Naruko-

It was time. It was finally time to show Tsunade that I was just as capable as anyone else, that I could do the Rasengan! And I could of course. Now, just one thing. I stared up at the ceiling of the empty hotel room.

"Where the hell is Jiraiya!?" I yelled. I exited the hotel room, sensing around, his trace of chakra was everywhere. I followed it as best as I could. It was vexing, he must not have wanted me to follow where ever he was going. He was probably going to meet up with Tsunade. Not without me he wasn't! I broke into a run, sprinting down the road. I was out of the town now. Running over the rubble from Tsunade's fight a few days before. I was back in that field. "Hey! Tsunade!" I yelled. She looked back at me, as did her assistant and Jiraiya. Tsunade yelled something that I didn't quite catch. "What?" I muttered. She screamed again, louder this time.

"NARUKO GET BACK!" She yelled, I was confused for a moment, then I heard something sliding through the grass.

I jumped up, flipping and letting a kunai slid from the pack I wore on my sleeve. I spun it in my hand, stabbing down on the snake that attempted to trap me. I jumped back.

"What?" I muttered. Then I looked back at Tsunade and Jiraiya. Just a little while off, I could see them. Orochimaru and Kabuto. I walked until I was next to Tsunade. "What's going on?" I asked.

"I came to turn him down." Tsunade said.

"I see..." I said.

"Naruko-chan! How nice of you to join us!" Orochimaru welcomed me with a large smiled.

"Screw off." I replied coldly. He just smiled, doing a hand sign and slamming the ground, a large snake appeared under him.

"Oh, so it's on of those fights." Jiraiya said, then, him and Tsunade summoned they're own summons. I simply stood with Kabuto in front of me.

"So I take it it's you verses me?" I asked, pulling out a kunai. Kabuto held needles between his fingers.

"It appears so, old friend." He said as we charged each other.

Okay, so the fight wasn't going so well. The summons were gone, Tsunade was paralyzed by her own blood, I was doing my best to protect her, Jiraiya and Orochimaru were going head to head. Another needle was thrown at Tsunade, I blocked it with a kunai.

"Dammit Tsunade! Get a hold of yourself!" I yelled back at her. She didn't move. I growled. "Fine. I'll take him down myself." I muttered, Running at Kabuto,

"Naruko don't!" Tsunade yelled. I ignored her. I was in my own battle, hand to hand combat was thankfully one of my strong points, thanks to Kisame. I ducked, punching Kabuto in the stomach, he bent down and coughed, giving me an opening, I grabbed the back of his head and slammed his face into my knee, his head was thrown back, he stumbled backwards and I kicked forward into his chest, letting him fly into a rock.

"Thanks Kisame." I smirked.

Jiraiya-

I was keeping watch on Naruko from the corner of my eye. She was fending for herself, and very impressively. I watched her take down Kabuto in three swift movements. She stood straight, ready as Kabuto stood up again.

"Pay attention." I felt a fist slam into my jaw, I stumbled back. That's right, I should be paying attention to Orochimaru right now. I knelt on my frog summon.

"Let's go then." I said as our summons charged each other once more.

Naruko-

Kabuto stood up, wiping blood from his face.

"Very strong..." He chuckled. "But not good enough." He stood straight. I snarled at him. I ran at him again. I landed a punch on his face, he blocked the next punch, I felt something stab through my had, I looked to see a kunai that sliced between my fingers. That was gonna leave a mark. I glared at Kabuto, pulling away.

"I can't believe," I grunted as he blocked a kick, "I was ever," he pushed me back. I glared, gathering energy in my hand with the help of a shadow clone. "friends with a jerk like you!" I yelled, slamming the Rasengan into his stomach. He spun, flying backwards. I stumbled back as well, tired.

"Naruko... you..." Tsunade stuttered.

"Yeah." I muttered, feeling a pain in my side. I fell forward.

"Naruko!?" Tsunade yelled, pulling me to her. "What?"

"My side... " I gripped my sweater, she unzipped it, inspecting my side.

"Poison..." She muttered. I coughed.

"Shit... I can't die... not yet..." I tried to move, falling back. "Not until they pay... Pain, Konoha... I can't die." I felt my consciousness slip. "I can't..." I fell into darkness.

Tsunade-

I shook Naruko. She didn't move, I saw the rapid pace of her breathing and gathered chakra to begin healing her.

"Naruko?" I yelled. No answer. "Naruko? Wake up!" I said again. And again, I got no answer. I panicked. I looked up, seeing that Orochimaru and Kabuto had fled. Jiraiya ran over.

"Naruko?" He knelt next to her.

"She was poisoned." I said, putting more chakra behind my healing abilities.

"Will she be okay?" Shizune asked.

"I.. I don't know." I said.

After I had done all I could, I sat back, her breathing had regulated. She would live.

"She'll be fine." I said.

"Thank god." Jiraiya stood. I pulled off my necklace, remembering Naruko's fight. How she stood in front of me when I did nothing. She was a good kid. I lifted her head and let the necklace hang around her neck.

"You won the bet, brat." I smiled. Jiraiya picked her up.

"We can head back to Konoha in the morning." He said. I nodded, standing up myself and motioning for Shizune to follow me. I went to my hotel, and Jiraiya went to his.

Naruko-

I groaned in my sleep. I opened my eyes, staring into the darkness of the hotel room. I felt a pain in my now bandaged hand. So that fight was real. I sighed. I felt like my past was catching up to me now. First it was Itachi's brother, then Itachi and Kisame, the Kabuto and Orochimaru. Really, what was next? I felt like the main character in some shitty story. (A/N: Hey! Naruko! Get away from the computer! Naruko- Hm? Oh sure.) I continued to stare and felt a pair of eyes watching me curiously. I looked to the window to see a pair of yellow eyes gleaming in the night. I scowled at them, I glared hard until they had a bright amusement in them. I stared into them, until they disappeared. I finally let my eyes close. I drifted off into a deep, dreamless, sleep.

My sleep didn't feel like it lasted long. I got up, feeling sore all over and I packed, walking with Jiraiya to meet up with Tsunade. I felt the necklace hit my chest. I smirked a little. It was nice knowing I won that insignificant bet.

"Hello, Jiraiya," Tsunade greeted us when we got to the meeting spot, she then turned to me, "Brat." She smirked.

"Morning, Hag." I smirked. It was strange, I felt like I could be more open with Tsunade now that I had this necklace. She smirked and we made our way back to Konoha.

Sasuke-

It was a horrible nightmare and it kept replaying over and over. But, it ended finally. I woke up in a hospital room. Two of the three sannin were there, so was Sakura. And Naruko. She was staring at me with her usual emotionless face. But her eyes were clouded with relief and worry.

"What happened?" I asked. Then, Sakura flung herself on me, hugging me and crying as Tsunade explained. Naruko stood and walked out the room.

"Naruko?" I muttered.

It was a few days later that I was let out of the hospital. I was walking and saw Naruko conversing with a few kids. A girl and two boys who were staring up at her like she was some sort of god. I jumped into a tree and sat above them.

Naruko-

Konohamaru, Moegi, Udon. They were talking to me about some stupid promise I made to get them out of my hair one day. I stood and continued to shake my head.

"No. I'm not going to play with you." I said.

"But Naruko-sensei!" The three whined.

"When did I start teaching all of you? I'm not even a Chunnin." I crossed my arms.

"We want you to be our teacher when we become Genin!" Moegi hugged me. I pried her off of me.

"That's great. I'll look forward to it." I rolled my eyes. I sat as they sparred in front of me for "training", mostly just so I could think. It was hot, I took off my sweater and placed it on the ground against the fence for a place to sit. I pulled down my white under shirt and sat, leaning on the fence as they fought.

I yawned. There was only one test left in the Chunnin exams. We still had the main fights next. We still had a month left I think. I let my eyes slip closed for a few seconds, I started to drift of until I heard Konohamaru scream. I opened my eyes and looked to the side some red haired kid was holding Konohamaru up with sand. I stood and stretched, feeling the other kids latch onto my shirt. I looked at them, then back at the red haired boy. Our eyes met, green eyes to blue ones. We stared at each other with an equally emotionless gaze.

"Who're you?" I asked. He didn't answer. "Well, I advise you put down my student. You don't want me to have a reason to hurt you." I narrowed my eyes a bit.

Gaara-

Naruko was standing in front of me. She wore a white shirt and baggy orange pants, her head band tied loosely around her neck. Her blond hair was tied up in two long side pony tails, she had three whisker like scares on each of her cheeks and she was glaring at me with big blue eyes. I didn't respond to her. Something was stopping me from talking. She wasn't very intimidating... Kankuro might call her "hot" or something along those lines. She was talking again. I pulled myself from thought to listen.

"Are you even listening to what I'm saying?" she growled. I still didn't answer. What was I supposed to say to her? "Put. The Kid. Down." she shot out, she was closer to my face now, glaring hard at my unresponsiveness. I just spoke what I thought would rise a response out of her.

"What if I don't" I asked in my usual tone. Her eyes blazed with anger but her face didn't show it.

"Now I have a reason to hurt you." She growled. Stepping back some. She glared up, swinging a punch at me, my sand blocked it, she kicked and my I wrapped my sand around her leg in a panic. I lifted her up, dropping her friend in the process.

Naruko glared at me, her long hair brushing the ground as she hung upside down form my sand. She looked to the kids, who were helping the one I had dropped.

"You three beat it." She said.

"But Naruko!" The girl tired.

"Beat it. NOW." Naruko growled at them menacingly. The three scrambled, but didn't go farther than around the corner, peeking out every now and again. Naruko fixed her icy glare on me.

"Put me down." She pointed.

"If I do that you'll try to harm me." I said.

"Why you little..." She barred her teeth.

"I'm as tall as you." I informed her. She just glared harder. What had I heard about her? She's an ex-Akutsuki. She's the nine tails. That's about it. She went to punch me again, sand caught her hand. She grunted in frustration.

Naruko-

This guy. Who did he think he was? I struggled some and in moments, I felt an arm around my waist. I was pried roughly from the sand and clutched tightly to someone. I looked up to see Sasuke holding me and glaring at the red haired kid.

"Are you okay?" Sasuke asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine." I said as he left me down. I hissed in pain when I landed on my foot. It was bleeding from the force of the sand that held me upside down before. Sasuke noticed this and set me down on my sweater. I looked over and was staring at his back.

So! I think that's enough for this chapter! I'll start the next one right away and have it for you guys some time tomorrow! Or maybe the next day. Hm. Oh! Just so you know! My Birthday is coming up soon! I'm so excited! I'm aiming for a crap load of the older Pokemon games. Wish me luck! Wish me a happy birthday! You know.. if you want. You don't have to! Anyway! Bye for now!