I have a fabu excuse why this took me a week. You see I was trying to get the copy right from those Japanese people, but they didn't speak English, but i did get some rice balls!
Oh and yea this is a femnaru. I mean come on we all know Emo Panda Man and Naruto are gay, and I just can't write yaoi. I'm sorry I just cant.
This chapter is rated T for a resin.
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Chapter 5 Chunin Exams and Kissing!
They are mean! Miko thought to herself, upset at the sand siblings. They had refused to tell her about the Chunin Exams.
It wasn't like she was asking them to blatantly cheat, merely to tell her what to do to pass.
The Chunin Exams excited Miko mainly because it gave her a since of purpose. She hadn't realized it until now but she felt a since of longing to be needed.
The Chunin Exams would be a true qualification of her being a ninja of Suna. Although through the genin exam she had earned a Suna headband she had yet to prove herself as a real ninja.
Although the townspeople accepted her didn't mean the ninja did, especially Gaara. Miko liked being around his somewhat apathetic personality he was a contrast to her either boisterous or weird. To her Gaara was never changing, something she wished to be.
However like anyone who possesses a demon she was screwed up .
Miko clambered up the stairs of the Konoha academy. Her two teammates trailing behind her. Unfortunately even though they were nearly a decade younger than her they were as tall as her. However she happy that they were both female.
Temari, and probably Gaara handpicked them just for her. However she felt like a child compared to them.
One of the girls had sandy brown hair that covered her eyes completely. The first time she met her Miko had thought that she was actually a guy due to her strong chin and baggy brown clothes.
The other had stringy black hair. Miko felt as if she was somewhat on the same wavelength with her when it came to guys. Unlike most who dwelled in Suna the girl had on a long sleeved shirt, and an olive colored skirt.
Out of the two she like the one with the olive skirt more; her name was Kita-chan. The others name was Mitta-san. When Miko thought about the girls a weird jumpy feeling would come over her, she believed it was fear. The fear that she would lose the lives she should be taking care of as their elder.
Miko climbed to the third floor, they were early. She picked her way over to a corner and settled down hiding the headband by turning it around on her neck.
I don't need enemies before it's even started. Miko smiled warmly at Kita.
Kita looked at her suspiciously. Before she had walked through the hotel's door to be introduced to Miko, she had heard her call Kazekage-sama Gaara-chan.
In Kita's mind that sounded like a death warrant, but when she saw him not even flinch she knew why she had been assigned to this mission.
Gaara doesn't trust this girl. That's why he lets her do what she wants, it's to lure her into a false since of security. But I still can't believe she took out that Chunin with only one jutsu.
Kita had noticed that the moment Miko left the siblings and was left alone with the younger girls, she had gone quiet. The silence hadn't been full of malice, but it was still full of tension.
Kita had assumed that Miko had figured out that she was actually a spy, but the girl was merely nervous about being with people she didn't know.
Kita had been hand-picked by Gaara for this mission. Although she was younger than most shinobi; she had been trained enough that she was already well passed Chunin.
However she didn't know about the other girl, Mitta. She could tell by Miko's body positioning that she didn't like this girl, but Kita wasn't sure herself.
When she first met Mitta, and the only thing she had muttered since was her own name.
The team of girls noticed that the room was begging to fill up. Some ninja from the land of lightning strolled over to them. Miko could already tell they were a completely male group.
"Humph, a group completely made from girls, under the rule of that demon you must be getting weaker." Kita, and Mitta stiffened, but Miko just looked up and the young boy innocently,
"Miko thinks that Gaara-chan is good leader." The shinobi's eyes narrowed
Is this girl for real, she speaks like she's still in diapers. The boy pushed his light blue hair from his eyes.
"does Miko-chan like the Kazekage?" He asked in a baby voice. Miko smiled happily and bobbed her head up and down her blond bangs shifting over her right eye.
"Well since you're his little bitch why don't you tell him how to run the sand village, eh?" Miko blinked somewhat stunned at what he had said not quite understanding what he had just said.
She though hard what did that sentence mean? Wasn't bitch slang for girl or something… thinking thinking Blood spurted through her nose soaking the blue haired boy's body.
"AH! What the hell?" he stumbled backwards falling on his butt. His teammates shrieked like dying cows at the blood that had gotten on their clothes.
Miko jumped up, a little light headed.
"Miko is very, sorry! Miko thunk too hard!" She desperately tried to mop up the blood on the blue haired ninja. His identification fell out of his pocket. Miko picked it up.
"You are the same age as Miko?" She said looking at the ninja. He was surprised
"Aren't you twelve?" he asked bluntly. Making Miko blush in embarrassment.
Kita watched these exchanges uncomfortable with the fact that they seemed to be unaware at the glares and irritated looks they were receiving from the other genin. Mitta yanked Miko off the floor, and pointed to the front of the room where a group of adults were gathered.
"Listen up kids!" The chatter in the small room ceased.
"You're going to take a number from me," the man that appeared to be in charge said,
"This will tell you where you sit, now line up and when you have your number head to the other room." For a few minutes there was a lot of shoving and pushing until they were all in the other room.
Miko looked at her piece of paper '666' (Note: 666 sounds like die in Japanese) How unlucky. Miko thought to herself.
Your right hatchling look who you're sitting by.
Miko looked, she was placed by two grass ninja.
Oh no! You know grass ninja are gay, or are pedophiles!
Hatchling that's stereotyping… but true non-the-less, besides I'm sure they're bi.
Miko sat down nervous. The grass ninja gave her looks that made her skin crawl.
"All right we have very, simple rules. 1. No cheating, if your caught you will be thrown out. 2. Every-one on your team must at least answer one answer correctly other-wise you will all be disqualified. Begin!"
Miko looked at question number one" What is 43x * 4 = -66x ( 34x * 2)
All right it's simple algebra…
One, the demon counted two, three… Blood burst from Miko's nose coating the grass ninja and the unlucky one that sat in front of her.
"GAH!" The cried out falling backwards on their butts. The entire room was stunned into silence.
"Erm… I'll get you guys knew papers." The leader guy said, but Miko was still coming into consciousness.
Miko crawled back onto the desk and promptly passed out again.
~*~ Ten Minutes Before Test Ends ~*~
Miko woke up in a daze,
"Ten minutes before the test ends, wrap it up!"
Five Minutes! Dralo why didn't you wake me up!
Your body is my body Hatchling.
Hey… Dralo your smart right…
Hatchling I don't have the time to deal with you humans ever changing mathematics, but look number nine you can answer that one.
9. Name the five Kages,
Kazekage
Hokage
Mizukage
Raikage
Tsuchikage
Hurray for Temari-nee's tutelage!
"All right pens down, everyone up and out the door." Everyone left and went back to the room they were in before the test. They waited,
"All right, here are the results. From Konoha…" The girls team zoned out for a while.
"From Sunagakure: Team 6, Team 4, and Team 89." The man finished.
I wonder… do we have a team number?
"Neh, Kita-chan what's our number?" Miko asked.
"89" Kita said monotone.
Like an Uchiha…
What's an Uchiha, some sort of panda?
No hatchling the emo guy that followed Naru-chan around.
Hmmm… OH Chicken-butt-head.
Sigh, when will you become a lady?
Because of her talking to herself she had forgotten to listen to what the guy was saying.
"Tomorrow at the Forest of Death." She blinked, that didn't sound so comforting.
She skipped out of the room, the other girls at her heels.
"We did it! I can't believe it I only answered on question!" The other girl's eyes bored into her.
"You can't do basic math?" Mitta said. Miko blushed
"Algebra isn't basic it's really hard! Besides I never went to school, or at least I don't think I did, it doesn't feel familiar." The other girls looked at her. The way she was rambling made her sound like she was lying.
I should inform Gaara-sama. Kita thought sprinting ahead, turning a corner and disappearing.
Miko watched confused why she left in such a hurry, she looked at the sandy-hair ninja.
"So Mitta-san are you really a Chunin, or are you pretending to be one on Gaara's orders?" Miko asked her voice missing its childish quirk.
Mitta's head quickly snapped toward the older girl revealing her surprise. Miko chuckled, and smiled sadly,
"I know he doesn't trust me, hell I wouldn't trust me." Miko's blue sunflower eyes turned toward the taller girl. "I really envy Gaara-chan, he has something I don't have. One of them is of course his memories, the other his stability. Unlike me he acts the same whoever he is around; whether it be family or his people. I wish I could be like him, I wish I could always be Miko, not either childish Miko, or professional Miko. I understand your distrust, but I have no ware to go, so you go on and give your report, I'm goanna wander a bit."
Mitta didn't answer, she merely disappeared in a puff of smoke.
YESS that was too easy,
Step one- tell them something to get Kita to report. Check
Step two- make an uncomfortable sob-story atmosphere to lure Mitta away. Check!
I must admit I'm impressed with you Hatchling, that was actually a well thought out plan. (Even If I did plant it in her subconscious).
Miko grinned at the compliment and took off running. She made it to the ramen shop with time to spare. To her surprise Naru was already there downing another bowl of ramen.
"NARU-CHAN!" Miko squealed. Naru turned around grinning.
"See ya later old man!" The long haired blonde tossed some money on the counter.
The two blondes walked on the streets making their way to the training grounds in the woods.
"Thanks for letting me train with you!" Miko said happily. Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"Why aren't you talking in third person?" she asked. Miko tilted her head to the left, but no hair fell into her eyes.
"I talk in third person?" she asked innocently. Naru fell on the floor, anime style.
"Uhhh yeah you do sometimes. I'm getting this vibe you're in a serious mood. Do tell." The straw haired girl looked up tears in her eyes.
"You know about my demon, Dralo. She-she's nice never tries to make me let her out, she doesn't taunt me, but I'm still screwed up in the head. I-I have this weird split personality, but it's more like I'm bi-polar! I mean you can barely tell, but sometimes its worse. Like if I'm angry or made it shows up more then… I don't understand I just want to be Miko! I can barely remember anything from my past and I don't want to, I just want to start again! But I know I cant. I know that in order to live I must know my past." Miko cried.
Naru patted the girls head, "Don't worry Miko, take everything in stride. What has been planned to do will be done." Miko sniffled,
If you keep talking like that Miko-chan will get a nosebleed. She has already had two today." Naru smiled at the use of her own name when referring to herself.
"AL righty then let's get your blood pumping!" and the girls practiced.
~*~ Hours Later ~*~
Miko slipped into the apartment room. She knew Kankuro and Temari would be sleeping (lazy goons) and Gaara would probably be to busily to have noticed her absence. Besides he roomed with Kankuro.
She slipped into her and Temari's room, only to find Temari not there. Instead she found Gaara perched in her window, the half-moon creating a godly glow around him.
"Sh…it!" she hissed under her breath. This caused the kazekage to look in her direction. She picked up on his anger and her first instinct was to run, but before she even moved sand grabbed her.
"Where were you?" he said his voice as cold and husky as ever, but the belayed intention behind his words terrified her.
"W-w-with Naru-ch-chan. Miko was talking with her…" she cried out as the sand squeezed.
"Good job shaking of the other girls, I guess that proves you do have a functioning brain behind that stupid look." Gaara peered down at her, she could see his lips curl up a small bit.
"Miko-chan, we both know that I don't trust you, so let's get it over with, who are you? Don't say you don't remember. Just because you don't remember everything doesn't mean you don't remember anything. Let's start with where you learned that fire jutsu." Miko clamped her teeth together trying to block out the pain souring through her wrists.
He grinned. An actual grin he denied it, but he really was looking forward to this.
"Five seconds Miko No Kimi." Gaara said leaning down until their noses almost touched.
"I-I don't remember!" She lied.
He smiled slightly and grabbed her by the throat. Her blue eyes widened a fraction. Her basic instinct kicked in. Her hands wrapped around Gaara's cold ones trying to push back. Gaara began to slide her up the door.
"Ga-" She spluttered. He then took his fist and punched her in the stomach causing Miko to gasp for breath.
Why's he doing this? Miko asked herself frantic Dralo? Dralo are you there help me!
Only silence came the pits of her mind. Suddenly the pressure on her neck was released.
"Miko, I'll give you another chance. Don't make me hurt you worse. Tell me Miko what you are.
Miko looked at him straight in the eyes and but her lip, hard. Blood began to drip down her chin. She shook her head, tears beginning to form.
Gaara sighed aloud as he released her completely. She slid down the door as he did hand seals. The moment she touched the ground she was enveloped in unbelievable pain. It was as if a thousand tons had been dropped on her chest, then exploded.
"Ah-ah!" she tried to cry out. She clutched her chest as tears fell from her eyes. After a moment the pressure was released.
"Miko…" Gaara began.
"I'm like you Gaara. Is it wrong for me not to announce it? Just like you I have a beast inside of me… Please don't tell everyone in the village. I'm already an outsider as it is."
Gaara looked down at the girl, pity welling within him. He crouched down to her level and wiped off her tears. He then picked her up and walked over to her bed and placed her under the covers.
"Miko-no-kimi sleep well," He whispered as he gently kissed her quivering forehead and walked out the door.
Just as I suspected, she's a jinchuuriki.
What do you mean suspected?
Well remember when I gave you that advice?
~*~ Flash Back ~*~
"Well Gaara-chan I'll tell you the best way to get a confession… all you got to do is a little seducing.
"I don't seduce." Gaara said, slightly curious.
Gaara it's in your nature, besides your attracted to her, that always helps.
"Even if I am 'attracted' to her as you say, it won't work if she's not attracted to me."
Gaara who's jinchuuriki are you?"
Yours?
Exactly any jinchuuriki of mine simply oozes sex appeal.
~*~ Back To The Future ~*~
Are we really back on that conversation. Temari says that animals don't have sex appeal! I asked.
First off I'm not an animal second well, I don't have a second. By the way why didn't you listen to my advice?
Shukaku this fanfiction is rated Teen. Although most teens wouldn't mind a nice make-out scene the irritating writer of this story might get in trouble. Besides I've only known her for about a week.
The only reason I would touch her was to get information from her. If she remembers her past and tries to harm my village I will kill her, and until the day where her innocence in the assassination attempt is confirmed or denied I will create no bond.
Kid that's really not up to you… Shukaku thought, then he smiled. I'll got my hands on the dragon queen when he finally man's up mmm…
~*~ Miko ~*~
Are you alright Hatchling? Dralo asked worriedly.Miko looked in the mirror and slathered on some concealer.
Where the hell have you been VOICE! Miko snapped her eyes red from tears.
Dralo sighed Your body is my body your body, I was as speechless as you.
So? Why did he do that? I mean was beating me up necessary.
Doesn't matter at least now I am sure in something Gaara is attracted to you, that much is obvious. Remember the day you ran into him. If you had seen his face before you said the wall thing you would have realized he was staring, the way that means he was checking you out.
Don't be ridiculous Dralo, remember how many times I've told people I'm not twelve? Who would be attracted to that? Beside I have a split/bipolar personality.
Obviously him! Come on hit he called you 'No Kimi' that means my beloved.
Like only in letters. When you put it with a name it also describes someone who acts like royalty. It has a split meaning!
I believe it depends on the situation Hatchling, and besides that mean he's accepted your very, princess like attitude.
How am I princess like?
It goes along with your bipolar personality. Royalty sometimes acts like that. To their people they are strong and professionally acting, but to their close friends they act no different than everyone else.
Miko sighed, acknowledging her point.
Whatever I'm going to bed.