The Masked Girl (Naruto Story)

Ch. 10 -Yosh! Genin Exams!

Hi Kitties! So, I really need to thank some people besides just dedicating a chapter to them. First off is Double0Gilbird (Hi Lupa if you're reading this! *waves awkwardly*), because she has been commenting and voting to the extreme. Also, I've been off....hmm, about a half a year? I don't remember. -_-''' Anyways, she had started to read my story back then, and continued reading after.....that time period. Thank you so much! You were one of the people that motivated me to continue my story. The other one is.....my baby sister. -_-''' After reading a few of my chapters she hit me and said "Continue! Continue!"

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Recap:
"Look at this picture Kumiko gave me! She said that she couldn't tell me, but...."
Ibiki did not hear the rest of the Hokage's sentence as his blood began to boil and his vision grew red. He ran to the window, and slammed it wide open.
"WHY YOU LITTLE BRAT! KUMIKO! COME HERE SO I CAN KILL YOU!" screamed a extremely loud Ibiki.
In the safety of her apartment, Kumiko felt a shiver go down her back. 'I thought I felt someone threaten me....'

Chapter 10 - Yosh! Genin Exams!
Kumiko's P.O.V.

I looked at my alarm clock. It was almost time to go to the Ninja Academy, and I had already finished doing what I needed to do, and I ran out of my apartment and began to run downstairs when I realized: Where's Naru-kun? I sighed and stopped at the 2nd floor to wake him up.

Knock! Knock!
"Naru-kun! The Genin Exams are today! Wake up!"
There was no response.
"NARUTO!!!" I shouted so loudly at the door, the house started to shake. (A/N: Anime style)
There was a loud thump. "Coming!" Naruto shouted.
I nodded, satisfied.
After 10 minutes, Naruto finally came out.
"Hi, Naru-kun. Today is the Genin Exams, ya know."
"Err.....Yosh!" yelled Naruto, and quickly ran downstairs. I sighed and followed him. (A/N: Yosh means, "Alright!" or "Okay!")
Naruto almost tripped, and slammed into a very annoyed Sasuke, as we exited the house.
"Oof!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Hn. Watch where you're going, dobe." (A/N: Means idiot, or dead last.)
"Why you little-" Naruto began.
I pinched the bridge of my nose. "Shut it, both of you. It's too early in the morning for an argument," I grumbled. "But...hi Sasu-chan."
Sasuke irk-marked but decided to ignore me and we walked to the academy, Naruto on one side and Sasuke on the other.
"So....The graduation exams are today. Think we'll pass?" I asked.
"Hn. Of course I'll pass. Naruto-baka might not." Sasuke smirked, practically asking Naruto for a fight.
"I'll pass! Believe it!" Naruto screamed into my ear, practically steaming with anger.
I winced. "I believe it all right, but Naru-kun, you're making me deaf."
"Eh!? Really? Gomen! Sasuke! We need to bring her to the hospital!" he grabbed my hand and started pulling.
"Huh? Naru-kun, I was just joking!"
"Yeah, baka." Sasuke added.
"Really?" He scratched the back of his head, embarrassed. "He he, I can't tell with that mask on." He said, sweatdropping.
"Ha ha, it's alright Naru-kun." I said, smiling. "Say, would you guys like some dango?"
"I already ate." Sasuke said calmly.
"Hmm... I like ramen better, but sure, Kumi-chan!"
I handed Naruto a dango stick, and lifted my mask slightly and ate mine.
As we finally got to the Kohona academy, I felt a bit nervous. I had asked genin what they had to do for the Genin Exams, and for the past few years, they had been testing the students on their ability to make three clones. Sure, I make several easily, but..... if I fail this, I'll have to wait for next year to pass. ......And what about Naruto? What if he fails? I began to panic, and calmed myself down by closing my eyes and sighing deeply (while walking on the street, which isn't really safe).
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After ten minutes or so, we finally got to the academy, and walked slowly along the hallways to our classroom.
"Naru-kun, the past few years they had tested on the clone technique. So.....how is yours?" I questioned.
"Ah! Really?!?!" Naruto exclaimed, panicking before going to the emo corner. "I'm going to fail...."
With an irk mark, I bonked him on the head gently. "Hn. I told you about a week ago. And a month ago, baka. Not to mention, you gave me a thumbs up and said that you didn't need my help to master it."
He anime cried. "So cruel, Kumiko-chan!"
I sweatdropped. I quickly made the appropriate hands signs, and muttered, "Bushin no jutsu." (A/N: Clone jutsu!) There was a 'poof' and my clone waved at me after the smoke had gone away. I waved back, before going to inspect my clone. Hmm.....seems okay.
"Naru-kun, could you please make a clone?
"Hmm? Yosh!" Naruto made some hand signs with decent speed and shouted, "Bushin no jutsu!"
As the smoke cleared, there was some weird..... thing on the ground. It kind of looked like Naruto.... if Naruto was really, really pale, bleached his hair and clothes, half dead, a chibi, and if his limbs looked a bit squiggly.
"Hn.... Um, Naru-kun, is that.....your clone?" I questioned with a hint of disbelief.
".....Yeah." Naruto mushroom sighed dejectedly, as Sasuke 'tched'.
"Naru-kun, you could have asked me for help, ya know....." I deadpanned.
"He he....Oops?" He grinned sheepishly.
"Well, while we don't have much time....." I muttered. "Naruto!"
"Hai!" He jumped up. "Huh?" (A/N: 'Hai' means 'yes'. Liking the Japanese lesson so far? XD I just like to use Japanese words randomly in my story... >.<)
"Hn. First, don't be so nervous and tense. Relax a little. Remember to focus and channel your chakra into-"
"Wait! Uh, what's catra?" Naruto asked.
My eye twitched. "Really Naru? Really?" I face palm. "Um... basically, it's kind of like blood, and travels through your body. However, you can use this chakra to make jutsu and such. Err.... so you know that perverted jutsu you use?"
"Sexy no jutsu." Naruto corrected.
"Yeah....that." I sweatdropped. "As you were making the hand signs, did you feel something... energy-like surge through your veins?"
"Kinda."
"Well, you just focus that energy into your hands....Oops, got sidetracked. Iruka-sensei's not testing on chakra.... Anyways, you focus your, um, energy into your hands and picture an image of-"
"Good morning, class! We're having the Genin Exams today!" Iruka came in with a smile. "Class, please go outside and wait for me to call your name. Aburame Shino, you may stay." Shino nodded.
The rest of us left the classroom, chattering.
"As I was saying, picture an image of yourself in your head, and remember details. Don't forget the colors either."
As Naruto was nodding determinedly, Hinata-chan came over. "N-n-naruto-k-kun, g-good l-luck!" Hmm? Her face is all red! Is she sick?
"Thanks, Hinata-chan! You too!" grinned Naru-kun, making a 'peace' sign.
"Hinata-chan, are you sick?" I asked her worriedly.
"A-ano....I-I'm f-fine!" (A/N: 'Ano' means 'umm') She began to back away before running away to the other side of the playground with a little trail of dust following her. Hn? That was strange. Well, if she says she's fine...
"Bushin no jutsu!" Naruto shouted out determinedly. I glanced over at his clone. It still looked bad, but at least it didn't look like an overgrown chibi anymore....
"Good job, Naru-kun. It looks a lot better than before." I complimented.
As Naruto opened his mouth to reply, Arashi glanced over. (A/N: A random kid that will not be in the story after this chapter, thank Kami.)
"Hey, look at that!" He laughed and pointed at Naru-kun's clone, attracting a few kids' attention, and some of them began to laugh with him. "Is that supposed ta be a clone, dumber than dumb?" He sneered meanly.
"Hey! I'm-" Naruto began to defend himself.
"Hn. You wouldn't happen to be talking about Naruto-kun, would you?" I asked, struggling to keep my voice in a smooth even tone. I took out a kunai so he would notice the wordless threat behind my words. How dare he insult Naruto! Sure, I did feel like laughing at Naruto's clone, but it wasn't to hurt and insult him! Naruto wasn't his enemy, and didn't do anything to him. Arashi didn't even know Naruto that well, and only knew Naruto as the 'class clown.' While Naruto was funny, he was also a human. And all humans have feelings, no matter how hard they try to hide it, or how closed off they are.
Arashi smirked and opened his mouth. "Duh, you... you masked freak."
I stiffened slightly as the memory of the first girl in the Sand village who came up with the nickname 'masked freak' replayed in my mind.
I forced myself to sound bored. "Yeah, yeah, weirdo, demon, masked freak, I've heard it all." I made my tone more serious. "I don't really care if you insult me, but you won't get away with insulting my friends!"
I leapt at Arashi without the kunai. Come on, I'm not going to attack with weapons a weak boy that didn't even bring his weapons, would ya?
As Arashi's eyes widened at my speed (Only because he's a academy student, and he's not really that fast- in fact, he's slow.), I slammed him into one of the nearby trees.
"Hn. No insulting Naruto, you hear?" I whispered into his ear.
His fear-of-a-beating eyes widened even more, and he nodded so fast and so much that he looked like he was dizzy.
I walked over to Naruto and Sasuke, who were in silence.
"Ano....what was that?" Naruto questioned.
I pouted (Not that he could see it.) and responded with, "Well, I can't have anyone insult my friends, can I?"
Naruto grinned, a sunny warm smile. "Thanks, Kumi-chan!"

After a while, Iruka finally poked his head out of the back door of the classroom and called, "Neko Kumiko, it's your turn!"
"Hai, Iruka-sensei!" I went through the back door of the classroom.
There I saw Iruka-sensei and Mizuki-sensei. Iruka-sensei held a clipboard and pen, and I glanced down longingly at the rows of blue Leaf hitai-ate (A/N: 'hitai-ate' means 'headband') on the teacher's desk that the sensei were standing in front of.
"Please make three clones, Kumiko." Iruka-sensei instructed.
I obeyed. "Bushin no jutsu!" I muttered under my breath. There was a cloud a smoke covering my clones. I held my breath as the smoke dispersed. There were three perfect clones that stood in front of me. I released my breath in relief.
"What do you think, Mizuki?"
"What do you mean, 'what do I think!' A ten out of ten! I think she would fool even a jonin!" He smiled at me.
I bowed."Thanks, Mizuki-sensei." I don't like him.
"Hmm, I don't think she's that good, Mizuki. But I think she could fool a chunin. A ten out of ten.! Congratulations, Kumiko-chan!" Iruka-sensei wrote on his clipboard before smiling at me.
"Choose a hitai-ate that you like." Offered Iruka-sensei.
"But aren't they all they same?" I sweatdropped as I took one.
Mizuki-sensei laughed. "It seems like we have a smart mouth!"
I really don't like Mizuki. The words themselves would sound harmless to another person, joking or teasing, but to me, his tone always sounds like he cruelly mocking me. But there's no way that would happen, right?
I decided to play along.
"So, are you saying that all three of us share a mouth? Since you said 'we' and then 'a'?" I joked.
Mizuki-sensei frowned.
Iruka-sensei waved his hand that wasn't holding the clipboard at me. "Yes, yes, now move along, Kumiko-chan." he replied, amused.
"Bye, Iruka-sensei, Mizuki-sensei!" I took the blue hitai-ate with me, and ran outside.
"Hey guys! I passed!" I shouted to Naruto and Sasuke, waving my new hitai-ate at them.
"Hn. Good for you."
"That's great, dattebayo!"
I'm pretty sure we can all guess who said what.
I looked at the blue hitai-ate unsurely.
"Now where the hell would I put this on my head with this stupid mask!?!?" I muttered to myself.
Sasuke heard me and sweatdropped, while Naruto practiced his clone jutsu again.
"Hn. Hey, Naru-kun, Sasu-kun. I'm going to the training grounds for a few minutes, and I'll come back later to see if you guys pass, which you will. Good luck though! Oh, and Naru-kun, that jutsu seems to have improved a lot, but don't use all your chakra. You still need it for the exam itself. See you guys later!"
I ran to my favorite training ground (the one with the stream), and went into the woods nearby. Taking off my mask, I placed it carefully on the forest floor.
I tie the blue hitai-ate onto my forehead.
A gasp runs through my body as a wave of pure energy and chakra encased me, and the world turned pitch black.
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While I was rereading my story....about a week ago, I also realized something horrible. I forgot to have Kumiko say bye to Gaara in the earlier chapters! So, I put it in chapter 3. Sorry! ^.^'

Gaara: It made me very sad.

Kumiko: You're an idiot.

Me: T-T

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