi jumped up and threw several kunais at Kei. They missed. "Ha! Missed me." She taunted while trying to maneuver Grasshopper at the angle Arashi was at. "Wasn't aiming!" Arashi lifted her arms and you could easily see the wire leading from her fingers to the kunais stuck in the ground. "She's totally got this under control." Said Miyuki. "COME ON, ARASHI! JUST FINISH HER!!" She yelled. Arashi back flipped as Grasshopper was launched at her. The wire tugged even harder. Kei looked down. "What the…AHHH!" Kei was tugged to the ground and she landed with a thud. Arashi turned around and started laughing. "That wasn't even something I learned from training, it was something I learned from my dad: how to trip people up without using your feet!" Kei got up and smoothed her skirt down. "It's not over yet…" She made several hand signs. "SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!" Almost immediately three other shadow clones appeared. "Aww, man." Said Arashi. "I really didn't want to hurt you…" The shadow clone behind Arashi lunged towards her grabbing her waist and tackling her to the ground. She grunted, her headband came off and hit the ground with a loud clank. Kei smirked. The clone got off of Arashi, but when she tried to get up, she couldn't. "What did you do to me?" asked Arashi. She seemed quite curious. I knew what Kei did. I walked over to Arashi. "She just took all of most of your chakra." I said. I reached down to help her up, but I was rudely pushed by a bossy teenager. "Taro, why did you tell her!? That was a secret!" I fell right on top of Arashi. She yelped. "Get OFF of me, Taro!! I can't move!" It took me only five seconds to start blushing as I got off of her. "It's getting late; I assume you guys are staying overnight. Let me show you to your rooms." Zeon picked up his teammate and slung her over his shoulder. I grabbed Arashi and Zeon's bags and led them into the Kazekage mansion.
"Okay, girls are in here and Zeon, you have to stay in my room next door." "Whatever." Man, what is wrong with this guy? He's so monotone.
So I get him settled into my room and he just sits on the windowsill staring out into the black desert sky. Feeling curious I ask him. "What's up, Z?" "It's 'Zeon', not 'Z' or 'Zeo', just 'Zeon'." He says "Oh, my fault." "Anyway, what's on my mind is a girl…" He said. Oh gosh, I had to ask. I'm horrible at these things, plus we're the same age! It makes it worse, trust me. I sigh and sit on my bed; he gets up and sits on his. "Um…Do I know her?" I ask "Don't worry about it." Ouch, this guy is cold. "Anyway, she seems into this guy she just met, and I've kinda liked her for a while but she hasn't really noticed." "I see." I put my finger on my chin, I think I actually know who he's talking about. Maybe I should be like my mom and play matchmaker for a while.
