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A Battle Of Surprise

1st August 1616
↬"𝑊𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑎𝑘𝑢𝑟𝑎 𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑜. 𝑈𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦, 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢... 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑. 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒. 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢..." 𝐻𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑤 𝑆𝑎𝑘𝑢𝑟𝑎 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑎. "𝐼 𝑑𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒..." 𝐻𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑘.↫

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8th July 1616

The chunin exam's preliminary matches were over. Gaara-san had crippled Lee-san. I haven't talked with Sasuke or Naruto. I had to find a teacher for myself. You can't become stronger without guidance. Inner had been a great help but I need someone from a different perspective. This is why I am standing in the lobby of the Konoha hospital.

Lady Tsunade had just accepted my request of becoming her apprentice. Oh Shnookerdoodles! Did that just really happen? Well, she just accepted my request for becoming her apprentice under some conditions. I have to pass 2 tests first. A theory and a practical test. The theory is for my medical training and the practical is for my ninja training from what I could guess. I did tell her it would be fine if she couldn't teach me ninjutsu or any genjutsu but she just said that she would teach me if I passed the test.

I can't believe it! Someone is willing to teach someone like me! A civilian. A girl. A pink haired girl. A weak kunoichi. Someone as great as Lady Tsunade teaching me would be more than a dream come true. I have to work hard. I can't let this opportunity slip away. I have to work harder! I only have a week!

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10 July 1616
It had been 2 days.

I was in the training ground. I was making use of every part of my mind. I was reading a medical textbook while doing my daily exercise. I then made 9 clones. Three fought against me while imitating some ninja's fighting style and two quizzed me on medical, genjutsu, ninjutsu, taijutsu and ninja literature textbooks. 2 of my clones meditated while the the rest were reading the pile of books and scrolls I borrowed from the library.

Kakashi had only taught me three things. One, those who break the rules or disobey orders are scum but those who abandoned comrades are worse than scum. Two, always look underneath the underneath and be prepared for everything. Three, you can only trust those who care for you and own up to being your friends, and always trust yourself in battle since doubt can make you make mistakes.

The third one was something I learned from just observing someone like him. He had doubted himself in battle and had lost the first fight against Zabuza. He didn't trust anyone other than his close comrades. He wasn't a good teacher but he is a great ninja. I can't insult him on that but he is an absolute piece of decoration as a teacher (His reputation made us look better but he was useless in teaching me anything). I can't even curse him to live a miserable life since he already has one! Ugh.

Anyways, back to my training. I had doubled everything from push-ups to mountain climbing. I also started practing how to land from a height without Chakra. Since I have to conserve Chakra where ever I can, I am trying to find new ways to conserve Chakra, basically budgeting Chakra. I even made a whole way of measuring my Chakra. I measure it in units of bunches. My Chakra used to be like a puddle, now it's like a bunch of strings. To make it easier, each bunch is the amount of Chakra needed to create one handsign.