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Chapter 6: Rivals, Part 2:

Uchiha vs. Uzumaki

"That was really strange." Tenten said, watching as Kyo-sensei, Naruto and I left. I still couldn't believe that Naruto would use his stupid 'Gross Jutsu' at a time like that! He had totally humiliated me in front of Neji. Not that I cared... 'Ohh, but you do care!! Because you looooove him and his sexy ass! If only you had let me out for a bit longer, I might have gotten to even touch him...' My inner let out a fangirl-ish scream. I mentally sighed and decided that I really, really hated my inner.

Kyo-sensei was silent, and I knew that he would be furious with us. Once we were away from the training grounds, he turned to us. "That was very inappropriate, and I'm disappointed in the both of you." His calm, cold tone made me feel even more ashamed. Now I knew that I wasn't going to survive our next training session – he was gonna kill us! "Sorry," I murmured shamefully, ducking my head. I heard Naruto do the same, and then Kyo-sensei spoke again. "Since that didn't exactly work out, you can forget training for the day. Instead, you're meeting your new team. The ninja they train here are put into three-man cells, and you're getting a team of your own."

I looked up, excited by the prospect of a team. That meant missions, and training sessions with someone other then Kyo-sensei! Naruto looked excited too, and he grinned a foxy grin. "When do we meet them?" He asked, obliviously impatient to meet the third person in our cell and our teacher. "After lunch. For the time being, I'll be nice and take you out, although Kami only knows why." It was true – even I didn't know why Kyo-sensei was taking us out, but I was glad, because it meant he wasn't as angry anymore.

--After lunch--

Lunch was really good, and I think I enjoyed it so much partially because it wasn't ramen. But Naruto and I both hurried through our lunches, eager. I was really excited, actually; I surprised myself with my enthusiasm. By the time we were on our way to the building where we were to meet our new sensei and team member, Naruto was bouncing around like an excited puppy. "Oh my god oh my god, we're probably gonna get the coolest sensei ever!" I smiled, letting the kid have his fun. It was certainly better than the hollowed-out shell that he was a few days ago. "I'll see you tonight," Kyo-sensei said, then turned and left, leaving us alone.

"Let's go in, maybe they're already there!" Naruto said happily, bursting inside. No one was there yet, (much to his disappointment) but we sat down to wait anyway. Suddenly Naruto grinned evilly, "Let's play a prank on our new teacher!" He said, jumping up. "No freakin' way, Naruto, we just got off the hook with Kyo-sensei! Do you want to piss Kyo-sensei off again along with a new teacher?! Besides he's probably an elite ninja meaning there's no way in the seven levels of hell he'll fall for you retarded pranks." I told him matter-of-factly, "Oh come on neko-chan, it won't be anything big just a bucket with some chakra in the bottom!" He begged me, and knowing Naruto he probably won't stop until I gave in.

So sighing I told him that he would have to take the blame and that I wasn't going to help him piss someone powerful off. So I sat down in a chair inside the room we were waiting in. Naruto set up his prank, telling me about how awesome and smart he'd look by pulling this off on an elite Shinobi. I nodded, not really listening, when I saw two people coming down the hall. "They're coming," I told him, and grinning, Naruto disappeared back into the room. I looked up to see a silver-haired man whom I assumed to be our sensei, and a black-haired kid who looked rather stoic and unhappy.

"I'm Sakura," I said politely, standing up. "Isn't there supposed to be another one of you?" The silver-haired one asked. "He's inside," I said, jerking a hand towards the door. Our sensei walked towards the door, pulled it open and...There was a rattling, and the bucket tumbled from the door top, hitting our sensei before falling to the floor. My mouth dropped open. It had worked! Unbelievable! I stopped, watching for a reaction, and the silver-haired man simply stared at Naruto, who was grinning like a fox. He grunted and we all walked into the room, sitting on the chairs.

Naruto turned to look at the black-haired boy, and suddenly, his face went from glee to anger. His eyes narrowed, and he leapt to his feet. "You!" He shouted, staring angrily at the other boy. He recognized Naruto, too, and they both stood up, glaring at each other. "You know him?" I asked, incredulous. "This is the villages precious 'Uchiha-San'," Naruto said, disgusted, and I remembered finding him the other day – he had been about to fight with an 'Uchiha-san' before the villager tried to attack him. "This is him?" I asked, eyebrows arching up. "Yea," Naruto grunted, still angry. The raven-haired boy glared at him. "You'd do well to remember my name is Sasuke Uchiha," he said.

Meanwhile, our sensei was just watching, looking bored. "Right! Why don't we say our names, what we like, dreams, whatever." I shot him a weird look. "I'll start. My name is Kakashi Hatake, what I like doesn't matter, I have no dreams. Continue." I raised an eyebrow. Ok...This was going to be interesting. "My name is Sakura Haruno; I like medical jutsu, beating up Shadow Seekers, and Naruto; my dream is to become a medic ninja and to open everyone's eyes."

Naruto grinned at my liking him, but Sasuke gave me a look like I was crazy. "'Open our eyes?' What the hell, do you think we're blind?" I decided that I don't like this Sasuke Uchiha person. "Get him." One of my lionesses named Yasue poofed into existence next to me, and I'm pretty sure that Kakashi-sensei and Sasuke both had a heart attack. She jumped towards Sasuke, and he dodged her just barely. She let out a fierce roar. "Good Yasue, my widdle baby!!"

The lioness went on her two back paws, put her two front paws on me, and proceeded to lick my face. "Das right, you are," I said while scratching a spot behind her ear. A large rumbling purr echoed from her chest, and with one last scratch behind the ear, she left. Sasuke and Kakashi-sensei were staring at me, and Naruto was laughing his ass off. "Now Sasuke, that was Yasue. She's barely five months old. If I can summon a cub like her, imagine what her mommy and daddy look like! So I'd keep the smart-ass comments to yourself." He glared at me before sitting back down.

Naruto finally managed to quit laughing. "Right, I'm Naruto Uzumaki. I like ramen, training, ramen, Sakura, ramen, pork ramen, and did I say ramen? I dislike you, Sasuke, Shadow Seekers, and my old girlfriend who keeps trying to get child support from me." He laughed crazily then, and I could have sworn that Kakashi and Sasuke both sweat dropped. "My dream is to get revenge on those who banished me as a child, i.e. Konoha; eat the world's supply of ramen, and live to surpass Kyo-sensei." Kakashi blinked, giving Naruto a look as if he was crazy and had just admitted that he was a worshiper of ninja monkeys that read Icha Icha Paradise all day long and believed in Gai-ism.

"My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I don't like anything, I hate my brother-" "OHHHH, IS YOUR BROTHER ITACHI UCHIHA?!" I said loudly, winking at Naruto, who had to stifle his mad laughter. "He is sooooo hot; I'd totally have his psycho babies!" Sasuke fell off his chair, and I hoped that he had a heart attack. Kakashi made a strangled, gurgling sound like he had choked on air, and then Naruto couldn't hold it anymore; he burst into laughter.

Sasuke shakily climbed back into his chair, glaring at me. "How...how do you know about my brother?" He asked. "I know about nearly every main clan here in Konoha, their bloodline, current members, and summons. I had to do a lot of studying to get here, so please, don't take me for a fool. And I hope you know that I was just kidding about having his psycho babies. But he is hot." Kakashi again made that strangled sound, reminding me that he probably was choking on air.

Sasuke glared at me before finishing. "I dislike Itachi, you, Naruto, ramen, pork ramen, and ramen." Naruto made a pouting face at him. "My dream is to kill my brother and revive my clan."

"OHHHHH, SASUKE WANTS TO HOLD YOU; HE WANTS TO LOVE YOU, HE WANTS TO FEEEEEEL YOUUU..." Naruto sang loudly, staring pointedly at me, grinning. I shrieked and performed a jutsu on him. REcognizing the hand signs, he immediatley stopped and made a prayer-like sigh with his hands. "Sakura, no, no, please, no, I was just kidding, oh Kami NOOOOOO-" He was cut off when I yelled, "Creeping Shadow Genjutsu!"

Genjutsu World

I cackled madly, watching as Naruto sat on the floor in front of me. "And now, you must watch all the ramen on the earth..." he looked happy at that, "...BE EATEN BY MEEE!! MWHAHAHAAAAA!!" "NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Naruto screamed, watching as bowl after bowl disappeared...

End Genjutsu World

I let the genjutsu fade, and Naruto started twitching uncontrollably, foaming at the mouth, before he fell over and off his chair, unmoving. "Sakura, how could you!?" He growled, his eyes becoming crimson. "Oh shit, shit, shit, Naruto, I'm sorry, ok? I would never do that, I don't even like ramen all that much, I'll take you out for dinner, ok? Just please, calm down, please, oh shit, oh shit..." I recognized his near-demonic state immediately – he had only gone fully demonic (tails and all) a few times, but it was something that had always resulted in the destruction of buildings, or worse.

He then calmed down, giving me a cheerful smile before saying, "Ok!" I groaned. Well, I won't be using that genjutsu for long... Sasuke and Kakashi were staring at us, looking confused and slightly terrified at the same time. "Uh, ok, so...what next?" I asked nervously, scratching the back of my head sheepishly. Kakashi-sensei cleared his throat. "Right, well, you're going to take a test."

"Already?" Naruto groaned. "Wait, I think Naruto and I already figured out what the point of this test is."

"Yea, we took one just like this back home." Kakashi glared at us. "You don't even know that the test is about. I haven't even told you." I blinked. "So. What else could a test for a three man cell be?" "What's if for, then?" Kakashi asked. Naruto and I looked at each other before answering in union. "Teamwork, wooo." Naruto threw his hands up into the air in mock excitement.

"Well, what if Sasuke didn't know? That's the whole point of the test – to work together." Naruto glanced accusingly at the Uchiha. "Well, if the Uchiha is such a genius prodigy, he should have figured it out already. I'm practically dead last, and I got it right away. So who's the smart one now, huh?" He said tauntingly towards Sasuke, who glared at him. "Is that a challenge, Uzumaki?" He asked coldly. Naruto stood up. "Maybe it is, Uchiha." I grinned, knowing what was coming next. Naruto pulled out a kunai, slashed his hand, and held it out.

"By my blood, Naruto Uzumaki, member of the Haruno village, gifted with the Sight, I hereby make you, Sasuke Uchiha, my rival!" I grinned – I had seen this before with someone from the Shadow Seekers. He then turned to me, hiding his hand from Sasuke's view. "Pssst, Sakura, can you fix this with a medical jutsu? It kinda hurts..." I whacked myself over the head. "Idiot."

Gently, he held out his hand, and I touched it with my chakra-covered hand. The wound sealed itself up easily, but I doubt it had anything to do with my abilities; more like something to do with a certain fox. "Wow, you cut yourself. Nice job, smart one." "Alright, that's it, we're fighting!" I gave a small smirk at that. "Ok, let's go down to the training grounds. You don't want to ruin the classroom." Kakashi said, and I think he was actually looking forward to seeing the two fight. I knew I was, although there wasn't a doubt in my mind that Sasuke would lose.

--Training Grounds--

We arrived at the training grounds, and Naruto moved to one side of the field, Sasuke to the other. Kakashi-sensei moved to be the proctor, in case things got out of hand – I doubted that they would. Naruto would beat Sasuke easily. Then the match began, almost immediately – this was pretty good after all! Sasuke was holding up pretty well. Then, about ten minutes into the match, I felt Etsu's chakra nearby. Slowly, I backed away, about to leave, when Kakashi-sensei said, "Where are you going?" I froze, and then said, "Um... I need to go shove a tampon up my ass. See ya!" Kakashi-sensei coughed as if choking, pretending that he hadn't heard me, and I took the opportunity to disappear.

Once I was far enough away, I pulled out my switchblade, calling, "Etsu! Get your ugly ass out here!" With a wicked laugh, she came forward out of the shadows. "Not bad, Hon, except you missed two people." Out of the trees behind her came Okito and Hideya. Shit. Etsu alone I could take...with two others to help her, not so much. "You wanna fight? Fine. But three against one isn't that fair, you know," Etsu grinned. "Yes, I know. So what? No one ever said we had to play fair, now did they?" "Well...I implied it...so, ya know, come on!"

"Enough fraternizing with the enemy! Let's get her!" Okito yelled, charging forward. I grabbed a switchblade and a kunai, one in each hand. But it was hard dealing with two people only to have the third sneak up behind you and stab you in the back. Which hurt. So during the fight, we kept moving backwards, back to where Kakashi-sensei, Naruto and Sasuke were. I tried to move forward, but every time I did, I would get hit hard, which hurt. Then, while my guard was down, Etsu grabbed me and flung me, back towards the training grounds and Sasuke.

No way in hell was he going to see me like this! By this time, both my red jacket and my halter top were nearly torn off, leaving me in my bindings and shorts. Mind you, this did not cover a lot of skin - hardly any, in fact. Sasuke groaned when my body flew into his, but I quickly jumped off and did a flip, landing neatly on the ground. Blood was splattered over my body, and I had a few new bruises. "Neko-chan, what happened to you?!" Naruot yelled, rushing over. "Damn Etsu, Okito and Hideya, that's what," I grumbled, pointing to where they were coming from.

Sasuke jumped to his feet. "I'll take care of them," He said, trying to play the hero, but I could see fighting down a blush and a nosebleed at my current state. Perv. "No, stupid, we'll take care of them. This is our battle," I told him. "You're not even a Silver Dragon, so back off!" Naruto yelled, charging to where the other three were. I took off after him, and we met the others head-on. Kakashi-sensei was startled from the commotion and looked up from his book, gasping at my current state. He was just about to jump in and help, when I threw a senbon at him, growling, "Back off! We've got this."

I was fighting Etsu, and Naruto had Hideya when Okito was about to slash me in the back. He was stopped suddenly when someone kicked him in the back. "You said we were a team, so start acting like it!" Sasuke was such an idiot. "How many action movies did you watch before you got those lines?" I asked him irritably, slashing at Etsu. I was happy to report that I did hit her, making a cut under her other eye, the one without the scar. Well, she'd probably have matching scars now!

Then Kakashi-sensei jumped in, a heavy feeling of chakra around him. "Stop it!" he said to the Shadow Seekers, and Naruto, Sasuke and I pulled back. "How dare you attack my students," he said. "Whatever. When Fuyumi gets out from her trial on arson, she's gonna kick your ass!" I grinned. "Well, when Ryouichi gets off of probation, he's gonna have a field day kicking all your asses!" I threw back, and what I was saying was pretty true. Ryouichi was another Silver Dragon, and he was one of the more violent members of our gang. Unfortunately, he had to go to jail – or, as the elders said, 'correctional facility' – because the Shadow Seekers blamed him for starting a fight.

But he hadn't, and they were just blaming him for it. Oh well, revenge is best served when it's been cultivated for a few months in a jail cell. And with that, the Shadow Seekers disappeared in their trademark vanishing act. Sasuke stared after them. "Who the hell were they?" He asked, trying to avert his eyes from looking directly at me. "Shadow Seekers, our rival gang. Kami only knows why they followed us to Konoha from our village." I shook my head. "But if they're here, that means that Ryouichi will be here soon, too. And I'm going to have so much fun watching him wipe the floor with their asses."

I gave a dreamy sigh at that, before Naruto said, "Hey, Sakura, do you want my jacket?" He was staring at me, but it didn't really bother me – the kid was practically my brother. Sasuke, on the other hand... "No, I've got an extra halter," I said, tugging it on. "Do you have any bandages? Preferably a whole roll, because I'm gonna need a lot." "Um, sorry. We didn't bring any," Kakashi-sensei said, shrugging. "Oh. Ok, just gimme a second, will ya?" I went behind a tree and proceeded to cut off my blood-soaked bindings. They were getting really annoying. Then I retied my halter and made sure it was on tight, just in case.

I came out and said, "Ok." I sat down and leaned against the tree. The sun was already beginning to set, and I was tired from the fight. Yawning, I decided what Sasuke had said about teamwork was true. He had done pretty well against the Shadow Seekers, although I wouldn't ever ask him to help again, or join the gang. Sighing, I rolled my eyes and said, "Who needs to be healed? Speak now or forever hold your peace," I said. Naruto had a few cuts, but he looked fine. "Nah. But chicken-butt over here probably needs some assistance." Giving a sigh, I walked over to Sasuke, who was currently glaring at Naruto.

I healed a few of his larger wounds, gave him some medical cream, and said, "Nice job holding your own against Okito." He smirked, and I rolled my eyes, dusting myself off. "I'm tired and hungry," I said. "So, bye!" Naruto too stood up to follow me when Kakashi-sensei said, "How about I treat you to some dinner? We all kinda got off on a rough start, so let's try again." I pondered his words for a moment before glancing at Naruto, who nodded. "Well, what the hell. Why not." We followed him to a restraunt, and as we walked in, I heard, "YOSH! Kakashi, my ever hip and youthful rival is here! Do you intend to beat me?!" Did these people STALK me?!

I swear I'm going to take out a restraining order on Gai-san...

"Oh, hello Gai, if you're here, perhaps we should leave? I don't want to bother you," Kakashi-sensei said, slowly backing away. "No, Kakashi, stay! Because you beat me in our last most youthful battle, I must pay for all your meals!" Kakashi-sensei smiled – or at least I think he did. "Oh. Right...then I guess we can stay." Naruto and I traded glances, sweat dropping.

Cheapskate.

But we stayed anyway, being as hungry as we were. Naruto sat across from me, Sasuke sat across from Tenten, Gai sat across from Lee, and Kakashi sat across from an empty chair. I guess Neji wasn't here tonight – awesome! We ordered happily, and Naruto and I were chatting when I could feel someone's glare on me, and someone said, "Haruno." I spun around to see... None other than Neji Hyuuga himself.

I had to suppress a groan – my night had been going so well! I returned his glare. "Hyuuga," I said icily, turning back to my food and Naruto. Naruto grinned gleefully at me, and leaned in and whispered, "Do you like him?" His question earned him a punch the face, after I managed to clear my throat of the food and air that I had choked on. "We're rivals, genius, which means I hate him and he hates me. End of story." Naruto leaned over by Lee.

"Yea, she likes him."

This time it was Lee's time to look shocked and hurt. "Don't listen to him; he's high off pain medications!" I hissed, kicking Naruto hard under the table. After dinner we all walked out of the restaurant, staying as a group. It was amazing how we all lived by each other! "Sakura, are you still mad at me?" Naruto asked, finally noticing my silence. When I didn't answer, he gave along sigh before doing a little dance, which sorta freaked me out, and then he burst out into song. YES. SONG. HE BURST OUT SINGING.

Brown eyes and lungs are filled up with smoke
Fast lives are stuck in the undertow
But you know the places I wanna go
Cause oh oh oh
I've got a sickness, you've got the cure
You've got the spark I've been lookin' for
And I've got a plan, we walk out the door

You know you wanna
Just let go
It's time to roll down the windows
Sing it oh oh
Yeah all we need so here we go

Turn it up
It's five minutes to midnight
You're coming home with me tonight
I can't get enough
Shakin' me up
Turn it up
Alright, at five minutes to midnight
We'll see our name in city lights
We'll make the clock stop
Make your heart drop and come alive

We could
Pack up and leave all our things behind
No fact or fiction or storyline
Cause I need you more than just for tonight
You're oh oh oh like air
I can't stop my breathing in
I'm weak and you were my medicine
I won't stop till I am under your skin

You know you wanna
Just let go
It's time to roll down the windows
Sing it oh oh
Yeah all we need so here we go

Turn it up
It's five minutes to midnight
You're coming home with me tonight
I can't get enough
Shakin' me up
Turn it up
Alright, at five minutes to midnight
We'll see our name in city lights
We'll make the clock stop
Make your heart drop and come alive

And when the clock strikes twelve
Will you find another boy to go and kiss and tell?
Cause you know I never will
I think we should strike a match
We'll hold it to the wind to and see how long it lasts
We can make the time stand still

Turn it up
It's five minutes to midnight
You're coming home with me tonight
I can't get enough
Shakin' me up
Turn it up
Alright, at five minutes to midnight
We'll see our name in city lights
We'll make the clock stop
Make your heart drop and come alive

Turn it up
It's five minutes to midnight
You're coming home with me tonight
I can't get enough
Shakin' me up
Turn it up
Alright, at five minutes to midnight
We'll see our name in city lights
We'll make the clock stop
Make your heart drop and come alive

Neji and the others probably had heart attacks but I just joined in; it was a good song plus I just couldn't stay mad at Naruto and his randomness.

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