I Love You But Also Hate You (Sasuke X Reader)

And So It Begins...

We soon learned that our second proctor's name was Mitarashi Anko. She was very loud and very straight forward...almost like Naruto to be honest.

"Wow..seventy-eight of you are actually still here?! Ibiki you passed twenty-six teams..obviously you went too easy on them." Anko explained. Ibiki continued to justify how exceptional we are and stuff like that. Honestly Anko couldn't believe him. 

"Heh, I'll just have to cut them down by half before the next test is over...I get charged up just thinking about it...I'll explain in more detail as soon as we move to our next location, now lets go!"  

We followed Anko to a large forest that had wired gates all around it. Every so often it had "No Trespassing" signs all around it. We were all quiet and some gulps could be heard. "This is the arena for the second exam: Training Ground 44...Also known as The Forest Of Death!!

"It looks pretty creepy.." Sakura said. Anko giggled slightly at Sakura's statement. 

"You're about to find out first hand why they call it 'The Forest Of Death!" Naruto mocked her and I let out a quiet giggle. 

"Like that's really gonna scare us..You're trying to psych us out and I'm not gonna fall for it!." Naruto exclaimed. I covered my mouth to hide another grin. Everyone else glared at him. 

"Heh you're pretty cocky ain't you?" She pulled a kunai from her sleeve and threw it into the crowed. She quickly reappeared behind Naruto and grabbed him. "Heh, you're kind are always the first to go.." I just noticed that Naruto was bleeding and Anko was licking at the cut on his face. I shuddered and looked away. I hated the sight of blood, especially the blood of my friends or family. 

Sakura looked totally grossed out and Sasuke looked like he didn't care at all. All of a sudden another ninja held out Anko's kunai to her with their tongue. The whole scenario was weird. "Heh..looks like we have a hot-blooded team on our hands this time! This should be fun..Before we begin the second exam there's something I have to hand out." Anko held some forms and Naruto asked why. "We want all the details covered before the first deaths occur, sign before you go in, so we can't be held liable. You wouldn't want me to get in trouble would you?~" We all stared at each other and I shrugged. ''First I'll explain what the second exam entails, then you can go sign the forms, with the other two members of your team bring the forms to the hut behind you to submit them." 

After a few minutes of handing out papers she began to explain. "Well to put it simply..it's a no holds barred survival test." Shikamaru looked over at me and whispered, ''This is just another pain-in-the-neck exam..bleh." I giggled and nodded. I noticed Sasuke look over at me and him, he was giving Shikamaru a look. 'Could Sasuke be jealous?' I shrugged then went back to listening. Anko explained the topography of the training ground. She went on to explain that we can use any ninja arts or weapons..it's the kind of fight to the death version of capture the flag or in this..capture the scroll. 

"There's a scroll of Heaven then there's a scroll of Earth and your objective is to acquire both scrolls..thirteen teams will start with Heaven scrolls and the other will have Earth scrolls so your objective is to hold on to your own scroll, get your hands on the one of the other kind and bring them both to the tower at the center. Heh there's also a time limit..you have 120 hours, exactly five days." She then explained the rules, which I listened to carefully. Finally it was time to get our scrolls. 

We were assigned to Gate 12. While we waited Naruto yelled about how he will win while the rest of us stared at him. "Alright everyone follow your proctors to your respective gates when the signal sounds in half an hour the test will begin!" Time seemed like it took forever. Sakura and Naruto bickered for half of it while me and Sasuke stood there. I went through all the training drills and tasks that me and Kakashi did in the field through my head over and over. I tried to hide my nervousness but obviously Sasuke caught on. He gently tapped my shoulder, causing me to spin around. "H-Huh?"

"Come over here.." Sasuke said. He grabbed my wrist lightly, his cold hands sending a chill down my spine. When we were a few feet away he let go of my wrist and crossed his arms, looking at me. "Y/N..you're nervous.."

"I am not!" I exclaimed, feeling flustered. He put his hand to my mouth.

"Not so loud..do you really want Sakura to glare at you for the whole exam..?" He looked me in the eyes and when I shook my head he removed his hand from my lips. 

"Alright..maybe I'm slightly nervous..I mean my whole reputations on the line...and I-" I cut myself off and looked at the ground. Sasuke reached his hand out and lifted my chin so that he could see my watery eyes. His dark orbs slightly widened then relaxed to a calmer and more warm state.

"Hey..it's ok Y/N..you're strong and I know you will be alright..we will all be fine I mean Sakura's smart and Naruto's got the determination I've got my aspects and you..well you're just amazing..there's nothing to worry about, I promise you." He put a hand on my shoulder and then hesitated before removing his hands and drawing back. "Well lets go win this exam and show them who real ninja are." He smirked and began walking back to the others. I waited a few minutes before doing the same. 'Who knew that he could be so compassionate..I wonder why he cared at all..well I guess there were other things to worry about but...our interaction just won't leave my mind..'

"Where were you two?" Naruto said with a tilt to his head. Sakura whirled around to look at me and Sasuke, already getting her death stare ready. 

"I was just um asking Sasuke were the bathroom was and he showed me after saying I was an idiot hahaha..ha..." There were no bathrooms but Sakura and Naruto didn't know that. They both nodded and then we heard a sound. We all jumped but then got serious. 'So here it begins.' From a speaker I heard Anko's voice. 

"Part two of the Chunin exam begins...Now!!" Anko said into the speaker.

"Alright let's go!!" Naruto yelled and then..we were off. Little did I know that this was only the beginning to a whole other challenge....

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A/N: Here is another chapter isn't that great! I'm so glad that I have all you readers who are actually interested in this story. I'm so happy to announce that we have 1k votes! We are working our way up there day by day! Well another chapter will be posted tomorrow so look out for that! For now stay safe my little cinnamon buns!~