*Sasuke's pov* (Sasuke: bout time! Marianna: Sorry, Sasu-kun.)

I'd lost myself in the battle. I could see straight, my senses were out of wake. I could barely hear what was going on.

"Sasuke..." Sakura whispers. She runs and hugs me from behind. "Please stop Sasuke." She begs but I push her off. Reka walks up to me and stand in front of me. She puts her hands on my face and make me look at her. I slowly come back to my senses.

"Sasuke, stop. You're scaring Sakura, yah. To be honest you're even scaring me. This isn't you, please come back to me." She begs him, the mark fades back to normal and I collapse into her. I wraps my arms around her waist and hide my face in her chest. "Shh, its okay Sasuke, un." She whispers as I sob into her chest, she wraps her arms around me.

"Why are you here?" Reka questions turning around and pushing me behind her. He bows to her and apologizes.

"Lord Orochimaru ordered us to come and kill Sasuke-san. Seeing he hadn't woken up from the curse mark when we arrived." He says. "We're terribly sorry that we disturbed you."

"Get your teammates and get out of here. Wait, your scroll, yah." Reka says, he tosses her his scroll and she tosses it to Sakura. He gets his team and gets out of here.

"Mire...Mekuto..." Sakura stutters. Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, TenTen, Neji and Lee all emerged from their spots. Reka walked over slowly to Mekuto, he took the worst hit.

"He'll be okay Sakura, yah." She pulls out her medical kit and puts pressure on his wound. "Can someone hold him down, I don't want him to freak out when I begin to stitch him up." Reka asks.

"Yeah, I've got it." I reply. As I hold Mekuto's arms down, she pulls out a clean needle and thread. She begins to stitch him up. Just as predicted he begins to thrash, Reka sits on top of his torso to keep him from moving too much and stitch him the rest of the way, I get slightly jealous. Then he stopped all of a sudden. "Reka." I say low.

"He's fine, he just passed out." She says calmly. She finishes the last stitch and got off of him. She checked Rinkato and laughed, such a beautiful laugh. "He fainted, un. This idiot." She laughs again.

"I heard that. I didn't faint, I was thrown against the tree and hit my head." Rinkato says as he sits up. "How's Mekuto?"

"He's fine. He'll be out for a while, yah.." Reka answers. He nods.

"We should get going." Neji says.

"Yeah, here take this. For Lee. He looks pretty beat up, un." Reka says as she gives them a full medical kit.

"Won't you need this?" TenTen asks.

"No, I have all the material needed to make my own." She replies simply. They nod and disappear.

"We're leaving too. Take care." Ino says.

"We will." Sakura says. Ino had fixed Sakura's hair, and at some point Naruto had woken up.

"We should stay here another night, rest up, yah." Reka says as we move Mekuto back into the hollowed out tree.

"Yeah. It'll be safer that way." Rinkato chimes in.

"Alright." Sakura says.

"Rin, you and Sakura should get some fire wood. Naruto, Sasuke can you look after Mekuto, hmm?" Reka asks, but I wanted to talk to you.

"Yeah." Naruto says smiling.

"Coming Sakura?" Rinkato asks.

"Yeah." She says with a small smile.

"Where are you going Reka?" I ask.

"To get some water and food." She replies simply.

"I'll come too. Naruto watch camp and Mekuto." I basically demand.

"Right." Naruto replies. As we're walking to the near by river it's completely silent. Reka keeps looking over at me but won't say anything.

"Reka?" I ask lowly.

"Sasuke, I uh..." she looks away muttering to herself.

"What?" I ask stepping closer to her.

"Nothing Sasuke... un. Let's get the water and food okay?" She asks.

"Uh, yeah.. okay." I reply looking away from her. She nods and hands me a a few water bottles.

"Get the water, I'll gather a few berries, yah." Reka says low. I nod and she walks away. I begin to fill the bottles. I sit by the river as I fill the bottles. I begin to think.

*Reka's pov*

I left Sasuke so I could pick some berries and some herbs. I set a few small traps to catch something to eat. I made a fishing trap to catch some fish as well. I walked back to the river and see Sasuke looking at the water blankly. I sat beside him after putting the fishing trap in the water.

"Sasuke?/ Reka?" We say at the same time.

"Uhm, go first." Sasuke says awkwardly. I nod.

"About that kiss after the first exam..." he cuts me off.

"Forget about it. I know you don't like me... not like I like you. Reka, I love you and I always have. Ever since we were young, but I never realized it until you went missing during the Land of Waves mission.." I cut him off this time.

"You talk too much around me. You didn't even let me finish speaking, yah." I say as I push him back slightly and hover over him. His eye widen slightly as I lean in closer. "I was going to say I love you, un." I say as I kiss him gently. It's like fireworks going off, the best sensation I've ever felt. He pulls me a bit closer deepening the kiss. We slowly pull a way for this annoying thing called oxygen.

"That should have been our first kiss." He whispers. I nod in agreement. I notice Sasuke wince slight.

"Can I take a look?" I ask gesturing to his shoulder. He nods and sits up, I move behind him and pull his shirt down some. "Does it hurt when I touch it?" I ask as I put light pressure on it.

"Owe. Yes." He says gritting his teeth.

"Sorry, un." I say as I hug him from behind and kiss his shoulder. He sighs and leans back some.

"It's okay." He whispers. "We should be heading back." He says.

"Yeah. I'll check the traps real quick." I say standing up. I check the fish trap and see about twelve small fish. "Enough for each of us to have two, un." I say showing him the trap. He smile and nods. He grabs the water bottles and follows me to check the other traps.

"Didn't get anything?" He asks.

"No, hmmm. I'll take them down, we're only staying here again tonight." I say as I begin to take them down. "Besides I got some berries." He nods in understanding. After disbanding all the traps we head back to camp.

"Password?" Sakura asks.

"Huh? Password, hmmm?" I question confused. Sasuke says the long ass passcode and I anime fall. "That, that isn't a password, un. That is a passphrase." I say simply.

"But it's smart Reka." Sasuke says simply.

"We didn't need a password." Rinkato says simply.

"Why?" Sakura asks.

"Because Chaos would kill us anyway if she didn't believe we were the real deal." He replies shrugging.

"What?! Why would you do that to your own team?" Sakura exclaims.

"Why, hmmm? Because technically you guys are my team, they are just a stand in for the exams." I say shrugging.

"You're mean Chaos." I hear Mekuto croak from the entrance of the hollowed out tree.

"Kuto, you shouldn't be standing yet. You're going to strain yourself, un." I scold walking over to him and helping him walk. "Oh, and look what we caught." I hold up the fish.

"Ugh, fish?" Rinkato complains.

"Deal with it. I got berries too, yah." I state. I don't say anything about the herbs because they're for Itachi. I believe these can help with the terminal illness. Rinkato helps me move Mekuto over to the fire pit.

"Sasuke can you?" Sakura asks gesturing towards the fire. I glare slightly at her, going unnoticed by her and Naruto. Mekuto leans closer to me.

"Is someone jealous?" He whispers.

"No, un. Shut up Kuto." I glare at him. He puts his hands up in surrender. Sasuke started the fire but I noticed how using even a low ninjutsu like that effects the mark. "Sasuke are you okay?" I question lightly.

"I'm fine." He says through gritted teeth, while he holds his shoulder.

"Sakura, prepare the fish, yah. I'm going to bandage Sasuke's mark." I say seriously handing her the fish.

"I said I'm fine." Sasuke says glaring at me.

"I heard you, I just don't believe you. Come on." I say with a hand on my hip and one hand stretched out for him. He hesitates before grabbing my hand, I drag him into the hollow tree and sit him down. I grab some supplies to make an ointment to put on and a bandage.

"Why?" He asks lowly.

"Why what?" I question back.

"Why are you worrying about me?" He asks.

"Because, I love you Sasuke. You need to realize this, yah. So I'm going to take care of you." I reply as I begin to make the ointment.

"What are you doing?" He asks turning to face me.

"I am making a sealing ointment. I'm not sure if it will work a 100% but I know it will seal most of it, just don't use any ninjutsu for awhile, un." I say as I finish grinding up the ingredients. "Turn around please." I say he leans in quickly and steels a kiss, I blush like crazy while he turns around.

"Did you see that?" I hear Rinkato ask, most likely Mekuto.

"I did." Mekuto says. "Oh, Deidara-san is going to kill us all." He mutters.

"I'll kill both of you if either of you speak a word to big brother about this, yah. He already dislikes Uchiha's." I state turning and glaring.

"You'll have to tell him." Rinkato says pointing at me.

"He doesn't like Uchiha's?" Sasuke asks raising an eyebrow.

"Long, long story, yah. Right bows not the right time to tell you. After we get your mark sealed I will though." I say smiling at him. He nods and turns back around. I put the ointment on while he flinched at the contact. "Sorry." I say as I finish up.

"It's fine." He mutters. I grab the bandages from him.

"Uh.... Sasuke you'll need to take off your shirt, un." I say blushing madly.

"Okay." He says as he starts to take his shirt off, I turn away blushing, but turn back to bandage him. My face still burns bright red as I begin to bandage him. "Are you embarrassed?" He asks with a smirk.

"Shut up, un." I say blushing. I finish wrapping the bandage him. "This should hold for a little while. Just be careful, yah." I say seriously.

"I will." He says simply.

-Time Skip to finding Kabuto injured.-

"Kabuto?" Naruto asks.

"Shit! Ambush!" Rinkato yells as we ended up getting ambushed as we found Kabuto. Who happens to be injured badly.

"I've got this, yah." I say as my puppets come out of the scrolls. "Get the hell out of here now. None of you are capable of fighting, go!" I demand.

"What!? You're crazy!" Kabuto exclaims as Naruto and Sakura help him up.

"Well that's obvious, un. I can take care of this, this is child's play." I say shrugging. I twitch my fingers and begin to kill the ambushers.

"It's poison!" One of them yells scared.

"Yes, and this is a bomb, un." I say as I throw several clay birds at them. I make the hand sign quickly. "Katsu!" A loud explosion is heard and several people lay dead. "Hand over the scrolls and I'll let the rest of you survive, yah." I order. They throw me the scrolls and run as fast as they can.

"That was amazing Mire-chan! Believe it!" Naruto exclaims.

"It's nothing really, un. Like I said, child's play. Now let's get somewhere safer then I'll take a look at Kabuto." I say seriously. They nod and we begin to jump away.

"We're close to the tower." Kabuto says. I nod, stop in my tracks and look around.

"Let's stop here a minute, un. I want to check Kabuto over before we go on any further." I say. Everyone nods. "Rin, Kuto, help me with him, un." I say seriously. We move Kabuto away from everyone else.

"So you know my injuries are fake." Kabuto states. I nod, Mekuto and Rinkato raise a skeptical eyebrow. "I'm sorry for the inconvenience Lady Mirekamosu."

"What's with 'Lady Mirekamuso'?" Mekuto asks skeptical.

"I made a deal with the devil himself, and you two aren't going to like it, un." I state. I then explain everything to them including the conditions. They freaked out. "So Kabuto, why are you here exactly?" I ask seriously.

"To see if Sasuke-san survived of course. I'm dropping out before the last part of the exam." He says. "Oh, Lord Orochimaru ordered me to give this to you. It's a map to the base we are using."

"Thank you Kabuto, un." I say with a smile.

"Sensei's going to kill us." Mekuto says hanging his head.

"I've got a plan to deal with them, un." I state. I 'bandage' Kabuto up and then we leave. We get to the clearing before the tower and gape in awe.

"It's huge." Rinkato and Naruto say looking up. Sasuke and I straighten up and narrow our eyes as mist gets think.

"Kabuto where's your team?" I question just now thinking about it.

"By the entrance I believe." He answers. I nod.

"There's another ambush set up." Sasuke says. I nod knowing this.

"Mekuto, can you fight?" Rinkato asks.

"Yeah." He says as he stands up. I give him a strict look. "I'll be fine Chaos. Stop worrying." He says as he gets in battle stance and pulls out a puppet. Rinkato pulls out explosive tags, Sakura and I ended up getting pushed to the back to be protected.

"What the hell is this, un? I can take care of myself." I say annoyed. But the guys ignore me. Sakura clings to me in fear, while I keep a close eye on Sasuke.

What am I going to do about Sasuke? He's going to be pissed if I leave with no explanation, un. Damn it, I didn't think this through all the way, un. I think. We had entered the tower, did what was necessary then was escorted to the waiting room with the rest of the Genin. All of the rookie's made it, team Guy, the Sand Siblings, and team Douse from Otogakure all passed, plus my team. Lord Third explained we would have preliminary rounds since too many people passed.

"I forfeit." Mekuto and Kabuto say at the same time.

"What?!" Everyone exclaims.

"I'm injured." Mekuto says showing his deep wound on his chest and Kabuto makes up some lie.

"Okay, first up, Rinkato Meikateku and Mirekamosu." The protector says. I look at Rin and grin evilly.

"You're going down my friend, yah." I laugh and he sweat drops.

"I'm dead." He mutters.