Alright, this is the 6th chapter. The one that gets things looking curious. You'll know what I mean ^_~
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Chapter 6: Roses
In the morning after your kunai target practice training, you brought the team to where the exams will start. They were all confident in their abilities, which was good. You just hoped that they'd be ready for the written exam. Ibiki makes the exam different every year. Hopefully they'd pull through alright. You wanted to watch your team the whole way, but you had to take care of things outside of Konoha until they finished the first and second exam. It stunk, but hey, you're a Jonin, so you have to do your missions.
Before leaving you saw Kakashi. His expression, and posture, told you that he was worried about his team. He had confidence in them, but he was worried nonetheless. You left without saying anything to him. He needed to focus on something, other than problems.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Later that day~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
You got back to Konoha at midnight that night. That mission wasn't the easiest that you've had, but it wasn't the hardest either, thank goodness. When you got to your front door, there was a beautiful blue rose with gold trimming along the petals on your doorstep. The rose was the only thing there. There wasn't anything written down to let you know who it was from. Whoever it was from, knows their roses. It was the most beautiful rose you've ever seen. You picked it up and brought it inside. After finding a vase and putting water in it, you put the rose into the vase. Setting it on the windowsill, you stepped back and took a look at it. The windowsill was the perfect place for it.
After taking a quick shower, and taking care of your daily routine, you left your house without sleeping to start your kunai training. Once you got to the training field, you decided that you've had enough training with shuriken and kunai, so you started to punch a different tree. Might as well keep up your physical strength as well as your precision.
About ten minutes before you were going to stop you punching, you felt someone behind you. "It's only me." You smirked. The anbu guy was finally taking the smart approach. Speak, don't sneak. You cleared the smirk from your face and turned to face him. "If I didn't know any better, you were an anbu member as well..." From his comment, you couldn't help but smirk proudly. "You have a mission from the Hokage." He handed you a scroll with the leaf village emblem on it, then disappeared. You opened the scroll and read it. It was yet another fun little mission. Or as you sometimes call it, a fun little vacation.
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Getting back from finishing the mission, you went directly to the Hokage and gave him the scroll that he wanted. You then left his office and started walking back home. By this time, it was already seven at night. When you reached your front door, there was yet another blue rose with golden trim. This time, it had a note on it though. The note was tied to the stem of the rose with a royal blue ribbon. You picked it up and brought it inside. When you reached the living room, which had the other rose, you sat on your couch and unties the ribbon. It wasn't a rough ribbon, it was really silky. The type that you'd want to just put to your cheek.
Setting the ribbon down, you opened the note. It said this:
"No matter what I do,
I cant stop thinking of you.
Youre always so kind,
And also on my mind.
These roses are a symbol,
Of the love I wish to kindle."
You read it several times, seeing if it was signed by anyone. All it had on it, was that poem stating that someone loves you. You had no idea who it was from. The poem was short, but sweet. It wasn't signed, but it was true emotion. Then there was the roses. Your favorite color was blue. Gold in anything, usually meant cherishment. So the person that wrote the poem, and sent you the roses, loves, and cherishes you. The only person that would act like this, would be Iruka. Yeah, he's single. Yeah, he's really nice, and doesn't like to do anything wrong to anyone. He doesn't like to make anyone feel uncomfortable either. But how could you not notice that he likes you? Instead of rushing to any kind of decision on what to do, you thought it best to wait, and watch. If it was him, he'd act slightly different around you than usual.
Deciding to just go to bed for the night, you went to the bathroom to brush your teeth. Only then, did you notice that you had a small blush. The poem had you blushing. You brushed trying not to look in the mirror, then went to bed.
As usual, you got up early for training. This was the last day in the Forest of Death. Well, practically. You might as well get some of your own training in before you end up helping in training your group if they want any kind of help. After getting some ramen, you started your training on the tree. The tree was starting to get bare from you punching it. Today, you'd be training with your legs. You just hoped that Might Guy never saw you training. If he of all people saw your training, he might start considering you a rival, and want to fight every day of the week for months on end. Shaking the thought out of your head, you began your training. Tomorrow afternoon was when you saw the first part of the third exam. The preliminaries. You couldn't wait to see your students in action. Once everyone sees how good they are, including Saioga, you'll finally be recognized as a good instructor, and team leader. People know that you're strong, but they've all had their doubts about you leading a group of genin.
Thinking on the situation, you didn't want your team to pass. They'll most likely become Chunin, and not be your group anymore. They'll be on their own, and helping other groups. You are going to miss them, a lot. Finally out of thought, you realized that it was starting to get late in the day. Well, not late, but the sun was up, and it was just about eleven in the morning. You started training at three in the morning. Looking at the tree, you took a step back. The tree was bare already. At least, where you were kicking it. Poor tree.
Walking away from the tree, you headed to the mission place. Maybe they had an A-Rank mission for you to go on. That would be nice. When you got there, the anbu guy wasn't there. Neither were any of the scrolls. Darn it. The Chunin Exams have the regular missions temporarily stopped. That stunk. You wanted to waste the day away. Well, make time fly by having some fun, that is. Instead of remaining bored, you decided to go right outside of Konoha, and patrol the forest for the rest of the day.
Getting back into Konoha at eight O'clock at night was pretty good timing. You got to your house, and there was yet another blue rose with gold trimming. It had a note on it. You picked it up, and walked inside. Untying the silky royal blue ribbon, you opened the note.
The note, this time, said this:
"In a week cross the river,
Under the cherry blossom tree.
Never say never,
When the large hand reaches three.
I shall be there,
Waiting for thee."
So the guy wanted to meet with you in a week. Well, might as well check it out. If it really was Iruka, you were going to laugh at yourself. The only reason you were going to laugh, was because that's who you think it is that's giving you the roses and poems.
A week.
There's a lot to do in a week.
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