*yawn* I stretched as my eyes adjusted to the room. "AHH!" I screamed as I frantically changed from my pajamas to my regular clothes. Aiki came skidding into the room kunai in hand. "Wh-what's wrong?" she asked as she brandished her kunai looking around the room. "I'm sooo late!" I screamed sloppily tying my hair up. "Geez…you scared me! It's not even dawn how can you be late?" she asked placing her kunai down on the dresser. "We were supposed to be super early today for survival training!" I said hurrying to finish my morning routine. "Will you slow down? You're making me dizzy!" Aiki said with swirls forming in her eyes. "NO! I've got to leave like now!" I screamed looking towards Aiki while simultaneously opening the front door and dashing outwards only to collide with something. "Ow…" I said rubbing my head with my eyes clothes. "Tch…" I heard from directly below me.

I started slowly opening my eyes but my attention was directed in the other direction as I heard Aiki bust out laughing. "Geez, get a room you two!" she said while still snickering. "Huh?" I murmured still completely confused. I looked down to see Sasuke underneath me, face beet red, in what seemed like a compromising position. "Sasuke?" I questioned while feeling the heat rise to my own cheeks. I heard Aiki's snickering fade into the background indicating that she had left me to sort out this scene on my own. "Mi-Miyumi! What are you doing…?" he asked. I felt my cheeks grow hotter as I realized that I was still straddling him. "U-um…" I tried to think of an excuse as I quickly got off of him and offered him my hand while looking away to hide the blush that I was sure painted my face. "S-sorry…" I said as I felt him grasp my hand to use as leverage to heave himself up.

I finally gained enough courage to look him in the face again although I could still feel the blush lingering from embarrassment. "H-hey! Wait a minute… why are you here? Shouldn't you be at the training grounds?" I asked confused. "Y-yeah well… you're normally early and it's an hour past the time to meet… I figured you didn't get up because of how late we were out…" he said trying to look indifferent. "Oh…my...gosh!" I heard Aiki shout from behind us. "That's where you were all night…with him…" she said her face tinted light pink started to grow darker in shades as she sat in silence with a lunch in hand, presumably imagining what I could have been doing with Sasuke all night. "W-wait! It's not what you think!" I tried to convince her. She shoved the lunch towards me. "Just take it you pervert!" she said lightly teasing and walked back into the house.

Sasuke and I walked to the set training ground in silence. Trying to shake off the awkward tension that was between us I tried thinking of any subject that wasn't related to what had just happened. "Um…Sasuke…" I started quietly. "What?" he asked sharply still not looking at me. "Um… how mad is Kakashi-sensei? I mean for me not showing up on time?" I asked. "He wasn't there when I left." He replied seemingly regaining his cool. "Oh…wait… WHAT?!" I asked in a mix of confusion and anger. He shrugged and continued walking. We walked the rest of the way in silence not really knowing what to talk about but at least it was less awkward than before.

"Sasuke! You're back!" Sakura squealed and ran over to him. I rolled my eyes annoyed with her actions. "Miyumi?" Naruto questioned while eyeing me suspiciously. "Hi Naruto!" I smiled at him while walking to sit next to him on the ground. "Why were you with Sasuke?" he asked rather loudly. I saw Sakura shoot me a glare and Sasuke looked away from the two of us. "Um…annnyways, Kakashi-sensei still hasn't arrived I see?" I said desperately trying to change the topic. This apparently fired him up and he started ranting about how late Kakashi-sensei was and Sakura chimed in. After a while everyone calmed down and we sat and waited for Kakashi-sensei to show up.

…and waited….and waited. "Ugh! Five hours late?!" Naruto grumbled in frustration. It was safe to say that we were all equally miffed at this point in time. I was two hours late and still made it here before our sensei. I had started nodding off when I heard footsteps leisurely approaching. "Morning everyone. Ready for your first day?" Kakashi asked acting aloof. "HEY YOU'RE LATE!" Naruto and Sakura yelled simultaneously. "Well a black cat crossed my path so I had to take the long way." He said smiling. Naruto grumbled and Kakashi started explaining what the rules were for the survival test. "Hey wait a minute, why are there only three bells?" Sakura asked. "Well that way at least one of you ends up tied to the post and ultimately goes back to the academy. You see there are only nine students that are allowed to become genin out of the academy. Since most teams are grouped in threes, that would be only three teams that can pass. However, your team has four and thus the problem lies. This exercise is meant to eliminate the weak player from the team. As such, this does not guarantee that even three of you will make it. Whoever obtains the bell from me will pass those who don't will fail."