I have to say... This chapter is the one that will have you on the edge of your seat!

Maybe laughing, maybe focusing, I know not which.

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Chapter 8: Resolve

Saioga and Jade both asked you for training for their matches in the finals. Unfortunately for Saioga, Jade asked first. Jade was going to have extremely hard training, so you had to tell Saioga that you couldn't train with him. He was a little disappointed about it. You asked Kurashin if he'd train Saioga to think on his feet and actually think things out. As well as some more chakra control. He said okay, so you told Saioga to train with Kurashin. They can help each other out more than they think.

The very next day, you left Konoha with Jade to train him. You planned on teaching him everything that you could. Well, not everything. You were only going to teach him a few new moves. No one has ever seen you use any jutsu that only you can use, so no one knows how many you can use. Or even how many you know. Jade will end up thinking that you only have three original moves after you teach them to him.

You meant it when you said the training would be hard. Jade was exhausted after training every day. You were counting down the days as they went by. The day right before you had to go to the cherry blossom tree, you realized that Iruka didn't say in the poem if it was three am or pm to meet up. You told Jade to train on his own with the one jutsu that you taught him so far. Without resting, you headed back to Konoha.

When you got to Konoha, it was two am. If you were supposed to meet him at three am, there was still an hour left to go. You left Konoha in the direction of the river right away. Once you got across the river, you made it to the cherry blossom tree. You never noticed before, but it was actually really cold there. You sat under the tree and started to wait. When the sun started to raise, it would be so warm. That thought kept on repeating in your mind every single time you felt cold. And that was a lot.

Three am came and went, and there was no sign of Iruka. Oh heck, Iruka never wakes up this early. You should've known he meant three pm. It was three thirty now, and the sun always came up at seven. Why seven. You were okay with it raising at seven. Except for today. You still had three and a half hours to wait for the sun to come up. Instead of just sitting there, you decided to train a little. The thing was, you were so focused on waiting for him to show up that you didn't know what to train with. You were pretty sure it was Iruka. Then again, it could be a stalker. Or a spy even. Or maybe it was just a secret admirer that you didn't know.

You could see it now. Some guy with black hair down to his shoulders with sea green eyes showing up to meet you. You'd think that he'd be your secret admirer, but he'd end up being your stalker.

Or maybe some guy with dark blue hair and silver eyes would show up. You'd end up thinking he was a spy, but he'd be your secret admirer.

Then again, there was the possibility of a guy with silver hair and lightning blue eyes showing up. You'd think he was your stalker, but he'd be a spy.

There was also a possibility of a guy with crimson red hair with yellow eyes showing up. He would be a rogue ninja, but you'd think that he was a gentlemen that ended up loving you and giving you blue roses with poems.

All of those ideas were coursing through your mind. With nothing better to do, why not think about different things that could happen? You didn't even realize that it was cold out anymore from having your mind so distracted. Alright, so you finally agreed that it might not be Iruka, but some weird guy, or some gentlemen, or maybe some cute lunatic. The possible outcomes were endless. And most of the scenarios that you imagined would get you into trouble. Which would cause you to have some fun. After all, the only fun in this world is trouble.

So many different things could happen. You looked into the sky and saw that only half an hour passed by while you were in thought. That stunk. You were hoping that the sun would just hurry up and rise into the sky already.

Leaning back against the tree, looking up into the sky, you started thinking about the poem. Not the one telling you were to go, but the first one that you got. The love poem. It was so sweet. So deep. Meaningful. Romantic. You could put a lot of different terms to it. Instead of trying to figure out the perfect word for it, you settled on the word loving. Loving definitely fit it. You were curious what the mystery guy called the poem. Surely he had a name for it.

Slipping back into thought, you started trying to come up with a title that fit the love poem. There was Loving. But that definitely wasn't the title. That was you you'd describe it. So maybe the title was My Heart. Nah, that wouldn't be it. Thinking of names for poems isn't as easy as it seemed.

After thinking about what the title could possibly be for a while longer, you started to think of what the guy was like. Maybe he would be really caring, sweet, gentle, and kind. Never doing anything to get you into trouble. Hopefully not!

Hopefully he was a nice, kind, loving, cute, trouble-making guy. A bad boy. Yeah. That would be great. Getting into some kind of trouble every day, dragging you into it. That wouldn't be a boring relationship at all! Then again, maybe it was a little to active.

Maybe what you really wanted in a guy was mystery. Yeah, maybe. The guy would be nice, calm, mysterious, fun-loving, gentle, and romantic. Now that, was your dream guy. Maybe. Then again, maybe your dream guy was different from what you think.

Actually thinking about it, you didn't really know what you'd want in a guy. You do know who you like right now, but what did you like about him? He was mysterious, nice, calm, fun-loving... But then again, he was also a pervert... That part, you really hated about Kakashi. If he stopped being such a pervert, he might actually be a dream guy, but only in reality.

Kakashi was a great guy. He gets into trouble by complete accident too. He's always able to cheer you up when you're feeling really crappy. He is pretty cute. Thinking about his looks, you were curious what he looked like under his mask. Thinking about the different possible looks, you blushed a tiny. To think that you were actually thinking about him.

If it is Iruka that's meeting you, you'll have to let him down lightly. If it's anyone else, you'll just have to let them down lightly too. After thinking about it for a little, you really do like Kakashi. No, you don't like him, you love him. It's a guarantee that he doesn't feel the same though. After all, he's a pervert. He wouldn't like you. He'd like some girl with the perfect figure and wouldn't mind to strip down for him... Stupid Kakashi.....

Taking out a piece of paper and a pencil from no one in particular, you started to write down a note for whoever it was that was going to meet you here. You didn't want to see whoever it was disappointed, so why not write down what you'd say to them instead. That way you wouldn't see them sad. After writing the note and setting it down, you looked to the sky. It was just about ten minutes until the sun started to raise and greet the day. You looked at the note and read it silently to yourself to make sure it sounded polite.

You were so busy reading the note to make sure it didn't hurt the guys feelings, you didn't hear someone walk up behind you. "I'm glad you came Tina. I'm sorry I made you wait for a little." Stunned by the guys voice, you slowly turned around to see him. You saw who wrote the poems and gave you the blue roses with gold trimming. It was...

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You hate me now, don't you?

That must be the best cliff-hanger I've ever done, in my entire life of writing.

But fret not!

The next chapter will be out tomorrow!

See you then ^_^