(Disclaimer: Pictures are not mine. I do not own naruto or any of the other naruto characters. I only own Dalila and any other OC characters that may come into the story. Enjoy!!)
The past week went by fast, and before I knew it, we were on our way to the first part of the chunin exams. We enter the school looking building, which is really a school. I look at the watch that’s on Kankuro’s arm and see it says 2:30. “When do the exams start?” I ask. Temari looks over at me and replies, “At 3:00.” I nod my head and continue walking. We walk through the front door and turn down the hall. We weave in and out and finally start to go up some stairs.
We reach the second floor and end up bumping into a huge group of people. There are two guys standing in front of the doors. You know, now that I think about it, they kinda look like the two guards at the front of the gates. We head up to the front, only to get pushed back as someone is pushed into me. I steady the guy, who has a weird appearance. “You’re taking the chunin exams but you can’t even get passed us?” “Why don’t you just give up now before you get hurt?” “Yeah, I think I hear your mommy calling you.” Then a girl next to me, with a pink shirt, stands up. “Please let us through. We’re supposed to go in there.” She walks up to them, but then gets punched in the face.
I look up at the sign that says 301. Then I look closer at it. Huh, a genjutsu. I nudge Gaara with my elbow. He looks at me confused and I look back up at the sign. He nods his head in understanding. He grabs my hand and I grab Temari’s, who in turn grabs Kankuro’s arm. Gaara then uses his sand to transport us to the right room. 301. We walk in and see everyone turn to us, and glare. We glare back, but tenfold. They eventually turn back around as we make our way towards a spot somewhat in the middle. I keep glancing at Kankuro’s watch, and so far, only three minutes have passed.
“When will it begin?!” I exclaim. “Calm down will you?” Temari scolds me. I pout like a little child before I brighten up. I reach into my coat pocket and pull out a bag of sweet heaven. Chocolate chip cookies!!!!! And I know just who I will share them with. “Psst. Psst. Gaara. Psst!” He looks over at me then looks away. Only to look back faster than I could blink, zoning in on the bag of cookies I hold in my hand. I smile and slowly open the bag, just to torture him. He gives out a low whine, not once looking away from the bag of cookies. Once the bag is completely open, I hold it out to Gaara, who instantly reaches in and grabs a handful, and then begins munching on the cookies like no tomorrow.
I smile and begin eating the cookies as well. I see Temari and Kankuro eyeing the bag of deliciousness. I simply hold out the bag, and they each grab a couple before turning around and surveying the rest of the teams. A couple minutes later, and I hear the door opening. I look over and see the three genin from when we were in the alley. Pinky, blondie, and ducky. Those guys. They walk in and as they see how many people there are, their faces slowly form into shock.
I simply shrug my shoulder and look back out the window. There was a couple of birds playing tag outside. I slowly come back into reality as I hear Ducky saying Gaara and my name. I turn around with a confused look on my face. I look over to where the nine leaf rookies were standing, along with some geek guy with silver hair and glasses. I look at Gaara and see he’s looking at them with interest. I get up from my position on the desk and begin walking over to them. That is until I feel someone grab my arm. I look back and see Gaara giving me a questioning look. “Relax will you? I’m just going to go over there to see what they’re doing. I’ll be careful.” He slowly nods his head before letting go of my arm.
I make my way up to the front where the rookies and geek boy were standing. I go and stand behind Ducky, as he talks to geek freak. “He’s Gaara of the desert, his black haired teammate, and Rock Lee while you’re at it.” I let out a small chuckle. He still doesn’t know my name. “His teammate? What do they look like?” Geek freak asks. I raise my hand. “He means me.” Geek freak nods his head before going back to his cards. I see Ducky jump slightly as I answer. I guess he didn’t sense me there.
Geek freak swings his arm over the stack, before holding up three cards. “Here they are.” Ducky looks at the cards intensely. “Show it to me.” “Okay, first up is Rock Lee.” He says as he begins putting his chakra into the card. There’s a poof, and then the card fills up with information, and a picture of the guy that was pushed into me. “Well, looks like he’s a year older than you guys. Mission experience 11 C-rank and 20 D-rank. His squad leader is Gai, and in the last 12 months, his taijutsu has radically improved, but his other skills are pretty shaky. Last year he got a lot of attention last year as a genin, but for some reason he chose not to participate in the chunin exams. This’ll be his first time as a candidate, same as you guys. His teammates are Tenten and Neji hyuuga.”
“Okay, now for Gaara of the Desert.” He puts some chakra into another card and his information comes up. “Mission experiences, 8 C-rank and, get this, 1 B-rank as a genin. There’s not a lot more information on this guy.” At this I chuckle a little. “He was a rookie from another land originally, but there is this. He survived every mission without getting a scratch on him.” The guy with the pineapple hair speaks up. “The dudes done a B-rank as a genin and has never been injured?!” Then Blondie’s like, “What’s up with this guy?” well, more to himself anyway. “Last but not least, Gaara’s teammate.” He looks at me as if he were studying a piece of paper. He flips through his cards before stopping on one.
“Alright, let’s see here. Ah,” he looks at me as he says the next part, “Your name is Dalila Lupei.” “Really? I never noticed.” I say sarcastically. He ignores me and continues on, “Mission experiences, well, the same as the Gaara guy you asked about. And, her, wait, what?” he asks concerned. Because, all of a sudden, the paper started to turn soggy, as if someone dumped water onto it. “What the heck?!” Geek freak exclaims as the paper rips away in his hands.
I give him a small smile before standing up straight. “Sorry, but I’d rather have you stop right there. Can’t have the enemies knowing about me right?” I give them the piece sign before turning around and heading back to where my team was. I stopped next to Gaara and held out my hand. He grunted before giving me the bag of cookies he took from my pocket before I left. I grasp the back and tie it back up, before placing it back into my pocket.
I sense a couple of people moving quickly, so I turn around and focus on them. They seem, to be sound ninja, attacking the geek freak. I just smirk and turn back towards the window. I let out a chuckle, which has many people turning to look at me. I simply shrug my shoulders before looking at the bird that kept banging his head against the window trying to get in. Silly bird. I am brought back to reality, once again, as I hear someone say the word ‘maggots’. I look up and see a weird looking guy with two scars across his face, and his headband like a bandana.
