Naruto love story

8-Bonds

I wake up to the sounds of knocking on my door. This seems to be happening to often now an I'm getting sick of it. I stomp my way towards the door and force it open.

"What?!" I shout drearily as I rub my eye. It's Hayate, our proctor for the preliminary fights that were yesterday.

"Kumori, correct?" he asks while letting out coughs at the end.

"Yeah, what do you want?" I ask, still half asleep.

"I need to tell you the details of the next and last part of the exam, since you won," he replies.

"M'Kay..." I mutter tiredly, my eyes are barely open. Its too early for this.

"Well, the people that passed this part of the exam are you, Sasuke the uchiha boy, Shino the insect user, Temari from the sand village, Shikamaru from your team, Dosu the sound ninja, Gaara of the sand, Neji hyuga, and Naruto,"

"Naruto?!" I exclaim with a sudden burst of energy.

"Yes, that's correct." replies Hayate, "he managed to defeat Kiba, his opponent."

I always thought that Naruto was just a weakling with a big dream that he'll never achieve. I guess there's more to him than that.

"The next part of the exam will take place in 30 days, inside the stadium. There will be a big crowd, so be there." Hayate tells me and then leaps away.

Well, I have 30 days to do whatever I want. I have nothing else on my mind other than train.

I perform my usual morning rituals and exit my apartment. The sun is shinning brightly and the birds are actively chirping. I decide to make my way to the training field and train for the upcoming final part of the chunin exams. I begin to jump from roof to roof towards the training field. Becoming a chunin means nothing to me, but being the strongest does, and I want to show everyone why they should fear me.

...

I train for a while in the training field. Kicking stumps, throwing shurikens and practicing my jutsu.

"I knew I'd find you here," a voice tells me, I turn around to see Shikamaru walking towards me with his hands buried deep into his pockets. "You train to much, you need to learn to relax once in a while."

"What do you want?" I ask him calmly.

"Straight to business as usual, I see." he comments, "anyways, Asuma wants the both of us and a few others to go on a mission,"

"A mission in the middle of the chunin exams?" I question suspiciously.

"Yeah, I know it's a drag, but Asuma said its important," Shikamaru describes lazily.

"Sigh, lets go." I agree as I follow him to our destination. I still feel like i should bring up the time he caught me when I fell in the training field, but my pride refuses to mention it.

...

After a slow and awkward walk of me and Shikamaru glancing at each other from time to time, we finally arrive at the main gate of the village.

"Took ya long enough to get her!" Naruto shouts cheerfully as he waves at us. Asuma and Kakashi are chatting with each other with big backpacks on both their backs, and Neji is leaning on a wall with his eyes closed. Shino is also there, standing as straight as a tree.

"Sorry for the delay," Shikamaru apologizes.

"Well, now that everyone's here we can explain the mission," Kakashi calmly points out. Neji opens his eyes and stands up straight.