Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ A Fated Meeting ❯ Preparation to prove myself! Yeah! ( Chapter 9 )

A/N: I finally got off writer's block for this story so now I can continue! Lots of drama in this one, yup! I hope you all enjoy this latest installment! More SasuHina development will come after the genin tests are over. And I mean the first ones, before they actually become a genin. Oh yeah, if you readers have any ideas that you want to see happen in this story, tell me so in your review. For this chapter, I won't update until I have at least 10 more reviews, & no flames either! I just lost my best friend so I need some cheering up. Enjoi!!!

 

Last time:

`He's taken up that goal again? But I thought I had made sure that he didn't…whatever went wrong? He's going to dig his nose into the wrong places…' Naruto thought, extremely worried.

 

A Fated Meeting: Chapter 9: Preparation to prove myself! Yeah!

 

Naruto kicked a pebble high in the air.

“That teme,” he spouted angrily, then kicked another into the air higher still. It came crashing down into the river's water.

“All my convincing…wasted!”

He kicked a bigger rock so hard that it busted, showering its tiny pieces onto the rich earth.

“I can't believe this! He has betrayed me…after all I've done for him! The nerve of him to…ARGH!!”

With that, he sat down on an especially large rock and pouted. `I feel like…my friendship with him was nothing but a lie, and all that persuading I did to get him off the path of revenge was for nothing,' he thought, and then sighed. `I sure know how to waste my time. At this rate, I'll never become Hokage…' Sensing his own sadness, he said to himself, “Don't worry! I'll overcome this! I'll be Hokage…someday, and the teme's gonna regret the day that he stopped being my friend! HA!!”

He stood up and did his favorite pose on the boulder.

 

“And now to train, and prepare for tommorow's test!”

 

And then he laughed into the sunset with his trademark grin.

Sasuke lay on his bed in thought. `So tomorrow is when we finally can prove ourselves….hmm.' he pondered. As he thought, he recalled the day's events:

*Flashback*

“Maa…so remember to prepare for the exam.” Kakashi drawled. “Do whatever workouts you can do, not that it will make a difference in what I will judge you upon. Don't eat breakfast tomorrow! Or you'll regret it…”

“No breakfast, Kakashi-sensei?” Sakura said in pure shock, and then continued. “…but why? Breakfast keeps me up in the morning; it gives that extra boot to keep you running strong…”

“When you are a real genin,” Kakashi said casually. “You might not be able to have breakfast in the morning when you are on a mission. If you pass, which I doubt it, you will prove that you are ready for missions. If you don't, you will be showing me that you don't have what it takes to be a real ninja.”

Then Kakashi stared the three down with a stern glance, silencing all but one in particular.

“I understand you crystal clear, Kakashi-sensei! No breakfast for me tomorrow! I will prove to you that I am fully capable of becoming a full-fledged ninja!” Naruto said, and then made a peace sign with his fingers. “You can count on m-” Suddenly, he stopped his rant, and stared at Kakashi's leg pocket.

Kakashi blinked twice, and then questioned, “Why are you staring at my leg like that?”

Naruto took a while to answer. “Is that…what I think it is?”

 

“What do you think what is?”

“That book…that's the really perverted one right, the one in the adult book store…”

 

Kakashi gasped, turning red. `How could he possibly know about that book? Does he…read these?'

“The one that's always on the showcase window which says in bold letters: 18+ only. It looks so nasty! How could you read such a think Kakashi-sensei? I'm ashamed of you!”

Kakashi coughed twice, and then began to explain: “Excuse me, Naruto, but I am an adult, and have the full right to read books like these…”

Sakura interrupted him: “But…But…You're a teacher!! You're supposed to be responsible, and set examples, but that's just plain wrong!” She screeched.

“The girl does have a point,” Sasuke said, all the while trying to appear nonchalant about the whole ordeal. `That is just pretty bad though. At least he's not reading it while teaching…'

 

“See, they agree with me! I'm gonna have to take that book from you if I see it again, sensei!” Naruto declared, and then sat back down.

 

“Sure, ok…” Kakashi said, shrugging, but he thought otherwise. `Like that kid could even take a bell from me…oh I should test them that way, huh? That's a great idea, Hatake. Great idea…'

 

“Can we go now?” Naruto whined.

“Hai, hai Naruto. You guys are dismissed,” he said, then threw down some scroll from his pocket and disappeared into smoke.

*End of Flashback*

Sasuke then frowned. Naruto was acting so weird after they had that argument that he'd been planning for months, just to see if Naruto would drop his façade or not. `Guess not…ok it's time to make up. But first,' he thought, staring out into the forest. `It's time to go train.'

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Sakura sighed, looking out of her window. `Should I go train, like Kakashi-sensei said, or should I stay up in this clammy room all day,' she wondered. `Or…should I come up with a plan to impress Sasuke? He'll definitely be impressed if I beat the exam! Then he'll be mine for sure!' `Hay-ya!' Inner Sakura said in her head.

 

The birds chirped loudly. Suddenly, a gust of wind upheaved their nests, and they flew away. It was a bad omen, for something was to come…