Wow, it's been - seriously - months since I've last updated! Please forgive me! I beg of you! I know I have no excuses! I hope you enjoy this chapter, I'm working on the next now, it should be up SOON!!

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Another day of harsh training, I think I'm doing really well. Sakura is impressed, Naruto is competing, and Sasuke uncaring. Ha! Deal with that bitches! This girl is gonna be the best kunoichi you've ever seen! Woot woot! Yeah, be jealous. Well, the next few days were the same as well. I'm not gonna bore you with the simple details- like when I tripped over or when Sasuke kicked Naruto's ass… again- so I'll skip right to the juice. Ya ready? Hold on to your seats, baby!

"Kakashi, babe, how are ya?" I greeted, receiving the average nod of the head in acknowledgement, I paid it no mind. "Naru honey!"

"Hey, Lynx!" He grinned in reply. "You're late. Later than Kakashi!"

"Seriously, babe, what's up with that?" Sakura asked jokingly. I had changed her a lot… maybe too much, but still, she was more open and less obsessed with Sasuke than was before.

"Hehe… Chirou kept me late at breakfast. Anyways, where's Sasu?" I scratched the back of my neck, a nervous habit I'd picked up from Naruto.

"Right here." Came Sasuke's dry response.

"Good, now that we're all here- Lynx- we can begin." Kakashi sighed slightly, almost in relief.

"Kakashi! Are you practicing next to the memorial as well?" A strange voice called from right next to the tree line.

The owner of the voice was a woman- appearing to be in her early twenties. She was beautiful. The woman had long black-brown hair that fell to just above her waist. She wore a form-fitting dress that looked as if it were made of bandages, underneath was a deep red underdress. It suited her olive-complexion perfectly. The woman hardly affected Sasuke but Naruto, Sakura and I were left breathless. I felt no ill-feeling or jealousy towards her. I was simply amazed.

"Woah, she's beautiful." Naruto remarked, Sakura and I nodded in dull agreement, both still amazed.

"Yes, Kurenai, we are. We've practiced here since these little creatures were assigned to me. Why aren't you at your usual training grounds?" Kakashi replied, unfazed.

"Ugh, some special jounins are training for jounin on our grounds. Tsunade has ordered them to practice on our usual grounds and for us to practice here instead." The two conversed in friendly tones, but their words were simple and to the point. Friends don't treat each other like this- but then again, another part of me thought, this was the shinobi world.

"You could practice with us, I'm sure this would be a good learning experience for our students. Though we might not be able to do anything if you don't release your little illusion, you've already seduced three of my students."

"Haha! Sorry about that, but I couldn't resist throwing a little genjutsu for your students. I did the same to mine, before teaching them how to release it, something you seemed to have forgotten to do." Kurenai chuckled quietly and released the illusion.

Suddenly she looked like a normal woman with normal brown hair and pretty features. I was under now illusion now but I was still amazed- though for a different reason. What she had just done, it was amazing. It was the sort of thing that you would read about in myths. Now the envy hit me, though for that power, rather than her looks.

"Can we study with Kurenai today? I mean- wouldn't it be cool for one day to learn from someone else? Then afterwards we can spar, not 7 against theirs, but just split into random teams and see how we've improved." I suggested, hoping no one would see the hunger for power in my eyes. Never thought I'd compare myself to Sasuke, but at that point I knew I was just like him, with a terrible thirst for power and a lust for strength over all else.

"That-- isn't such a bad idea Lynx. I'm impressed, what say you, Kurenai?" Kakashi replied, smiling proudly at me.

"Sounds good to me." Kurenai smiled slightly, then turning to face her half-hidden team. "Hinata, Shino, Kiba, you'll be working with Kakashi today. Make me proud,"

"Hai!" The three replied happily, waving at her as they left. They were so close!

The first person to come into sight was a pale girl black-blue hair, she walked with her eyes pointed downwards, she was quite pretty, but in a more subtle way. Her eyes darted upwards nervously as she passed Naruto and she blushed madly. Cute! She had a crush my Naruto -yes, I said my Naruto! Naruto greeted her with a simple, "Hi, Hinata." Aww! It was such a pretty name too!

The next was a boy. He had brown hair and olive skin, a lot unlike the first girl. Also unlike the girl he walked with his shoulders and chin upright in a proud position. With a- a what??- dog at his feet, the two chatting merrily. He and the dog growled at Naruto as they passed him, but gave way to a joking grin. I was caught up in the fact that his dog and he were talking so much that I didn't notice the fact that he was cute. Well, he was.

The third was a medium height boy. He had brown hair, but the bottom of his face and eyes were hidden by his wide rimmed coat and his dark sunglasses. He was almost scary but on a different level he was mysterious- Alexis had to love him.

Sure enough Alexis bounded towards us, though not before throwing her arms around the mysterious boy's neck. A blush creeped its way onto his face, which sent me into a fit of giggles. Lexi never changed, and she could still make guys blush for her.

"OHMYGOD!! LYYYYNNNNNNNXXXXXXXX!" Lexi jumped off of Shino and ran to me with her arms spread open.

"LEXIIII!!" I exclaimed in reply, running to meet her.

We collided with an audible thump, and our arms wrapped tightly around each other. I laughed into her shoulder as we held each other. Two weeks had been too long.

"Lexi! I missed you soooo much! I can't believe I haven't seen you in ages!" I cried.

"I know! I missed you too!" Replied she loudly.

"How's everything? How's your team? Are they cool? Have got another best friend? Have you got a new boyfriend? Have you seen Nick?"

"Woooooooaaaah. Slow down, girl! No new best friend, some cool friends, but you know that you and Nick are my number 1's. No bf, but trust me, I'm working on it." Lexi stole a glance at the silent Shino and the not-so-silent Kiba.

"Mmm, interesting choices, mysterious versus loud and funny. Can't wait to see who ya get first." Replied I mock serious.

"Me neither! Hehe… But I haven't seen Nick… I'd have him get those boys jealous! Oh yeah, baby! They'd love me after that!" Lexi cackled evilly, I grinned in reply.

"Ahem," Kakashi coughed loudly.

"Oh yeah… haha. I guess I'll see you after training! Hopefully we're put on the same sparring team!" I said scratching the back of my neck.

"Oh… OK… I'll see ya later." She replied, crestfallen.

I then dragged our team over to where Kurenai was standing, Sasuke because he didn't want to do anything that I told him to do and Naruto because he was deep in 'conversation' with Kiba. AKA they were rowing about some stupid subject or another.

Kurenai stood patiently waiting for us, a tell-tale smile of amusement on her face. She May be my idol, but she still annoyed me with her smug grin. I inwardly growled. I'm such a sad little girl- I get mad at the smallest things.

"So what are we gonna learn? Do we get to learn genjutsu?" I inquired, my head cocked to the side in a manner which I thought looked sweet.

"If that's what you want to learn, then yes, we will." Kurenai smiled prettily, though there was an evil glint in her eye.

"What's the catch?" I was suspicious.

"No catch, I swear, we'll learn some genjutsu."

"YAY!" I exclaimed happily.

Finally, some fun ninja training!