The White Snake with Red Eyes

Chapter 6

     You were having fun with Sakura. You felt...nice and feminine after visiting few attire shops. It was a welcome change, you thought; if only for the day. You were wrapping up, eating lunch at a hibachi place when two other genin slid into place at your table, one next to either of you. You groaned.

     This had been going on literally all day. Boys would hit on you; some of the pervier men sold outright stare. It all made you very, very uncomfortable. It wasn't fear...more like total disinterest. You thought maybe something was wrong with you. Sakura seemed to enjoy the attention. Shouldn't you, if it meant others thought you were pretty?

     You shrugged the arm on your shoulder off. "No thanks." You mumbled, trying not to rise to anger. It wasn't worth actual wrath.

     There was growl and you looked at Sakura, shocked before realizing it wasn't her; just in time for a small white blur to land on the head of the guy trying to touch you. It bit, latching onto the poor genin's scalp. He flailed and screamed before leaving in a hurry; his buddies not far behind.

     You turned to see Sakura laughing and talking to a boy from another squad. Kiba, you thought his name was. That meant your small, fuzzy savior was Akamaru. Kiba stooped to pick up the puppy and put him back on his head.

     "I hate when a guy thinks he can just shove himself into someone's space. The distress pouring off you was overwhelming.  Akamaru acted almost purely on his own." Kiba seemed proud and you had to admit feeling grateful.

     "My little knight." You smiled at Akamaru and tickled his chin. He leaned into your touch.

     You three chatted pleasantly and you even treated your two heroes to lunch when Sakura said she had to get home. There was an odd look on Kiba's face that you thought you might recognize, but you couldn't put labels to it. He walked you back to your father's house and said goodnight.

     Tomorrow you were both going to need your sleep.

X

     It was another test, but this one... there was something odd. The questions were impossible. You had no idea how to begin approaching them. Then you...realized. They didn't want you to do it, not normally. You were intended to cheat. You sighed, almost face palmed. Naruto was too good in his heart to ever figure that out. And if you were being honest, not quite clever enough besides. You looked at the questions a second time before activating your Sharingan with your head down and peeked through the fringe of your hair at the genin in front of you, coping his movements. You had your answers. Well his, but more importantly you were passing this test. You finished and flipped your paper over so it would be unusable for anyone else trying to steal your "intel". You knew Sasuke was watching and beside him Sakura, so you began to idly trace "random" patterns into the table. With his own Sharingan Sasuke should be able to see what you were doing. Eventually, they finished and did the same as you, flipping their pages over. Naruto struggled a few rows down from you frowned. The logistics of this made it quite impossible for you to interfere. Unless...well you were hesitant to try it. You had only seen the jutsu once and it was a rather complicated one at that. Or...delicate, you should say.

     You stared at Naruto and decided you were going to do it. You hadn't given up on your desire to see his dreams come true.

X

     Naruto was sweating profusely and wondering how long he'd be stuck as a genin when his body stiffened and he lost control of himself. His hand began to move itself, quickly and with urgency; writing answers to the questions with a speed he didn't normally apply to his homework. Then it was done and the feeling receded. Naruto was puzzled. What had just happened to him?