Ch6

(Emily's POV)

"Ok, class dismissed. You can go home." Iruka-sensei finally stated.

"Right. I know what I want." I told Sasuke as we went to go retrieve our bags.

"Yeah?" He asked without bothering to look at me.

"I need a sparring partner to help me with my taijutsu." I stated as I picked up my bag.

"Fine. You free to start now?" The Uchiha questioned. I was about reply but was interrupted by Iruka-sensei.

"Emily, Naruto don't even think of escaping. You're still in trouble for skipping earlier." He called. I sighed.

"Sorry no. But if you wait a bit at the gate, I can tell you when I am." I said and the Uchiha nodded and left the room. I veered off my original course and headed towards Iruka-sensei. Luckily Naruto listened for once so I didn't have to wait while Sensei chased him. Even so, I held onto his arm just in case.

"I decided you should clean the paint off the faces for your punishment. Emily can do one and Naruto can do the other three." Iruka-sensei stated.

"What!?" Naruto exclaimed. "How come she only has to do one!?" Iruka sighed.

"I was going to have you clean them all as you were the one who vandalized them but she needed a punishment for skipping, on the other hand if you want to do it I can just give her detention tomorrow." The sensei explained. Naruto scowled,

"No. She can do the one." He said grumpily. I chuckled before turning to Iruka-sensei.

"Hey Sensei?" He turned to me.

"Hai?" He asked.

"Can I leave as soon I've finished?" He looked me in the eye for a moment before nodding.

"So long as you did it properly." He replied.

"Arigato, can I just tell Sasuke please?" I asked, but Naruto's loud voice spoke up before Iruka could.

"Since when have you two been close!? You weren't planning a date were you?!" He yelled, looking slightly irritated at the mention of the Uchiha and worried at the thought of me going out with him. I rolled my eyes,

"I'm not interested in dating and even if I was I wouldn't date him." Naruto didn't look convinced and I sighed. "Sasuke and I aren't even that close, we just both get something out of each other's company. Besides that, it shouldn't bother you whether I date him or not, if I truly liked him and you truly are my friend then shouldn't you be cheering me on?" I turned and walked off in the direction Sasuke was in.

"Wait! Emily, I didn't say you could go." I heard Iruka-sensei say.

"It'll only take a minute" I said not bothering to turn around. "You can go ahead if you want."

"Emily!" He called but I just stepped out of the room. I heard Iruka sigh but ignored it and hurried to Sasuke. When I got to the gate Sasuke was stood leaning against it and when he saw me he stood up.

"So?" He asked in his usual monotone.

"Got to clean one of the faces Naruto messed up, It'll probably take around half an hour, maybe forty minutes depending which face. Think you'll still be free?" I asked, before shifting into the shade of the wall to escape the light that the setting sun was blinding me with. Sasuke nodded,

"Hn" he grunted. I nodded and began to back away.

"Ok. I'll meet you back here in about 35 minutes." I said before turning around to walk back but before I took another step I remembered something.

"Oh yeah." I looked over my shoulder and saw that he had also turned to leave. "You're going to have to decide where to go. I haven't had time to explore." I told him and he raised an eyebrow, I guessed he was surprised I hadn't looked around as normally that's the first thing you would do at a new place.

"Too busy training and studying." I stated. He nodded then leapt onto the wall, and from there jumped away over the rooftops. I turned back towards the academy and went to find the cleaning supplies I would need.

I paused for a moment and glared at the paint on the faces. It had only been five minutes but I still had quite a lot to do. I looked back over Konoha. Naruto and Iruka-sensei still hadn't turned up so at least it was quiet.

I growled and attacked the paint with a scrubbing brush, but the paint was stubborn and I found myself getting impatient and irritated. 'There must be an easier way to do this' I thought. Even the voice in my head sounded irritated. I paused again before letting out an annoyed sound that was halfway between a growl and a yell and quickly unfastened my necklace.

I stuffed my necklace into the kunai holder on my right leg and glanced around to make sure no one would see. Then I cracked my knuckles and slammed my hands onto the cliff, channeling my ghostly energy out through my fingers and turning all four faces intangible. The paint fell off easily. I stood back then sat down to catch my breath. That took a lot more energy than I expected, why did I bother helping Naruto again? I shrugged to myself then pulled the necklace out of the kunai holder and placed it round my neck again. Feeling satisfied I dusted off my hands and looked over Konoha.

Having cheated I now still had around half an hour before I had to meet up with Sasuke. So I jumped down into Konoha and began aimlessly walking around looking for something to do. As I walked around, I noticed the busy streets began to thin out slightly as the sun set.

I sighed and looked around. Though I didn't really want to admit it Konoha was a nice place and I was getting kind of fond of it. I'd probably be able to call this place my home and settle down here. That is, if Danny was here and I didn't have to worry about Em. But then if I could get rid of Em we would be able to be friends with Sam and Tucker, so I would still rather be back in Amity Park than here. I wonder if the house is still ok... my train of thought was interrupted by a ninja landing in front of me.

"You're Emily Fenton right?" He asked me. I raised an eyebrow, what could he want with me?

"Hai." I answered. He nodded.

"The Hokage wants to see you." He stated before disappearing in a puff of smoke. I flinched as a thought struck me, he couldn't have seen me use my ghost powers... right? Oh well I need to talk to him about the test anyway. I sighed before sending chakra to my feet and using it to ninja jump over to the Hokage's office.

Iruka's POV

Ten minutes. She can't still be talking to Sasuke... He doesn't talk much. She's starting to tick me off. I stood up from my desk and looked over to Naruto who was... I'm not sure what he was doing... Probably best if he's left to it though. I rubbed my face.

"Right ok, let's just go, Naruto." I decided and left the room. When I got outside, as I half expected, Emily was nowhere to be seen, neither was Sasuke.

"Did she seriously just skip on her punishment?" I said aloud.

"She did what!" I heard Naruto say from behind me. "That's not fair!" I turned to face Naruto.

"Don't think you can escape." I said firmly. He laughed sheepishly and rubbed the back of his head. I sighed.

"Common." I ninja jumped up to the faces. I wasn't expecting what I saw. "What?" The cliff face was spotless. What is going on? Did Emily do this? No I'm sure she couldn't do something like that... Then I saw something that made the situation even stranger. The pain hadn't disappeared, more like fallen off. At the base of the faces was pieces of paint in large flakes, the paint had not been scrapped off. There wasn't enough time to do that anyway. Naruto arrived behind me.

"Well look at that! Somebody did my job! Guess I can go!" I reached behind me and grabbed his arm.

"No, you can clear up this paint and I'm going to find out what happened." If I wasn't so confused I'd be mad right now. Emily skipped her job. I don't think that's like her. But who the heck did this... Maybe I should talk to Lord Hokage

Emily's POV

"Come in." The 3rd called so I opened the door and stepped inside.

"Hi." I greeted him.

"Hello Emily. I'm guessing you know why you're here?" He asked, and I rubbed the back of my neck sheepishly.

"I have a pretty good guess." I replied, not wanting to say anything just in case he didn't know about me using my powers. He chuckled.

"Yes. This is about you cheating during your punishment." He said.

"How did you even know?" I found myself genuinely curious and he laughed and pulled out a... crystal ball? I chuckled and he smiled but then his expression turned serious.

"But ultimately this is because you used your ghost powers without good reason. If you had used a skill you learnt as a ninja I would have probably let you be, and left Iruka to deal with you." I pouted slightly

"But I've gotten so used to using my ghost powers. It's really hard to get used to it." I complained.

"But if you can use your ghost powers you wont bother training very hard. Will you?" The Hokage pointed out. I frowned but didn't reply.

"Now I've got to make sure you don't take it off again." He said as he waved a small piece of paper in the air.

"What is that?" I asked, eying it warily. He chuckled,

"It's sealing paper, it will seal the clasp on your necklace. You take it off by adding chakra to it but I made it to reject your chakra, and since the necklace is too small to just pull off, the only way for you to take it off is to get some else to undo the seal or break it. Of course if you break it I'll know, and if you undo it you'll need to come back to me for a new one." He explained, then gestured for me to come closer. I sighed I walked over to the desk then turned around and moved my hair away so he could see the clasp. I felt him wrap the paper round it and when he was done I twisted it round so I could see it, the paper itself seemed to have been absorbed into the necklace leaving the ink seal on the clasp.

I sighed again. I've been sighed a lot in the past ten minutes. I put the necklace the right way then turned to face the Hokage again. He gave me a sympathetic smile and I scowled.

"Is that everything?" I asked. He nodded.

"Ok then before I go I need to talk to you about tomorrow." I said. He looked confused for a moment but then nodded.

"Ah this is about the exam tomorrow isn't it." He asked, and I nodded.

"Hai. I see no reason why I shouldn't be able to at least take the exam. If I fail I can just take the next one, besides I keep studying a lot so I will catch up eventually. Please at least let me try." I almost begged. The Hokage laughed.

"Ok then I just thought it might be better for you to wait but if you're that eager I can't say no." He smiled. "Gambatte." He said. I gave I sigh of relief, he wasn't dead set against me doing it.

"Thank you. Now I've got to go meet Sasuke for some training." I told him as I headed for the door. He nodded.

"Goodbye Emily."

Mini-dictionary-like-thing

Arigato = thank you

Gambatte = good luck/hang in there/do your best