A/N: All right all though this is not my first time writing fanfiction, it is new for me to post fanfiction. I would love to know what people have to say about this story but please don't just hate on me.
With that said...I have to say, and it pains me to do so...I do not own the Naruto Universe nor do I own any songs that maybe in here and I sadly never will...but I do however own the creativity it took to write this fanfiction and the oocs in it.
This fanfiction is rated MA or R for any language, violence, or sexual themes/content.
All this being said and done with I hope you enjoy reading Time never heals every wound!
End A/N.
Chapter 6: The Chunin Exams Part 2!
I groaned and tried to open my eyes. Blinding white light was all I got for my efforts. I waited a few minutes and tried again. This time it wasn't so blinding but still not favorable.
"Uchiha-san?" I groaned again opening my eyes for the third time. Things started to come into focus finally. I was in a brightly lit room, or part of a room I should say. It looked like sheets separated the different sections.
"Uchiha-san can you hear me?" I looked toward the voice and found a young woman probably twenty years old. She was wearing a white nurse's uniform that had the Konoha leaf symbol on the breast pocket. The nurse was smiling softly at me and waiting for my answer.
"Y-yes?" Dear Kami my voice was horrid. I realized just how thirsty I was when the nurse placed a cup of water in my line of sight. I groaned and sat up with some effort. I took the glass and downed it handing it back to the nurse with a smile.
"Where is my team? Are they alright? Did we pass through to the third part of the exam?" I stopped my questions there for now when the nurse looked overwhelmed.
"You and your team have passed into the preliminary rounds that will take place in an hour. Your teammates are all fine. You were the only one hurt Uchiha-san." I sighed in relief and sat back on the bed.
"If I may say, you and your brother a very different." I raised an eyebrow at her.
"O-oh well you see Sasuke was in here for the same thing as you. He left just a few minutes ago. When he woke up he only asked if he had passed through and if he was fine enough to do the preliminaries." I sighed that sounded like Sasuke all right.
"May I go?" The nurse nodded and I got up off the bed. My legs felt heavy and weak so I stood by the bed until I trusted myself with walking. When I could I walked out of the little area I was in and bowed my thanks and respect to the nurse then left.
I walked out of the make shift hospital wing and towards the noise I could here to my right. As I walked I could feel my strength coming back and I was extremely glad for that. I hissed and clenched my teeth when the right side of my neck started to hurt. Placing my left hand over the area that hurt most I walked on until I reached a wooden door.
Opening the door I stepped into a large room with a balcony that ran along both sides of the room. People were on both balconies as well as on the ground floor. My guess was that they were waiting for the matches to begin.
"Mina! Hey over here!" I turned and looked up at the sound of Kiba's voice. I smiled and waved with my right hand. There was a bark at my feet that made me look down to find Akamaru there. He barked once more and then took off towards a set of stairs and I followed him.
Once we had both made it up and to our team Akamaru jumped back into Kiba's arms. I smiled at the pair and looked around for Hinata and Shino. Hinata was talking with our Sensei just beyond Kiba and Shino was leaning against the wall right beside Hinata.
"Hey guys what'd I miss?" I asked as Kiba and I walked up to the rest of our team. Hinata spun around and flung herself at me hugging me tight.
"uh Hinata that hurts…" I said in a breathless hiss of pain. My neck felt like a used lightning rod. Hinata quickly let go and apologized. Kurenai-sensei was next in greeting me and she to hugged me just a lot gentler then Hinata had.
Shino walked over to me and placed his left arm around me. He pulled me close into a gentle and soothing side hug. I sighed contently against his jacket the moved back. I smiled at everyone and they smiled back.
"Are you sure you can fight in your condition?" Kurenai-sensei asked after Shino had filled us all in on everything that had happened with the creepy man lady.
"I'll mange one way or another. Sasuke is the one who shouldn't fight though." I said while I watched my twin wince and hold his left shoulder like I did my right. It was clear to me that he was doing far worse then I was.
"Yeah poor Sakura though tried to make him step out and he nearly had it out with her like he did you." I winced at the memory and Shino smacked Kiba upside the head for bringing it up.
"Her hair! What happened to it?" I asked spotting Sakura with now short uneven pink locks.
"S-She cut it i-in order to g-get away f-from an enemy t-that was a-attacking h-her and h-her team." Hinata said softly while watching Sakura talk with her Sensei.
"Yeah apparently Sasuke and Naruto were both knocked out at the time and if Shikamaru's team hadn't of stepped in then they probably wouldn't be here now." Kiba said while coming to stand on my right side. He glance at my neck and jumped back.
"Whoa! The hell's on your neck!?" I jumped and looked at everyone confused. There shouldn't be anything on my neck…except for maybe a bite mark or bruise. Shino came up and handed me Kurenai-sensei's hand mirror.
I blanched and swallowed thickly. There on the right side of my neck where my shoulder met my neck was a black mark of some kind. It was circular and had two rings made of wavy like lines. It looked almost like an electric wave. There were three lightning looking marks that were place on the circles rings. One at the twelve o'clock position, one at four o'clock and the last at seven o'clock.
"It looks kind of cool…" Kiba once again got smacked this time by our Sensei though Shino's hand was raised to do the deed. I stared at the mark then turned quickly and rushed down the stairs and to my twin. My team followed close behind me.
Once I reached Sasuke I grabbed him and pulled his shirt back on his left shoulder. Sure enough he had a mark as well though his looked nothing like mine aside from being circular. Sasuke's mark reminded me of fire and I guessed that what his pain felt like.
"What the hell Mina!?" Sasuke ripped free of my grasp and stepped back. He glared at me before his eyes caught sight of my mark. It was easy to see because I was wearing a tube top over a fishnet shirt. I still wore my black shorts though and the Uchiha crest was still on the back of the tube top.
"He bit you as well? What did he say!?" Sasuke looked angry at me instead of the bastard who did this to us. I backed away and closer to Shino and Kiba.
"He only said he would be seeing me again." Sasuke didn't look relieved or even less angry. He just turned and walked away towards the balcony across from the one I had been on. His team watched him leave then Naruto ran after him. I looked at Sakura who was watching Sasuke intently.
"Sakura, thank you for looking out for my brother." I bowed to her and she turned pink.
"I-I didn't really do anything really!" I just smiled at her and turned away walking back towards the balcony I came from. Once back up there Shino came to stand on my right and Kiba on my left. I smiled at my two teammates.
"It hurts doesn't it?" Shino asked while sending a look at the mark. I shrugged and looked over towards Sasuke who was wincing and holding his left shoulder.
"I could be worse…" I winced and covered the mark as it pulsed sending an electric current though me. Shino and Kiba gave each other a worried glance.
"May I have your attention please! We are going to be starting the preliminary rounds now so please make your way up into one of the two balconies." I looked down at the man standing before the huge statue at the front of the room. Soon the Hokage came in followed by a few others. They sat down in front of the statue.
"Alright the rules are simple the first one who cannot fight any longer is out. The victor with pass into the finals. Oh and try not to kill your opponent." With that a screen above the statue came to life. The first match was called. Shikamaru Nara vs. some sound ninja.
"Go Shikamaru! Show her what you're made of!" Ino yelled out along with several other Leaf ninja. I smiled and cheered him on silently. The match was short since Shikamaru made the sound female knock herself out using his shadow jutsu. We all cheered as he climbed back into the balcony across the way.
"Next match is…" The screen came to life again. "Mina Uchiha vs. Kia Hyuuga" I blanched fighting a Hyuuga was difficult. Even if Kia was branch and not main like Hinata. I sighed and took my place on the base floor across from Kia.
"Match…Begin!" I activated my sharingan and jumped back as Kia lunged for me Byakugan active. I dodged his advances and soon found an opening and took it. I whipped out a kunai and threw it at his side while he was attacking me. It grazed his side leaving a bleeding gash at the same time as his hand made contact with my right shoulder.
I hissed and jumped back holding my shoulder. The mark burned to life sending electric current after current through me. I wanted to scream but held it in. This was almost as bad as when I first got the thing. I looked down at my useless arm and found little black markings crawling across my skin. They looked like the marks on the circle on my neck.
I dodged another attack from Kia and started running through seals with my left hand. A collective gasp ran through the crowd that watched as I did this. Kia watched me with tense muscles.
"Lightning style Electric rain jutsu!" Kia triad to dodge the lightning that came out of my mouth but couldn't. It was like a hundred senbons had been electrified and where thrown at him. I stopped the attack when he went down. The proctor called the fight and my victory. Kia was taken to the medical wing on a stretcher but was only knocked out with minor burns.
"Wow that was amazing Mina! Why haven't you used that jutsu on one of us? Your sure to win with that!" I sighed and sat down leaning against the wall.
"Electric rain jutsu is for enemies only. Let me put it this way…there have been two other Uchiha members to be able to perform it. My uncle and Madaara Uchiha. I am the third to have processed this strong of a lightning affinity." Kiba stood with his mouth agape while Shino and Hinata nodded.
"So Sasuke can't use it?" I shook my head.
"No Sasuke has a very poor affinity for lightning. His affinity is with fire." Kiba looked confused.
"But you can do all of the same fire jutsu as well as Sasuke if not better." I smiled sadly. It was true, I had strong affinities for both Uchiha elements where as Sasuke only had one for fire.
"Yes I have a fire affinity as well. Sasuke will have to work hard to achieve anything with lightning." We all fell silent and watched the matched unfold.
Soon it was Hinata's turn to enter the matches. Her opponent? None other than Neji Hyuuga Hinata's older cousin. We cheered Hinata on but it was soon over. Neji was ruthless and almost killed Hinata, though Hinata did end up sending Neji to the hospital wing with a collapsed lung.
Then it was Sasuke's fight. His opponent was a sound ninja who didn't stand a chance. The fight was over quickly and the sound ninja sent to the hospital wing burnt and barely alive. I worried for Sasuke as his eyes caught mine and I saw just how dark he had become.
Shino's name was call along with a grass ninja. They both were an even match for each other so the fight was long and ruthless. Shino ended up winning when his opponent fell for his trap. The grass ninja was taking in to the medical wing for toxin removal and chakra over use. Shino joined us up on the balcony sitting beside me.
Kiba was called down to fight Naruto. Shino and I looked on with excitement. We had wondered who the orange ninja was going to fight. Kiba was winning the fight but not easily. Naruto fought with a never ending iron will. When he was knocked down he would just get back up and run at Kiba and Akamaru again.
Suddenly smoke filled the base floor making Naruto and Kiba disappear. Fighting could still be heard and we all wondered what was going on. When the smoke cleared I was shocked. Kiba and Akamaru were on the ground passed out and Naruto was left standing victor of the fight.
Kiba was carted off with Akamaru to the medical wing until he awoke. Shino and I wondered what had happened in that smoke cloud for Kiba to lose. We didn't have long to ponder it though as the next match started.
A ninja from the sand, Gaara no Sabaku was called along with Neji's teammate Rock Lee. I nearly died laughing at the sight of Rock Lee. Not that he was ugly or anything but Kami the boy was a walking fashion disaster.
Their fight was brutal and ruthless. Gaara could control sand without hand signs and was fast at it to, but Lee seemed just a hair faster. That is until Lee's Sensei yelled something to him and Lee lost the orange leg warmers which actually where weights.
I couldn't keep track of Lee as he rained hit after hit on Gaara. The sand chased after Lee but was not fast enough. Suddenly Lee grabbed Gaara from behind while they were in mid air. Wrappings sprang from Lee's arms and wrapped around Gaara. They both plummeted to the ground head first. I winced at the sound of impact.
The match ended with Lee nearly dead though. Gaara was ruthless and his sand no better as he bent Lee's body braking his spine. I watched in horror feeling slightly glad it was not me facing this maniac. Shino seemed to feel the same way.
After Lee the matches were called to an end and the ones left standing were gathered on the base floor facing the Hokage. I stood next to Shino and behind Naruto as we listened to the Hokage speak.
"The shinobi to make it into the finals are: Shikamaru Nara, Mina Uchiha, Neji Hyuuga, Temari Sabaku, Sasuke Uchiha, Shino Aburame, Naruto Uzumaki, and Gaara no Sabaku. The finals will be in one month. You are not to know who you shall face until then. You are dismissed and can head back to the village." We all dispersed after that. Shino and I were sent back to the village and told our teammate would be moved to the hospital in Konoha.
"So lunch at my place?" I asked while Shino and I wondered the streets. Shino nodded and we headed towards my house. On the way we ran into Shikamaru and Choji so we invited them along as well. Then we ran into Naruto and Sasuke. Sasuke took one look at me and walked away while Naruto joined our food bound party.
Ino and Sakura joined our group just as we passed the hospital. They were both cleared after they had woken up from knocking each other out in their fight. Kiba and Akamaru caught up to us once we were nearly to my house.
"Oi! Don't have wonderful food without Akamaru and me! Wait up!" We all laughed at him and continued on letting him catch up. We reached my house and filled in. I got to work in the kitchen chopping veggies and setting out the stir fry pan. Shino soon joined in to help after he carefully watered my garden for me.
Soon lunch was done and everyone managed to find a seat around the table. We all ate and talked about our battles and times in the forest of death. It turns out team seven and our team was the only ones to have an encounter with the creepy man-lady.
"He-she had this huge snake! And Sasuke was so afraid he was shaking! So I had to save his butt." Naruto told us as we all laughed and sat around the table long after lunch was cleared away.
"Man I don't want to go home! Mom's gonna make me do chores all day…" Kiba complained Naruto nodded his displeasure of leaving along with Ino, Sakura and Shikamaru. Shino and Choji seemed indifferent on the subject.
"Hey Mina we should just stay here with you!" I turned my head towards Ino and Sakura who had spoken as one. They looked hopeful and eager for my answer. I looked around the table at everyone. They all seemed to be waiting for an answer. I hesitantly nodded and soon found myself with a house full of sleeping bags and guests.
There was a knock at the door as everyone settle in after retrieving their stuff from their houses. I opened the door to find Hinata and Tenten smiling at me with sleeping bags in hand. I ushered them in and took their bags seeing as they were just released from the hospital.
"Alright who wants what for dinner?" I asked while looking over the nine faces in my living room. The furniture was pushed out of the way and sleeping bags filled the floor. I had made up room in my room for the girls to all sleep in seeing as the boys took the living room.
"We should order ramen!" Naruto shouted.
"How about pizza?" Choji suggested ignoring Naruto. I nodded and found my phone to call. We all pitched in for the pizza and ramen, Naruto's begging got him what he wanted, and soon the door was knocked on again.
Once the food was eaten and everyone was through talking the girls headed upstairs and into my room. Tenten and Ino looked at each other then at Sakura before stealing her into the bathroom with a pair of scissors.
When they came out again Sakura had nice even pink locks again. We all sat in my room talking. Hinata sat next to me on the bed and Sakura, Ino and Tenten took the floor.
"So who do you guys like?" We all looked at Ino each of us blushing a bit.
"What!? Its not like the boys can hear us right? So come on spill!" We all sighed and looked around. Ino sighed and looked at each of us.
"Oh all right! I like Shino…" I blurted out turning red. Everyone looked at me except Hinata who already knew.
"I-I like K-Kiba…" Hinata blushed red and looked around nervously. I patted her back gently and she smiled softly.
"I kind of like Neji…" Came Tenten's small voice.
"What? You like Nii-san!?" Hinata blurted out before covering her mouth and turning red. Tenten blushed and nodded with a small smile.
"I think I might like Lee…" Everyone looked at Sakura as she admitted her crush. Tenten laughed along with Ino.
"I thought you were in love you my brother though?" I asked over the laughter. Sakura looked down and fidgeted. Ino and Tenten quieted.
"To tell the truth we both loved him…that is until what he did to you, Mina…." Ino admitted quietly. Sakura nodded and looked at the ground.
"Well I'm happy for you Sakura. Liking Sasuke would have never worked out anyway." I said without thinking. All eyes turned to me curiosity burning to life.
"I'll tell but you have to swear on the Hokage that you won't tell another living soul! Plus Sasuke would kill us all if he ever found out." Everyone swore to never tell and waited for me to continue.
"Well when we were little, just before the accident, I overheard Sasuke talking with Itachi about something." I paused and the curiosity in their eyes burned hotter.
"Sasuke is gay…" There was silence before Ino and Tenten burst out laughing followed by Sakura and finally Hinata and myself.
"Seriously? I would of never guess. I mean I always had just thought that he was lying when he said he wasn't interested in girls. I never dreamed that he actually was telling the truth and so openly to!" Ino laughed as Sakura rambled on.
"Alright then Ino, who is it that you like?" I asked and Ino stopped laughing. She blushed and looked at the door before looking back at us.
"Choji."
"What? But you always use to make fun of him before you two were made a team with Shikamaru!" Sakura exclaimed looking at her best friend. Ino nodded and looked down.
"Yeah I know. I use to say such mean things that now I'm afraid that he'll never feel the same." We all comforted Ino before moving on to talk about other things. At near midnight we finally quieted down and fell asleep.