*Reka's pov*

It's been a few weeks since we've gotten back home. Today we did some D-ranked missions that were ultimately boring. Naruto seemed to have gotten into trouble on every mission. I've noticed a few changes since we've been back; one, our teamwork had gone down the drain completely. Two, Duck Ass has been keeping a close eye on me. It's weird but whatever I guess. I'd written to big brother, I'm just waiting for a letter back. I've basically ignored the entire team, I can't get close if I'm going to leave with big brother. Besides who wants to get close in the world of a shinobi, where death is around every corner?

"Sasuke-kun, do you maybe want to go out with me?" Sakura asks for the third time today.

"No." He says coldly. "Reka, we need to talk." Sasuke says looking at me. I ignore him completely and turn to Naruto.

"Hey Naruto wanna go get some ramen?" I ask completely ignoring Sasuke.

"Yeah! Dattayboy. Let's go Mire-chan! Want to come too Sakura-chan?" Naruto asks. Sakura gets a tick mark and punches him.

"No!" By this time Sasuke has already left, and a square, a freaking SQUARE rock is following the three of us.

"Uh, Naruto you know there's a square rock is following us?" Sakura says with a sweat drop. I zone out until the kids insult Sakura and she chases them threatening to kill them. I look dumb founded for a moment then walk to where they are.

"Mire-nī! Save Konohamaru!" Moegi says pleadingly. I feel a chakra string attach to my wrist. I grab it and pull the guy forward. Effectively making him drop Konohamaru.

"You're seriously dumb going against an artist, un. Back down before I turn you into my own puppet, yah." I say coldly.

"You're just a brat. I'll show you!" He exclaims grabbing me by my shirt collar. I don't flinch or anything. He goes to grab his puppet.

"Mire(-chan!)." Naruto and Sakura exclaim.

"You're really going to use crow for this?" The girl with him asks, the boy grins. "Fine but I'm not responsible." She says.

"Don't worry. He won't find out." SMACK, a rock hit his hand making him drop me, instead of hitting the ground I'm in someone's arms. I glance a see Sasuke. "You brat!" Before he can do anything more I punch Sasuke in the face.

"I didn't need your help Duck Ass." I say then look to my right as a floating invisible piece of paper is seen by me. I grab it, receiving weird look. I make a hand sign and the paper can be seen again.

"Wow!" Naruto yells, while Sakura goes on about Sasuke. Some red head appears out of nowhere but I ignore everything around me and begin to walk away, simply uncaring to everything else. As I'm walking home three people appear in front of me.

"You, who are you?" The red head asks. I look up and cock my head to the side.

"Why, hmmm? Who are you? You are the one stopping me from going home, so answer me first, un." I say simply, as I literally step around them and continue on my way home. "You can follow if you wish, hmmm." They follow me home and introduce themselves.

"Gaara or the Desert." The red head says emotionlessly.

"Kankuro." The kitty boy, the one who had a hold of me says.

"I'm Temari, it's nice to meet you." The girl says smiling.

"I'm Mirekamosu, yah." I reply, I pull my scroll out of my pouch and do the necessary things to summon my studio.

"You live here?" Temari asks.

"No, un. This is my studio. My house is down the first path we'd passed. If you hadn't noticed, we're pretty far out in the woods." I state.

"Why?" Kankuro asks confused.

"I work with explosives, yah. So if I were you, I wouldn't touch the clay or ice. They have explosives in them. Oh and don't touch any sharp objects, yah." I say as we walk in.

"Poison." Gaara states.

"Yup, I don't have antidotes yet." I state simply. "Why are you three here?" I question as I sit at my desk with my puppets and a box of Matcha Pocky😍.

"I was curious about you. You didn't seem to care when I showed up. You just walked away." Gaara says confused.

"Should I have cared, hmmm?" I cocky my head to the side curiously. I see Temari and Kankuro step away from Gaara. "Oh, I get it now. I'm sorry for how people treat you, un. But I really don't care." I say casually. I pull the paper out of my pouch and lay it out on my table.

"It's blank." Temari say looking at it.

"Yes. Well my brother and his...friends are cautious people, un." I state. I grab clay but it blows up on me. I cough like crazy. "Damn clay not settled, un." I say waving a hand in front of my face. I grab the settled clay and set some on the paper. I make a hand sign, "Katsu." I say and a small explosion goes off.

"Well we'll be leaving." Gaara says simply and leaves with the others.

"Bout time." I mutter as they're out of the studio. I looked at the letter and began to read it.

'Chaos, WHAT THE FUCK IS BETWEEN YOU AND THAT UCHIHA, HMMM?! I'll kill him if he ever touches you again, un. ----------' there was a line through the paper and new hand writing. 'Ignore the emotional brat. He's been like this since the incident. Anyways, Leader-sama said the Chūnin exams were coming up. If you make it through all three rounds, even if you don't become a Chūnin. There will be tones of challenges in this exam. Leader-sama is sending a team from Amegakure to test you, but they won't be your hardest test. Orochimaru is said to be after a new vessel. He will be your hardest test, be careful whatever you do against him. I've sent a pupil to help you with training. Though you won't know until you figure it out on your own and he will tell us if you are qualified.---------' another line, I think that was Sasori. 'Watch out for Sasuke. The damn snake wants the Sharingan eyes. Who knows who he's after though.' And that was Itachi. 'Ignore those assholes, un! But take care my ball of chaos, we'll be together soon, yah. I love you baby sister. From, Big Brother Deidara , Sasori , and Itachi.'

I sat back in my seat and reread the letter. "I can't wait, yah." I whisper to myself. I put the letter in a secret part of my desk and decided to work on my puppet. A few hours later someone knocks on my door, I ignore it hoping whoever it is, will go away. I hear the door open and hear footsteps.

"Reka, have you been up all night? Kakashi-sensei called a meeting, come on." Sasuke says lowly as he sees me working on a new puppet. When I don't move he grabs my hand and makes me put my stuff down then drags me out of the studio. I'm still not speaking to him. He stops all of a sudden and turns to me. "Why aren't you talking to me?" He asks confused, I look at him like he's dumb. "Are you still mad about the whole accidentally kissing thing? Really? Hn, you need to get over it." He say coldly. I again, ignore him and shake out of his grip and walk to the bridge where we always meet.

"Mire-chan!" Naruto yells as he goes to hug me, I step out of the way and sit on the railing of the bridge. After an hour of ignoring everyone Kakashi-sensei shows up. He goes on about the chūnin exams and hands us forms. I sign mine there and put it in my pocket. He told us to turn it in there.

"Kamo, are you feeling alright?" Kakashi-sensei asks.

"Of course sensei, un. Why?" I question.

"You've been quieter then normal." He says simply.

"I'm fine, I just want to finish my puppet and stuff, yah. I've been slacking in my art while training." I say simply.

"You've been spending a lot of time creating your art. I need to go train. Go train with Guy and Lee, or something." Kakashi-sensei says, the rest of the team has already left.

"Maybe." I say as I walk away. He nods and leaves as well.