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~::Chapter Six::~

As you passed by a few villagers, they stared at you as if they were looking at something they've never seen before. Actually, they weren't staring at you but at the sight of you dragging Sasuke with you to wherever you please, it seemed.

"Stop pulling me around... This is going to ruin my image and make people think you're odd," Sasuke told you in a low voice but he didn't make any move to release himself from your grasp.

"You have an image?? Oh, I never knew. And by the way, I'm odd in my own special way which is why I make friends so easily!" You grinned widely in your happy-go-lucky way. You showed no sign of letting go of his wrist and continued to pull him along the streets of Konoha until you two reached the sushi stall.

When the both of you got there, you ran in, pushing the cloth that hung from the entrance while tugging at the helpless raven-haired boy.

"Geez, stop pulling, tugging or whatever you call it already. Go pick a table." Sasuke said, motioning towards the empty tables and chairs.

"Okay!" You replied energetically. You skipped to a table right next to the windows and sat down. Sasuke followed suit but he walked slowly, taking his sweet time. You put your elbows onto the table, laced your fingers, rest your chin on top of them and looked out the window with a light sigh. You saw people passing by who were shopping for clothes, buying groceries or just hanging out with their friends. Then something caught your eye. There was a small girl at about five years old tugging at what looked like her father’s sleeve at a toy store. She was whining about something but of course, you couldn’t hear from inside the sushi stall. Her father shook his head indicating he wasn’t agreeing with the little girl. She looked as if she was going to cry and her father started comforting her, finally agreeing on what the little girl wanted. They went inside and after a few moments, the little girl reappeared hugging a stuffed teddy bear half her size, smiling happily up at her father. He returned the smile and both of them walked away. *Where are my parents? I wonder what happened to them… How come I don't remember anything about them?* You felt your eyes water, thinking about your family.

"Hey, hey, Karae. Are you there?" Someone was snapping their fingers in front of your face, calling you in a monotonous voice. You snapped out of your daydream and faced Sasuke.

"Mm yeah? What is it?" Sasuke points at the waitress waiting to take your order.

"Oh. Um… I'll just take whatever he's having," You told the waitress, looking over at Sasuke.

"Okay. Your food will be here in a few minutes." The waitress walked off to the counter.

There was silence as you looked at Sasuke and he looked at you.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" You asked him, putting on a weird look. "Is there something in my hair?" You looked up, as if trying to see if there was.

He shook his head and looked outside. You followed his gaze and noted that it was getting dark quickly. Dark, gray clouds hovered in the sky above the village, threatening to pour rain onto everything below it.

"…You were thinking about your parents, weren't you?"

You nodded. "Hai. I was just wondering about where they are right now, or who they might be. How'd you know?" A short silence followed. The only thing that could be heard was the silent rain starting outside and other people in the background, eating and talking.

"I think about mine a lot too." He kept it short and straight to the point.

"At least you remember who they are. I... don't remember a thing." You said sadly, looking down at the table. A few minutes passed quietly and the waitress arrived with your food, which was tenpura. You mainly poked your food with your fork, playing with it more than eating it. Your thoughts were far away, wandering aimlessly. Sasuke was eating like a normal person would. After he was done, you were barely half-way through. The tenpura was still being picked at by you. It seemed as if you had lost your appetite so Sasuke spoke up.

"Hey, are you okay?" He looked at you intently. His eyes reflected concern and worry but you thought otherwise. *Sasuke wouldn't be concerned nor worried... Why would he be?*

"Yeah. I'm okay. Let's go then." You said softly, pushing your plate away from you and you stood up. You rubbed your eyes and blinked a few times. You smiled at him, trying to get your happy, cheerful mood back. Surprisingly, you were a natural at making your mood change dramatically very easily. Before anyone knew it, you were jumping around and pulling Sasuke out of the sushi stall.

You clasped your hands in front of you. "Arigato Sasuke, for the lunch. It was very delicious!" He replied with the usual 'hn' and walked off, mumbling something that sounded like 'weird girl...'. You just shrugged it off and stood there, talking to yourself.

"Hm... what should I do now? Um... I know! I'll go find my partner in crime! I mean in pranks!" You giggle to yourself and ran off to find the hyper blonde-haired boy. *If I was hyper ramen-loving boy who just had lunch, where would I be?* You asked yourself in your head as you ran down the streets of Konoha. *Probably asleep at home, I guess.* You headed homewards. When you got there, you whipped out your keys and opened the door. You went inside and of course, you saw Naruto asleep on the couch.

"Why do you always sleep on the couch instead of your bed, Naruto? Is it really that comfy?" You said out loud to no-one in particular. You jumped a little when you received a reply from the figure lying on the couch.

"In fact, it is!" Naruto sat up, yawning and stretching his arms. He looked at you and grinned widely.

"Good, you're up!" You said energetically. "C'mon, your cousin's bored. Let's go pull some pranks!"

"Yeah! Now, what should we plot this time?" He said while rubbing his chin as if he was thinking real hard.

"Hm..." You too were thinking hard. "I think we should choose a victim first!" You suggested.

"Of course! That was what I was thinking! Who would choose what kind of prank to pull without selecting their prey first?" Naruto concluded smartly.

*Um... I would?* "Yeah, who would?" You grinned.

"I've been thinking about getting back at Sasuke for impressing Sakura-chan the past months. So how about we target him for this prank?"

"Sure! I've always wanted to pull one on him for quite some time too anyway. On to the most important part of getting even or pranking... What we're gonna do." You two sat there, your minds racing from one idea to another, searching for the perfect thing to pull off on the Uchiha prodigy.

A minute or two passed and a smirk slowly creeped onto your face. Naruto noticed immediately and grinned his wide fox grin. "Ooooh, I know that look! That's the look and evil. You have something planned up your sleeves, don't you?"

"I'm not wearing sleeves and I won't but yes Naruto, yes. I have something planned."

~The Same Day, At Night~

Both you and Naruto were at Sasuke's house. You were hiding behind the fence beside his house and Naruto climbing onto the roof. Surprisingly, he could be really quiet when he does this sort of things. You knew which window belongs to Sasuke's bedroom, since you've seen him looking out a lot of times when you passed by. You held a small pebble you found on the ground in one hand and a paper box in the other. Naruto squirmed quietly on the roof until he was directly above Sasuke's window. He waved at you, signaling that he was ready. You aimed the pebble for Sasuke's window and threw it as swiftly as you could. It landed dead center as it made a knocking sound. Sasuke soon appeared and opened the window, looking out into the darkness.

"Hey, Sasuke!!" You yelled from below. He popped his head out of the window and peered down at you. Instead of the 'What!?' normal people would yell out, he just threw you an annoyed look. With a wide grin, you pointed upwards, mouthing, "Look up!" And then of course, he looked up and saw a grinning Naruto, holding a big, watery-looking balloon. Before he knew it, Naruto let the balloon drop and it fell straight towards Sasuke's face. It hit him right on the nose and it burst open, a mixture of glue and water splashing all over his slightly surprised face. You and Naruto weren't finished with your prank. No, there was more.

"Over here!" You said, waving one of your hands wildly while the other was still holding and hiding the box. By instinct, he turned towards the annoying voice. You lifted the lidless paper box and threw it at him. It soared through the sky and it smacked Sasuke right in the face. Dried leaves and small twigs flew everywhere, both in and out of the window. The box was kinda stuck to his face for a while. After a silent second or two then only did it slowly slid down his face and dropped to the ground below. You and Naruto were laughing hysterically, rolling on the floor and clutching your stomachs because of the pain you two got from laughing too much. Naruto rolled too much and he fell off the roof. You laughed even harder still. Naruto got up and wobbled over to you.

"High five! We deserve it!" You got up and proclaimed. Naruto gave you a massive high five, cheering "Yeah, believe it!" And then you two clung onto the fence for support before you two ended up on the floor again. Sasuke, who was still in his room looking out the window with dried leaves and twigs stuck in his hair and on his face, just glared at the two of you. He sulked and went back indoors, probably to try get the rubbish off before anyone saw him.

~::End of Chapter Six::~

Hey, I wrote a one-shot... Anyone wanna read it? ^^ Of course, it's also based on the anime Naruto~

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lol. Very amusing, Becca xD Okay then, here it is!

~::Chapter Seven::~

"Oh, Sasuke! What has happened to you? There are dying twigs and leaves in your hair!" You almost shouted at Sasuke, pointing at his messy hair, tangled with knots and bits of rubbish poking out of it.

"Yeah! Didn't get enough beauty sleep or something?" Naruto mocked, following your lead.

It was the next morning, at the training grounds, right before lessons and as you and your cousin hoped, Sasuke didn't get a very good night's sleep and looked pretty bad. He looked sulkier than usual too. However, he just kept his facial expression, pose, replies and everything else you can think of, cool.

"Obviously I don't need beauty sleep, idiot. Oh, considering you're an idiot, it isn't very obvious, now is it?" Sasuke said monotonously. Well, he was a little more talkative than usual, but no one really cared.

"Wow, you're not a morning person, are you? And stop insulting Naruto!" You told him off fiercely.

"Hn." Well, there went his famous phrase.

You were now sitting under a shady tree and Sasuke was leaning on another beside yours with his arms folded in front of him. Sakura wasn't here yet because she probably needed more time to 'look good' for her Sasuke-kun. Naruto was there early because you dragged him along after a lot of childish pleading and tugging. He was sitting on a tree stump three feet off the ground, seeming to be looking out for Kakashi and current crush, Sakura. Then you suddenly remembered Hinata and her secret long time crush on Naruto. Everyone around your age in the village knew about this little crush except for the one boy that was most important to Hinata; Uzumaki Naruto. She was giving hints of her crush to him but he was apparently blind to them and he didn't know until now. You figured someone needed to spell it out for him but Hinata kindly stopped anyone from trying to. You just shrugged the thought off and another thought came into your mind. *What am I doing here, sitting down and keeping quiet? I'm supposed to be the always hyper girl of Konoha!* With that, you jumped up and started to sneak behind Naruto. He was still looking around on the stump, with his hand held up above his eyes acting as a shade. When you were just about to push him off, he jumped, shouting and pointing at something on the road.

"Look! Look!! It's Kakashi-sensei and Sakura-chan and they're almost here!!!"

Startled, you fell backwards and hit the ground with a soft yet loud 'thump!' with a short squeal. Sasuke, who saw the whole incident, was smirking. Serves her right for being so mischievous all the time. But when she falls, she seems so cute... Wha?! Wait! What am I thinking? That was his thoughts, but you didn't know, of course. If you did, he would have gotten an instant hit on the head from you. Stupid Hasane's gotten to my head, hasn't she...

"Hiya, Kaka, Saku! Took you two long enough!" You waved over to them wildly with your hand in the air.

Kakashi began with another one of his excuses Team 7 was used to. "I was helping a little kid reach for some candy in the stor-"

You and Naruto didn't believe him from the start and shouted back, "Liar!" You continued, "That's your most believable one yet, but I still don't trust you."

"Um... he's speaking the truth this time." Sakura spoke up. The two cousins looked at her as if she grew two heads. What she said was as weird as growing two heads. Kakashi? With an excuse that was true?? It was just so... unreal!

"You mean... he really was helping a small kid!?" Naruto started being loud again, not that he ever stopped.

Sakura nodded. "Yep. I was there to witness it all... I was buying some sweets when Kakashi-sensei entered."

"Ooookay... So let's go on with our training then! Hurry, Kaka, hurrrrryy~!" You were excited for some unknown reason. You just felt as if there was going to be big news from him that he was hiding from before.

"Right. Well, late yesterday, Tsunade-sama called me to her office to discuss about having four people in Team 7." A short silence. "She said she felt unfair that this team got four people while the others only got three. Therefore, she's splitting you four up into groups of two."

Small gasps were given out by Naruto and Sakura but a big (and over-exaggerated) sigh was what everyone got from you. You expected something just as much from the news you just received so you weren't all that much surprised. You just had a hunch.

"Okay, here are the pairings for the groups. Keita's with Sasuke and Sakura's with Naruto. Don't blame me if you're not happy with your partner- Tsunade chose the arrangements." Kakashi said calmly. Everyone was fairly content with their new partners. You didn't mind Sasuke on your mini-team and he didn't seem to mind very much either. Naruto obviously very much likes the idea of being put together with Sakura but she... wasn't very satisfied.

"But... but... why do I have to be on the same team as Naruto??" Sakura whined.

"It's probably because of your good ability to mold chakra and Naruto's not-so-good ability to. This balances the team up, you see. Oh, and it's maybe also partly because the Hokage wants to improve your relationship between you two."

Naruto was now teary eyed and Sakura was shocked. Both of them yelled out at the same time, different sentences. Naruto was going, "Really?!?!?" While Sakura was saying, "What do you mean 'relationship'?!?!?" and hitting Naruto on the head.

"That's exactly what I'm talking about. Sakura, you're always hurting Naruto unnecessarily so Tsunade-sama is trying to stop that by making you two work together."

Sakura keeps quiet and you took it as a sign of defeat because she always talks back when she can. You smiled to yourself, Naruto grinning like the fox he is and Sasuke was blank, not even a trace of a smirk on his face. A herd of giggles were threatening to burst out as soon as you saw Sasuke's condition. Again, from yesterday's mischief. Your hand flew up to your mouth, clamping it shut. *Mustn't laugh, mustn't laugh...* You silently chanted in your head. But the more you did it, the more you had the urge to laugh out loud. Before you knew it, you were pursing your lips and turning back around to face anywhere or anyone except for Sasuke and... his hair. You tuned into reality a little and heard Kakashi saying something about him being the two team's sensei and the teams now being called Team 7A (Yours and Sasuke's) and Team 7B (Naruto's and Sakura's).

"Now that you know your new yet old team member, you are supposed to spend the rest of the day until evening with him or her to get used to it. That's all. Oh, and one more thing. If any of you want missions - team ones only, of course - come find me and I'll get you one. However, the mission I give you will not be able to be changed and you will have to cope with however easy or hard or ridiculous it is. Okay, you all may go now." Kakashi stated and poofed away.

*Ridiculous...* That was your first thought after Kakashi's short announcement.

"Well, lets get going then, Sasuke!" You cheerily said as you got up and pulled his hand. He just remained normal and allowed to be pulled along, probably because he knows it's pointless to argue with you over silly things like that. When you got Sasuke walking, you let go of him and just continued walking. Like you hoped, he followed suit silently.

"Sooooo... Where do ya wanna go?" You ask Sasuke, clasping your hands in front of you.

"Anywhere, I guess." He replied in that plain monotonous voice.

"Oh come on... there must be something you want to do... Or somewhere you wanna go?"

He seemed to be in deep thought for a while and an awkward ensued. "I want to show you something."

You smiled softly. "Um... Sure!" Then you broke into a grin.

"You have to close your eyes." You obediently closed your eyes and stared into the blackness of behind your eyelids. Sasuke held your both your hands and led you through twists and turns. Soon, you heard twigs snapping under your light weight below you. You opened an eye slightly and peeked through the small space you made. The first thing you saw was Sasuke staring you with a blur assortment of greens serving as a background. The first thing you registered in your mind was, Um... I think he found out.

"Hey, no peeking!" He said firmly but not shouting in any way. *Yep, he found out, all right.* You closed your eyes again.

"Yes, Sasuke-sama..." You said just for the sake of saying it. Besides, you thought it was fun and you'd do almost anything for fun. Sasuke didn't continue leading you after you closed your eyes. Instead, you felt some sort of soft cloth blindfolding you. Apparently, Sasuke didn't trust you a lot. He re-led you through that weird maze you thought it was, twisting and turning suddenly. After what seemed like an eternity, Sasuke let go of your dainty hands and slowly removed the blindfold. You blinked a few times, trying to adjust to the light that blinded you for a moment. Then, you gasp and covered your mouth, letting yourself absorb the scenery you were seeing before your eyes. There was a crystal clear lake in the middle of the dense forest. Small sky-blue flowers surrounded the lake all around and there were purple lillies on the water. It was a very breathtaking sight, something you've never seen before.

"Oh my gosh, this is so... so..." You were having a little trouble finding the right word. But you soon found out you didn't have to, for Sasuke finished your sentence for you.

"...Amazing?"

"Exactly!" You grinned and ran towards a green patch of grass by the flowers and laid down on your back. Sasuke did exactly what you did, except for the running part of course, and laid down next to you. "How did you manage to find this place?" You ask him.

"I come here to cool down, hide from those annoying fangirls and to just... think." He told you while being in a daze, looking at the clouds slowly passing by.

"Then why did you bring me here? If it's your hiding spot, then shouldn't it be kept a secret? I'm a girl and you probably think of something like, 'All girls are annoying, and they get in the way of everything!'. Wait... that's somewhere along Shikamaru's line. But what I mean is... well, you know."

"Kakashi said for today's lesson, we're supposed to spend time with our partner and the only place I could think of where you wouldn't get attacked by Sakura and Ino was here. Besides, you're... different." Sasuke turned his head to face you.

You turned to face him too and asked, "...Different? How?"

"...Wait." He propped himself onto his elbows and edged closer to you. Your face got closer and closer to his face and unknowingly, you felt hot blood rush to your cheeks.

Bwahaha... And it ends there!!

crying still not htere its been a whole two seconds since i posted last

I wanna know what happens!! whee 4laugh

haha xD Sorry for the wait then~ Wow! I have big fans! ...I think >_>;; Anyway, here's the 'long awaited' chapter!

~::Chapter Eight::~

"U-um... Sasuke, what do you think you're doing?" You stutter a little softly, looking at him with your undivided attention. He raised his hand and reached out for you. He picked out a blade of green grass from your hair that was a bit of a mess.

"What's wrong with just picking out something that was stuck in your hair?" He asked.

"N-nothing..." You blushed a little deeper, realizing that you thought he was going to kiss you. *I must've gone mad for a second there. I mean... this is Uchiha Sasuke we're talking about!*

He saw your flushed face and smirked. "Come on. I know you were thinking of something."

You sat up, waving your hands up and down in a hurry. "No, really! There was nothing on my mind!"

Sasuke let out a small gasp. "You were thinking I was going to give you a kiss, weren't you?!?" He still had that annoying smirk plastered on his face. You closed your eyes and gritted your teeth, trying to resist the urge to punch him square in the face. You successfully calmed down and slowly reopened your eyes.

"Maybe I was, maybe I wasn't. It's none of your business." You said proudly with a small smile. "It wouldn't make any difference if I told you anyway." You added under your breath. He just shrugged, but his famous smirk didn't show any sign of leaving his face just yet. You tried to ignore it and laid back down and went back to your thoughts.

Random thoughts of all sorts flew through your mind. From playing with Hinata, to battling a group of assassins. You stopped everything that was going in your mind when something struck you. *...! Was Sasuke trying to flirt with me?? Something's just not right with him today.* You decided the only way to find out if he was, was to ask him yourself. You turned to him, still laying down.

"Hey Sasuke, were you trying to flirt with me just now?"

Within a moment, you got a surprised, shocked and I-can't-believe-it look from Sasuke. "What are you saying? I'm afraid I don't understand a thing you're telling me, Karae. I think you've been fantasizing of me too much, until you imagined me flirting with you. That would be more reasonable, wouldn't it?"

"Look, there you go again, Uchiha!" You pointed at him accusingly.

"There I go what?"

You just huffed and turned away, crossing your arms in front of you. "Never mind, forget I ever said that. Actually, forget I ever said anything." You told him in an angry tone. You were starting to get mad. You hated people who always acted too innocent, as if they didn't know what you were talking about.

"What, starting to get mad?"

"So what if I am? It's not like you could make me feel better. The only thing you can probably do is make things worse."

He just sat there, silenced. Well, Sasuke being silent wasn't a big deal; he was always silent anyway. But this time - he was silenced. By you nonetheless. The happy-go-lucky girl everyone knew as. You had a habit of keeping grudges at little things normal people called 'small misunderstandings'. And when they use the term 'small', they meant real small. A good example would be how you got mad at Sasuke. Not talking nor being near that someone you were angry at would be your way of trying to keep yourself under control and not go on a rampage. Silence wafted in the air between the you and Sasuke and there was a sort of angry aura being emitted from you. You thought it was so strong, even the raven-haired boy sitting a few feet away from you could sense it.

After a while, three words were spoken by the grudge-holding girl, you. "I'm going home."

You got up, brushed the dust off your clothes stiffly and walked towards the direction where you entered the clearing.

Knowing he clearly did something wrong, Sasuke offered to walk you home. You just refused with a short sentence monotonously and walked onward. As you passed by the many trees of the thick forest, you memorized the path. You continued heading homeward and when you got there, you went inside and got into bed. You didn't notice how long you were at the lake. It was already the evenings and the sun was just above the horizon as you saw through your window. You shut your eyes, and after a few minutes of tossing and turning, blackness engulfed you as you slept.

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You sat up and rubbed your eyes with the back of your hands. You peered through the window and the sky was dark. Roads were dim, light coming only from the candles on top of the poles lining the path. You crept out of bed and opened your bedroom door slightly. You peeked at the wall clock opposite of you to find out that it was about two in the middle of the night. Feeling energized, you knew it was hopeless trying to get back to sleep. With nothing else to do, you snatched one of your favourite books from your table on genjutsu and climbed onto the rooftop through your open window. You laid down and looked at the stars peacefully. In the darkness, you were still able to read your book because of being the bookworm you are, you adjust to the 'light' real easily. After reading about what you thought was fifty pages more than before, your eyelids seemed to get heavier.

'This technique requires... a lot... of... c-'

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You slowly opened your eyes and you got temporarily blinded by the bright light shimmering from your window. You immediately shut your eyes tight and flopped over onto your stomach. You hugged your pillow and buried your face deep into the softness and fluffiness of it all. Then your eyes snapped open as you remembered something. *Wasn't I up on the roof last night? I couldn't have possibly sleepwalked back in... Someone must've carried me back in and put me in bed. Oh my gosh, it sounded as if I was a three year old!* You fumed inwardly for a while and then decided it didn't matter. Afterall, there was no harm done. You got up and stretched while yawning. You took a nice long bath and put on another set of clothes that looked exactly the same as the one you wore before. You approached your dresser and slowly brushed your hair. After what seemed like fifteen minutes of brushing, you set it down and looked at your hitai-ate. *I don't think I'll need it for now. I'll just leave it here.*

*Something doesn't seem right... Oh yeah. Naruto isn't as loud as usual. Wonder what he's doing right now...* You looked around the small apartment but he seemed to be gone. You stood in the living room with your fingers at your chin, thinking. *Where could he be?* Then it struck you. You had training today! *He must've been late so he rushed out without waking me!* Without a second (or third) thought, you rushed to the training fields to find your friends all sweaty already and training very hard. Something was wrong. Well, a lot of thing were wrong recently. Usually, none of them trained this hard. Your sensei was watching their every step with a watchful eye. You skipped up to him, a usual routine you did everytime to greet him.

You smiled widely at him. "Hiya Kakashi! Sorry I'm late. Some guy on the road was flirting with me and I just had to flirt back!" You thought you'd try to give him the kind of excuses he usually gives out. He raised an eyebrow and looked at you questioningly. He might've raised both his eyebrows, who knows... You just saw him raise the visible one. Anyway, the look he was giving you was saying, 'Oh really?'.

You just continued smiling innocently at him. "Why're they training so hard? It almost looks as if they're... determined!" You asked the silver-haired jounin while motioning towards Naruto, Sakura and the Uchiha.

"Oh, I told them about the Chunnin exams that are supposed to be here in about... three months."

*Great. More troublesome stuff. I seriously need something to get my mind away from all these things that're pressuring me, making me mad and... well, the rest of the world!*

"Wow, that sure gave them a lot of motivation to train so much." Kakashi just nodded. You were thinking hard of a way to ask him for an easy mission that won't be troublesome, away from everything and everyone you knew to get some peace.

As if on cue, Kakashi asked, "Why do I feel as if you're gonna ask me for something?"

"Maybe because I am?" You just gave out a small sigh. "Anyway. Can I have a simple mission somewhere away from Konoha? Pleeeeease?? I really need it! I need to get away from everything for a while."

"...Sure, I guess. Hold on and I'll be right back."

"Hai!" You smiled and saluted. Kakashi disappeared, leaving a puff of smoke behind. You sat down under your favourite tree at the training field and looked at your friends train. Sasuke was chucking weapons at a tree furiously fast, Sakura was running on the water across and back the lake and Naruto was fighting lots of the shadow clones he made. Sasuke suddenly stopped throwing kunais and shurikens and turned to you. He walked to you, hand shoved in his pockets. As he neared you, you crossed your arms and turned away.

"Karae, did I-"

You cut him off in a childish way. "I'm ignoring you, so don't bother talking to me." Well, for the first part at least. "Go back to trying to improve for the exams." You waved him away and he just looked down at you. Suddenly, you heard a poof behind you. You looked at Kakashi who just appeared with an excited face.

"So? Were you able to get me a neato mission? Please say you did!" Your voice sounded as if it was jumping around.

"Yes, and I think it'll suit your needs nicely. It's C ranked but I don't think it'll be much of a hassle for you and Sasuke. You two are a a few of the top genin in Konoha, anyway." He said with his one visible eye curved upwards.

You flew up onto your feet and shouted, "Sasuke? Me and Sasuke?? He's one of the things I'm supposed to be away from!" Sasuke looked a little surprised but kept his plain look on.

"Well, you must complete your mission with him or else you are not allowed to take it at all." Kakashi told you in a serious tone.

Should Karae still go on the mission? Or give up before she even starts?

And that's the latest chapter yet ^^ I haven't finished the next one~ But I'm halfway through!

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