Are you thirsty for blood?
The Exam
"Wake up, Kaitlyn-chan!" Naruto yelled in my ear. I fell off the couch in shock.
"Ouch," I muttered. Naruto laughed at me.
"You fall off the couch a lot, Kaitlyn-chan!" he yelled. I sat up straight.
"What day is it?" I asked before yawning.
"How can you forget? It's the day of the graduation exam!" He jumped excitedly. I blinked.
'Today's the day he finds out,' I thought sadly.
"Umm… Kaitlyn-chan, what's wrong?" he asked me.
"Nothing." I smiled. "Let's get ready," I said, standing up. We had our ramen and started preparing for the day when I realized I needed more clothes.
"Oh dear," I said to myself.
"What's wrong?" he asked me. I laughed nervously.
"Do you have any extra clean clothes?" I asked, blushing.
"Yeah! I'll go get you some!" He ran into his bedroom. I followed shortly behind him.
He was throwing random things out of his dresser for a while. Eventually, he walked over to his closet. The moment he opened it clothes, ninja gear, scrolls, and other things he stored in there buried him alive. I blinked as I saw his head stick out of the mess.
"Found some!" He laughed. He jumped out of the pile of stuff and handed me a black, baggy shirt and a pair of his orange pants.
"Um, thanks," I said, staring at the strange clothes he called normal. I went to the bathroom and changed as quickly as possible.
I came out holding the pants up with my right hand. Naruto laughed at me for a couple of minutes. After he was finally done making fun of me, he found a belt that I could use to hold up his pants. I brushed my teeth with a clean toothbrush he hadn't even taken out of the package yet. I pulled the back half of my hair up into a ponytail and met him in the kitchen.
He smiled at me and jumped out of his chair excitedly. "It's about time, Kaitlyn-chan! You take forever!" He laughed. I slipped on an old pair of his ninja sandals before walking over to him. We walked out of the door, well, I did. Naruto ran out the door, unable to contain his excitement. "Come on, Kaitlyn-chan! We're going to be late!" he called from the door.
"Naruto-kun, we're leaving earlier than we should. We'll be fine." I rolled my eyes. Naruto shut and locked the door, smiling the whole time. He grabbed me by the hand and ran in the direction of the academy. "Naruto-kun, slow down!" I begged. Unfortunately, he did no such thing.
We made it to the academy only to find only a few students. The only ones here besides us were Sasuke, Hinata, Shino, and a couple other students I didn't recognize. Hinata looked in our direction and blushed, quickly looking away. I smiled. It's so obvious she likes him. Naruto was just too blind to see it.
"Let's sit near the front!" Naruto yelled, dragging me to a seat. He couldn't even sit still. He was shaking with excitement. Finally, everyone arrived. Now we just had to wait for our sensei. I earned a lot of strange expressions from my clothing. Who knew what was going through their minds. I blushed and sunk in my seat. Naruto fell asleep.
'I told him we were too early,' I thought.
I was drawing on the side of the desk. I quickly stopped when I heard the door opening. I nudged Naruto in the side to wake up. "Oh, Sakura. I'll protect you." He smiled, drooling. I had a look of disgust on my face. What he saw in her, I'd never know.
I nudged him hard in the side and he woke up. "Ow! What was that for!" he yelled. The whole class broke out in laughter. I blushed and slid down further in my seat. I couldn't stand that much attention.
"Naruto, sit down!" Iruka ordered, walking to the front of the class. Naruto sat down, crossing his arms to pout. I slowly rose back to my seat. Iruka coughed to clear his voice. Everyone was sitting at the edge of their seats, ready to become ninja. "We will now start the final exam," he announced, "When your name is called, proceed to the testing room. The final test will be on… the Clone Jutsu."
Naruto growled, covering his face with his hands. I looked over at him in concern, but I knew this day had to happen.
Slowly, Iruka began to call us to the testing room, one by one. Some guy I didn't know went first. We were going in alphabetic order. "You alright, Naruto-kun?" I asked. He laughed nervously.
"Yeah, yeah. Of course I am. Why wouldn't I be?" He laughed. I sighed.
"I know when you're lying to me," I told him. He looked at the ground sadly.
"I'm not going to pass," he said, looking at the floor.
"Don't worry about it, Naruto-kun. Everything will work out." I smiled. "The more you worry, the more difficult it will be." Naruto just nodded.
Naruto and I spent the rest of our time waiting by drawing on the chalkboard since Iruka was out of the room anyways. Naruto was writing in Japanese and I didn't want to embarrass myself by asking what it was, so I just smiled at him. I however was writing in English, a language unknown to anyone here.
"What is she writing?" a boy asked another student.
"Yeah. What are you writing, Kaitlyn-chan? What's with all the weird symbols?" Naruto asked, dumbfounded.
"It's the language I write in. It's English. I told you I wasn't from around here." I smiled.
"Oh. Well, what does it say?" Naruto asked.
"It's just a silly quote I found," I said.
"Yeah, but what does it say?" Naruto repeated.
"You're not supposed to write on the board! That's against the rules!" Sakura yelled, coming back in the room. She was wearing her new ninja headband.
Naruto ignored her first comment and yelled, "Wow, Sakura-chan! You passed!" I could feel the headache getting stronger from him yelling in my ear.
"Shut up, Naruto!" Sakura put her hands on her hips.
I glared and erased my quote. I then wrote "SAKURA IS A COW!" in large letters that took up the whole chalk board.
"What does that say?" Sakura questioned with annoyance.
"It's in English. Look it up." I glared at her. I normally was very good at controlling my anger, but when someone was rude or mean to my friends, I could be really hateful.
"I think I will," Sakura scoffed.
"Good." I turned my back to her.
"Kaitlyn Snyder!" Iruka called. Naruto's mood suddenly changed.
"Go, Kaitlyn-chan! You can do it! Believe it!" he screamed. I blushed and walked towards the room. I felt like everyone was staring at me. My blush grew as I neared the room.
I walked into the room and stood before Iruka and Mizuki. "Alright, Kaitlyn. Just like we practiced," Iruka told me. I nodded and put my hands in position for the Jutsu.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu," I whispered. I looked to my left to see two clones, and on my right were two more illusions. I smiled, blushing. 'I actually did it,' I thought.
"Congratulations, Kaitlyn! You are the first student to ever graduate this early. You've earned this headband." He smiled. He picked one of them up and extended his hand out to me. I walked over to him and took the headband.
"Thank you, Iruka-sensei!" I said, tying the headband around my neck.
I walked out of the testing room and back into the classroom. Naruto looked over at me, a big grin on his face. "You passed! I knew you could do it!" he yelled, jumping over to me. He hugged me really tight, making me blush even more. He released me with his famous smile on. "And my turn is coming up! I'm going to pass, too! Believe it!" he promised.
I smiled at him. We went back to the board to continue drawing. I drew a bunch of chibis that resembled my friends from back in America. Naruto was writing in Japanese again. Apparently it was some kind of insult to Sasuke because all of the girls were throwing a fit. One girl attempted to come and punch him in the face, so I started screaming at her until she retreated. I called her a bitch and threatened to shove my piece of chalk down her throat and laugh as she slowly died. Naruto was now staring at me like I was insane. "What?" I questioned.
"Naruto Uzumaki!" Iruka called to the testing room.
"Good luck, Naruto-kun." I smiled. He gave me a thumbs up and ran out of the room. Almost everyone was already gone or just outside now.
I went to go take a seat. I did enough drawing and writing on the board.
"Hey, Kaitlyn," a voice said from behind me. I turned to see Ino. Her last name started with a Y so of course she'd still be here.
"Why do you hang out with him?" she asked me.
"He's my friend and he knows how to make me smile," I answered simply.
"Whatever," she replied. "I just don't see what you see in him. I however like Sasuke-kun. He's so cool!" She giggled. I rolled my eyes.
'What do they see in that jerk?' I asked myself.
"Are you two dating?" She questioned. I blushed.
"No! No! We're just friends!" I waved my hands in front of my face. She smirked.
"Then why are you wearing his clothes?" she questioned.
"Mine are still dirty, okay!?" I defended.
"Whatever." She rolled her eyes.
The door slid open and a gloomy Naruto came in. He slowly walked up to me, his eyes glued to the floor. "Come on," he whispered, turning to leave. I got up and followed him outside, not asking any questions. I didn't have to. I knew he failed the exam.
'Naruto-kun,' I thought sadly.
We walked past the huge crowd of kids. All of them were bragging about their accomplishment in becoming ninja. We stopped at the swing. "I tried this time. I really did," he told me quietly, sitting down.
I softened my eyes. I was going to try to cheer him up, but I heard something from behind me. I turned to see no other than Mizuki himself. That just about did it. I so badly wanted to slap him across the face, knowing what he was planning. However, all I did was narrow my eyes at him.
"Mind if I borrow Naruto for a few minutes?" He smiled at me. I wanted to say yes, I do mind, but I knew that Naruto had to find out who he was.
"No, I don't mind at all, Mizuki Sensei," I said with a smile, my eye twitching the whole time. He smiled again. Naruto looked confused.
"I'll see you later, Naruto-kun." I waved.
"Bye, Kaitlyn-chan." Naruto blinked, still confused.
I left Naruto and began to explore the town. I wanted to buy myself some clothes and other things I needed, but I didn't have the money. I stopped in front of the Hokage building. I walked inside and towards his office, only to be stopped by a lady.
"Are you looking for the Hokage?" she asked me.
"Yes, I am," I answered. I needed money to get started on living here.
"He told me you'd probably come by. He's not in at the moment," she explained.
I sulked. 'But I need to talk to him,' I thought.
"I'm guessing you're here because you need some money?" she asked me. I blinked.
'How does everyone here always know what I'm thinking?' I asked myself. She laughed and motioned me to follow her. "Lucky for you, your grandfather left you plenty of money to get started here." She smiled at me. She seemed to smile a lot.
She walked into her office and sat down at her computer. I took a seat in front of her while she typed some things. She then took out a plastic card, scanned it, and handed it to me. "Here you go," she spoke, "There's plenty of money on here for you to get an apartment and the things you need." I thanked her and left the building, staring at the card.
It was then that I realized how hungry I was. It was already time for dinner. I wasn't really in the mood for ramen so I went to the barbeque restaurant. I found myself a seat and took my order. I noticed a group of girls not too far from me occasionally looking at me and whispering. I recognized them from my class. I began listening to their conversation.
"She's the girl that hangs out with that boy," one of them whispered.
"Yeah, I hear she's going out with him," another one whispered.
I choked on my water and started coughing like crazy. They stared at me strangely when it finally hit them that I was choking. They looked at each other, trying to figure out what to do.
"Are you okay?" one of them asked me. I finally stopped choking and smiled nervously.
"I-I'm fine." I waved my arms in front of me.
"What a weirdo," one of them mumbled. I just sighed. We all ate the rest of our meals in silence.
I then left to find an apartment. Luckily, I found a pretty big one with a nice view. And to top it off, it was a decent price too. Sadly, not everything goes that smoothly. I'd have to buy my own furniture. I decided to be lazy and buy a sleeping bag for now. I bought a pillow and a few blankets, too.
I got all my toiletries, a mini fridge with sweet green tea in it, a calendar, an alarm clock, and a radio to play music on. I then went to search for clothes and ninja gear. I walked into a small shop that sold many things for the convenience of all ninjas.
I bought a black messenger bag to carry my things, some kunai, a pouch for my ninja gear, and other ninja tools like shuriken. I bought some bandages and medicine for cuts because I knew that I would need it later. I always managed to get hurt.
I then looked through the clothes section. I found some short, black shorts and grabbed them. I then found a few snug lavender short-sleeved shirts. I bought several of them and walked to the shoe section. I bought black ninja sandals and walked to the front of the shop. I handed my plastic card full of money to the man and he smiled. He scanned it and told me to have a good day.
"You, too." I smiled, walking out. Before I went back to my apartment I stopped at another store and bought pajamas, panties and bras, and other things that us girls need to have. I got some hair ties, a hair brush and comb, make-up, towels, and a tooth brush and tooth paste. I paid for my things and left.
I looked up at the sky. It was getting late. I went to my apartment and unpacked all the bags off things I bought. After changing into one of my new outfits, I went to the laundry place and washed Naruto's clothes that I wore today. I put them in my messenger bag, made sure I had what I needed in my kunai pouch, and went to look for Naruto.