Naruto Sedai 7, Puraimaru no tatakai (Battle of the primordial Forces)

by The Storyteller and his Books

World Wars, Natural disasters, supernatural assaults, what have they together? Death and destruction! And those who know what comes forth out of this combination, have already made their move to save the world. The war has finally begun, the worlds stands on the edge, will the Light win, or the Dark triumph? Will the Humanity be saved or will it perish in the flames of hell? ( 16)

8. Love crisises and other Emotions

Naruto Sedai 7

Puraimaru no tatakai

Battle of the primordial Forces

Second Arc: full-throttle in the Chunin Exam Final

Chapter 8: The Hours before, Exam-finals and War of Love.

Part I: Love crisis, a last training and the parental memories.

4 Hours before the Chunin exam-finals begins.

Bolt´s Pov:

We all had met at the Training-place early in the morning, to speak about a matter of high importance.

Sarada stood closely next to me, holding my hand while I looked over the anticipated faces of our friends.

"Alright guys, thank you for coming here today and this so early.

For those who still haven´t heard, or won´t believe it yet, Sarada and I are officially a pair!" I stated and was overrun with cheers and congratulations.

"Thanks, thanks guys, however, to a certain someone our relationship is like a thorn in the eye.

The Big Bad Daddy, Sasuke Uchiha, worst father, notorious world-traveller and the biggest rock in our path of a happy relationship.

As you might know, has said Daddy Sasuke challenged me to a Duel, with no rules, no limitation and no boundaries, you really could talk about a war one vs one, for the hand of Sarada.

If I lose, I might never be able to come together with Sarada and this would surely be the worst.

I love Sarada, I want to be at her side, to protect her and to be able to always watch over her, I love her with all my heart, but I am still a Genin of 16 years, while Sasuke is an experienced Jonin who, alongside of my Dad, ended the Fourth Ninja World War.

I long have not the experience to maybe defeat him, but I have to if I ever will get his blessing to someday marry Sarada!" I said and I heard many whistles and cheers.

"Well you are really sure about your thing Bolt, to instantly want to marry her without having a clear relationship for even one day so far, anyways you don´t need to speak further we know what is to do.

If there are no rules and no limitations, then it is only logical that we can help you, we will try our best to butting into the battle, if things are getting dangerous for you, without stepping into the Battlefield, no fear we got that!" Shikadai said confidently.

"Thanks guys, I really appreciate this!" I said with a smiled.

"Woaaah, whoa, stop right there, who said this is for free, we want a reward for our help!" Chouchou stated.

"I see, well no fear, there waits a round of Ramen on me then!" I stated annoyed.

"We likely take you on that offer, however this is not what we meant, we want something different, from both of you!" Senpou stated.

"What do you guys mean by that?!" Sarada asked confused.

"We want to see a kiss, and no acting, we want to see a real one!" They all said in unison and we both blushed deep crimson.

"Woaaah, uuuuhm, well if that´s so?" I stated glancing over to Sarada.

"I guess one kiss in public won´t kill us!" She said and I nodded.

"Here we go!" We both said, before we kissed us quickly.

"Wait, you call that a kiss, where is the passion in that, geez, alright for the extra slowpokes, we will show you how that goes!" Chouchou stated, before she grabbed Shikadai and pulled him into a kiss, same as Senpou with Inojin.

All we did was blushing by this massive display of affection, passion and love, alongside of Katsuo and Himawari who both sat right between them.

"Geez alright, alright, have mercy okay, we haven´t kissed that often you know and never in public.

Well then, looks like there is no other way!" I said looking at Sarada, she blushed deep red but braced herself, before scooting closer.

"Is this really okay with you honeybee?" I asked her.

"Uhmm, well after all we do need their help, so, I think we can at least give them that much for it, not?" She asked and I nodded.

"Well, then!" I stated, as I caressed her cheek.

"Let´s give them the best show, shall we!" I stated blushing.

"Bolt…, be gentle!" She stated, hey that sounds like…., woaaah what the hell am I thinking, it´s just a kiss.

"Gentle, right!" I stated, as I leaned in.

"Yes, gentle!" Sarada stated, before our lips locked together.

Suddenly we heard loud whistles, but we didn´t cared we simply kissed forth, actually I had longed to hold Sarada again in my arms kissing.

Last time we did we were massively interrupted, so this time I don´t mind the public for a bit, at least they don´t try to butt in.

And so we once again made out, without a care in the world.

"Well way to go guys, I thought you were here to train and not to show Himawari and Katsuo the joy of being fresh in love!" We heard it behind us.

We stopped and turned around to see our senseis walking up to us.

"Finally, I thought you guys would never come!" Shikadai stated.

"Yeah right, get yourself a room, you six!" Mirai-sempai stated yawning

We had asked them to come to our last training before the finals, and still, we literally had to wake them up, like a wrecking-ball through the window.

For both still were fast asleep as we got them, even though in only four hours the Chunin exam finals begins.

"Uwwwaaaah, really, it´s just too early to wake up!" Mirai Sarutobi said to her older Cousin Konohamaru Sarutobi, while the same yawned as well, both in perfect sync.

"My words Mirai, my words, unfortunately are our pupils, already so early so energetic!" He said yawning.

"And you guys call yourselves Ninjas, isn´t a Ninja the one that endures everything, even waking up early, goddammit get a hold of yourselves, you two?" We said with an annoyed glance at each of them both.

"Look even Himawari and Katsuo are all up and exercising, even though they have actually no real reason for that, or for standing up so early at all, since the school is out thanks to the Chunin Examen.

They are more active than both of you together!" Sarada pouted, watching how our senseis rubbed the sleep out of their eyes.

"I swear, if you guys come in our age….!" Mirai-sensei started, yawning, but was cut off harshly.

"You are hardly 4 years older than most of us, so there is no real difference between you and us, Mirai Sensei!" Chouchou said.

"These four years, my dear, make a skyward difference between us both, I bet you eight wouldn´t even beat me alone, in a training-match!" Mirai sensei said with a smug grin, while Konohamaru Sensei simply face palmed.

"So you challenging us for a duel, well then bring it on!" I shouted, getting nods from everyone.

"Are you serious Mirai, they either beat you, or you beat them, but don´t forget, they still have an exam to survive, all of them, beside of Katsuo and Himawari, so whatever you do, don´t beat them too harshly, okay.

Guys that's for you too, don´t overdo it, you have an examen to win later!" Konohamaru said, but mostly was ignored.

"Alright guys time to beat our cocky sempai up, she has been awfully annoying in the last time and I think we should playing 4 sets!" I said confidently as we stood together, holding a war-court.

"Yeah!" The others shouted, sounding excited, but actually they shouted in understanding, since only they knew my strategy.

"Alright let's go, Taju Kagebushin no Jutsu!" We all shouted, forming many Doppelganger of ourselves.

What Mirai-sensei however didn´t knew and what perhaps only Konohamaru Sensei would know, if he actually would care and pay attention to this Duel, was that I actually casted a completely different Jutsu as the others, by plan.

Mirai probably has understood Kagebushin no jutsu, under the shouts of the others.

However, what I actually said was Kagamibushin no Jutsu (Jutsu of the mirror Clone).

"It's a little different in spelling, but the effect is a skyward difference, just like you said, Mirai-Sensei, let´s look if you can get the difference in time, before we defeat you!" I thought, even though she often saw the jutsu, had she still no idea how it works, same as the others, it was after all a Neo Uzumaki Hidden, which Himawari `accidently´ created.

Kagamibushin no Jutsu, the Technique of the Mirror-clone, they are able to endure far more damage than a Kagebushin.

However only a certain number of attacks, by a mighty jutsu, like Rasengan or Chidori, they still shatter instantly.

But overall they are the perfect lures, even to a certain point they are able to fake that they could bleed, this way one can set a trap while the enemy is beating up clones, if it goes good for several hours, exhausting himself.

Meanwhile one has to do practically nothing, but to wait for a good chance to defeat the opponent.

"You think that Quantitate will help you guys!" Mirai shouted and tripped right in our trap.

As the first Clones attacked her, they shattered to dust as they got hit, the so emerging cloud blocked the view of our Sempai.

Through this small time window, the others managed to use their Own Kagebushin, in combination of Henge no jutsu, many transformed in me and the rest transformed in the user of the Jutsu, this way we were able to fool her.

"The Best is, they are able to create Kagebushin as well, since they are a mirror picture of my own body, but with my personality!" This way she won't be able to tell the difference so early, until I want.

I took 32 of them out of the rows and used Henge no Jutsu, transforming them in 4 groups of us.

With them I let Mirai-sensei beat something hand-strong for a change, giving her the feeling as if she beats us from time to time up, while attacking the Kagebushin around her.

"Shall we now, Bolt?" Shikadai asked over Inojin's telepathy link while we hid in our hideout observing Mirai Sensei beating up our Clones.

"No not now, wait a bit before she´s really tired of this!" I said, as I used my Byakugan to watch her chakra flow.

"Hey By the way, do you think Mirai sempai has a Boyfriend?" Himawari asked out of the Blue.

"How are we supposed to know that, she never really speaks about herself!" Chouchou replied.

"Could it be, that she is perhaps jealous at you guys, I mean she knows that you have the exam final later, so simply trying to beat you up because of a nonsense argument like this isn´t really a reason; at least that is my opinion!" Katsuo stated.

"You think?" Sarada asked him.

"Well think about it, if she can't get a boyfriend with her 20 years, but all of you are in happy relationships, while being 4 years younger than her, it really must nagging on her pride to be left out, also since Konoha-sensei is together with your aunt Himawari.

I would say, she only challenged you to have a valve, to let out the wrath for her hurt pride and anger of not having a boyfriend too, or why, you think, would she even provoke a trainings match, knowing that you will be exhausted after wards, right before your most important test!" Katsuo stated.

"That might be actually true indeed, well it is sad, to tell us she has more experience with her 4 years of age difference, but hasn´t ever been in a relationship before!" Senpou stated.

"Well it is her own fault, she is quite an airhead with times and she easily gets pissed off, so only a man with an equal attitude can stand on her side, unfortunately don´t I know any mans with such a matching description!" Chouchou, the matchmaker, spoke her words of wisdom.

"We neither!" We stated sweat-dropping.

"By the way, how Konoha-sensei and your Aunt did came together, do you know that?" Sarada asked Himawari and me.

"She told us once, according to both their version, had both never been that much of friends, thought this more came from Aunt Hanabis´ side, actually Konohamaru-sensei has been in love with her for several years and always waited for a chance to get a date with her, but no matter how often he asked she always turned him down harshly.

Then one day, both their teams had a mission, after they became Chunin, a dangerous B-rank mission, where Aunt Hanabi fell in a deadly trap and was in life-danger, out of her own mistake, thinking she could easily handle the mission all alone.

She was a spoiled Hyuuga brat, who though that she was something better than the rest, at least to that Time, so no wonder she completely underestimated the dangers and risks of the job.

It was Konohamaru-sensei who saved her and gave her a lesson in teamwork, Aunty was reproachful of her act and together with their teams, they finished the mission, which became a success.

Aunty was feeling terrible for making such a mistake on the mission, which almost got her killed, but after witnessing the braveness of Konohamaru-sensei and after gotten a lesson from him, she was sulking.

Still after the mission she decided to reward Konohamaru-sensei and so she agreed to a date with him.

And well as much as I know, the date was not only a success but Aunt Hanabi, so she told me, saw some fully new sides on Konohamaru-sensei, braveness, kindness, and care, things which turned her on in unknown ways.

Before she know, Konohamaru sensei and their date was the only thing she could think off for a long time, and even thought she tried to deny any feelings for him, she gave soon up and asked him for another date.

Over short or long they had many more dates together, until Konohamaru confessed his love for her and she accepted it, I think this was shortly to the same time as Nii-san has been born.

Well before he actually had the chance to really start their relationship, he had to duel with Aunt Hanabis and Mama´s father, Grandpa Hiashi, for being able to remain in a relationship with her, similar than what is happening to Nii-san right now!" Himawari explained.

"So Sensei too, hmm!" I mumbled.

"According to mom did, in old time and partially also today, the future groom have to fight for the hand of his future wife, with the Father or Brother of the bride, to show his power and reliability to the Woman's whole family.

For no Father wants to give his daughter to a man who cannot protect her.

According to her it was the same with Dad, he too had to defeat Grandpa Hiashi, which he did with flying colours!" Himawari stated with a smile.

"So don´t worry Bolt, just give it your best!" they all said trying to encourage me.

"I will do that, I won´t allow someone else on Sarada´s side, someone who has no idea how to treat her right.

Someone who does not treat her with love, kindness and care and foremost with respect, or how to love her rightfully, with tender kissed and touches and with gentle words!" I said clenching my fist.

"I will never give her away so easily, I will fight even if I land in the damn hospital, I will win no matter what!" I stated, my eyes burning with determination.

"Dammit, where are you!" We heard Mirai-sempai shouting all of a sudden, which reminded us that we were actually in a Battle right now.

"Wait until she beated them all, I will send a new wave and then we attack!" I said in thoughts and used my mirror Friends to use Taju Kagebushin no jutsu, in combination with Henge no Jutsu.

This way we managed to mix in with the crowd.

"Are you sure she is not only faking her tiredness, to get us?" Inojin asked worried.

"Hima-chan!" I asked and she kept on looking through Byakugan, as she had done permanently since the start of the battle, letting Mirai not a second out of her glance.

"Is she?" I asked.

"No it´s still her and her chakra begins to run out!" Hima said.

"Alright time for the final curtain call!" I said over Telepathy, to them.

We ran towards Mirai sensei and she attacked us, same as she does with the Kagebushin.

"Nikudan Sensha (Human Bullet Tank)!" Chouchou shouted, trying to roll over Mirai Sensei, just the way her Doppelganger did it.

However Mirai-sempai dodged the beat and defeated Inojin, who used his pictures to attack Mirai-sensei, just like his clones from earlier, with a few Taijutsu kicks.

"Kagemane no Jutsu!" Shikadai said chaining Mirai Sensei.

"Dammit!"

"Oodama Rasengan Shuriken!" I and Himawari shouted, as we ran from both sides at her, while Sarada came from the front with Chidori and Chouchou from behind with Nikudan Sensha.

"Dammit!" Mirai-sensei shouted, trying to break free from Shikadai´s Jutsu.

"Haaaaah!" We shouted and hit her with our attacks.

"Baaaaaaam!" And so the battle seemed to be over over, or not?

"Dammit you guys really overestimated yourselves!" Mirai-sensei said, standing over me with a kunai, same as her own Kagebushin at all of us.

"You really think you could beat me!" She asked with a smug grin, erasing her Kagebushin, I used my Byakugan and could confirm, that she actually really was the real one.

"No , actually…!" I said, with an own trademark grin, before bursting in a cloud of dust.

"…we just did!" I said, standing behind her with a Kunai placed at her throat, same as everyone else.

"What the hell?" She asked as she saw all the Kagamibushin shattering to dust.

"But I hurt them with a Kunai, how can they stay, this is not possible for a Kagebushin!" She shouted.

"If you would have been more concentrated and did not easily underestimated us, only because we are 4 years younger than you, your mistake would have shown itself.

But for now, just admit it Mirai-sensei, you jumped right in our trap!" I said with a smug grin.

"Dammit, alright I give up!" Mirai-sensei said with venom, but in defeat.

"Claaap, Claap, Claap!" We heard it and behind us we could see our parents and Konohamaru clapping.

I was pierced by Sasuke-sans stare, but Sakura-san grabbed his arm hurtfully, making every attempt to flee futile.

"This was a very good battle!" Father said.

"Are you now seeing it Mirai-sensei, age is not everything, no matter how old you are, if you underestimate your opponent you have lost!" Sarada-san said and we all nodded.

"They have yourself amazingly led around by the nose cousin, while you fought to the exhaustion; they just had to wait for you to make a mistake and then you were done for!" Konohamaru-sensei said.

"Dammit, I failed!" She said with an enraged mine.

"No need to beat yourself down for it, you should be proud, you have raised a marvellous team Mirai-chan!" Dad stated as he put a hand on her shoulder and she instantly smiled.

"Th-thanks, Se-Sensei!" Mirai-sempai stated blushing and stammering, just like a little Schoolgirl in love

"Well, well my son, if you keep it up like this you truly will become a Chunin, no doubt about this, you showed how to effectively outrun a stronger opponent by completely confusing him, while your team can rest their forces for the final beat!" Dad said and I was mighty proud of myself and my Comrades.

"However be careful, I bet Sasuke san has analysed this technique, it will not be so easy to defeat him!" Dad whispered in my ears and I instantly got nervous again.

"Aww thanks, well anyways we will give our best not guys?" I asked them, faking confidence.

The words of my father as well as Sasuke-san´s analysing stare, made me screaming inwardly.

"Of course!" My Pals all shouted.

"Anyways, we are here to get you for the tournament, is everybody ready!?" Mom asked and we nodded.

"We are ready!" I said, getting nods from the others.

"I saw that, well then let´s waste no more time!" Father said and so we hurried towards the last part of the Chunin Examen.

At the Chunin Examen, Konohagakure Arena.

Sarada´s Pov:

As we arrived we already saw many people, standing in a row to enter the tribunes of the Arena.

"The introduction will soon begin, so you better go to the toilet a last time!" Bolt´s father said.

"I´m sorry but I have to go, got to great the various V.I.P´s and Kages as well as the Daimyos from the other Villages and Lands, but no fear, you make this kids, I am 100% positive of that!" The Hokage stated, with a confident smile and a nice guy pose.

"I have to go too, we have to Shield the Hokage and his wife from any dangers, no fear we will see you fighting and I am sure you all succeed!" Shikadai´s father stated, as he, Dad and Senpou´s father hurried behind the Hokage.

"We will go to the tribunes, give it your best shot kids, Himawari, Katsuo please follow us!" Mom stated and the rest of the Parent´s nodded.

They all left, with my Brother and Bolt´s sister following them, who met up with their friends, Shino-sensei´s kids, being in the company of their Mother Hana-san.

"Hurry up the Intro is about to begin, c´mon guys!" Konoha-sensei stated and we nodded, following them towards the other Genins.

"Okay, you soon will all go out in the arena, each one of you has to stand together, in the Tag team they have chosen a month ago, understood!" The instructor and referee, Shino-sensei, stated.

"Hai!" We all replied and suddenly the door opened.

"Alright let´s go!" Shino-sensei stated, took a deep breath and stepped out of the room towards the Arena´s middle point.

"Welcome, Welcome my dear People of Konoha, welcome daimyo´s of the several befriended lands, welcome Kage of the 6 other Ninja Villages.

But foremost, welcome dear participants, it is an honour to me, as the Hokage of Konohagakure, as well as the host of this event, to welcome you all here and today, to this year´s first Chunin-exam Finals.

Our 60 remaining Contestants had one month time to prepare themselves, either with their original team mates, or with new teammates from previous opponent teams.

As most of you know, the life of a Ninja hasn´t and still isn´t always easy, sometimes came the moment to make the decision, to trust unknown teams from other lands in order to achieve a mutual goal, no matter what it is.

And this is what these Finals shall train our participants, to have trust, lay all differences down and to help each other for reaching their mutual goal.

And also we made it to even the numbers!" The Hokage stated and everyone laughed.

"However, wouldn´t this Exam be any kind of exam when there is not at least one battle, but today we will show you battles of various teams, 2 vs 2, and I can tell, they are going to be interesting.

Unique for this Chunin Exam of this year, due to the large Numbers of remaining Participants, do we have separated the whole Tournament in three segments, means in three days.

Today the Group A-H, means team 1 to 16 are fighting against each other until the last 2 competitors, the second day Group I-O, means team 17 to 30 does the same and on the third day the last 4 teams will fight in the ½ final and the final, for the Title of the Chunin Exam Champions.

So I hope each one of you has the heart, to stay until the very end, and don´t forget, tonight at 22 o´clock starts the Starlight Festival at the grand market place.

So now I have spoken enough, the First match will soon begin.

I know you are all as excited as our competitors are nervous, so please, if you find it in your heart, please give a round of cheer for the participants, who managed to come this far, through trust, determination and will power.

A big applause to you all, this is your moment, your cheer, and you deserved it!" The Hokage stated as he and the entire public in and out of the Arena, so I assume, cheered for us, before he sat himself again.

"Alright Participants, gather together, as said from one month ago, are the battles made after the Random-principle, the Two Tag teams who are fighting, will be shown on this Screen.

The rules are simple, there are practically none, beside of the fact that no one out of the public is allowed to help you, and that only legal ninja weapons are allowed, guns, bullets and other kinds of fire weapons are not allowed to be used.

Also is it not allowed to attack the public, everyone who does or hurts the rules in anyway, is getting disqualified and loses all hit-points he and his team mate have made.

You will have to fight until your opponent is unconscious, retreats or in the worst case died.

I as the referee, will observe the battle and try to prevent too much deaths, which means if I stop the battle, you guys better do stop too, understood!" Shino-sensei explained and we all nodded.

"Also is each battle, due to expenditure of time, being set on a time limit of 30 minutes each, if in this time no team has won clearly, the team with the most remaining members or the most hit-points wins!" Shino-sensei stated.

"So that means, if everything runs right, today will be7 hours of Battles, am I right there?" I asked.

"Exactly!

To count the hit points, each one of you is receiving such a transmitter, which is placed on the back of your heads!" He explained, showing us the little computer-chip.

"They measure your Chakra level and the damage done to your opponent or towards yourself and transform them into hit-points.

They are chakra resistant, so no need to hold back, the hit-points, which are mutually counted together under the members of the Team, are the most essential to be declared as the winner.

So the challenge is not only to defeat your opponent but also to get the most hit-points.

For even if you defeat an opponent but the opponent´s team has more hit-points than yours, the match will be called a draw.

Normally the winner fights against the winner of the second match, however it also can be that a performance was so good, that the team is declared as Chunin before the final and therefore hasn´t to fight anymore.

However if anything runs according to plan so is the last team, the 30th team, the joker so to say, fighting against the winner of the 28Th and the 29th match and so has one match lesser than the rest.

"So prepare yourself mentally, the first match will be shown soon, so watch up to the Screen!" Shino sensei stated.

"Hai!" We saluted, before we all watched in anticipation up to the screen.

"Ding, the first Match of the Chunin Exam Final, is between, Team Aburame Vs Team Sledge, the match starts at 12 o´clock, competitors please announce your participation or your forfeit at the registration stand, May the best win!" A robotic voice stated, as the names, as well as the faces, of the combatants were shown upon the screen.

Honestly I sighed in relief.

"At least we don´t have to fight first!" I said to Bolt, who smiled a comforting smile.

"Yeah still the quicker we are done, the faster we can show them that we are the best to become Chunin, not!" he said and I nodded.

"Guys how about we going to eat some quick lunch before we have to fight!" Chouchou stated.

"Sure after all the first battle is in one hour and who knows when we get the chance to later eat something!" Shikadai stated.

"Yes, if we have to fight we should be in top form, physically and mentally!" Senpou stated and we all nodded.

"Well then, of to Ichiraku!" I stated and most of them sighed, but Bolt and Himawari, who arrived together with her friends and team.

"Yaaayh, Ramen!" They said and stormed off happily, just like little kids on the sight of getting sweets.

Bolt´s Pov:

The place around the arena was decorated with various stands, of food and souvenirs, it was so to say the pre-festival before the starlight festival at the evening.

Everything was decorated or polished on a high gloss and looked fabulous and neat.

I walked closely next to Sarada, even though I was happy right now and even though I should also be nervous for the fight, I was a little afraid.

Festivals always let worse memories rising up inside me, not only the memories from two years ago, but also from various other festivals, whenever we went to one, people were looking with angry and hateful glares at Sarada.

The fright of the festival two years ago, as she was mistreated by the visitors, mobbed, stoned, spat-on, kicked and beated, only because she is an Uchiha, was still stuck in my bones.

Although, since my outburst at that festival, no one ever tried again to pick a fight with Sarada, at least not when I was in her surrounding, which I was practically always, and now, as her new Boyfriend I intend to be as often at her side as I can and as she wants to.

But momentarily I was just glad, we walked hand in hand, while Sarada leaned on me with a satisfied and joyful expression, I could feel the smirking, smug grins and the gleaming, as well as curious, eyes of Senpou, Himawari and Chouchou in my back.

"Hey Guys!" We heard it from behind.

"Hey Sarin, how are you, haven´t seen you for a long time!" We said, as we greeted my Cousin who stood before us and wonk.

"Oh i´m fine, ever since our battle last month, me and my dad were pretty busy with errands, for the Hokage" Sarin stated.

"Oh I see, hey, where do you live momentarily, can you give us your address?" Chouchou asked.

"Well, after we were interrogated, the Hokage offered us a place to live here in the village, in his Villa, in one of the residences.

Well, my Father, same as me, was tired from always traveling and mostly camping outside, so he said yes and therefore, even though I never was in the academy, I too am now a Genin from Konohagakure same as my dad, who has become a Jonin!" Sarin stated, as she showed us the Headband of Konohagakure.

"Unfortunately, didn´t I ever had made a mission in the name of Konoha, therefore I am not already allowed to enter the next Chunin Exam, at least not before I haven't had a least 4 B-ranks, 6 C-ranks and 8 D-ranks missions!" She said.

"Too bad, but still a cool thing, but what about a team?" We asked.

"The Hokage stated that he will see what he has, right now there is still missing one person for a team of three, but that he hopes I soon can enter a team of my own, perhaps together with Himawari-Chan!" Sarin said and Himawari seemed to be happy.

"I See, you said you and your dad have been busy, so I assume you and him had a mission?" I asked.

"Of course, actually I shall not talk about it, but it has to do with observing a certain person, it´s my first B-rank mission!" Sarin stated, with a secretive smile.

"Anyways what are you guys up to?" She asked us.

"We wanted to go to Ichiraku to grab a bite, before our battles are coming!" Chouchou stated.

"I see, well, I don´t know if it´s okay, but, I got nothing to do right now, so, can I perhaps come along?" Sarin asked fidgeting with her fingers.

"Of course, we would love to have your company, not guys?" I asked the other and all of them nodded.

"Well then what are we waiting for, it has been a too long time since I tasted Ichiraku´s Ramen, all this instant ramen lately made me longing for something handmade!" Sarin stated.

"Not, no matter what, a handmade Ramen from Ichiraku is still the best!" I stated and she nodded.

"Definitely, cousin, there is nothing better!" She stated smiling.

After a while, after the meal at Ichiraku´s:

From our insider (Konohamaru-sensei) we got to know, that the system was so configured (or better said manipulated), that we would fight as Team N° 10, Team N° 20 and Team N° 30.

Inojin and Senpou were the first to come, in the fifth match today, Chouchou and Shikadai were the second match tomorrow, Sarada and me being the seventh match of tomorrow, so we still had some time to beat.

Dad heard our wish, to not want to fight against each other, if we can avoid it.

Luckily we could choose our Tag team partner last month, so that each of us was balanced in strength.

The teams were made according to my Friends specialities and strength, as well as trying to compensate their weaknesses with their partner's strengths.

And so the tag teams were still as following.

Chouchou and Shikadai:

Chouchou was from the Akimichi Clan, so she had enormous brute strength and she knew how to paralyse a foe, thanks to her Raiton based jutsus, inherited by her mother.

Shikadai on the other hand, was able to bind the opponent on one place or to help Chouchou with Kagemane no jutsu, to help her in dire situations.

He also learned to use a new technique, by combining Kagemane no Jutsu with Kugutsu no jutsu, he created the new Technique, Kage ningyō geki no jutsu (Jutsu of the shadow-puppetry).

Being able to get her out of cornering attacks, just like a puppeteer his puppet, only that those strings she would hang on, cannot be cut.

It is a unique developed Technique from Shikadai, which enables him to move Chouchou, without having to act the exact same way like her, and still Chouchou was able to fight for herself as well.

Senpou and Inojin:

Senpou is a fast close-combat fighter and has a mighty arsenal of weapons, but just in case the ammunition runs out, Inojin, with his speed-drawing skills, would be able to get her new weapon-summoning-scrolls at a constant rate.

He would be using Kagebushin to defend his real selves from the opponent, while Senpou defeats them.

So he had like Shikadai and Sarada a mostly supportive role.

And last but no least:

Sarada and myself:

Sarada was able to heal her teammate fast, as well as fighting with immense forces, means Chakra enforced Taijutsu and some massive Ninjutsu.

I will try to use my light-version Rasengan attacks, in combination to my Hiraishin no Jutsu (Flying Thunder God Technique), to completely defeat the opponent with one beat, without hurting him too much.

Defending Sarada with many Kagamibushin, I also was able to let me being reinforced, by using Kagebushin, which get a Chakra infusion from Sarada, should I run out of it.

Also she can give me informations, by using her Sharingan to analyse the opponents fighting style, letting the Kagebushin disappearing, I get the power charge as well as the informations.

While the Kagamibushin, who will be at my side, are keeping the opponents on distance.

This way we had as well as won, if we use these tactics, since winning was not anything in this test, since they also proved if we would be able to lead a team.

Keeping these tactics in mind, we tried to mentally preparing on the battles, while we ate our ramen, however this didn´t meant that we didn´t get any less nervous.

Honestly, with every passing Battle, before the first of us have to go, we got more and more nervous.

"I´m so nervous!" Inojin stated the obvious as the fourth Battle, the Battle of team N°7 and N°8 was announced and only a Half hour would part him and Senpou from fighting.

Therefore he fidgeted on the bench and shifted his glance any 2 minutes over to the screen of the Public-Viewing, just like many of the other Genins here on the place.

"Argh, not you too!" Chouchou said, being nervous herself.

"When you guys get nervous already, how the hell should I then feel?" She shouted enraged, since she always counted on Shikadai, for him to at least keep a cool head, but the same was just as nervous as we all.

"Well you guys have luck, you haven't to fight today!" Senpou explained to Chouchou.

"But we have to fight as the second duel tomorrow this isn´t any better!" Shikadai stated, the nervousness in his voice was clearly to hear.

"The only who have much luck are our fresh pair here, who fight as the very last ones!" We heard Chouchou stating with minor venom.

Not that I cared thought, while the other mostly chilled, were Sarada and I at watching the Battles, analysing the opponents´ abilities, to form strategies against them, if we have to later deal with them.

"I ask myself, what our parents might do right now?" I asked myself.

"They are probably eating and celebrating while boasting about some skills we shall have, which we actually don´t have in the slightest!" Senpou stated.

"Perhaps!" I replied, before something came in my mind.

"Hey Boys, just a question, how exactly did the Parents of Senpou and Chouchou reacted as you told them that you had confessed to the girls?" I asked.

"Well to be honest, Senpou's parents where quite cool about it, although her father threated me, to kick me to the dark side of the moon, if I ever would hurt her!" Inojin stated.

"Really, you never told me that!" Senpou pouted.

"Well it was a deal made under father and future son-in law so it was nothing you had to know, since I don´t intend to ever hurt you, sweetheart!" Inojin explained sweat-dropping, before being kissed by Senpou.

"Then I am all calmed!" She said.

"And you, Shikadai?" I asked him.

"Pretty much the same only that Chouji-san threated to break my neck alive, like a twig, if I ever make her cry of hurt!" Shikadai stated.

"I see, so they only threated you, you didn´t had to fight in a Duel, guess I thought that would be normal for a father, guess Sasuke-san is quite special there!" I Said.

"No fear i´m sure you will win this!" Chouchou stated.

"Yeah me too!" Senpou stated.

"Count us in, I bet on you Bolt!" Shikadai said.

"Same goes here!" Inojin stated.

"We cheer for you, you go this Bolt/Nii-san!" Himawari, Katsuo, Shana and Hiro stated loudly.

"Wait, Sarada´s Father challenged you to a duel?" Sarin asked and we nodded.

"So there are fathers who really still do something like this, oh man, how embarrassing this must be for you Sarada.

I swear, as my father told this to me, as I had my first friend, I stomped him into the ground like no tomorrow.

Still due to my violent acting, my friend ran off, and my father after him, since that day he never spoke a word with me again.

And now I will never even have the chance to apologize for my father´s behaviour!" Sarin said and looked with a melancholic glance up in the sky.

"I was meant to ask you this since a while but I didn´t really dared to.

Sarin-chan, you said that you where first-hand within the fire, as Uzushiogakure has burnt down, still your father introduced you to be 16, how come?" I asked her.

"Sorry Bolt, but…, that´s a secret!" Sarin stated with an unreadable smile.

"The next Match, between Team N°9 Shiramasu and Team N° 10 Yamanock, begins in a few minutes!" The Announcer stated.

"Guess this is your call of Duty Inojin, Senpou, give it your best Shot and don´t dare to lose!" I said and they nodded.

"No fear, we won't!" They both stated with confidence.

And so we made our way quickly back in the Arena.

"We will be on the Tribune, see you guys later!" We said and they nodded.

"No fear we will cheer you guys on, you can do it!" We all said.

"Thanks guys, well then, are you ready Senpou!" Inojin asked.

"Ready when you are, love!" Senpou replied.

"Alright, let´s go!" And so the both of them went through the gate towards the arena.

We meanwhile rushed up to the tribunes of the competitors near the senseis and the Kages, Himawari, Sarin and the others were sitting close to their parents.

"I hope they will be alright!" Sarada stated worried.

"No fear, they will that I am 100% sure of, they are strong!" I said confidently.

"Go for it Team Yamanock!" We shouted and they nodded from down in the arena.

The opening song of this year's Chunin Exam Final was played by a live band, it has been a popular song being chosen.

(Original song : Warrior/ Disturbed)

I am now, an instrument of violence
I am a vessel of invincibility
I cannot leave this undecided
Stepping down to battle another day

Remember me for all time this
Determination is a vital part of me
Surrender now or be counted
With the endless masses that I will defeat

Come on bring it
Don't sing it
Better believe it

Broken down till your hope has died
Beat down till victory's mine
Stand up and show me some pride
And now, are you ready?

Chorus:
I'm the one with the warrior inside
My dominance can't be denied
Your entire world will turn
Into a battlefield tonight
As I look upon you, through the warrior's eyes now
I can see the fear
That will ensure my victory this time

I can't be told to compromise this
They'll never doubt the body lying at my feet
A most formidable reminder
They will speak my name for eternity

I have no need of any guidance
I am a weapon, powerful beyond belief
Seen through the warrior's eyes, I
Never need to question, how to defeat you

Come on bring it
Don't sing it
Better believe it

Broken down till your hope has died
Beat down. Till victory's mine
Stand up and show me some pride
And now, are you ready?

Chorus

I'm the one with the warrior inside
My dominance can't be denied
Your entire world will turn
Into a battlefield tonight
As I look upon you, through the warrior's eyes now
I can see the fear
That will ensure my victory this time

You can't hide now
I am the warrior
So decide now
How they'll remember you

Do not hide now
Act like a warrior
Show some pride now
Solidify your place in time

Chorus

I'm the one with the warrior inside
My dominance can't be denied
Your entire world will turn
Into a battlefield tonight
As I look upon you, through the warrior's eyes now
I can see the fear
That will ensure my victory this time

I'm the one with the warrior inside
The evidence can't be denied
The entire world will stare
Into this battlefield tonight
As I stand before you with a warrior's heart now
I can feel the strength that will
Ensure my victory this time

And so the Opening song ended, with a cheering public and a bowing Band.

"The Fifth battle, Team Yamanock Vs Team Shiramasu, begins now, competitors are you ready?" Shino sensei asked.

"Hai!" All four of them shouted.

"Well then, start!" And so the Battle began.

Senpou´s Pov:

"Alright here we go, we will win this!" I shouted.

"Sure thing, sweetheart!" Inojin stated.

"Don´t think you can take us for easy, Rock-san!" The opponent stated.

"Huh, wait how do you know my name?" I asked one of the opponents, a young boy with light Brown hair.

"I know you because our father knew each other!" The Boy stated.

"Huh what do you mean?" I asked him.

"They fought in their own Chunin exam with each other, during the second round, I am Shiranoa of Sunagakure, my father Shira once fought against your father, Rock Lee, same as my mother, Yome, who fought with her team mate, aunt Sen, against your Mother and Father as well as their Team Mate, Neji Hyuuga!" Shiranoa stated.

"I see and now you want to see how strong you are and want to defeat me alone!" I stated.

"You are quite smart, that is exactly the fact, I wish to fight you, without anyone interfering!" Shiranoa stated, going in a fighting stance.

"Suit´s with me, Honey, I got this, please keep his companion a bit of company, would you?" I asked.

"Of course, but are you sure?" Inojin asked.

"Positive!" I said confidently.

"Alright, hey Shiranoa-san, I warn you, if you attempt to kill, her I will stop you no matter what, understood!" he said.

"Sure thing, nothing lies further away from me, than killing the daughter of my Father´s friend!" Shiranoa stated.

"Nevertheless will I give my everything to defeat you, in a fair Battle!" He explained.

"So do I!" I stated.

"Alright then let´s begin!" Shiranoa stated, as he ran on an open place.

A little I felt bad to leave Inojin with an unknown opponent all alone, but I knew that he was strong and not so easy to beat anyways.

This took most of my worry, but still, I guess it´s because we are now a couple, not that I never not was worried about him, mind you.

"Well then, you know we only have like 20 minutes, so let´s end this quickly!" I stated and he nodded.

"It will be quickly over anyways!" he said.

"I don´t think so!" I stated, as I went in a fighting stance.

I practically could feel how strong he really must be, to end this, I had to use `It´.

"Haha, never thought I ever would need to use that in a battle, I just hope that I don´t run too much out of Chakra!" I thought, as I concentrated.

"Let´s get serious Shiranoa-san!" I shouted, as I had enough concentration.

"Right, Rock-san, let´s see whose technique is better and stronger, yours or mine?" Shiranoa shouted back as he too increased his power.

"Kaimon, Gate of Opening, release!" I shouted and suddenly my Power increased rapidly.

"Kyuumon, Gate of Rest, release!" I shouted, increasing my healing powers.

"Seimon, Gate of Life, release!" I shouted, as I opened the third gate, allowing my brain capacity to increase to process informations on a faster rate.

"Tomon, Gate of Limit, release!" I shouted, opening the last of the wanted four gates, which once again opened my Power limits, this time for chakra release.

"Daiichi Kassei, First activation, release!" Shiranoa shouted, opening as well some kind of power spots in his body, it was equal to my releases, I could feel how his powers increased drastically.

His eyes turned completely white and he had a yellow glow around him.

"Daini Kassei, second activation, release!" He shouted, opening the next stage of his strange technique, which causes his body to expand slightly, his muscles becoming distinctly more prominent.

"And the last one, Daisan Kassei, third activation, release!" he shouted and used the third stage, which causes his skin to go red and appears roughly equivalent to the Gate of Life´s release.

However due to the time expenditure to open all gates and stages, only 10 minutes remained.

I looked to see that Inojin already had beaten his opponent, without breaking in sweat as I assume, he barely had any wounds.

He was observing our fight, watching with narrowed eyes, I knew he was ready to step in any second.

"Haaaaaaa!" I shouted, as I rushed with enormous speed forward, same as Shiranoa.

We fought, rapidly kicking and beating, combining Kick-boxing, various Martial arts and hand-to-hand battle with our own unique styles.

He was using his Muon no seido ken (Silent precision Fist) a high speed and high precise attacking technique, with which he muffled every sound his attacks would make.

Meanwhile I attacked with my Sōkō kyūsoku hi ken no Jutsu (Armoured Rapid Fire Fist-technique), or simply called Kikan jū no ken (Machinegun Fist).

A Technique with which I could attack with Bone crushing, impulse-bullet like fist beats.

Similar to the Hyuuga's fighting style, only that I don´t shoot my Chakra into my opponents Chakra-system, to damaging him from the inside.

Instead I shot my jutsu right into his muscles and bones, breaking or ripping the muscle-tissue apart.

However by one of my more special and way more difficult techniques, the Ryūsei eikyō ken (Meteor-Impact Fist), this was only half of the work.

The increased power through the various Gates I open, combined with massive chakra-control, similar to Sarada´s Ōkashō (cherry blossom impact), which I lie inside my fists, as well as Dad´s Hitori Omote Renge (One-man frontal Lotus), created a massive Meteor-impact-alike force with which the opponent is beaten.

Due to its enormous speed and pressure, as well as the emerging shockwave by the impact, it is almost impossible to withstand or dodge.

I used this technique only once, it took a lot of energy from me, but my opponent has been pulverised afterwards, due to the fire-mane around me, which emerges out of the friction.

All in all Shiranoa and me, we fought to our hardest but still, we had only 10 minutes, so it was bound that we would use our strongest attacks at the very end.

"Here comes the decision, let´s end this Rock-san!" He said.

"Alright, prepare yourself, here I come!" I shouted as I rushed forward with a raised fist, same as he did.

"I will show you how strong our technique is!" Shiranoa shouted.

"In your dreams!" I shouted, as my fist collided with his.

I felt a massive stinging pain in it, still I stood strong, and taking a step, I pushed my opponent right into the Arena´s wall.

"Aaaargggh!" I shouted, as not only my power ran out but as also my entire body hurt, still I stood, even though panting hard being in intense pain.

"Dammit, you sure are strong, but unfortunately for you, do I still stand!" Shiranoa stated with a smug grin as he emerged out of the rabble and took a few steps.

"But not for long!" I smirked.

"Huh, what the!" He shouted, as his legs caved in and he fell down to the ground.

"But…, how?" he asked dumbfounded.

"Your muscles are all paralysed by my forces!" I stated, as I laughed an evil laugh, as I showed him my lightning based chakra.

"Whenever I came in contact with you, I gave your muscles, beside of the heart and the lungs, small electric shocks, which sooner or later would have completely shut them down, disabling you to move any further, paralysing your entire body!" I stated with a smug grin.

"My technique might not be without any self-consequences, however is it able to defeat an opponent, mostly without killing him.

Still I need good 20 minutes to fully be able to walk without pain, at least when there is no medical Ninja, so it´s always better to do this only, when I am in a team!" I explained, as Inojin stepped next to me and helped me with medical ninjutsu.

So that after 5 minutes I was able to fully move again, without all too much pain.

"Winner is Team Yamanock!" Shino sensei stated.

"Good god, this really was a hard battle!" I said, as I stepped over to Shiranoa.

"Your technique is excellent no doubt about it, I was just lucky to have lightning affinity, if not, I would have much to struggle with you, so you can be sure of your power, you are strong and don´t let anyone tell you wrong!" I said to him, before he was removed by the medics.

"It sure was a good match, I rarely had to go all out, so I was glad to had you as my first opponent, even when I lost, i´m happy, I hope that we someday will meet again and that then we can stand as friends and not as rivals next to each other, anyways, please give my greetings and regards to your parents, same as the ones of my father!" He said and I nodded.

"Will do so and I too hope to meet you again, I would like to spar some more with you!" I stated and he smiled, before using all his strength to rise his arm, i gently fist bumped.

"Next time I will be stronger!" He said.

"Make it a promise will you!" I replied and smiled, he smiled back before he was removed.

"Am I wrong, or did you just flirted with him?" Inojin stated full of jealously.

"Oh c´mon Inojin, you don´t need to be jealous, I didn´t flirted and even if, there is no way I could love another man beside of you, well beside of my dad of course!" I said and he smiled as I kissed him.

"A marvellous fight my dears, it really made me proud as Hokage to see such talents coming to full bloom.

I think I can easily speak for every Ninja here in Konoha, that your skills are far over the average, good job, I am excited to see more of your fights!" We heard it out of the microphone.

We looked upwards to see, that the Hokage looked with a proud smile down on us.

I think I almost cried out of joy, as he said these words.

"Well he´s right, you really did a great job there, I thought I had to butt in as your opponent still stood in the end, but you really surprised me, I didn´t knew about that ability, I have to say i´m really astounded by you!" Inojin and I smiled with a blush, before leaning on him.

"Well then off to the next match!" Shino sensei stated and we knew that we were dismissed.

We went back up towards the tribunes, right in the arms of our friends and parents.

"Guys, you are squeezing too hard, I need air!" I gasped, as Chouchou and Sarada pressed me on them bodies.

They all laughed and we decided to go down to the festival, since our next battle once again was in approximately 2 and a half hour, means after 5 more matches.

"Only 2 more victories and we would be in the ½ Finals!" I said, as we stood at the Bar-stand on the festival.

"By the way, I ask myself why your fight is the last one tomorrow!" Chouchou asked herself, with narrowed eyes.

To be honest this was also kind of suspicious to me.

"It sure is a coincidence that we haven't to fight today, isn´t it!?" Sarada said to Bolt.

"You think?" He said, sipping on a soda calmly.

"Wait what do you mean with that?" We asked with narrowing eyes.

"Nothing!" He stated lamely.

"Doesn't sounds like nothing though, c´mon speak up!" Chouchou asked him, scooting closer to him, looking with a risen eyebrow at him.

"Just know, that I still have some Complaisance-coupons!" He only stated.

"Wait, what?" We asked confused.

"Sigh, whenever my father made a promise in the past, which he had to break due to work, I wrote it up and after a while, I forced him to give me these complaisance-coupons for every single one of them, which are things he has to do for me, things only he can do!" Bolt explained.

"Wait, don´t tell me, it was you who….?" Sarada asked.

"Oh c´mon how else would I be able to defeat Sasuke-san, if not with my entire force, I can´t have it to be exhausted right before our Duel, I will not lose, after all it also is about you Sarada, if I won´t win this Duel, then I cannot ever be together with you and your dad perhaps forces you, to marrying some creepy guy.

Therefore I told Dad about it, this way he…, but actually they had decided so anyways, split the entire Chunin exam finals in three segments and let us fight in the second segment, this way I was fit for my duel and Sasuke has no way to object anymore, since the Duel between us has been made official and is written in the program of today's festival, as the special Ninja Art Show, no one really knows that it actually is a real duel, they think it is only show!" Bolt explained and we were buff.

"Wait so that means the reason why I was able to graduate from the Academy was also thanks to you?" I asked, as it dawned me.

"Maybe!" Bolt only stated.

This was enough to convince me.

"T-t-thank you so much Bolt!" I said bowing.

"Woaaah easy, most of the favours I got from dad, were things he wanted to do someday anyways, I only more or less pushed them forward!" Bolt explained with crawling the back of his head in embarrassment.

"Wait so you mean the Akimichi-Clan´s Martial arts Show has also been one of the favours?" Chouchou asked suspicion.

"I just wanted people to stop speaking badly about your clan, I really like the Akimichi, that's why I wanted to find a way, on how to make the people see, that your peoples are so much more than the rumours and the insults are telling about you.

I wanted to make them see, how awesome your Clan actually is.

I spoke with your father, as well as mine and Shikamaru-san over it.

And so the Akimichi Taijutsu Show was born, which also often gets shown on the Starlight Festival!" Bolt explained.

"So the 5-Lands-Strategy-Game Championship has also been one of your favours to your dad, am I right?" Shikadai asked.

"Well it´s not like you didn't won a big price and after all, the insults of you being dumb also vanished, and it´s not as if masterminds from all the 5 lands weren´t happy about this yearly Championship, not.

Mostly because every year it is another price to win!" Bolt answered the question.

"And the Konohagakure Art exhibition?" Inojin asked.

Bolt only nodded while sighing, after being riddled by our glances.

"It´s showing how cool you actually are, after all you too made a lot of money with the pictures you sold, at least every 10th Citizens has now one or two of your pictures at home.

Dammit, actually this shouldn´t have been things, all of you should have known about!" Bolt stated, sweat-dropping, while he calmly sipped on his soda.

"I see, I always has such a suspicion, I mean you were the only one who knew about my problems back then!" Senpou stated.

"And you and Shikadai were the only who knew about my problems!" Chouchou stated.

"And you also were the only one who knew that I hated to be called dumb even though I had no real motivation myself to do something against it!" Shikadai stated.

"And you always knew that people kept on holding me for gay, because I liked to draw things!" Inojin stated.

"Oh c´mon guys, it´s no big deal, really!" Bolt stated.

"No big deal, do you know how much you actually helped us!" Sarada stated to him.

"Oh geez!" Bolt stated, as he closed his eyes in annoyance.

"Guys I did it mostly out of own benefit, I only didn´t wanted to see my friends suffering, that´s all, it´s same as during a battle, I just wanted you to not get hurt anymore!" Bolt stated.

"I see, but seriously, you are really awesome Bolt, not many people would have done the same as you did!" I said to him.

"Maybe but…, can we now speak about another theme?" Bolt asked us.

"Geez you really can´t take some praises, can´t you!" Sarada stated.

"It´s just, it´s so embarrassing to see you suddenly all bowing before me, because of something so self-evident.

It´s only logical, that I wanted to help you guys, I just happen to have a dad with the power to make such things true and that´s it, not more nor less!" Bolt stated and pouted and with this the conversation, at least for him, was over.

"Geez, anyways, what will you do about the next two battles?" Chouchou asked Inojin and me.

"Giving our best and win this thing, of course!" I stated.

"That's what we want to hear!" Bolt stated.

"Anyways, guys what are you thinking about Neherit?" Sarin stated all of a sudden, fully out of the blue.

"Why are you asking?" I asked her.

""Well in my opinion he is a good guy with an invisible character, he isn´t too shy to kill people mercilessly, however he also helps us from dangers, maybe you guys don´t know but he is out every night, defending Konoha!" Sarin stated.

"Wait, can it be that Neherit is the person you and your father shall observe?" Sarada asked her.

"Yes indeed, wait come with me!" Sarin said and so we followed her behind the arena in a blind spot for Cameras.

Bolt´s Pov:

"Actually, I should not really talk about it!" Sarin stated but was interrupted.

"Then don´t do it!" We said.

"I know, but I need your help on an opinion of mine, the Hokage ordered us and a few other Anbu to observe Neherit all day, however we don´t really see much suspicious things.

Only that he is protecting Konoha as well as the united Ninja world from any possible treats and complots, he stifled, so to speak, the evil in the bud.

Also is he, as much as I have seen at least, quite fond in fighting, no matter what or whom he is encountering, he always seems to held a cool head.

Nagato-san as well as Lady Mito are almost always in his surrounding, lately there has also another guy, who always comes at night, arrived, but he always vanishes during the day.

Also, the most we have observed at least, Neherit seems to have a fave for walking over Cemeteries.

We tried to follow him but always only see him walking into graves and mausoleum, but when we go inside he is nowhere to find, also it seems as if he isn´t breaking any kind of Barrier-jutsus or Fuinjutsus.

It is really strange, do you think he does grave defiling?" Sarin asked.

"No idea, perhaps!" I stated.

"A few weeks ago, as we followed him into a forest near Konoha, we lost him in a Fog Jutsu, for several hours, but as he arrived back he didn´t looked at us at all, not even as he walked right next to us, as if he does not care that we see and follow him.

Honestly, I can´t get any smart out of his behaviour!" She said.

"So here is my question, should I try to befriend him to find out more about his plans and also to find out, what Lady Mito and Nagato-san, as well as this third man, are doing for him, or should I rather remain effortlessly observing him?" Sarin asked us.

"So after the motto, Let your friends near you and your enemies even closer?" Shikadai asked.

"Yeah in away, honestly, in my opinion Neherit is a good guy who only is concerned about the world wellbeing and who is willing to do anything to prevent her from being destroyed, so if I can I don´t really want to fake a friendship with him, I would rather try to become real friends with him and to somehow, if necessary, lead him to the right path!" Sarin said.

"Wait, can it, be…., did you fell in love with Neherit?" Chouchou asked bluntly.

"I don´t know what you are meaning by tha!" Sarin stated pouting but blushing.

"No way, he´s so dark and I mean he is actually only …., well…, kind of a ghost, isn´t he?" Sarada stated.

"I don´t think so, you know I believe that there is more behind all of this, he told us that his folk is only made of 150 people anymore and he also told us that only he and a few of his clan have been send to find us remaining Uzumakis.

I ask myself the question, that if there are more of his clan, why does mostly only him and those few others have been send out and why, does he let us do an entire month nothing, if he told us that time is running?" She stated.

"Now that you are saying, I kind of asked me the same, I mean for a possible treat of world destruction, things are really kind of calm aren't they!" I stated and they all nodded.

"I don´t know if it is important, but around a month ago, I, out of chance, heard a man, who was running out of the Hokage´s office, speaking with himself as he passed us on the hallway.

About a dubious Project S.I.O.N.T.T., the same word I heard already a while ago but I cannot remember where, also I saw the very same word on an uniform piece, of one of the Anbu-woman who observe Neherit together with us.

I think that, on the surface everything seems to be calm and collected, while underneath it, things are chaotic and busy.

For me it seems as whatever this Project S.I.O.N.T.T. is, it is something made by all the Kages and therefore by the whole united Ninja-world!" Sarin said.

"Don´t you think you are kind of, you know, exaggerating things.

Perhaps it is something made by the Kages, but if it is, then it is their business and it hasn´t really something to do with us, as long as we aren´t officially involved to it!" Sarada stated, getting nods from us.

"Honestly Sarin, I don´t know what you should do, it´s best if you follow your instinct, still, try to not mess your mission up or get yourself in danger okay!" I said and she looked at me.

"Okay, guess you are right, anyways, I have to get back to work, this is all I wanted to talk about with you, I wish you luck for the future battles in the Exam!" She said before she vanished.

"Seems to me as if she fell head over heels for Neherit!" Chouchou stated.

"Seems so!" We sighed.

"Anyways, your battle will soon come up, so you better prepare yourself, let us meanwhile go back to the tribune, before all the good places are gone!" Chouchou stated and Senpou as well as Inojin nodded.

"Alright guys c´mon, let's get us some snacks, drinks and the best places there are, to cheer our friends on!" Chouchou shouted excited.

"Hai!" we shouted.

And so we ran over the festival ground, buying here and there snacks and soft-drinks, I was not really someone to think much about diets, but hell there is a lot of training needed, to burn the calories I get today.

While we ran around to stuffing our bags and pockets full, we encountered various kids from the town, who wanted an autograph from Senpou and Inojin, it seems as if their popularity have, ever since their first match, being raised like with a rocket-launch.

Unfortunately, did this only caused them both, to get even more nervous than they already were.

By the time we finally arrived at the tribune, they were nervous wrecks, shivering in anticipation of being called up any second.

Sarada´s Pov:

"We need a topic, some kind of theme to discuss about, keeping your mind from the coming battle!" I said to my friends and Senpou as well as Inojin nodded thankfully.

"Anything, but speaking about the battle please!" Sen stated.

"But about what shall we speak?" Chouchou asked.

"How about this, let´s speak about relationships?" Bolt asked, while he looked over to a certain spot.

I looked to see our parents sitting there, most of them cuddling with their respective partner.

"Huh?" We looked rather confused.

I was flushing red and embarrassed, as I remembered today in the morning as we had to kiss before our friends.

"Not about us but about the Relationship of our Parents.

For example, I always had asked myself how your guys´ parents came together, I mean by Sarada´s, Shikadai´s and my parents it is rather obvious, since close to the whole downtown knows why and how they probably got together at least Mr. Ichiraku often told us when he saw them.

Still, there are also facts I still don´t know over Sasuke-san and Sakura-san´s unique relationship!" Bolt stated.

"Yeah, unique in a strange and disturbing kind of way!" I mumbled sour, I once again was remembered on mine and Bolts Conversation yesterday.

However I also was remembered on something I read a day after that night, five years ago.

As we took our belongings out of the remains of our house, as I found Mom´s old diaries, out of fun I kept them for a while to read what my oh so mature mother wrote when she was in my age, and there I got to know the whole truth.

What for a despicable asshole my father really has been as he was as old as me and Bolt now and how cruel he really can be.

For example I finally got to know, how this looked, him being a Nukenin, killing various people out of some idiotic wishes of redemption and revenge, killing those who actually cared about him and that he tried to kill Mom, three times, while the same was always saved, either by Sensei-Kakashi or the Hokage.

Honestly Bolt is right, it is a real mystery how Mom still could love Dad after all he pulled her through, and still, Bolt was right, if she wouldn´t have loved him no matter what, Katsuo and me, we would have never been born.

We would have never met Bolt and Himawari or the others, they are my family, a life without them is impossible for me to think about.

"Anyways!" Bolt stated loudly, ripping me out of my trail of thoughts.

"I really would know, how, for example, Chouchou´s parents found together, I think this is one of the mysteries not many People in town know, not even Dad, I think!" Bolt explained himself.

"I mean your mother is from Kumo and as much as I know they never had much contact to each other, at least before the fourth Ninja-world war.

To me it seems like they are one of these couples, one calls a crack-ship, or not, but I think you should know the best, so how, do you have an Idea Chouchou!?" Bolt asked her.

"Hmm now that you saying, I don´t know either, I actually never really asked my parents, or at least I might as well only have forgotten it!" Chouchou said thinking about that topic.

"Wait i´m gonna ask Dad and Mom, perhaps they do know something, or at least can think of it!" Bolt said, before he seemed to be in deep thought, but I guess he communicates over Kyūbiko with Kurama and so with his Dad.

"They don´t know either!" Bolt said after a while.

"It seems that they just one day came to the friend's meeting and stated to be together, all what is known is that they seemed to have been on many cross-regional missions together in one team, before they seemed to have become an item!" Bolt said, as he went back out of his concentration.

"How did you….?" Inojin asked, confused same as the others, beside of me and Himawari.

"I have a second Kyuubi in myself; he and I are a born entity, also is he able to communicate with Kurama!" Bolt explained, as easy as possible for them to understand, their Faces were priceless.

"What?" They shouted paling, all blood vanished out of their Faces.

The People around were looking at us with angry stares, before they minded their own business

"Psst, c´mon leave the matter, the Townspeople don´t know about it, they simply think I have inherited a bit of Kurama's Chakra.

They have no idea of the second Kyuubi and that should remain this way, and actually it´s not that bad, he´s a good guy, not Kyūbiko!" he said, as he caressed the fox who came out of his stomach, so it seemed, and put his paws on Bolts lap.

"Biko!" It shouted and enjoyed the caressing.

"Wow, can we perhaps..?" Inojin asked in awe.

"Sure!" Bolt said, as they all caressed the little fox, who was in pure bliss, he came completely out of bolt, beside of one tail, this way it looked as if Bolt only had a pet on his lap, no one around us seemed to be suspicious about it.

"Ahem, we come of topic, I would say!" I said after a while of caressing the cute little thing, I saw it often during our alone time this month and it seemed to like me.

"Hmm you are right, so my Parents, well let´s see…, hmm, hmmmnhhhm…, no actually I too can´t think about anything.

I simply cannot imagine to me, how they should have gotten together, I just know they have and that's a good thing, or else I would not exist!" Chouchou said and I could relate.

"Hmm well if we have no idea about it, why don´t we try to imagine an own version!" Bolt said.

"hmm guess why not, at least so we don't have to think about the Battles for a while!" Chouchou said and began to think.

Chouchou´s Pov:

I thought hard, and I mean really hard, to imagine a more or less realistic story, a story which does not exaggerates in its plot, but is still good enough to be the truth.

"Let´s see, Dad was always known to be a passionate eater same like myself, while mom ate mostly only the necessary food, for her to not fall unconscious during training out of lack of ingestion.

But then again she was a passionate cook, even though he said, that she, in the past, for herself lacked the right knowledge, that she just cooked how she thought it was right and that anyone who ate her food would have to vomit, even though she tried her best, she always just earned bad critics.

This made her sad and more than once she sulked about not being able to ever find the rich man, being predicted to her from a fortune-teller in her village, if she cannot even cook.

But then she said that Dad came, during their missions together and showed her how to cook real meals, teaching her gently and successfully how to improve her skills, and that he was the first to have even tried to help her to cook, rather than letting her food standing and herself eat in loneliness and also being the only one who gave her helpful critics!" I said to the others.

"Alright let me think!" Bolt stated and looked concentrated on my hands.

It iritated me so I looked on it as well, however I don´t see anything wrong with them, I wanted to say something but Sarada only shook her head.

So I waited, and I shall wait a while, we watched the matches while bolt seemed to be frozen the way he was.

Bolt´s Pov:

I was seeing it the moment I activated my Nikkogan, Neherit told us that I would be able to see the past of a person so I tried it out, I looked at Chouchou, only to find a small cut in her finer from which a tiny little bit of blood flew out and landed on her seat.

As I concentrated on it, I saw various pictures out of Chouchou´s past, and also pieces out of her father and mother´s life, so it seemed.

It was the same way I could see, that Sarada's soul formerly was the one of a lioness.

The Chimamire no kagami no Jutsu (Jutsu of the bloody Mirror) allowed me to watch through the boundaries of time, seeing the memories carved within Blood.

Either the ones of the Blood owner, or a part of the ones, whose bloods and DNA have created this bloods owner, so his or her parents.

I heard sound and saw moving pictures, the more I concentrated on the blood that fell from her finger.

The Nikkogan, so to say, enabled me to decipher the genetically code of every being, even to an extent, where I can see, at least by soulmates like Sarada and Himawari, the past of the soul itself.

The more I concentrated the more I could see, it was as if I dived right in the memory.

In the Blood Memory of Chouchou, 17 years ago:

I saw myself in Konohagakure, several years in the past, it was as if I was only a watcher, who no one seem to see, while the scene around me moved.

I was in the Hokages office, I recognized the familiar furniture and the pictures, behind the desk sat no one else but Lord Kakashi-san.

Shikamaru-san was at his side, same as he was with my Dad.

"Hokage-sama, we are here!" Suddenly I heard a voice.

I looked to see Inojin´s mother as well as Chouchou´s father appearing out of nowhere right in the Office.

"Ah good to see you guys, well let´s begin, during the past week A-sama, you know the Raikage, informed me that a group of radical people were terrorizing the People in a village near the borderline.

The ninja´s of Kumo tried to capture them, but the radicals always managed to find holes in the Border-security, so they always switch the borders whenever the Kumo-ninjas attempted to capture them.

A-sama asked us for help and so I will send you guys, alongside of Shikamaru towards the borders of Kumo, it is your duty to assist the Kumo-ninjas at the place, to capture the radicals and to hand them over to the Kumo-ninjas.

You will work close with them, so I expect professionalism from you three, lay all differences, which might appear, quickly to the side and capture these radicals.

But be careful, they seem to be Ex Ninja´s themselves and they are not so easy to beat, several teams from Kumo had to go back home, poisoned or half beaten, so whatever happens, make sure to not get yourself killed and try to help the Kumo-ninjas if they are in danger.

Do you understood anything?" The Hokage asked and the three nodded.

"Then go!" he said and they bowed before jumping out of the window over the roofs.

"Who do you think will be these Kumo-ninjas, I hope there is a hot guy under them!" Ino-san stated.

"Ino we are not here to googling at the Kumo-ninja´s physics, but to help them capture those radicals, a little professionalism please!" Shikamaru-san stated annoyed.

"Ha, easy for you to say, you have Temari, but I am not getting any younger, hell even Naruto has found himself a Girlfriend in Hinata.

Same goes for Sakura, after her and Sasuke….!" Ino-san stated horrified.

"Geez, cut it out Ino, no one takes an interest in when, where or how often Sakura and Sasuke are doing it together, they aren´t even here, so why the hell are you speaking that badly behind their backs!" Chouji-san stated.

"Oh shut your trap Chouji!" Ino-san argued.

"Both of you cut it out, I swear, i´m going to get nuts with you two.

We have four days to get near Kumo, and I won't listen for four days straight about who has done what with whom and just so you know, Temari and me aren´t together!" Shikamaru stated.

"Yeah right, you keep on saying that, but get real Shikamaru, you two have met each other awfully often lately, for not wanting to start a relationship.

Hell how often she comes now, twice a month for at least 3 days?

And you keep on saying she only comes for diplomatic manners, how often you speak about one and the same theme?

We asked the Hokage, he said that there are no diplomatic manners to be token with Suna, everything runs perfect with them.

So who do you try to fool here Shikamaru?" Ino-san stated.

This sure was bound to get interesting.

"Just shut up and keep running!" Shikamaru stated and only lightly was flustered.

"Ha, I knew it!" Ino-san chuckled in glee while Shikamaru only sighed while rolling his eyes.

The Scene seemed to get blurry and suddenly a new scenery cleared up, we were near a large wall.

"Stop, what is your business in Kumo?" A few men from Konohagakure, were stopping the three-man track.

"We were send from the Hokage in an important mission to help some Kumo-ninjas!" Shikamaru stated as he handed over the letter of the Hokage.

"Hmm…, hmmm…, alright you may pass, let them through!" The man from the Border patrol stated loudly.

"Thanks, see you soon!" Shikamaru stated and so the track continued.

"Geez since 4 days we are on the run, when and where are we supposed to meet those Kumo-ninjas?" Ino-san asked.

"In 10 miles is a small town, where we will take a rest, there is also the meet point!" Shikamaru-san stated.

The scene went again blurry and after a few seconds I found myself right in a town.

"It´s nice here!" Ino-san stated.

"Indeed it is!" Chouji-san stated.

"Stop, Ninja´s of Konoha!" We heard a voice behind us, a female one.

"Huh, ah Karui-san, Omoi-kun, Samui-san nice to see you!" Shikamaru stated and nodded over to them.

"We are here on the Hokage´s orders to help you guys with catching those radicals!" Shikamaru-san stated.

"Wait so you actually knew who the team we should help was?" Ino-san asked.

"Yes, that´s why I told you, that we are not here to googling after the Kumo-ninja´s physics, but only to get our mission done, sigh!" Shikamaru stated.

"Stay cool guys, anyways we have informations that the Radicals are going to attack in ten days a village 20 miles from here, surrounded by a large forest, it are around 30 men, all ex-Shinobi, to whom the sudden peace is a thorn in their eyes!" Samui-san, the tall blonde woman with the massive cleavage, stated.

"I see, so plenty of places to hide, but no fear we got a fabulous sensor Ninja in our team, this way we easily can find them!" Shikamaru-son stated.

"Alright then we better go, we better don´t lose any more time, I mean what would happen, if they attack earlier and kill all the villagers.

Hell not only would we have failed in our mission, we also would have let down our land-people, we would be called disgraces, our pride as ninjas would be gone.

And then the Raikage will have our heads as his breakfast and our bones as his toothpicks and…..!" Omoi-san stated, but got interrupted by a massive back-head-slash from Karui-san.

"Get your stupid brain straight, nothing like this will ever happen, we will catch these bastards and then we will go back home, where no one will use our bones as Toothpicks!" Karui-san stated enraged.

"Yeah I think it´s kind of improbable that your boss will literally rip your heads of to eat them, unless he happens to be a cannibal, which I think he´s not.

Also there is no one I know who freely would use bones as Toothpicks!" Chouji-san stated.

"Human flesh doesn't taste good anyways, too much fat and not an ounce of taste!" Karui-san stated and the entire Konoha team looked shocked.

"Oh dammit, Chouji keep your calm, keep your calm!" Shikamaru stated trying to calm Chouji-san.

"Yeah what?" The same asked confused.

"Huuh?" Both Ino-san and Shikamaru-san stated, confused as well.

"C´mon guys we haven´t all day, Omoi-san´s right there!" Chouji-san stated before he walked on.

"Eeeeehhh?" The two comrades looked kind of dumbfounded.

"How, come, he didn´t said something?" Ino-san asked.

"No idea!" Shikamaru-san stated.

"Okay explain, what´s with that weird behaviour?" Karui-san asked.

"Usually, as soon someone mentions the word `fat, or fatty´, he goes berserk!" Ino-san whispered.

"Oi Fatty, you even know where to go?" Omoi-san, dumb as he was, stated.

"Hey…, how did you just called me?" Chouji-san asked, freezing dead on his spot.

"Oh shit, get away from him!" Ino-san shouted, as she jumped away from Chouji´s line of fire.

"I AM NOT FAT; I´M JUST ROUND AND ROUND BOYS RULE!" Chouji-san shouted and was ready to beat Omoi-san right into the ground.

"STOP!" Karui-san shouted, bravely stepping right between Chouji-san and Omoi-san, ready to take the beat.

"Karui!" Samui-san shouted.

Before the gigantic fist however could beat her down, the same stopped in mid-air right before her face, inches away from her.

"Stop it, okay and you idiot you going to apologize to him!" Karui-san stated enraged towards Omoi-san.

"Dammit, did you see that?" Ino-san stated in awe.

"Yes, I know Chouji since we were kids and I never saw it, that he ever stopped an attack when he was insulted like this, this is a real premiere.

Something on Karui-san must be, what makes him obey her in one second flat!" Shikamaru-san stated in awe as well.

"Hey, I apologize for how rude my team-mate was but you got to keep your cool too, this is the first time we have a mission together so please let us be friends, as long as it takes to get it done okay, if you feel like having to still hit him for that, please do this afterwards okay!" Karui-san stated scolding Chouji-san.

"Ma'am, yes Ma´am!" Chouji-san stated, saluting before Karui-san.

"Hey are you guys really since years in a team?" Samui-san asked.

"Indeed, but something like this I never saw before, Chouji usually tries to kill everyone who insults him this way.

It is the first time he stopped his attack and it is the first time he didn´t tried to beat someone, when something similar to the F word is being said!" Shikamaru-san stated.

"Yoho Fatty, what do you think, is Karui Hot or plain?" Samui-san stated.

Everyone looked at her, as if she has gone nuts.

"I will remember your insult and let my wrath out on you after the mission is done, blondie, same as I do on that lollipop-sucker-guy over there, and to answer your question, she is very hot just so you know and far away from being plain!" Chouji stated, before he was running further, all calmly.

"Did he…, just…, obeyed…., Karui-san´s order?" Ino-san stated dumbfounded, just like the rest of the group beside of Karui.

"He finds me Hot?!" The same stated blushing.

"Wow, seems like he feel head over heels!" Shikamaru-san stated.

"Well he is tall!" Karui stated blushing.

"Huh!" They all looked at her strangely.

"Chouji-san, wait up!" Karui-san stated, before she jumped right next to the tall grown well-fed boy.

"Sounds like two have found themselves!" Ino-san stated smirking.

The scenery got blurry again, before it reformed itself to a new one.

"Alright we will raise our camp here!" Shikamaru-san stated.

"Huh but wait the village is only 10 miles away anymore!" Omoi-san stated.

"Well we don´t know about you, but the message seemed to be important, that's why we ran for 4 days non-stop, straight towards the border, only resting for 2 hours on the second day.

Also haven´t we eaten something for 2 days straight!" Shikamaru-san stated.

"I see, I admit we too travelled for 2 days straight without food!" Samui-san stated.

"Also is it very unlikely that the Radicals will hide so close to the village, a radius of 5 to 10 miles is enough for an ambush, Ino-san after the dinner, can you check upon the surrounding in front of us?" Shikamaru-san stated.

"Sure thing but first things first, let´s eat!" The same stated.

"Alright , here we go!" Karui-san stated.

"Oh god please no, not again, Karui-san by the love of god and all his holy, stay away from the food, the Pots and the fire-place!" Omoi-san and Samui-san stated in agony.

"What the…., why are you saying that?" Karui-san asked enraged.

"Because…, whenever you cook, we get to stay in hospital for a week!" Samui-san stated.

"Oh so now you complain, when others are here, why you did never told me before and it is not as if you can cook any better, Samui.

And Omoi, you are only eating junk food and sweets anyways, so cut the crap, different from you guys I got to hold my line, or I will never find a man, before i´m old and grey!" Karui-san shouted enraged.

"Believe me Karui, as long as you cannot cook, no man will try to search for you anyways!" Omoi-san stated.

"What the hell, do you search for a beating, sucker!" Karui-san shouted, raising a fist.

"I bet Karui-sans food is not that bad, at least you should try it!" Chouji-san stated calmly.

"Oh believe me, you have no idea on what you are betting there, Karui´s food is like a lethal weapon, it´s called throughout Kumogakure as Karui´s poisonous cooking!" Samui-san stated.

"Well thank you dearly you assholes, on this rate I will never find a man, if you keep discouraging me.

I try my best, so instead of only whining about it, how about you help me but no, for this are you guys unto you indeed too good, isn´t that right?" Karui-san stated before she kicked the cans of instant food, Omoi-san and Samui-san packed out of their bag, deep into the forest.

"Hey that was our food, you dumb idiot, what are we now supposed to eat?" Omoi-san shouted.

"How about you go in the forest and eat some fucking fruits and mushrooms, cannot be any worse than your junk food!" Karui-san shouted, before she ran away into the forest, without any light.

"Karui-san wait up!" Chouji-san shouted running after her.

"Leave me alone!" She only shouted.

"See what you guys did, you are such idiots and you call yourself her comrades?

Dumbasses, both of you, dammit, Karui-san!" Chouji-san shouted, running after Karui-san in the dark lit forest.

"And who is now supposed to cook?" Omoi asked.

The scenery went blurry again, before it changed to the inside of the dark forest.

Karui-san was sitting on a tree-stump on a clearing, illuminated by the moonlight, crying her eyes out.

"Why don´t they ever understand that I am at least trying, it not my fault that I cannot cook, no one is there to show me how anyways!" The poor woman cried.

"Crack!" suddenly a branch cracked, as it was broken by steps.

"Who´s there, I swear I slice you open and use your insides as a stew for the wild animals!" Karui-san shouted enraged.

"Wouldn´t be any funny I guess, no fear it´s only me!" Chouji-san stated, as he arrived on the clearing.

"Proof it that you are Chouji-san!" Karui-san stated with a raised Katana.

"Like this?" Chouji-san asked, as his hand expanded, grabbed the trunk of a tree, broke it so that only the stump stayed and dough the trunk with a quick beat deep in the ground right next to it.

"Alright you convinced me, what are you doing here anyways, didn´t I told you not to follow me?" Karui-san stated enraged.

"You did indeed, still, no offence, but a crying woman, all alone in the forest, is quite vulnerable, not only for the wild animals you know.

You might know that these radicals will only attack in ten days but Shikamaru is right.

Who´s saying that they only come here in ten days, they could already be near us, so leaving you all alone here, even if you say and wish so, is no option for me!" Chouji-san stated.

"Why are you so nice to me, we don´t even know each other?" Karui-san asked dumbfounded.

"This is nothing about knowing each other or not, as long as you are my comrade on this mission, I will care for you, even die to ensure your safety.

This is the wove of a Konoha-ninja, we fight to save and defend our comrades, even if we have to die for it.

As long as there is fire in us, we will fight on, once a ninja always a ninja!" Chouji-san explained himself, as he sat himself on the new stump.

"I see…., hey what you said earlier…, about me being hot and far from being plain….., did you really meant that?" Karui-san asked after while of sitting next to each other.

"Indeed I did, I think you are really beautiful Karui-san, and no matter what the others say, anyone who tries to cook has a right to fail sometimes.

A good cook isn´t born, nor does he has been fallen from the sky, a good cook always only comes through a good teacher.

If once someone shows you how to effectively cook right, you will never forget it anymore, so as long as this mission runs, I would love to show you how to cook, logically only if you want to?" Chouji-san offered to Karui-san.

"Really, would you really help me?" Karui-san asked in awe.

"If you want to, of course?" Chouji-san stated.

"Thanks, I would love to take on that offer and…, wait you can cook can´t you, you don´t try to kidding me here not?" Karui-san asked suspicious.

Out of her whining from earlier I can imagine to me, that no one ever offered her his help for cooking, and that only everyone always tells her how bad it is, instead of helping her to improve her skills.

"If it´s about food, we Akimichi never lie!" Chouji-san stated proudly.

"Akimichi, so you are from one of the four noble Clans of Konohagakure?" Karui-san stated in awe.

"Chouji Akimichi, 16th Head of the Akimichi Clan, at your service!" Chouji-san stated bowing.

"Famous and rich!" Karui-san mumbled.

"Did you said something?" Chouji-san asked.

"No nothing, anyways if you are from such a famous Clan you must can cook well, so be it, I greatly take you on that offer, my name is Karui!" Karui-san stated bowing as well.

"I see, and your Clan name?" Chouji-san asked, but Karui-san only remained silent.

"I see, it must have been hard to raise like this, I cannot relate, but I saw the way Naruto raised, somehow I was kind of sorry for him!" Chouji-san stated calmly and with a bit of pity in his tone.

"Naruto…., ah yeah I remember, the Hero of Konoha, so he too has no parent´s?" Karui-san stated.

"No, as much as I know, they died shortly after his birth, his father was the Fourth Hokage and his mother the second Jinnchuriki of the Nine-tails, at least so I heart from himself.

Naruto inherited the Nine-tails shortly after his birth, the moment his parent´s died sealing him and their own souls within Naruto.

That's why the people hated him for 12 years straight, only after he defeated Gaara Sabakuno, the Kazekage, people began to see him in a different light, then the many times he defended Konohagakure.

Then the fight against Pain and Akatsuki as well as the ending of the war and last but not least the battle on the moon.

All of these things changed the opinion of every single man and woman in Konoha and on the whole world, I think in the long history of Jinnchurikis, there was never a more beloved one, but him.

Due to his fire of revolution he spread, the term Jinnchuriki isn´t seen any more as a disgraceful person or as a monster in human shape, the last few remaining Jinnchurikis which are alive are your sensei Killer-bee and Naruto.

The world has come to the conclusion that jinnchurikis, if being raised in a good environment, aren´t that bad, it´s only a matter of time when Naruto together with your sensei and with Gaara will revolute the image of Jinnchurikis, for we really could need some more Naruto´s on this planet!" Chouji-san stated.

"A little bit of idiocy, spiced with a pinch of heroism and topped with the will of never giving up, this is what this stew called `our earth´ needs!" he stated philosophically.

"Hahah, how poetic, I think I have to tell this towards our Raikage, this fits our sensei Killer-Bee as well!" Karui-san laughed.

"Did anyone ever told you, that you are really beautiful when you laugh, Karui-san?" Chouji-san stated.

"Oh…, uuuuhm…, well…, no…., I guess!" Karui-san stammered embarrassed and flushing.

"Well it´s about time then!" Chouji stated with a smile.

"Handsome and kind in his own ways!" Karui-san whispered, it was plain to see that her affection to Chouji-san was rising, with every minute she spent together with him.

"It´s getting dark, we better go back to the others!" Chouji-san stated, after a while.

"No please don´t go, it's calm and beautiful out here, without the dumb comments of my team mates, don´t get me wrong I like them, both of them, but sometimes I just want to have my peace!" Karui-san explained.

"Can relate to that, I admit, I usually get well along with Ino and Shikamaru, but there are times where I too need my alone time.

Still we should not starve, so here have one, I made plenty of them at home!" Chouji-san stated, as he gave her a Bento.

"Oh wow, you made them, seems like your really are a good cook, well then, thanks again, Itadakimasu!" Karui-san stated all happy.

She ate a bite before her eyes went as huge as tennis balls.

"Yummy, yummy, I cannot tell how delicious this is!" She shouted, before she ate like a harvester, in a few seconds the Bento was gone.

"Oooh!" Karui-san sighed, as she looked at the empty Bento box, practically being clean for use again.

"Seems like I should have make more!" Chouji-stated with a laugh.

"I like women who can eat much and know the value of food!" Chouji-san stated with a massive blush.

"I know I eat like a harvester, still, I can eat as much as I want, I don´t get any fat, I think it´s kind of genetic by me.

Ever since a kid I ate without a care in the world, so long until I left the orphanage and had to work to buy food, ever since these days I tried to be modest on food, so that I still have money for other things like clothes, everyday things, like cleaning utensils and weapons.

Due to me living all alone, I try my best to save my weapons on missions, never a kunai too much but also never too less!" Karui-san stated simply.

"Oh no, i´m sorry I shouldn´t have said the F word right, your Team-mates told us to be careful with that, sorry, I swear it won´t ever happen again!" She said after recognizing her mistake.

"Well at least you don´t do it on purpose, honestly I mostly only get angry on people who are meant it to insult me, like that Blondie and that guy of your team, who did it to try out, if I attack them or not.

If people keep on pushing me about my weight I easily get mad, that has been so ever since I got into the academy.

Before I had little to no self-esteem, so I didn´t really had any power to get angry, I just sulked and ate my own feelings deep within me.

But then I found Shikamaru as a friend and my life began to get better!" Chouji-san explained.

"By the time passing I train myself in seeing it as not so bad and to keep a cool head when being insulted, but I mostly fail in that, as you have seen!" Chouji-san explained to Karui-san.

"But how come you weren't mad at me then, at least the first time?" Karui-san asked.

"Well first off you didn´t knew me, so you also had been oblivious about that fact and second, you didn´t do it to intentionally hurt me, you just said it during a sentence to describe Human flesh, and to describe why you are so breath-taking slim!" Chouji-san stated.

"Well thank you!" Karui-san stated posing.

"Ah and about that beat of yours, as you stopped, your friends told us that it is usually hard to get you out of your berserk mode?"

"Well I was angry on Omoi-san, that´s how he was called right?

Anyways, I was aiming for his face but suddenly you appeared before him, a woman who was not guilty of anything, I had to stop, I tell you, dealing with an enraged Akimichi isn´t so easy as it might sound, if we beat, our opponents usually fly for several miles.

I couldn´t bear to send you flying, only because you defended your comrade and also…, well…., I simply couldn´t defile your beautiful face!" Chouji-stated blushing yet again.

"I see and as Samui insulted you?"

"Well I kind of knew you would jump before your comrade again and the first time I could stop out of pure luck before touching you with my fist, it wasn´t able to say if I would have done it a second time.

That´s why I took upon your offer to punch them after the mission, when we don´t really need them anymore, I don´t like to have you bearing with them being unconscious but I also need to tell you, that we Akimichi are really unforgiving for many things!" Chouji-san stated.

"Anyways it´s getting really cold now, we better go warming up by the campfire, here, it´s not much but at least a bit!" Chouji-san stated and, yes was it even possible, gave Karui the last piece of meat in his Bento box.

"Uhmm, thanks a lot!" Karui-san stated dumfounded not knowing what for luck she actually had.

"Well then let´s get back!" Chouji-san stated and just like a gentleman, helped her up.

Together they vanished back in the direction of the Campfire.

The next Scenery appeared, it seemed to be a few days later.

Karui-san and Chouji-san were cooking together, a well smelling stew.

"Now careful, too much salt is taking too much of the liquidity and then the meat gets too dry, carefully…, and stop, that´s enough and just right.

Now with these herbs, the meat get it´s unique flavour!" Chouji-san explained, as he showed Karui-san, standing behind her and taking her hands in his, which made her blushing, how it is done.

"S-s-s-sure thing, Chouji-sensei!" Karui-san stated, using the honorific which she used, ever since they began the cooking lessons.

"A pinch of this, always only a fingertip full, if you measure it like this you get it right…, well in your case use one and a half fingertip, after all your fingers are way smaller than mine!" Chouji-san stated with a laugh.

"Chouji-san, do you think they will eat it?" Karui-san stated in self-doubt.

No fear in the last few days we trained you to cook a basic curry, which is already a big step for a newbie in the kitchen, still, in my opinion you already know most of it.

I admit we had some failures by the start, but hey I told you, there has still no master fell from the sky, I too had to learn first how to cook by my mother and believe me, she was way stricter than me!" Chouji-san stated.

"And now a bit of these, see, if you turn it now like this it gets this unique sharp scent.

Now we only have to prepare the rice, you know you have to wash it first for some times, but don´t forget, keep turning the curry constantly or else it will burn in the marmite!" He explained, as he took Karui-san´s hand and showed her how to turn.

Karui-san however seemed to be way more mesmerized by how strong her heart beated, by Chouji-sans gentle touch.

"Ah the rice seem to be done!" Chouji-san stated after a half hour.

"And the Curry too has reached a great consistence, well then time to put it all on a plate!" Chouji-san stated, as he took out the fore-heated plates out of the warm water, dried them off with a clean towel, and gave them to Karui, so she could fill them with rice and Curry.

The Table was another stump of big tree which, has been crafted by Chouji and Karui-san using their skills.

"Food is ready!" They shouted and they all gathered together.

"It´s nice to have an own cook, you really seem to be a god in the kitchen, the curry looks good!" Omoi-san stated.

"Actually it´s Karui who cooked!" Chouji-san explained with a smile.

"I´m sorry, we still have to get something done!" Samui-stated, as she and Omoi-san wanted to run away.

"Shikamaru, stop them!" Chouji-san only stated.

"If you say so!" Shikamaru-san stated and caught both Omoi-san and Samui-san with his jutsu.

"Release me, I´m a human being, I don´t want to die!" Omoi-san shouted in agony.

"Alright now that we are finally all here together, it´s time to eat!" Chouji-san said with a sinister smile.

"You better hurry up, for if in one minute nothing is in your mouth, I will fill your face with a fist!" He threated.

"Karui-san gave it her best shot, so you better be grateful, for all the hours she spent to cook you guys a meal.

Well then, Itadakimasu!" Chouji-san stated before he shoved himself a good part of the curry in the mouth.

"Well done I would say, I like it Karui-san!" Chouji-san said and smiled over to Karui-san.

"Really, are you really sure it tastes or are you only trying to kidding me!" Karui-san asked with Narrowed eyes.

"We got this, only a second!" Ino-san whispered to Karui-san before she used a jutsu to transmit Chouji-san´s mind to everyone else.

"It tastes awesome, dear Karui, I think you have made a great effort, keep going like this and everyone finally will value your dedication, I bet you will become a good wife!" This were the thought´s Chouji were thinking, while shoving bite for bite of the curry in his mouth.

Everyone blushed deep red but mostly Karui-san

"You guys still have 20 seconds, before my fist will colliding with your faces!" Chouji-san threated.

"Well then, Itadakimasu!" they all said and tried a bite.

"Oh wow, it does tastes wonderful!" Ino-stated while Shikamaru nodded.

"Even I have to admit, it´s delicious!" Samui-san, stated with an approving nod.

"I admit, it tastes delicious for once Karui!" Omoi-san stated after a few bites.

"See, I told you so!" Chouji-san only said smirking, before he was thrown over by Karui-san´s flying embrace.

"Chouji-san, i´m so glad they finally praised my cooking, after years of denying me any credit and after years of failing to cook anything tasty I finally made it!" Karui-san smiled with tears in her eyes, joy over-running herself.

"Glad to hear that Karui-san, but we should better eat or else it will get cold!" Chouji-san stated smiling, as he petted her head.

"Oh uhmm sure…., stupid me, what am I saying and doing?" Karui-san mumbled in sheer embarrassment.

"Hehe, seems like you found yourself a nice man, Karui!" Samui-san was teasing her comrade.

"Oh Stop it you!" Karui-san waved off.

It lasted for a while before the food was all gone.

"Phew this was really tasty, I just which we would have made a bit more!" Chouji-san stated as he looked in the empty Marmite.

"Say Aaaaah!" Karui-san stated with a smile.

"Huh?" Chouji-san asked, as he looked up before a bite of curry was shoved within his mouth.

"Wow, uhmm thanks Karui-san!" Chouji-san stated blushing furiously.

"Wow, she´s sharing her food with Chouji!" Ino-whispered to Shikamaru.

"Seems so!" The same stated.

"How does it taste to have the last bite?" Karui-san asked Chouji-san.

"It tastes godly, as if a symphony of emotion is playing off in your brain, you know it is the last bite of a meal cooked for you and as such you taste it even more intensively!" Chouji-san said philosophizing about his way to eat.

"Can relate to that, remember that bento you gave me on the first night of the mission, as you gave me the last piece I seemed to taste so much more than the rest, even though it seemed to have been just the same Bento!" Karui-san stated smiling.

"WOOOAH; WAIT; HOLD ON A SECOND; HE GAVE YOU THE LAST PIECE?!" Ino-san and Shikamaru-san shouted in shock, spatting their drink.

"Yeah so what?" Karui-san asked confused.

"No way, is she for real?" Ino-san asked.

"Only one way to find that out!" Shikamaru-san stated and nodded over to Ino-san.

"Roger, mind-transmission comes directly!" Ino-san shouted as she concentrated.

"….. Idiots, … both of them!" Omoi-san stated at the sight of his two Konoha teammates going nuts over something so trivial.

"NO FUCKING WAY!" Both Ino-san and Shikamaru-san shouted.

"He actually did it!" Ino-san shouted.

"I cannot believe it!" Shikamaru-san shouted back.

"Oi cut the crap and tell us what´s the matter?" Samui-san shouted.

"Never, never in his life before since we know him, has Chouji ever left the last piece of a meal out, be it rice, Vegetables, meat, Noodles, no matter what, he always had to have the last piece, he was willing to destroy an entire restaurant once, only to get the last piece of meat on the grill.

That he freely gives the last piece to someone, this is almost…, this is…, this is as if…!" both shouted in unison, explaining to Omoi-san and Samui-san the matter of fact.

"Keep it cool guys just tell us, what is it!?" Samui-asked loudly, back-head-slashing both Konoha ninjas, attracting the attention of Karui-san and Chouji-san.

"Giving her the last piece of meat in his Bento, is as if Chouji has proposed to Karui-san!" Shikamaru-san stated loudly.

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"WWWWWAAAAAAHHHHTTTTTTT!?" They all shouted in sheer shock.

"Well it has the same meaning, I would say!" Shikamaru-san stated.

"Chouji-san is this true?" Ino-san asked.

"Guys it was only a bite of curry, stop exaggerating things, it´s not this way and you only are making Karui-san uncomfortable with such claims!" Chouji-san tried to calm his comrades.

"Eeeeyy are you seriously hitting on our comrade?" Samui asked coldly.

"Well, no not really, it´s not like that, There was no deeper meaning behind it, I guess!" Chouji-san replied sweat dropping, trying to speak himself out of this uncomfortable situation.

He was only trying to calm everyone, so he can think about all of this himself.

Footsteps ran in the direction of the forest, steps and a silhouette no one noticed, vanished within the dark lit woods.

"So you think she is a nuisance?" Omoi-san asked threating packing out one of his swords.

"HEEEYY, I would never think that, take that back, Karui-san isn´t not a nuisance, she is a kind and loveable woman who likes to cook.

I´m helping her out and I find her nice and cute I admit that, but that's all, why are you guys interpret so much into these things, go get your own loves, goddammit.

Heck even if I would hit on her, this would be none of your business anyways, but only mine and Karui´s!" Chouji-san shouted his face red of blushing.

"Geez stop screaming Chouji, we have understood!" Shikamaru-san calmed his friend.

"So you are saying, you hate her?" Samui asked.

"No I don´t hate her, I never said that, nor did I even ever thought that!" Chouji-san stated, with an enormous determination and honesty evident in every word.

"So you love her?" Omoi-san asked confused.

"….. Okay, okay, kind of, I admit it, I never met a woman like her and I instantly was attracted to her, hell I don´t even know myself, how to feel about all this, I never was in love before!" Chouji-san stated.

"So now you have it, i´m sorry Karui-san, I think I fell in love with you, even though I know I am not the man of your dreams and…., wait, Karui-san, Karui-san, dammit did any one saw where she ran off again!?" Chouji-san asked, as he looked around, not able to spot Karui-san.

The scenery changed and we were floating through the forest, following Karui-san, how she ran with teary eyes through the forest.

"How can I be so stupid, as if he ever would love a woman like me, I can´t even cook without his help, of course he won´t love such a woman.

He rather likes someone who does not first have to learn to cook, he wants someone by which he can sit on the table minding himself, not needing to stand up even once, to help his wife to cook something, without creating something poisonous.

What the hell was I thinking anyways, loving someone from another land, it's hard to say if we ever will meet again anyways.

God i´m so stupid!" Karui-san mumble,d as she ran through the dark lit forest, tears flowing endlessly, caught by the wind, while rolling over her cheeks.

Having heard only a bit of Chouji-sans outburst from earlier, she totally misunderstood the whole situation.

"Why the hell am I even still try to find a man, only because the stupid fortune-teller in our village told me that I would marry a tall, rich and famous as well as handsome guy.

Hah, where exactly will I ever find such a guy, Chouji-san obviously has no special feelings for me, he made that all too clear during his outburst!" She was mumbling running through the forest.

Running away from her troubles, away from the hard beats of her broken heart, a pain she could not escape from, ever so deeper down into the forest she ran, having long lost all orientation.

"Hey missy, what are you doing here, this is our forest!" She suddenly stopped dead in her track as she heard a voice from the dark.

"Dammit, are these the radicals!" She mumbled, as she grabbed behind her for her sword.

"Dammit, i´m such an idiot, such a stupid klutz!" She stated, as she remembered that her katana still lied next to her rest-place.

"Well then I have to use my fists!" She said, for all her jutsus were mostly used in combination with her Kenjutsu abilities.

Which let her only Taijutsu.

"Hey Missy, are you deaf, I asked you something!" an evil looking man stated as he emerged out of the dark alongside another group of man, all of them wore swords on their backs, as well as gun´s in their holsters.

Alone the large number of guns they had was dangerous for Karui, and she knew better to provoke a fight without her sword.

"What do you want?" She asked.

"You look quite fierce, I tell you something, why don´t you and I go toward the next town and get a drink together!" The boss stated.

"I don´t like alcohol!" Karui-san stated.

"Can´t hold your liquor, huh, hahah no fear I will show you how it is done!" The man stated laughing.

"Look I don´t want trouble so why don´t you simply leave me alone, i´m not in the mood for this crap now!" karui-said going in a battle stance.

"Oho so you want to fight, well believe it or not, but I am in the mood, i´m gonna beat your sorry ass, only as much as to still have it for my men to play with, thought!" The man stated with a sinister smile.

"There has been so long nothing for them to play with, so make thing interesting okay!" he laughed, as he used a finger-sign on which his man attacked the poor woman.

"Ha come and get yourself your beating!" Karui-san shouted confidently, attacking.

It looked as if she had the longer lever.

"Oho you really have fire wild-cat, but I am the one who is on the longer lever here" The man stated, as he took out his gun and shot right before Karui´s feet.

"The next on goes a bit higher, if you don´t obey!" The man laughed as suddenly many guns were pointed at Karui, letting her stopping dead in her tracks.

"Yes this is what I like, so now show me what you got under that dress of yours!" The man snickered evilly as he used his gun to strip Karui of her flak jacket.

The poor woman as near vomiting, as the gunman stripped one of her shoulders free, and went to the other side, sliding his hand under her dress.

"Don´t…., please…, anything but that!" Karui-san stated, and if I didn´t knew that I was unable to help anyways, due to being in a memory, I would have attacked the man.

"No one is here to help you, we will have some fun, all night long!" The man snickered, blowing in Karui-san´s ear.

"Please…, no…, i´m begging you, stop it…, please!" Karui-san, whimpered, as the man´s filthy hands reached almost her breasts, sliding down slowly.

"You are beautiful, I want to taste you first!" The man snickered evilly, as his tongue rolled over her neck.

Up to her cheek and near her mouth.

"No…, no, please not, don´t do this, no, no, NNNNNNOOOOOO!" Karui-san shouted pushing the man away harshly, letting him cut himself on a branch.

"Haaa, that was a mistake, my dear!" The man stated angrily, pointing his gun at her.

"This is not at all the way, on how to treat a Lady, you filthy asshole!" A massive voice shouted from above.

"Huh, what the hell?!" the Gunman shouted, as suddenly something giant came flying down.

"BAAAAAAAMMM!" With a massive quake, no one else but a giant version of Chouji-san appeared, crashing down on earth out of nowhere.

"Get your filthy hands of Karui-san!" Chouji-san shouted shielding the woman from the gunfire of the men, while he hammered the other fist on the men, slaying portions of the forest to nothing more but toothpicks.

Several man were either hit by the fists or crushed by falling trees.

"Hold on tight Karui!" Chouji-san stated, before he grabbed her gently in his giant hand and began to run away.

"Chouji-san, but how?" Karui-san asked confused.

"After we noticed that you have been run away, Ino located you through her Chakra sensing, this way she send your localization to me.

Then she suddenly found different Chakras in your surroundings, so I multi-sized myself and began running towards you, guess I was right on time, I won´t even imagine what these Asshole would have done to you.

I´m sorry that I wasn´t there earlier!" Chouji-san stated.

Behind them many bullets were fired.

"Aaarrrgghh!" Chouji-san shouted in pain as several of them hit him.

"Chouji, no!" Karui-chan shouted in horror.

"Hold on tight I can bear it, just hold on for life sake!" Chouji-san shouted at her.

"I´m sorry Chouji, I shouldn´t have run away in the first place, I should have taken your decision like a grown up woman, rather than a broken-hearted teenager in a one-sided love!" Karui-san stated.

"Why would you be broken-hearted and why one-sided?" Chouji-san asked confused.

"Well, I know I am not the woman you want, you rather like a girlfriend, or even a wife, who actually can cook, I can´t cook alone, I can´t even cook an egg well, without help.

I shouldn´t have ever made myself any hope!" Karui-san explained, tears still streaming over her face.

"It´s okay, I can bear it, I am strong, and even if you don´t want me, I am not ashamed of having fallen in love with you!" Karui-san stated.

"Woaaah, hold on a second, I never said that I don´t love you either, actually I do fell in love with you!" Chouji-san stated confused and panting as well as hissing in pain.

"Huh…., really…, but…., but you said that you weren´t having any feelings for me beside of friendship!?" Karui-san stated confused, getting a horrified look from Chouji-san.

"I never said that, perhaps you have already being gone, as I said that I find you awesome and that I never met a woman like you, you are dedicated in many aspects, I saw that during our time together in this mission and not only during our cooking lessons.

In these five days I came to know you much, you showed me much of yourself and I tried to do the same, and before I even really knew it myself, I fell in love with you.

As I spoke with the others, I wasn´t able to tell it clearly to myself, I didn´t know if I only had a crush or was heavily in love with you, for I never had a crush or had been fallen in love with someone before.

And let's be honest, it´s not nice to compare the love to a person with the love for food!" Chouji-san stated joking while still panting and even Karui-san had to smile a little.

"I told the others not to claim things about me as a fact, if I don´t even get them myself.

But the moment I saw that guy touching you with his dirty hands, I felt this wrath in me, I just wanted to destroy anything that harms you, and I am sorry, for this idiot right here hurt you the most!" Chouji-san stated, as he got slower, he sat her down on the ground before shrinking.

"Aaarrrgghh!" He shouted as his body went back to his original size.

"Chouji!" Karui-san shouted, seeing many bullet holes in Chouji-sans back.

"Wait, I will help, you, I got to do something, dammit if only I knew medical ninjutsu, you got to stay alive…, Chouji…., Chouji…, hey don´t do this to me…, don´t die on me now…, don´t you dare to die…., do you hear me, you cute marshmallow!" Karui-san shouted, as Chouji didn´t moved anymore, and fell in her arms half unconcious.

"CCCCHHHHOOOUUUJJJIIII!" Karui-san shouted as the tears broke again out of her eyes.

"S-s-sorry Karui, I would love to speak more with you but i´m so tired, still, know this…., I love you!" Chouji-san stated and Karui-san cried in his shoulder, before shrieking up at the sound of a broken branch.

"Found you at last and now die, like this son of a Bitch!" the man from before, the leader of the radicals shouted, as he pointed with a gun at Karui-san.

"BBBBAAANNNGG!" The sound of a fired gun echoed through the forest.

"K-K-K-Karui, run!" Chouji, having rose a last time, shielding Karui-san in progress stated as blood flew out of his mouth.

"Dammit, but now!" The man stated as he aimed the gun yet again at a paralyzed Karui-san.

She was unable to move, due to sheer terror of witnessing Chouji being hurt so often, thanks to her stupidity of running through the forest without a weapon.

Suddenly the man stopped, and turned the gun towards his chin, struggling against an unknown power.

"Huh, hey wait what the…..!" The man shouted, as he seemed to wake up out of a trance.

"BAAAAAAMMMM!" A loud shot was to hear, as the man shot himself his own brain away.

"Good god, that was close!" We heard Ino-sans voice as she arrived with the others.

"Ino…, Chouji is… Chouji is!" Karui-san stammered, as she looked at all the blood on her hands.

"Move aside, I will help him!" Ino-san stated, instantly using her mystic palm technique to heal the wounds, pushing the bullets like a magnet out of Chouji-sans back and closing the bullet-holes.

Karui-san was crying into Samui-san´s chest.

"I´m so sorry, if only I never would have run away!" She stated crying, beating herself for it.

"Stop it, Chouji is not dead, he had luck, no bullet hit wide enough, only right under the surface, not enough to damage anything important, still he will have some back-pain for a few days but that´s all.

Right now he is only unconscious, but in a few hours he will be up again!" Ino-san stated, with a satisfied smile as all wounds were closed and all bullet out.

"Are you sure?" Karui-san asked whimpering.

"100% positive, due to his multi-size technique, the bullets were only like the sting of a mosquito to him, however he does feels it more intensively, when he goes back on normal size.

Luckily the Bullets did not wandered as he shrunk, no fear in a few day he will be over the damn, still I would feel better if we would get into a hospital with him, just in case there is something I have overseen, it all happened in a rush, I just want to be sure everything truly is alright!" Ino-san stated.

"Alright, we have to tell the Raikage, that the mission was a success, they are awaiting us in Kumogakure, we thank you dearly for your help, we will escort you to the town, before we go, I think they have a hospital over there!" Samui-san stated and they all nodded.

"Also do we have to clean the forest from the corpses, we have to call the Anbu!" Omoi-san stated.

"We do this in town, lets get Chouji in the Hospital first!" Karui-san, having caught herself again, stated with a harsh tone.

"Alright, here we go!" And so we all ran through the forest, having Chouji between us, towards the town, picking up the most important belongings from the camp, like the scrolls and Karui-san´s Katana.

They had luck, there was a Hospital in town, thought only a country-side-sized one, still it was enough for treating him, so Ino-san stated, however, the wounds Chouji had were a little more severe than she thought.

He had to be operated, for one of the bullets was stuck near his spinal column, being splintered, having damaged much within his body and causing several internal bleedings, he had been sat in an artificial coma to heal anything.

To say that Karui-san was miserable over it, was a downright understatement, she was afraid that he might not wake up again.

Still she tried not to show her fear to the others.

"Alright, we have told our Hokage that we will stay here for a few days or weeks more, until Chouji is ready to go!" Ino-san stated, as she spoke with Samui and her team.

"We also wrote towards our Raikage to send the Anbu in the forest and that the mission has been a success, he has another mission for us, so we have to go, hope your friend will soon be well again, anyways we got to go!" Samui-san stated and wonk.

"Sure thing, hope we can meet again someday!" Shikamaru-san stated.

"Yes, that would be nice, I know Chouji would like that too!" Ino-san stated.

"That I am certain of, well then, got to go…, Karui are you coming?" Samui-san stated as she saw her teammate standing still on her spot, eyes casted to the floor and her fists clenched.

"….. Go on ahead, I will stay!" Karui-san stated, with a determined tone.

"Uh, well didn´t you heard what I told them, the Raikage has a mission for us, we have to go!" Samui-san stated.

"I don´t care…., I will stay here and if he wants me to come, he shall come here personally…., you can tell him that if he asks, I will remain here, even if I have to face punishment afterwards!" Karui-san stubbornly stated.

"Karui, this is a direct order from the Raikage!" Omoi-san tried to reason his teammate.

"I said I don´t care, Chouji is lying in the coma because I was so stupid to go without a weapon in the forest, getting not only lost but also vulnerable against my enemies.

They could have killed me, or worse they could have first raped me and then killed me.

But Chouji saved me, sacrificing his own life to keep me from harm, so the least I can do to honour his bravery, is to stay here until he wakes up again.

If the Raikage cannot understand that, then he is a heartless bastard.

So I tell you again, I stay here, as long as it takes for Chouji to wake up again, so you better pray that he does it quickly!" Karui-san stated with a fierce tone, before stroking Chouji-san´s cheek with a loving glance.

"I will stay here and watch over you my dear!" She mumbled.

"Sigh he will be angry for sure, but I bet he understands, anyways make sure to come back home as fast as possible, okay?!" Samui-stated.

"Roger!" Karui-san only stated, her eyes never leaving Chouji-san.

"Alright tell him a good day, at least he will burn a little fat when he only eats the hospital food.

Still, maybe Karui won´t like him anymore if he gets too slim, then he will be sorrowful and frustrated and so he starts to eat again, gets back to his shape now.

Then Karui will be the one suffering, because she was so stupid to let him go!" Omoi-san pondered about endless possibilities in his head.

So long before he felt the coldness of sharp steel on his throat.

"Call my Chouji one more time fat, I dare you, and I swear by god and all his holy, I will slice your worthless throat open and bathe in your blood, shithead!" Karui-san stated menacingly, from behind Omoi-san.

The same let his lollipop falling in sheer terror.

"I swear, it will never happen again, we better get going, see you soon Karui san!" Omoi-san stated sweat-dropping.

Karui stepped back and sat herself back on the side of the unconscious Chouji-san

I saw enough, I had enough info to tell, how this might end now, it was time to return.

"Kaizōdo no jutsu (Jutsu of the dissolution)!" I thought and it was as if I was pulled back from the scenery, back into reality.

Present time, Chunin exam Finals, Bolt´s Pov:

I instantly recognized that only a few minutes have passed, since I dived into the memories.

However my eyes hurt like hell.

"Bolt are you okay, you kept on staring at Chouchou´s hands for a while now; do I have to be jealous?" I heard Sarada´s Question, half joking half serious.

"Just give me a second to come down!" I replied to her.

"Come down from what?" Chouchou asked suspicious as well.

"I just made a dive into the memories of your parents, these eyes are the best but now they truly hurt, I bet I can't use them for a bit, anyway I saw how your parents came together and I can kind of imagine what happens afterwards!" I stated.

"Really?" Chouchou asked me.

"Yeah really!" I replied.

"Wait, how did you do that, with the Nikkogan, how do you know how to use them, I mean you have them since a month but you used them at least only once, as much as I know, isn´t that right?!" Sarada asked me.

"Indeed, but Father found many old scrolls in which the function of the Nikkogan has been shown, written in texts, which only can be read with the Nikkogan.

According to them, has the Nikkogan a lot of own abilities, but there are also Jutsus, which are only able to be used with the Nikkogan, similar to the Hyuuga-style Taijutsu, which can only being used in combination to the Byakugan.

Anyways one of the few Jutsus only able to use with the Nikkogan is the Chimamire no kagami no Jutsu (Jutsu of the bloody Mirror).

With it I am able to dive into the memories carved inside your Blood, yours are complete and clear, the one of your parents are more blurry and mostly only pieces of a collective memory from father and mother!" I explained.

"Wow this is really handy I would say!" Chouchou stated and the other nodded in awe.

"Indeed, alright are you ready?" I asked her and she nodded at me in anticipation.

"Alright, then imagine now a scene, on how one of such a mission would play off:

Your mother and Father are both called to a mutual mission together, with their respective teams, which lasts a few days and where it is necessary for someone to cook.

Your mother insists to cook, but her abilities are not really the best to that time, still she wants to improve her skills.

Unfortunately aren't her teammates any help and mostly only criticizing her meals, because most of the food she ever cooked, was close to not eatable.

Your mother logically is enraged about it and also feels embarrassed that her comrades only tell her how bad her food, is instead of helping her, and this right before Your fathers Team.

Having gotten a like in your father due to his kind character and friendliness, she fears that he would have to vomit as well and tell her, how bad of a cook she is, but instead he praises her for at least trying her best.

Even though he hasn´t tried anything of her to that time.

After running away from the embarrassment of her teammates, your father follows her, to make sure she does not get in danger.

He manages to calm her and offers her his help to show her how to cook.

Suspicious your mother asks if he even actually can cook or only jokes around.

Your father then shares his self-made Bentos with her and even gives her the last piece of meat, something he never has done to anyone before that day.

The next days he shows her, how she can improve her skills and how to cook a basic curry rice, learning much from seeing how Passionate he speaks about the food and how he even tries to teach her the right movements, by gently move her arms and hands, she becomes more and more interested in him.

Her other Team mates begin to get suspicious about them and suggest that she may have a crush on your dad and viseversa.

Your father however, unsure of his own feelings for never having a crush on someone before, first says no, there would nothing going on between them and that Karui would probably don´t like him this way anyways.

Words were spoken and misunderstandings created, your mother, who could not bear to being rejected, ran away, deep into the forest like on day one, only that she ran right into the radical ex-Shinobis, the targets of her mission.

Having forgotten her sword at the camp, she wanted to fight barehanded, however the radicals bore a large numbers of guns and threated to rape her before killing her.

Your mother pushed them off her, not wanting to have her body defiled, the chief of the group then threated to kill her.

Your father, thanks to finding her through Ino-sans chakra-sensing and the mind-transmission jutsu, went between her and the men in his giant-form, taking the bullets, and letting his wrath out on the radicals, before gently grabbing your mother and fleeing.

Several miles away, the wounds slowed him down and he shrunk back to his original size.

Clearing the misunderstanding and telling your mother that he loves her, he is shot in the back again by the still living radical-group leader.

Being possessed by Ino-san, the man pointed the gun right under his chin, and through Shikamaru-sans forces, blasted his own brain out.

Your father wounds were provisionally healed, however where they not all so easy to handle and Ino-san wanted to treat them in the Hospital.

Your mother's team decided to escort them to the Hospital, before taking their leave to inform their Kage about the mission, as well as taking on the next.

Your father´s wounds however were more severe than thought, so that he had to be send into an artificial coma to heal all injuries.

Seeing this your mother refused to leave his side, even ignoring a direct order from the Raikage to be at his side.

She explained that it was her mistake and due to her stupidity, that Chouji-san was lying now in coma in the first place, it would be the least she could do, to stay until he wakes up again.

After much back and forth, the rest of your mother's team took their leave and Karui-san stayed at the Hospital.

Here ended the memories I saw in the blood, so the rest is only my speculation!" I Told to Chouchou.

"Wow, this is quite, interesting, this ability of yours is really awesome Bolt, anyways I would love to hear your suggestion!" Chouchou replied with shimmering eyes.

"I think that Karui-san must have spoken a lot during your Father's coma-time, I suggest some private things out of her own past, telling him much about herself.

Ino-san perhaps told her many things about Chouji as well.

After he finally woke up again, Karui-san was happy beyond believe and shed tears of pure joy.

It lasted a while before Chouji was fully able to work again.

Knowing that the time of goodbye was soon to come, your father and mother promised to see each other soon again, also out of missions, trying to get the permission from their respective Kage.

Their Kages soon getting to know about their relationship, also due to Karui´s absence to which she apologized personally by the Raikage.

The same, as well as the Hokage, perhaps decided to give them some time by sending them to borderline duty, this way they were able to meet each other regularly.

And so they managed to go on many more Missions together on which your father shows her how to cook also different meals and orders her after every mission, as a homework, to learn how to cook the meals he just taught her, so long until she gets it right and to by the next mission together show him her skills.

After a while these homework are expending to a greater scale and are to show her skills to her other teammates.

Doing as told, she more and more gets praised, and while on missions together with him, she is learning more and more from your father, not only cooking.

Being worried however, if her feelings to Chouji-san might get in the way of her duties to Kumogakure, since she often makes excuses when she don´t want to go on sudden meetings, when having actually planned a date with him; Karui-san decides to go find a final solution to that nagging question.

She decides to go to the Fortune-teller, the one who once told her that she would marry a rich, tall, famous and handsome guy.

Asking him what he once meant with these features, she gets to know what the old man meant to say that time.

The things she already had suggested upon meeting Chouji.

The Fortune teller told her that the meaning of being rich was not only meant in a material sense, that the way to be tall was not only meant, to also be as muscular as an average Bodybuilder.

He told her that Handsomeness not only meant the physics but also the inner character of a person.

And the thing with famous was not only meant to be renowned by the world, but among those who trust him and those who get to know him, being famous for his kindness, his care, his smile or something different.

At the end the Fortune teller stated, that Karui-san already has found her fortune.

Karui-san remembers the first mission with your father and her question she once asked him, the question of why he would care so much for a Ninja, who´s not even from his Village.

Your father responded with saying, that it completely doesn't matter from where a person is, as long as they are teammates it is only logical to defend each other.

Then she remembered the further course of the mission, the moment as she got cornered and almost killed, if not your father would have thrown himself in the line of fire taking the bullets for her.

She also remembered how he half in unconsciousness admits that he would never allow such a beautiful woman like your mother being hurt.

Your mother, being completely baffled by this statement, breaks down in tears, realising how wrong she had been, by thinking that she ever had decided to only would marry a man with much money.

About the confusion of her Team mates later that evening, she states what the fortune-teller told her, that rich is not always meant in a material way.

She states that your father is rich in his own way, rich of kindness, rich of politeness and rich of Loyalty to his teammates, a man who´s rich with unwavering trust in people he likes.

Several months later Chouji was again hurt during a mission and send to Coma, a fact which beated Karui down.

Getting the permission to stay in the hospital in Konoha, your mother stays at your father´s side.

While being there your father gets visits from many of his friends, so also Chouji´s mother and Father.

Chouji´s mother tells, while chatting, that your father, since a while, likes to speak more, about his cooking student and her massive efforts and successes, than food itself and that this would mean much for when your father is saying this.

According to his father, Chouji´s newest last wish, if the world would end tomorrow, would be to teach her a last receipt and to taste her food a very last time.

The Parents then are going back home, while your mother stays.

Thinking about the just heard your mother is breaking in tears realizing how much she actually means to Chouji and how much he means to her already, it wasn´t a simple infatuation anymore but a burning Love.

She states that, if the world would end, she would wish to have the courage to tell him how much he helped her to change and how thankful she is for it, and that she doesn´t know a man, she would rather marry than your father.

Your father, having been awoken from the coma and faking sleep a long time already, then speaks that it would be an honour to him to be able to marry such a fine woman like your mother.

Breaking in tears of Joy again, your mother overjoyed embraces your father causing him to hiss in pain, your mother says sorry but your father brushes it off stating that such a small injury wouldn´t ever kill him, when your mother would be the one to help him through it.

I can imagine how red of embarrassing your mother might has become!" I stated with a smile.

"Yeah I can imagine that too!" Chouchou replied, listening closely.

"After being released from the Hospital, your father asks your mother out for many more dates, but both are still restrained from your mothers affiliation to Kumogakure, even with Borderline-duty

Then one day your father takes all the courage he can and asks your mother the question of question, hesitating at first, since she do love your father but also her hometown, your mother is confused about what to do, asking for time to think about it.

After giving some thought about the pro and contra of this marriage, the pro overloads massively and she says finally yes.

Going before both, the Raikage and the Hokage, means to that time Kakashi Hatake, they announce the big news and your mother begs her boss for being able to give up her active duty in the team Samui, in order to be able to settle down in Konohagakure to start a family.

Giving extreme contra towards the Raikage, who doesn´t want to lose one of his top members.

He finally realizes that your mother already has made her choice, regardless of what he would say; don´t wanting to accuse her of having become a Nukenin, just because she follows her heart, he gives in to her will.

The Hokage welcomes her in Konohagakure with open arms.

Your father, being sad about what he had forced your mother to do, asks if she really was happy with that choice.

Stating, that she has her home forever in her heart and that this would be enough to her, the two are going towards your fathers´ family to also announce them the upcoming marriage.

And then both marry after some months and a few months later you have been born!" I told and they were in awe.

"So that's what I thought about based on the memories I had as source, what do you think?" I asked Chouchou

"This sounds so romantic, even if it was not like this, I wish it would be so!" She stated.

"Actually you are right, Bolt, this is exactly how it happened!" Suddenly a voice came from behind; we looked to see Chouchou's parents standing next to us.

Chouchou´s Pov:

"Mom, Dad, how long have you been standing there?" I asked happily.

"Long enough to hear Bolt´s interesting suggestive history, I must say i´m impressed, you really have a sharp mind and imagination, I saw that also in your battle with Mirai!" My Father stated.

"Actually, it was not really a suggestion!" Bolt stated with an honest tone.

"Huh, how do you mean this, did you know how we met!" Father asked him confused.

"No I read it, in here!" Bolt said as he took my hand and stroked over it.

I blushed, but had to see that he had become bloody fingers; I looked and found a wound on one finger, perhaps still from the battle with Mirai-sensei.

"A single drop of blood inherits many of the DNA and so also the history and memories of the Parents, with the Nikkogan, I am able to read a person's history.

His past, his present as well as his possible future, but when I look at blood, I also can see vaguely the memories of this bloods creator, the parents, I then just have to filter the relevant memories out.

This way I was able to more or less imagine the rest to me, however, since it was your blood, Chouchou, and not that of your parents, the memories were only very vaguely contained!" Bolt explained.

"These eyes you got are really practically, I must say, the same way your father managed to get informations out of the Nukenin, which participated in the attack a month ago!" Father said.

"Wait, then you might be able to also tell us, how my Parents fell in love with, don´t you?" Inojin asked.

"Oh yes we want to hear that and later you can tell mine!" Senpou stated excited.

"Alright, but let me rest for a bit, my eyes are hurting a bit, also whatever I say or see in your blood, I am not responsible for any psychical damage, okay!?" Bolt warned them.

"Alright!" Inojin said.

Okay I think i´m gonna tell your parents story after your next match, by then my eyesight should be okay again!" Bolt stated.

"Sure thing, just don´t hurt yourself!" Inojin stated.

"Won´t do that, hey I think your second Battle is coming up soon, so you better mentally prepare yourselves both of you!" Bolt explained and we looked at the Screen and indeed it was two matches before they would fight again.

"Good to know that, I think we better do!" Senpou stated, having heard their conversation.

"The next battles are bound to be interesting!" I mumbled to myself.

I liked my lips in anticipation, I was hot to see how far my friends are coming.

A/N: and a new Chapter done, the first Day of the finals and the Battle for Sarada's heart will be held in the next chapter, hope you take a read, until then, Read and Review.