Sakura's POV
"Kin finish her!" Zaku yelled.
Kin was instantly behind me with long senbon in her hands. I quickly went through the familiar hand signs.
Kin hit me in the back, but I used the substitution jutsu and I was then over Zaku's head. As I was flying down at him, he threw kunai at me.
I couldn't help but feel accomplished when I saw the surprise in his eyes when he realized that I was the real thing and…
"CHERRY BLOSSOM CLASH!" I yelled punching him.
Instantly when I was on top of him, I grabbed one of the kunai out of my arm and stabbed his lower arm before punching him again.
"Get off me!" he yelled.
I looked at the injured Sasuke, Naruto, Lee, and Umeko. They weren't going to save me, so I knew that I had to stop and protect them.
Zaku punched me off of him making me fly backwards.
He had his hands held out towards me as he yelled, "YOU LITTLE WITCH!"
When he was about to slice me with pure air, Ino, Shikamaru, and Chouji suddenly appeared in front of me.
"Oh so the freak parade just goes on and on." Zaku said.
"Ino…" I said.
"Well, Sakura, I told you I'd never let you show me up!" Ino said.
Umeko's POV
"Oh hot damn…" I muttered as I opened my eyes.
My ears had a slight ringing and I felt like utter shit.
"What happened?" I asked.
"You got yourself into a fight you couldn't win like a dumbass." Daiki said glaring down at me.
"Hmph. Happy to see you're alive too." I grumbled.
"How's Sakura?" I asked rubbing my head.
"She'sJustFi-" right as Makoto was talking, a pink blur sped past him, hugging me.
"Umeko! Your okay!" Sakura said, squeezing me tighter and tighter.
"Duh. You think god would die that easily! You have little faith, Sakura." I deadpanned, refusing to hug back.
"I was so worried." She whispered.
"Oh, okay. Good for you, I guess… So tell me, did I burn the fuckers really good?" I asked, as she let go of me.
"Yeah, they were all black and stuff, so before they got out of the fire you got them really good." She said.
"Hmph. I did that on purpose! I wanted you to have a chance to kick their ass." I said.
"Umeko, c'mon. I know you just woke up and all but we have to find a scroll." Daiki said.
"I hate to say it, but your right." I said.
I got up ignoring the gasp of Sakura. I looked over at her teammates who were just coming around.
"Your pathetic teammates are waking up. So, bye now." I said before jumping away.
When we were a few hundred yards away in the woods, we huddled up and began planning.
"I know where we're gonna find our scrolls." I said with a determined smirk.
"Oh god. I know that look in her eyes." Daiki said.
"So your saying that we have to wait around and watch Team 7 until a grey haired guy shows up who has both scrolls?" Daiki asked.
"Precisely, I'm glad you get the picture, Blindclops." I said cheerfully.
"HowDoYouKnowHeWillShowUp?" Makoto asked.
'How the fucking hell am I gonna explain this?!'
"My god like powers let me see into the future at random times! I am god! I do what I want!" I said nervously.
"Do you really expect us to believe your own hype that much?" Daiki asked.
"Bitch, I am the hype." I grumbled.
"Umeko, it has been four days since the start of this exam. We have been wasting enough time for your grey haired guy to show up. I'm sick of looking at Naruto's idiot self, Sasuke's boring self, and Sakura's annoying self." Daiki said.
"Shhh… Any minute now…" I said watchinig the now alone Naruto and Sakura.
"It holds the secret… I'm gonna open it!" Naruto said holding up his scroll.
"NO YOU IDIOT! HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN THE RULES!? WE WERE TOLD NEVER TO LOOK INSIDE THE SCROLLS FOR ANY REASON UNTIL WE REACH THE TOWER!" Sakura yelled, surprisingly not hitting the boy.
"AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I DO NOT PLAN ON SCREWING UP AND GETTING LEFT IN THE DUST BY MY SISTER WHO HAS PROBABLY BEEN LONG DONE WITH THIS STUPID EXAM!"
When she said that, both boys on my team glared at me.
"Our backs are at a wall, it's our only chance." Naruto said.
Sakura sighed.
"Fine, but if this is a trap I'm kickin' your ass then I'll let Sasuke kick your ass!" she said.
Naruto slowly began to open up the scroll.
"Shouldn't we like stop him?" Daiki asked.
"Shhh…" I whispered.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you. Don't you remember the rules?!" Kabuto said.
"Now." I said.
That's when Team Four Star attacked.
I threw three precisely aimed poisoned senbon at the three most vital points of the chakra system.
"Paralyzing Jutsu!" Makoto said using a jutsu to paralyze Sakura, Naruto, and Kabuto.
Kabuto obviously stiffened but he couldn't move do to the amazing genjutsu Makoto put him under.
Daiki used his speed to hurry over to him, and in seconds grabbing the three scrolls.
"Thank you Kabuto-boy. And good luck to you guys." I said before we all Body Flickered towards the tower.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" I laughed crazily as we began to plan while we were planning our cunning entrance to the tower.
"Umeko, you can stop laughing maniacally." Daiki said with a sigh.
"My genius plan worked! Worked well! Better than well! It worked brilliantly! FANTASTIC! YES!" I yelled.
"Umeko! We need to form a plan for going to the tower. I'm not the strategic guy. That's you and Makoto. So plan or something." Daiki said.
"I AM GOD! GOD! KAMI! I AM THE HYPE! HAIL UMEKO! ALL HAIL MEE~"
'SHUT UP UMEKO BEFORE I FRY YOUR BRAIN SO MUCH IT'S AS BLACK AS A BURNT UP COOKIE! NOW IF YOU WOULD PLEASE SHUT UP AND LET ME PREPARE!' I heard a yell in my brain.
"Fuck you, Makoto." I grumbled glaring at the blond boy.
'Umeko will send out shadow clones of us running towards the tower. But we will be using the transformation jutsu to make ourselves look like a pack of tigers. At this point teams will be trying to not be slowed down. So, they'll just avoid a group of animals running, and hopefully focus on the decoys.' Makoto said.
I looked at Daiki. Daiki looked at me. Then we all looked at Makoto.
"Nice plan." Daiki said.
"Mm-hm." Makoto said.
"Hmph." I said turning away.
'Damn Makoto thinking he's all that just because he can strategize. It's just because he always hangs out with Nara people. Damn smarties need to take a chill pill and dumb up a little bit. Shit. Being that smart is creepy.' I thought.
'I also read books and study the human mind.' Makoto's voice said in my head.
I glared at him.
"STAY OUTTA MY HEAD!"
We ended up making out of the forest without being attacked. And when we put down our scrolls, some random Chunin showed up and started talking about something about heaven and earth or some shit like that.
Frankly, I was just glad that whole long exam was over with. I was looking forward to spending the rest of the day sleeping, and eating the provided food.
The rest of the Rookie 12, well excluding Team 7 was already done with the exam. And then there was Mari.
Mari just kept staring at me as I ate my poor tasteless riceball.
"Bitch what are you looking at? You like what you see?" I said.
"No not particularly. Teehee~" Mari said.
"Oh I sure as hell hope I get to fight your bitchy ass." I said.
"Oh, Umeko, darling. We shouldn't be fighting. We should be working together to make this world better. We can prevent a war, and then I can be with Sasuke in the end and you can be with who ever you want." She said.
"I wanna be with Vegeta, so it's not like I'll get what I want in the end." I said walking closer to her.
"But, Ume, if we work together we can save lives, become heroes, and decide the future of the Narutoverse!" she said.
"Or I can do what I want and get what I want in the end. Because frankly, I couldn't care less about innocent lives. All people do in the end is die anyway, Mari. And you can have Sasuke. I don't care what happens to him. I bet that you're gonna have to go to Orochimaru to see him after he leaves Konoha or whatever." I said.
"No your gonna stop him. Either you do that, or when we fight, which I know we will eventually, I'll have to kill you. Or ask my sweet big brother to kill you. Because people like me don't kill. We just cause extreme pain." Mari said.
"Oh, that's cute. You think you're actually a threat? I'll tell you what. When we fight, I'll give you the first shot, we'll see where that gets you!" I said with a laugh.
"Confident are we? But you will regret saying that. Because unlike Gaara, I don't have a tailed beast holding me back from using my full power. Unlike Gaara I can go all out with my sand, and not even worry about be taken over by Shukaku. My sand is very special, and you'll see why when we battle, rival." Mari said.
"Bring it you make-up wearing Mary-Sue wannabe." I said.
"Umeko, the second exams are about to start." Daiki said from behind me.
"Comin' Blindclops." I said not taking my eyes off the smiling face of Mari of the Sand.
Hey, BakaChan here and I have something I must say.
I had no idea what to do with this chapter. Completely and utterly winged it.
Another thing... THAT NARUTO ENDING THOUGH! 700! T^T At least my pairing happened. AND THERE'S GONNA BE A SPIN OFF NARUTO MANGA THIS SPRING! ALL OF MY YAAAAAAAAAS~~~~~~
Shut the fuck up, BakaChan. Okay. Anyway.
For those of you who didn't know, I do have a side-story that follows Makoto and his life that currently has three chapters. It's called The Makoto Chronicles. And it includes a major plot twist that will be incorporated into RFL... NOW! Onto the review thingy.
Mass-Effect: Thank you for the good constructive criticism. Here, you get your favorite type of food, because I know not everyone likes cookies.
Umeko: You also get a five second hug from Doug. Enjoy that.
Slytherson: I doubt that's gonna happen... Buuuuuuut...
Umeko: NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!
NoIdea135: Now that you explained it I'm liking the idea of Royal Cyan Strike... I give you all the credit for the name. *hands you credit and Monopoly money* You can now buy a bunch of hotels!
Umeko: Here. You get a five second hug from Doug. Nothing more, nothing less. Got it? (T_T) watchin' you...
Counting Sinful Stars: No worries, I've decided to use the name that NoIdea135 gave me. Royal Cyan Strike. If you read his/her review (LOL I don't know anyone's genders), they explain why they chose that name, and I love it!
Umeko: You know... I'm starting to feel ignored. No one even gives me a shout out anymore in the reviews... NOT THAT I NEED ONE! But... It's nice to get one of those sometimes... Anytime... Can anybody hear me?
Legendz25: I KNOW RIGHT
Umeko: Hey! You know why don't you come and get reborn into a world where death is everywhere in the form of jutsu and shit! Hell, you dodge! Now you don't get a hug from Doug. HMPH
Makoto: IBelieveYouHurtHerPrideABit. GoodJob.
Umeko: GO THE FUCK AWAY MAKOTO! NOBODY LIKES YOUR PSYCHOTIC ASS!
Violadumas: Thank you Viola-san! LOL I like your name.
Umeko: So... Viola... Isn't that some big violin or small cello or something?
Gueststar: yoooooo... Wassup Gueststar! My sista from anotha mista... My brother from anotha mothea... Whichever one for your respective gender. XD LOL, thanks for the review. It made Reyna laugh. And I'm glad I'm not the only one who got a little emotional. God, imagine how Kishimoto feels writing the series... The series that's now over! Until spring TT^TT WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA~
Umeko: Oh my god she's been like this all day. Fangirling about her ship happening, then crying about it ending. You have NO IDEA what it's like living in BakaChan's head seriously. And don't get me started on her post-convention depression...
The Awesome Me Alix: Hey Alix, decided to reply to both of your reviews in one, so hope you don't mind! Your first review was so cute it made me smile. And it made Umeko smirk, which that's about as close as she gets to smiling, so you did pretty good. And your second one... CONGRATS ON FINDING YOUR COMPUTER! And I feel so lucky that RFL is one of the three stories that your following. It makes me feel happy inside! By the way, you have great taste in Fanfiction. I love I'm a What/The Black Demon of the Leaf. It's awesome! And I'll let Umeko finish it off.
Umeko: Hmph. I guess we'd be pretty good friends in real life. But, I would try to convince (BakaChan: FORCE) you to join the amazing religion of Umekoism. Psssssssst... You'd get a hug from the ultra soft Doug the teddy bear...
Anon-chan: Your weird yes. And I like that about you. Not trying to be weird, but weird personalities are the best ones.
We're all mad here ~Cheshire Cat
WHAT UP ALICE IN WONDERLAND REFERENCE/ALLUSION!
Umeko: BakaChan... Stop talking, you'll lower the IQ of the whole Fanfiction.
So yeah, I'm sick. And it sucks... Also! If you've ever been curious about the sexy face of BakaChan (LOL NOT) I posted my Hinata Hyuga cosplay on the BakaAndTensaiProductionz DeviantArt (BakaAndTensaiArt) and I have the Makoto Chronicles up, which I've mentioned earlier. I think. So yeah... Hope you guys enjoyed, and please leave a review! Thanks!