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Innocence

Chapter 17

Narue smiled, they had talked, she had confessed her feelings and worries, and they had washed them away with kind words and comfort. Team 7 was once again, a team, a team that is under the torturous training of Anko and her 'friend' Ibiki.

"Hit Harder! You wuss! An academy student couldn't feel that hit! C'mon you sissy! Fight like a man! Or are you to weak to? LET'S MOVE IT TEAM SEVEN! DOUBLE-TIME, PICK UP THE PACE!" God have mercy on their poor souls.

"I'm going, I'm going! Stop throwing kunai you insane woman! Gaaah!" Shikamaru ran as fast as he could, barely able to get away from Anko's precious and sharp metal instruments of death. Narue was fighting about 10 of Ibiki's clones, dancing away from them and then totally mutilating mother earth by whacking it with her fist.

Sasuke punched a log over and over, trying to ignore the pain in his knuckles and the taunting of Ibiki. As it turned out, Kakashi was not around to teach his students, as usual. Neither of the other instructors knew where he was, probably curled up in a tree reading his porno books. Oh wait, there's his signature poof, he's here.

"Kakashi! A teacher is not supposed to be late! I've told you that before!" Anko yelled at him, even before the poof smoke cleared.

"Maa maa, be nice Anko-chan, I had to pick these up from the Hokage!" narrowly missing a kunai from the irritated woman, he leaped forward and stood in front of his students. Narue looked excited, Shikamaru bored and Sasuke…indifferent. No changes there.

"What is it?? What what what? Let me see!" Narue danced around Kakashi, trying to snatch the three pieces of paper in his hand. He laughed and patted her head, "Now, now, Narue-chan, be patient." The girl pouted but did as he asked, stepping back between the two boys, who looked slightly curious under their original expressions.

"Well, I had a little talk with the Hokage and the other instructors and I have decided…" he paused for effect, "…to enter team seven into the chuunin exams!" he eye-smiled at them all.

Narue squealed and launched herself at him, grasping his neck with her arms and almost choking him in her happiness. Sasuke smirked, Shikamaru smirked, Anko smirked, Ibiki smirked, Kakashi eye-smiled and Narue squealed…Strange people don't you think?

"What do you guys think is gonna happen in the tests?" Narue swung their arms. She had dragged both shikamaru and Sasuke off after they had signed their forms, not letting go of their hands. They were now wandering around the village, trying to pass the time until tomorrow, when en the exams started.

"Dunno, probably something to do with teamwork I guess." Shikamaru answered her, looking thoroughly bored. Sasuke didn't say anything, only scowled at the blonde's back, trying to retrieve his hand. After about five minutes of wandering, a 'rock' appeared behind them following. Narue gave no indication that it was following them, but both Sasuke and Shikamaru saw and sweat dropped at the attempt at stealth.

Shikamaru finally poked Narue's shoulder, gaining her attention, and cutting her off from what she was previously saying about 'squids and really big fishies'

She blinked at him, "what?" he simply poked his finger in the direction of the box-I mean rock. Narue blinked again before laughing and crying out, "KONO-CHAAN!" she pounced on the box, squishing it and hugging the three children inside. Their gasps and screams for mercy were ignored by the tiny blonde, who was a little over an inch taller that them.

Once the three were released and allowed a couple minutes to regain consciousness, Sasuke and Shikamaru were able to look them over. The girl had rosy cheeks and orange hair pulled into pig tails. The shorter boy had glasses and…snot dripping out his nose. (Ew) the apparent leader wore goggles and had a long blue scarf around his neck.

"Nee-chan! Come play with us! You promised!" the leader, (Kono-chan) cried at the blonde. She smiled and yelled "Okay!", running off behind the other three. The two boys left in the dust simply glanced at each other and came behind at their own pace. However, when they saw Narue and her followers disappear behind a corner and hearing the mini-blonde cry out they hurried faster and sped around the bend to see….batman's greatest fan holding Narue up to his eye level.

Batman's fan was glaring at the girl and saying, "I don't like it when little brats run into me…time for some punishment." He grinned evilly and the three cowering children gasped when he brought his hand up to punch the little blonde in his hand. He was stopped however, when he was punched across the face first.

The punch sent him head over heels to ram up against the fence. Narue snorted from where she had landed and said, "Meanie." pouting a little bit and glowering at the downed boy.

The older blonde who we have not noticed yet but are now, squealed loudly and lifted the smaller blonde up from the ground, "You are just precious!" Batman's fan groaned and climbed to his feet, glaring at the blonde in the other's arms.

"You little brat! I'll teach you!" he reached around to his back and slid the mummy wrapped object off his back.

"Kankuro, stop making a scene, you've already dishonored our country enough." They all turned to look at the boy who hung upside down on the tree branch. He had red hair, a gourd on his back, dark circles around his eyes and the kanji for 'love' on his forehead. (Guess who)

"G-Gaara!" Kankuro stuttered, every portion of him screaming fear. Sasuke and Shikamaru frowned; they had not noticed him hanging there. Narue struggled in Temari's grip, surprising her and causing her to set the smaller on the ground. Narue bounced over until she was under Gaara, looking straight up at his unemotional face.

Her brows were drawn down, 'he feels very bad…kind of like what Anko-nee-chan said all the bad guys would be like. What did she say it was… killer intent?' on an impulse, Narue reached up and poked Gaara's forehead, whispering loudly, "Do you know you have no eyebrows?" there was silence as all people near wondered what made her ask that question.

Gaara's eye twitched, the wind picked up and blew sand into everyone's eyes. Temari and Kankuro looked terrified, for the sand was gathering around Narue, who still had not moved from under the crazy insomniac. It swirled and rose around her, wrapping around her arms and legs; she only gave a startled gasp before it covered her head and engulfed her.

The red-headed raccoon had his hand out and was starting to squeeze when he felt something wrong. His sand was not squeezing the life out of the little girl inside; it was actually, moving outwards. It took a second but it finally exploded, sending sand everywhere. When it cleared it allowed Narue to be seen, perfectly unharmed and rocking back and forth on her feet, a fist out from where she had punched the cocoon of sand.

"That's not very nice tanuki-chan! You should at least let me defend myself!" she nodded and pranced away, to stand in front of Kankuro, who was still petrified, "You're not a very nice person…Kankuro-meanie!" she smiled at the confused boy and then skipped back over to Temari.

"I like you so you will be Temari-nee-chan!" she gave a quick hug to the fan-user's stomach and then ran back over to the two boys. Leaping on Shikamaru's back she began whispering to him, "Tanuki-chan is very scary, but I showed no fear! Just like Anko-nee-chan taught me!" as Shikamaru snickered, she settled herself and watched as she was carried away from the sand shinobi, Konohamaru, Moigi, and Udon following behind.

The sand siblings were silent, until Gaara disappeared from the tree to reappear in a burst of sand in between his siblings.

"Let's go." And he smiled; there were interesting people in this exam….but….'Tanuki-chan?'

Yes yes I'm sorry, I've been sick this whole week so I haven't been able to update…but I have now!

I think that the meeting of Gaara and Narue went well….don't you?

Moiji is her name right? I can never remember. please tell me

Review please! and give your opinions on wha should happen during the exams!