I'm back!

Actually, I got back last Wednesday, but I was just too lazy to write anything for one and a half weeks.

Y'all know the drill about disclaimers now. Let's just not waste more space and get on with the story.

"Hey, loser." A voice sneered.

Sarada jumped in surprise, accidentally dropping her katana. "Who...?" She turned around.

Standing at the entrance to the training area was the person that she wanted to see the least right now.

Nara Shikadai.

"Goddamnit, Nara, can't you stay out of my life for one second?" Sarada snapped.

Shikadai smirked. Then a black snakelike figure erupted from her shadow and zigzagged towards Sarada, who barely managed to avoid it. "I'm here because you need to be taught a lesson towards who is off-limits. Boru is mine. He may not realize it yet, but pretty soon he will be head over heels in love with me. I mean, who would be dumb enough to like you?"

Sarada could stand a lot of things. She could bear through extra homework, chores, and adults yelling at her. But the one thing she couldn't stand was insults.

The raven's eyes spiraled into her trademark Sharingan. "Bastard... you don't want to be saying those things about me."

"Oh, really?" Shikadai rolled her eyes. "What are you going to do, smush me to death with your weight?"

That was it.

Sarada broke. "Katon: Hōsenka no Jutsu!"

Multiple balls of fire with shuriken concealed in them blazed toward Shikadai. Unfortunately, she avoided it. "Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu!"

The shuriken were washed away by Shikadai's massive waterfall that crashed down on the training area. Sarada leaped onto a nearby tree, but that got destroyed as well.

Well, fuck this.

"Doton: Doryūheki!"

The wall was barely complete when 10 million gallons of water crashed onto it. Thankfully, it blocked the Uchiha from the giant waterfall.

Now's my chance, Sarada thought as she sprang on top of the wall. Shikadai was still recovering from the chakra drainage, so she couldn't possibly escape.

Sarada formed her hands into the Rat seal. She was unsure how to use this technique, but she might as well try it anyway.

Kagemane no Jutsu!"

Thankfully, it somehow worked. Though weaker than Shikadai's, Sarada's shadow bound itself against Shikadai's. The Nara froze as she imitated Sarada's stance against her will.

"How-?" Shikadai stuttered. "That's a hidden technique!"

Sarada smiled. "Sharingan. That's how. We might not have hdden techniques, but we have something way better. Ocular powers."

So Sarada wins. Yippee.

School has started for me, so I won't be able to update as quickly. Please bear with me as I struggle through loads of English homework to type.

Love you all!

~Snow