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Chapter 3

The next day, Team 7 met at Training Ground 21, and Sasuke was extremely irritated with Kakashi. He had left him with that sadist of a woman, and now Sasuke was probably scarred for life because of it. He shivered; not even Orochimaru could compare to her in sadism, though he came in at a damn close second.

Their sensei was late, which was to be expected, and now Naruto was getting restless. "Where the hell is sensei? He should've been here at eight, but that was an hour ago!" whined Naruto, starting to fidget. Sasuke sighed. They needed to come up with something to keep them busy while they waited, but he couldn't think of anything.

"We could train while we wait," suggested Sakura, "That would pass the time." Naruto leapt at this, and Sasuke tuned in.

"Really? You would do that, Sakura-chan?" asked Naruto eagerly, his eyes sparkling with hope.

She smiled, "Sure, do you want to spar?" Naruto frowned.

"I don't want to hurt you, Sakura-chan," he said concernedly.

"C'mon, Naruto, you scared or something?" teased Sakura, grinning at him. Naruto bristled at the challenge.

"I'm not scared!" he shouted.

"Then bring it!" shouted back Sakura, shifting into a fighting stance. Naruto took a brawler type stance which Sasuke immediately noticed. 'We need to correct his stance, teach him a good fighting style,' he thought, running through potential styles that Naruto could utilize.

Sakura smirked at the blonde and taunted, "What? Not gonna fight me? Afraid of a girl?" Naruto growled slightly in his throat and charged Sakura wildly and in pure, all-out offense. He launched a wild uppercut at Sakura who bent back slightly to dodge it, and she retaliated with a light blow to Naruto's gut, which winded him and caused him to hunch over. She then chopped at his neck with her hand, instantly knocking him out. He fell to the ground, and Sakura stood victoriously over him and glanced at Sasuke. "Want some, duck-butt?" she taunted.

'I swear, why is everyone out to insult me?' thought Sasuke as he stepped up and shifted into the first stance of the Fist-Intercepting Style, which relied heavily on the Sharingan, but Sasuke decided that he wouldn't use here, not in a small spar. Sakura smirked as he took the stance.

"Too bad I can't bait you," she said before charging him and swinging an earthshattering overhead fist at him. He dodged it easily by leaping into the air and her fist collided with the ground, creating a massive crater. 'Shit, one punch and I'm done.' He landed on the lip of the crater, and took an advanced stance with a few improvisations due to Sakura's super strength; it was now meant to deflect any taijutsu used by the enemy. She grinned and charged again, throwing senbon along the way, making Sasuke divert his attention away from her to dodge the needles. In that crucial second, she reached him and punched him square in the chest, sending him flying across the training grounds. He skidded to a halt about fifty feet away, and laid there for a moment, checking for any broken ribs or internal damage. Miraculously, there was none, and he rose shakily. He glared at her and activated his Sharingan which had two tomoe, as Ren had promised.

"Heh-heh, gotta use the Sharingan now?" said Sakura before rushing him, getting ready to throw a punch. He saw every movement, and positioned his hands to deflect the incoming attack. Sakura got within arm's length and feinted with a punch and instead lashed out with a kick. Sasuke sensed the feint and caught her ankle and moved with the kick, narrowly avoiding the attack. He countered with a right-handed jab to her gut and followed it up with a left kick at her torso, and Sakura caught the jab but got to feel Sasuke's foot connect, making her drop her guard for a split second. He quickly delivered a few light punches to her gut in that window and jumped backwards to avoid any counterattack.

He winced when he saw Sakura hunching over and clutching her stomach, and walked near her, "You okay?" Sakura coughed and Sasuke stood beside her, trying to see her face when suddenly she looked and grinned at him and sent a powerful right hook into his ribs, cracking a few. He clutched his chest and fell to the ground. Sakura stood over him, and said, "Deception is a ninja's best weapon, remember that." She walked over to Naruto, leaving Sasuke on the ground, and healed him. The blonde woke up slowly, and he sat up and shook his head.

"What happened?" he mumbled, rubbing his sore neck, having no clue where he got it. "All I remember was talking to Sakura-chan, and then…" He trailed off, the memories starting to come in. "Wait, Sakura-chan, you beat me?" She nodded. "WOW! I didn't know you were that good!" She smiled at the compliment and went to Sasuke.

"Symptoms?" she questions, her hands starting to glow with medical chakra.

Sasuke forced out the words painfully, "It hurts to breath." She nodded.

"Cracked ribs, sounds like," she said, and she gently applied her hands to his chest. A warm feeling came over Sasuke, followed by the pain in his chest stopping. Her hands ceased to glow, and she pulled them back, to Sasuke's slight disappointment. "There." He sat up, and eventually stood with Sakura's help.

Naruto looked from Sasuke to Sakura and back again. "Wait, did you beat him too?" he asked. Sakura grinned and nodded, and Naruto simply stared at her. "Kami, when did you get so powerful, Sakura-chan?"

She giggled and lied, "I've been training. I just didn't make it obvious." Naruto 'oh'ed and looked over at Sasuke, who had forgotten to deactivate his Sharingan.

"Hey, teme, what's wrong with your eyes?" Sasuke arched an eyebrow, but then remembered he hadn't turned off the Sharingan. He turned away from Naruto and quickly did so.

"Nothing, dobe," replied Sasuke, facing him again. Naruto saw that the strange eyes that Sasuke had had were gone; however, he persisted.

"No, it wasn't nothing. I've seen that weird shape before, except it had three tomoes instead of two. Where was it... Oh yeah! The Uchiha compound! I've passed by there a few times and I saw that shape on wall of one of the houses," said Naruto, frowning in concentration.

Sasuke sighed. Naruto was bound to find out sooner or later, especially when they went on the Wave mission. "It's called the Sharingan. It allows me to copy movement and jutsu and predict an opponent's next move. It's unique to the Uchiha clan. It's also called a Kekkei Genkai," explained Sasuke.

"Kekkei Genkai? OK, whatever you say, teme. Though, it sounds cool," replied Naruto before asking, "Hey, Sasuke, wanna fight?" Sakura lightly rapped the blonde on the head.

"He can't for an hour because I cracked a couple of his ribs," she said, and then she smiled innocently, "But I'll take up the offer."

"OH HELL NO!" exclaimed Naruto before racing off, leaving an amused Sasuke and an annoyed Sakura behind.

"Well, well. Looks like you scared him off," came Kakashi's voice from behind them. The two turned to find the cyclopean man a few feet away, his visible eye focused on an orange book in front of him. They instantly recognized it as 'Make-Out Paradise' and Sakura was sorely tempted to rip the book into tiny shreds; however, she controlled it. "You two try to find him and bring him back now," ordered Kakashi in a lazy tone, making a shooing gesture and still focused on the book. Sakura then gave up trying to resist the urge, and snatched the book from his hands and ripped in two. She let it flutter to the ground pitifully.

Kakashi simply stared down at the remains of the book, and slowly lifted his head. Hate filled his eye, and Sasuke immediately thought, 'Shit,' before being blasted with an immense amount of Killer Intent. "YOU HAVE KILLED BOOKIE!" bellowed Kakashi, and he charged the two. Sasuke activated the Sharingan and Sakura cracked her knuckles. Before he could reach them however, several blonde blurs tackled the silver-haired Jonin.

"Sensei! Calm down!" shouted Naruto as he hopped down from a tree. Sasuke had never been so glad to see the knucklehead; he had probably just saved their asses for the second time in a week. Kakashi threw the clones off of him and stood back up.

"CALM DOWN?! THESE TWO-" started Kakashi before being cut off by Naruto.

"-did nothing," finished Naruto, pulling out a copy of 'Make-Out Paradise', the exact one that Kakashi had been holding. He stared at it for all full minute before snatching it away.

"How?" he asked, incredulous.

Naruto grinned, "I used the same strategy as yesterday: Kage Bunshins, Henge, and Kawarimi. I saw Sakura-chan about to tear your book when I used that trick."

Kakashi nodded, still incredulous but pleasantly surprised by the quick thinking of the blonde. Sasuke was also surprised but less so; he had known that Naruto had superb reflexive thinking, even better than himself, and that was the reason he had appointed Naruto as field commander yesterday.

"Very good, Naruto. Now I won't have to kill these two," complimented Kakashi, putting the book away before Sakura could get it back. "Now, about yesterday. I want to know the strategy you used. It has something to do with whatever Naruto mentioned, but I want it in detail."

Sasuke nodded, and began to explain, "The shuriken that were first thrown at you were henged Kage Bunshin, and the fireball after that was meant to divert your attention from them. The other three shuriken were also meant as a distraction."

Sakura stepped in, "And they were to make you think that the first three were nothing special. When you landed where the attacks were coming from, I was to try to push you back to the henged Bunshin. When you tried to catch my punch, you made my job a lot easier."

Sakura gestured for Naruto to finish, "Whenever you got near the Bunshins, they were supposed to hold you back and get the bells. They did get the bells, but I had realized that they alone couldn't get you, so I sent Sasuke to sneak up on you and I quickly henged a Bunshin into the bells and Kawarimied them for the real thing. Sasuke using that weird technique was on his part."

Kakashi nodded again. These Genin were smart. "Simple, yet effective. Who organized the strategy?" They pointed at Sasuke. "Who was field commander?" To his surprise, they pointed to Naruto, who grinned.

"Yup, Sasuke-teme made me the leader, which kinda surprised me at first, but he said something like me having better on-the-spot thinking than he does," he said, rubbing the back of his head, a sheepish tic that Sasuke and Sakura had seen many times in the future.

"An Uchiha saying that someone is better than him? It's a miracle," deadpanned Kakashi, annoying Sasuke.

"I told him the truth, and you just saw an example of it, Kakashi," said Sasuke, crossing his arms.

"Kidding, kidding. Anyway, Naruto, can you give us a demonstration of your little trick?" asked Kakashi. Naruto obliged; he made a single Kage Bunshin and henged it into a mask much like his sensei's. Kakashi eyed it suspiciously, "What are you-" Before he could finish, Naruto switched the two and dispelled the clone, revealing Kakashi's face.

The result was Anko suddenly appearing beside the unmasked Kakashi and saying in a sultry, seductive voice, "I felt a disturbance… in SEXINESS!" She glomped him and positively tried to rape the poor man with Team 7 watching in horror. Then the earth started to rumble; the trio looked at each other.

"STAMPEDE!" they shouted before leaping into nearby trees. A cloud of dust appeared in the distance, and as it got closer, it revealed a large group of extremely rabid women.

"KAKASHI-KUN!" The Kakashi Fan Club charged the couple lying on the ground. Anko looked up from a now bare-chested Kakashi. She grinned devilishly at Kakashi, "Let's finish this at home," and they vanished in a puff of smoke. The horny herd of women was not to be deterred, however. They picked the scent of their prey and stampeded in that direction.

In the trees, all three sweat dropped at the scene. Sasuke thought, 'Kami, I'm glad I'm not him. I just couldn't handle it.' The image of Anko and Kakashi floated in front of his eyes, 'OK, maybe it's not all bad… Ah, who knows?' Naruto was the first to break the silence with a giant bellow of laughter. He fell out of the tree and hit the ground, holding his sides. Sasuke grinned slightly, and Sakura giggled.

"I admit, dobe, that was good," said Sasuke as he jumped down from the tree. Sakura did so as well, and Naruto sat up and beamed at the two.

"Thanks, teme. I'm proud of myself too," thanked Naruto as he stood. He looked around, "Aw, man, what are we gonna do now?" The trio was now without a sensei because of Naruto's prank, but Sakura saw an opportunity to enhance his training.

"Hey Naruto, can you make a clone?" she asked, wanting to demonstrate a certain feature of the jutsu. He looked at her curiously and created one clone. She immediately punched as hard as she could, sending the clone flying in the direction of the village.

"Hey! What was-" started Naruto before his face turned extremely red and his nose bled slightly. Sakura wondered why he was doing that, and she waited for him to tell, but he didn't. "W-well, that was awkward," said Naruto, the blush receding and he wiped the blood from his nose.

"What, dobe?" asked Sasuke, puzzled by the blonde's behavior.

"N-nothing, teme," stuttered Naruto, and he shook his head. "That was weird. Whenever the clone dispelled, it was as if I gained its memories…I could use to spy but what else?" He rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Hmm, a clone dispels and the memories of what it's doing comes to me... Gahh, it means SOMETHING, but I can't think of it!"

Sakura butt in. She was trying to reveal Kage Bunshin training without giving herself away, though with Naruto she could probably tell him she was from the future and he wouldn't get it, though this Naruto was a bit...different. "So, let's say a clone throws a shuriken and it hits the center of a target, and then it dispels, you would get the memory of how it aimed, right?"

Naruto nodded. For an experiment, he created another clone. "Erm, let me think, could you go throw each of these kunai at that tree?" He handed the clone a few kunai and pointed to a tree twenty feet away. The bunshin saluted happily, and began to throw each kunai one by one at the tree. Two missed, and the third and final hit dead center. The clone whooped and dispelled, the memories coming in and making Naruto grin. He stood where the clone had, and muttered, "OK, he had the kunai like this," he raised it at an angle, "and he threw it like this!" He flung the kunai, and it sailed into roughly the same spot, an inch or two off. "Hmm, I could use for training with weapons... but what else?" An idea suddenly went off his head. He turned toward Sakura. "
Sakura-chan, could you do something for me?"

She hesitated. "Sure," she answered uneasily, not sure if this was a prank. Naruto grinned.

"It's not a prank," he assured her, seemingly reading her thoughts. He made another clone and turned his back. "Try to hit that clone." Sakura frowned, but complied with a sideways kick that the clone dodged by leaping. She, however, caught the clone with a couple of shuriken in midair. Naruto winced as the clone dispelled, but it proved another use he had theorized. "So it can be used for taijutsu training, but I have to be there to replace the bunshins. That's good, my form needs work," he turned toward Sasuke, "Have anything in that Uchiha library of yours that focuses on speed and the use of the hands?"

Sasuke nodded, "Yeah, there should be. In fact, I think I know the name of one: the Mantis style."

"Can you bring it tomorrow or something?"

"Sure." Naruto nodded, and held his chin in a thinking gesture. Throwing and Tai were covered; what else? Ah, he would think of that later.

"OK, I might create ten or so clones for weapon training. After that, wanna go eat?"

They nodded; it was getting near lunchtime anyway. Naruto made the clone handsign, and ten bunshins popped into existence. Naruto ordered them to train with ninja weapons, and with the clones working, they walked back toward the village, with Naruto joking all the while. The trio got into the more populated part of the village, and turned a corner. "Hey, where should we go eat?" asked Sakura, turning her head left and right to find a café. She peered down the street and saw her favorite dumpling shop, "Hey, let's eat there!" She lead the way to the shop, and was about to enter when the door was slammed in her face. She furrowed her eyebrows. This had never happened before. She turned toward her team to apologize, but was cut off by Naruto.

"It's alright, we can go Ichiraku's! Their ramen is the best!" said Naruto eagerly, though now there was a very slight hollowness to it. So slight in fact, it was as if he had practice hiding it. Sasuke and Sakura glanced at each other; they both knew Naruto's secret, but had never really known how it had affected him.

"Sure, sounds good," agreed Sakura, and the team went off to the ramen stand. Along the way, Sakura and Sasuke could hear doors slamming as they neared. Every eating establishment they passed was either closed or locked down, as if they feared Naruto. 'This is ridiculous. He's the jailer, not the one in the jail! Kami, some people are denser than Naruto,' thought Sasuke as they turned a corner and saw the Ichiraku Ramen Stand.

Naruto grinned, "There it is!" He ran and ducked under the flaps, and the other two followed him. Inside, they were greeted by an old man and his daughter.

"Hey, Naruto! How's our favorite customer?" greeted the old man jollily, smiling warmly at the boy.

"Great! Thanks, Teuchi-jii," replied the blonde, taking a seat. Sasuke and Sakura took theirs on either side of him.

"What's your order now, Naruto-kun?" asked a pretty brown-haired girl, the daughter.

"Miso ramen, Ayame-chan," replied Naruto, grinning broadly. His other teammates noticed how relaxed he acted here; he felt safe here, obviously. 'Something's off. It wasn't like this originally…Wait, did we get sent to different timeline or something?' mused Sakura, ordering vegetable ramen. Sasuke also ordered miso ramen, and they ate in silence, not all of it comfortable. Naruto finished his fourth bowl of ramen and leapt from his seat. "Seeya! Gotta go train with my clones!" he said, leaving the stand and his teammates. They finished a few minutes later and left the stand.

A block from the stand, Sasuke began, "Sakura, we need to talk." She turned and gave him a cold stare.

"What is it?"

"You punched that clone intentionally, didn't you?" She nodded. "I guess during my defection from Konoha, Naruto discovered this type of training?"

"Less of a defection than complete abandonment."

Sasuke sighed. "I can see why you hate me: I traded your love for power. If our roles were reversed, I'd probably be angry too."

"I wouldn't do such a thing. I'm not like you. And don't even say I ever loved you," she spat.

"Look I'm sorry-"

"Sorry doesn't come close to making this up."

"Look, Sakura, we need to put our differences aside and work together to change the future!"

"Set aside differences? Could you have done that with your brother when you were younger? I don't think so. And, besides, the future was changed when we got here." Sasuke winced as she brought up his brother, but his curiousity piqued at the last part.

"What do you mean?"

"Have you even noticed that this Naruto acts different from our own?" He nodded. "That was without our changing. This timeline or whatever was already different than ours, but not too much so. Makes me wonder what else is different." Sasuke was impressed by her analysis; he was really lagging in his team.

"Maybe we can change this one for the better," said Sasuke, shrugging his shoulders. Sakura continued to glare at him, and he eventually sighed again. "Maybe I can't ever make up past mistakes, but can we be professional partners for now?" She eyed him, trying to detect any potential duplicity in his words. She found none.

"Alright, partners. For now. If you pissed me off or run away again, you will be hunted down and tortured very, very slowly," threatened Sakura, giving off a small amount of KI to get her point across. Sasuke held out his hand, and they shook.

"Ok, we need to talk about how to change the future. You already introduced Naruto to that Kage Bunshin training, and I can see that going far. I'm gonna get that Mantis scroll today and give it to him tomorrow. That should do for now along with weapon training. With Kakashi training us, he should gain in power quickly. Here's my question: What about us?" spoke Sasuke, crossing his arms.

"First of all, I'm happy where I am. Second of all, you don't need to be powerful."

"I swear to Kami, I'm not going to leave Konoha this time around! I've told you that ten times already! But back to my question. I need to train to get to my original level."

"To hell you do," growled Sakura.

"I'm going to, even if you don't like it or not. I'll be dead weight if you don't. You need to train as well. Have you started on elemental training yet?" asked Sasuke, an idea coming to him. She shook her head. "There, you can start training at that."

"Why? Like I said a minute ago, I'm happy where I am."

"Your fighting style is predictable if someone is able to survive the ordeal. All you have is your strength and medical ninjutsu, and adding elemental attacks to your arsenal would make your style a little unpredictable," explained Sasuke, leaning against the wall of a building. Sakura nodded, and muttered her grudging agreement.

"When are we going to find out my chakra nature?" questioned Sakura, still scowling at the Uchiha.

"I'll find some chakra paper today, and I'll bring it tomorrow, hopefully with Kakashi back," replied Sasuke, standing straight and walking away.

Sakura caught him by the shoulder in a fierce grip. "Where are you going?" she inquired coldly.

"To the shinobi weapon shop," answered Sasuke, shaking off her hand and continuing to walk. She didn't stop him, and eventually Sasuke found himself in front of the best supplier of shinobi tool in Konoha. He entered and saw the middle-aged owner, Ken Tetsu, waiting at the counter. He noticed Sasuke and waved.

"Ah, looks like the noble Uchiha blesses us with his presence," joked Ken, making Sasuke roll his eyes.

"Hello to you too, Tetsu-san," replied Sasuke, "Do you have any chakra paper?"

"Of course. Wait here, it's in the back," said Tetsu, turning and going into the storage room behind the counter. Sasuke sighed again and surveyed the room. Every wall was covered by some sort of weapon, from the smallest senbon to the largest katana. One blade in a display case caught his attention, and he walked over to it. It looked to be a katana with a three-foot long blade, and the metal seemed to have a slight blue hue to it. The grip and guard of the blade were simple, but Sasuke could see the workmanship put into the blade. It was a beautiful representation of certain death.

"Like it, don't you?" Sasuke whirled around to find Ken behind him. He hadn't even heard the man. Once he relaxed, Sasuke nodded.

"It's a fine piece of craftsmanship," agreed Sasuke, turning back to admire the sword. Ken also walked to stand beside Sasuke, and they both studied it. After a minute, Sasuke asked, "Is it for sale?" Ken opened his mouth to answer but was interrupted by the opening of the door, admitting a girl with her brown hair in buns.

"Tou-san! How ya doing?" she asked, smiling at the man. Sasuke was mildly surprised by the shop owner having a daughter, but he paid her no mind.

"Nothing, Tenten-chan, just trying to sell Raijin," replied Ken, causing Tenten to freeze.

"You're selling Raijin?" she parroted incredulously, gaping at her father. Ken chuckled and nodded. She glanced at Sasuke. "Hey, kid, do you even know what Raijin is?"

"First of all, my name's Sasuke, and this katana is the most beautiful of kind that I've ever seen," replied Sasuke, annoyed.

Ken stepped in before his daughter could berate the boy, "Raijin here was crafted by myself, and it has been a ten-year project for me. It was crafted with chakra-conducting metal, and during the process I would channel some lightning chakra into it, giving it that bluish color and allowing it to conduct lightning chakra easily. It can cut through almost anything while charged with chakra, and is deadly in the right hands." He eyed Sasuke. "I'll let you have it if you can prove yourself."

"How?" asked Sasuke.

"By using it to its full extent," replied Ken, taking off the display case and grabbing the sword. "Let's go out back." The three walked out the door at the back of the store which led to a practice field. Ken tossed Raijin to Sasuke, and said, "First, channel chakra into it." Sasuke nodded and slowly the blade lit up with a soft blue glow. Ken nodded, "Change it to lightning chakra." A crackling could be heard as tongues of lightning whipped off the blade, light flickering everywhere. Sasuke could feel the drain, but he kept going. Ken arched his eyebrows, but ordered, "Shoot the lightning at a nearby dummy, then rush to slash it." 'Kami, this takes control and massive reserves,' thought Sasuke, panting now. He slowly raised the sword to torso level with a dummy ten feet away, and focused his shot, and then imagined releasing it.

The shot went off instantly, blurring to its target and incinerating it. The drop in Sasuke's reserves was immediate; he fell to his knees, panting. He, however, kept lightning surging through the blade as he stood and rushed a dummy to his right. He slashed at it, cleaving the dummy in two pieces. The edges of the cut were burnt, showing that the blade had been extremely hot.

He heard slow clapping and turned his head to see Ken the source of it. "I'm impressed, Sasuke-san. There are few ninjas who could've done that, and they're all from Kumo. Alright, a deal's a deal. You get to keep Raijin." Sasuke nodded his thanks, and stood with trembling legs. "I'm surprised you're still conscious. You should've been completely drained of chakra by that. You're more powerful than you let on, Sasuke-san," commented Ken, and the three went back into the store, Sasuke still holding Raijin.

Ken rummaged under the counter in the front and pulled out a white sheath with a strap. "Here," he said and he tossed to Sasuke who fastened the strap over his shoulder and sheathed Raijin. Ken also held out five square sheets of paper to him. "The chakra paper you wanted. That's 200 ryo."

Sasuke paid the amount and bowed, "Arigato, Tetsu-san." The man chuckled and waved it off. Sasuke exited the store, and was immediately confronted by Naruto.

"Teme! C'mon, you've been taking-" he stopped and gaped at the sword on Sasuke's back, "Wow, where'd you get the sword?"

"Here. I just got it. But I'm not in the mood for training. I'm out of chakra as it is, and I think I might go home or something," replied Sasuke as he turned away from the blonde.

"What, you scared of me or something?" teased Naruto. Sasuke glared over his shoulder at him, but continued to walk.

"No, it's just that I'm nearly out. Anymore and I'll be out for the week," explained Sasuke, disappearing around a corner. Naruto started after him, but just shrugged. He had training to get to.

Omake- What Happened to Naruto's Clone

"Hey Naruto, can you make a clone?" Sakura asked, wanting to demonstrate a certain feature of the jutsu. Naruto looked at her curiously and created one clone. She immediately punched as hard as she could, sending the clone flying in the direction of the village.

"AHHHHHH!" screamed the clone as it went flying. It closed its eyes and waited for the impact of the hard ground; instead, it slammed into something and fell to the ground along with it. Still not opening its eyes, the clone felt its face in something amazingly soft, and snuggled into it. It smelled faintly of lavender. 'This is really nice,' was the clone's last thought before being picked bodily up off the ground. The clone opened its eyes to see a furious Kurenai staring at him. 'HUH?'

"Ack! Lemme go!" said the clone as it struggled in her iron grip. "I didn't do anything!" It looked around for support and saw a laughing Kiba along with Shino whose eyebrow was twitching. Hinata was on the ground from fainting and she was extremely red.

"Didn't do anything? YOU GROPED ONE OF MY STUDENTS!" roared Kurenai. The clone quickly realized what had happened, and tried to apologize, but was quickly stabbed by a kunai-wielding Kurenai.

Back at the training field: "Hey! What was-" started Naruto before his face turned extremely red and his nose bled slightly. Sakura wondered why he was doing that, and she waited for Naruto to tell, but he didn't. "W-well, that was awkward," said Naruto, the blush receding and he wiped the blood from his nose.

"What, dobe?" asked Sasuke, puzzled by the blonde's behavior.

"N-nothing, teme."

Hmm, maybe not as good as the last chapter, but it's something. Anyway the poll's going to be up for another three days, and during those three days I'll be taking a break from writing, or at least from this story. Here's the poll again, along with votes so far. (Update question: Does anyone want a different Raijin challenge? NOT A POLL)

What chakra nature should Sakura have?

Earth-1

Water-6

Fire-0

Lightning-4

Wind-1