Dedication is the same as per usual!!!!!!!

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Chapter 25

We walked into a hall thing when my scope went off. Informing me there was another Chakra signature in the room. I turned on my heel and I put my hand into my pouch. When I saw Lee on a banister. The rest of my team looked at me weirdly.

"You there, with the sharp eyes. Wait!" he called out. That's when all my team turned around.

Sakura freaked out by the sight of him. Naruto didn't react all that much and Sasuke inclined his head towards Lee.

"What do you want?" Sasuke asked of Lee and I sighed. I had a pretty good idea what Lee wants.

"Will you fight me right here, right now?" Lee asked of Sasuke, his eye brows furrowed together in determination. Just what I thought...

Sasuke didn't show any emotion at Lee's words. "Fight you right here, right now?" Sasuke asked of Lee, making sure that's what he said. (AN when I wrote this, I actually wrote. "Right you right here, right now?" hehehe continue)

"For all that if good, holy and Jashin. Lee, Sasuke, don't fight. Chuunin exam's remember? Chuunin exams!" I called out, but I was promptly ignored. Tsk, stupid ignoring people ignoring me.

Lee just jumped down from the Banister and landed crouched bracing himself, before standing up straight and pointing to himself. "My name is Rock Lee," he introduced himself before, so why is he doing it again? "You're supposed to identify yourself before you ask for someone else's name, right? Sasuke Uchiha."

"So you know my name," Sasuke pointed out, and my eye twitched. I said his name before! Are all boy's so... forgetful?!

Lee pulled a weird looking stance; it might be a taijutsu stance I haven't seen before. "I would like to fight you. I would like to see how my moves will do against a descendant of the genius ninja clan," Lee told Sasuke before looking over at Sakura. I bit my lip. "Also," He blushed as Sakura froze in fright. "Sakura, I love you."

I tapped Sasuke's shoulder and he looked at me. I made a gagging noise, pointing to Sakura and he smirked at me.

Sakura screamed. "No! I hate those eyelashes!" I watched as she hugged herself and started to shake in disgust. "Your hairstyle, fuzzy eyebrows, and everything about you is too unique for me!" She exclaimed.

"You're an angel," and that made me laugh. Sakura, and angel? That will be the day will stop using my art. For those who don't understand, that is NEVER!!

Lee winked and then a pink heart appeared from it. He blew it, and he flew straight towards Sakura as she screamed NO. She dodged to the side and it hit a pole. All the while I was laughing at Sakura's pain. "Very nice. How about this?" then he winked over and over, blowing many hearts towards Sakura.

Sakura dodged them all, but the last one... it's going to... no, she bent backward and hit her head on the ground, but still, it missed. I looked at the pole while I laughed. They were all there, about ten of them. Ha!

Sakura glared at Lee before shouting with her fist in the air. "Stop throwing weird things at me! I had to dodge those like my life depended on it!" I laughed at her again and she glared at me. "Stop laughing at me, explosive girl!" she snapped.

I stopped laughing and I put my hands on my hips, "You think that offended me? I love my explosives, I take it as a compliment," I stated and she glared at me, but I brushed it off.

"You don't need to avoid them that much..." Lee pouted at Sakura, looking really down. Awww, poor Lee.

"So," Sasuke started pulling the attention back to himself. "You're challenging me knowing my name is Uchiha? I'm sorry to say this, but you're ignorant," He told Lee like it was simple. "Do you want to see what this name of Uchiha is capable of, fuzzy eyebrows?"

I felt anger in the room so I looked and saw Naruto, burning with anger. I sighed, and looked back to Lee as he got into the signature taijutsu stance. "Please..."

"That's Emiko's stance..." Sakura muttered and I rolled my eyes.

"I did train with his sensei so I learnt a little of what he knows, but nothing like Lee. I prefer art," I whispered to her and then she looked at me weirdly. "A fight is about to start, this is Battle Emiko."

She sighed. She always liked Battle Emiko, weirdo. She's more deadly than normal Emiko.

"Oh, and Emiko?" Lee asked and I looked at him with an eye brow raised. "After Sasuke, I want to race you. You won last time, I want to see if you've gotten any better," I smirked at him and nodded my head.

"Oh, I am. Time almost stops when I run without my training weights. And that was with my weaker weights, I've got newer ones," I called to Lee and he smiled at me.

"Wait!" Naruto exclaimed to Lee. Everyone looked at him. "I'll fight the fuzzy eyebrows guy," I sighed. Naruto and Sasuke are both going to get their butts handed to them.

"Hey, don't butt in!" Sakura told off Naruto, but he ignored her as he stepped forward.

"Don't worry. I'll only take five minutes," Naruto called out and I rolled my eyes. I know the outcome of this battle.

"Sasuke, Naruto. I know you guys are strong, but Lee..." I sighed and I put my hands on my hips. "Two reason why you shouldn't fight him. One, his been a ninja longer then us. two, he will beat you guys easily because of experience. So, I do not want to watch this crash and burn. So, I am going to rest," I called to them as I walked to the wall. Lee laughed at me.

"Still lazy?" He called out and I snickered at him.

"Not that much anymore, but I know the outcome of this, so what's the point of watching?" I asked, sliding down the wall and closing my eyes.

I ignored all the talking between Lee, Naruto and Sasuke and the fighting. I wonder if my letter got to Deidara yet? Hopefully it hadn't gotten intercepted. No, I made sure if that happens I would feel it. Calm down, he will get it. Hopefully...

Suddenly, my scope beeped; there was another chakra in the area. I opened my eyes in time to see... oh hell no! Lee and Sasuke were in mid-air, Lee's bandages were coming undone. I jumped in. I was in front of Sasuke facing him. He looked at me in shock, as I wrapped my arms around his waist and I moved us both to the ground knelling down. I looked up at Lee who was in mid-air still in time to see a whirly gig hit his bandages and pin it to the wall.

My scope zeroed in on where it came from... and I saw a turtle. "Stop right there, Lee!" The tortoise told Lee off.

Lee landed on the ground in front of the turtle. "Emiko! Let go of Sasuke!" Sakura yelled, running towards Sasuke and I.

My eyes widened. I looked at Sasuke and saw that I still had my arms wrapped around him. "Sorry!" I exclaimed, letting him go, turning a bit red.

"it's fine," Sasuke muttered, I looked at him and he was blushing a little. Awkward! (AN NOOOOO Sasuke probably enjoyed that Emi!! Hehehe)

"Are you okay, Sasuke?" Sakura asked of Sasuke and he ignored her as he looked at Lee as he was bowing his head towards the turtle. I winced at the scars and bruises on Lee's arms.

"You were watching?" Lee asked the turtle, looking ashamed. Wait just a minute...

My hand flew to my scope and I zoomed in on it. My scope recognized that chakra. "Lee, that move is forbidden," the turtle told Lee off. Ah, so I am right by the looks of things.

"I'm sorry, I got carried away," Lee apologised to the turtle. Threw my scope I saw that the turtle glared at Lee, making him freak out.

Lee jumped up so he was standing up and yelled stuff about not going to use the reverse version. I snickered at him.

I stood up grabbing Sauske's arm and pulling him up with me, letting go right away. I do not want what happened before to happen again.

"Hey, hey!" Naruto yelled as he ran toward us. What happened to him away way?

"What?" Sakura and I asked at the same time, making my eye twitch. Saying something at the same time as her... EW!

Naruto pointed to the turtle and Lee. "That's a turtle, right? Right?" Naruto asked of us and I snickered at him, nodding my head.

"Isn't that obvious by just looking?!" Sakura snapped at Naruto and Sasuke grabbed onto my arm, before I punched her for snapping at Naruto.

I glared at Sasuke and he rolled my eyes before letting my arm go, and I crossed my arms right after to prevent that happening again.

"So, so a turtle can become a sensei, too?" Naruto asked and I shook my head at Naruto. I patted his head making Naruto drop his arm to his side.

"That isn't his sensei," I told the team. "It's his sensei's summon. I think anyway. I've never seen it before," I explained to them.

"You fool!" the turtle shouted at Lee. "Did you think that excuse would work? You should know very well what it means for a ninja to expose his move."

Lee's head dropped a little before saying sir! Sasuke started to glare at them both. I rested a hand on his shoulder. He looked at me with the glare.

"Dark duck," I muttered before continuing. "He has been a ninja longer then you, his skills are going to be better. It's fine, alright," I explained to him. "I warned you too, remember," he snapped his head away from looking at me. I sighed and dropped my hand from his shoulder.

"Are you prepared to face the consequences?" the turtle warned Lee, confusing my team even more.

"Guy sensei, I think you should come out! My team is going to become more confused if you don't!" I yelled at the top of my lungs to them.

POOF! There was Guy sensei in all his green glory. On top of a turtle in a weird stance just like Guy sensei does.

"You guys are in the spring time of your life, aren't you?!" Guy shouted at the top of his lungs.

Naruto and Sakura's jaws dropped at the appearances of Guy sensei, Sasuke was shaking in shock instead of his jaw dropping.

I snickered at their shocked expression. "And this everyone. Is the reason for my speed and the first Jounin I met in Konoha!" I exclaimed, waving a hand towards Guy.

"An even more unique guy came out!" Naruto shouted in pure shock.

Guy pointed at himself, looking at Lee. "Hey Lee, Emiko!" He greeted us and I waved at him.

"Hey Guy sensei!" I called over to him and he smiled at me, his teeth twinkles again.

"Super unique and super bobbed hair..." Sakura's word trailed off.

"And super eyebrows..." Naruto added onto her words. "This is the first time I've seen such a thing," Naruto called out.

Lee got an anger mark on the back of his head. Before turning on his hel, fist raised at us glaring his heart out. "Hey! Don't make fun of Guy sensei!" Lee told us off. My eyes widened.

"The hell I won't! We don't know how to react because of all these weird things!" Naruto shouted right back as Lee.

"What did you say?!" Lee exclaimed over to Naruto.

"Oi Lee! I'm not making fun of him, Guy sensei is epic. Weird, but epic!" I called over to him and Guy laughed at us.

"Cut it out, Lee, Emiko," Lee straightened out and looked back at Guy, saying sir.

Guy sensei put a hand in front of his face. Before pulling it back and swinging it forward, punching Lee in the face. Lee flew back; blood coming out of his mouth. My team freaked out yet again and I sighed. This happened all the time when Lee tried to cheat to win against me in speed.

Lee landed on the ground in a heap. Guy walked over to Lee and he knelled in front of him, as Lee shook a bit, before standing up and looking at Guy sensei.

"Lee, you, you," Guy stumbled over his words.

"S-sensei!" Lee exclaimed looking at his sensei, waiting for his words.

They both started to cry like a water fall. A sunset appeared behind them. "Lee..." Guy sobbed.

"Sensei! I, I," Lee cried out tears still falling. I shook my head at them.

"It's okay, Lee, don't say any more," Guy told Lee. Lee got up and ran to Guy, hugging him. Guy hugged Lee back.

"Sensei!" Lee shouted.

"Lee," Guy muttered, and I sighed as a wave smashed against a shore out.

This has happened so many times, it's lost its weirdness and cuteness. It's just them-ness nowadays.

The turtle was even crying. You could see Lee shaking in sobs. "Yes, this is youth," Guy told Lee making Lee yell Sensei one more time.

Naruto pointed at them, looking at us. Sakura's eye was twitching, Sasuke was glaring at them, and I was looking bored. I've seen it before.

"Hey, that kind of situation isn't so bad," Naruto voiced his opinion, making Sakura turn to face him. pointing at him in anger.

"Idiot! It's dangerous! Too dangerous!" Sakura shouted at Naruto, her spit going everywhere.

"It's normal for them," I told Sakura, shrugging. "I've seen it happen about, they do it heaps of times," I explained to her.

She glared at me and I looked away from her towards Guy and Lee. They stood up and Guy rested his hand on Lee's shoulder, still crying. "It's okay Lee," He told Lee, "It's normal to make mistakes when you're young."

Lee was still crying. "You're too kind, sensei," Lee cried out and I snickered at them both.

Guy pointed out, still crying, with his other hand on his hip. "Now, run 100 laps at the training ground in the sunset!" He shouted.

"Yes, Sensei!" Lee exclaimed, ready to go. I rolled my eyes.

"Guy sensei, Lee! The chuunin exams, you know. The reason we're all here, yah!" I yelled to them and they both looked at me. I waved. They both did their teeth twinkle thing at me and I smirked at them. My teeth... not twinkling. I am not doing that at all.

"What you say Emiko?" Guy asked me and I face palmed. "Oh yeah," Guy faced Lee. He coughed once. "Lee, I'm going to punish you for fighting and breaking a promise after the Exam, okay? And Emiko, you are to join," My jaw dropped. No, not the races again! Lee saluted Guy, saying sir as I pouted.

"Great. No getting out of that," I muttered, shaking my head.

Guy put an arm in the air pulling yet another Guy certified pose! "Do 500 laps!" I fell to the ground, and crossed my arms.

"Not again..." I muttered. "Well, I guess it'll get my stamina up again."

During the Haku battle, I've noticed that my stamina sucks because I couldn't hold that speed for long. I've been slacking in my training... physical training anyway.

"Their idiots..." Sakura muttered. I looked up at her and I pushed myself to my feet again.

Naruto pointed again. "Hey, so what's that turtle?" He asked of us and I snickered at him.

Guy looked over at us and I waved. As Sakura freaked out, Sasuke was STILL glaring at Guy, and Naruto reacted like a normal person when they get looked at.

"He's looking our way!" Sakura screamed and I rolled my eyes. Where was she when he looked over here before?

"You four, is Kakashi sensei doing well?" Guy asked of us.

"You know Kakashi?" Sasuke asked of Guy as I crossed my arms.

Guy smirked at us. "I don't just know him," Guy chuckled once. "People call us eternal rivals."

I laughed out loud remembering the days when we were running and saw Kakashi. Kakashi usually ran away but one time he didn't get away fast enough, hehehe."That sounds so fake!" Naruto and Sakura both yelled at the same time.

"Sorry to say this Sensei, but Kakashi doesn't seem to be into the whole eternal rival's thing, I mean he ran away whenever you yelled it," I called over to him.

Lee reacted badly. "How rude! Guy sensei is really-" but Lee was cut off.

Guy raised his hand a little. "Lee," then he dropped his hand. "Don't say it out loud. Show it in your attitude," Guy explained to his little clone.

Suddenly, Guy was gone and my scope picked up his chakra behind us. I looked back before my team.

"The record stands at 50 wins and 49 losses," Guy stated and my team froze up by the sound of his voice. They turned slowly to face him.

"When did he?!" Naruto exclaimed, his jaw dropped in shock. I snickered. I pointed my thumb towards him.

"And this, everyone, is how I am so fast," I explained with I chuckle. "The reason I wear very heavy training weights," I added. My team looked at me in shock. "What?" they all looked away and back to Guy.

Guy did his Guy smile and pointed to himself. "Let me just tell you that I'm stronger than Kakashi," Guy told my team and my eyes widened.

Kakashi is strong. Guy is strong, but in two different ways. Kakashi is better in Ninjutsu and genjutsu, Guy is better in taijutsu. Guy is faster, but that has to be done for his Taijutsu. I shook my head. If Guy and Kakashi got into as fight, no doubt Kakashi would win.

Out of the blue, Lee yelled. "How's that? Guy sensei is amazing, isn't he?" I faced him as he looked at us determined. The rest of my team were still looking at Guy. I looked back at him as well after I gave Lee a smile.

Guy gave us a thumbs up. "Lee caused you trouble, but please forgive him for the sake of my face. This refreshing face, that is," I snickered at him.

My eyes darted to Sasuke as his hand clenched. I rested a hand on his shoulder. He glared at me and it wasn't a playful glare, it was an 'I hate you' type of glare. I flinched, dropping my hand off of him looking back at Guy, hiding my hurt feelings that he would glare at me like that. His friend.

Guy had his eyes closed. "Lee and the four of you should get to the classroom soon," Guy told us, before throwing a kunai at the whirly gig that still had Lee's bandages pinned to the wall, knocking it off and allowing Lee to wrap his hands up.

I looked at Lee, I winced at his hands again. He doesn't ever get them healed.

"Do your best, Lee! You too Emiko. Your speed better be better! Farewell!" Guy told us both. I smirked at them.

"You have no idea, sensei," I stated with my smirk still in place.

"Sir!" Lee exclaimed, still wrapping his hand up. POOF! Guy was gone. My team looked back at where Guy just was. The turtle went poof too.

"Sasuke," Everyone looked back to Lee. "Let me say this before I go. To be honest, I came here to test my skills," Sasuke glared at Lee. "I lied a while ago. The strongest of the Konoha Genins is in my team. I entered this Exam to defeat him," Lee told Sasuke. Then his eyes dropped to me. "And you are one of my targets, as well. Sasuke, you too Emiko," I sighed shaking my head at him. My explosives are not to be messed with Lee. "Prepare yourselves for the exam!" Lee ordered us, before jumping onto the banister again doing somersault in the air and running off.

I rolled my eyes. Sasuke faced away from where he went. I took a few steps away from my team, before facing them with my arms crossed. As Sakura said Sasuke's name.

Naruto faced Sasuke, "Looks like the Uchiha clan isn't that great after all," Naruto pointed out and I bit my lip.

Sakura's eye twitched. She turned and faced Naruto with her arm raised in a fist. "Naruto!"

Sasuke tensed. "Shut up! Next time. I'll slaughter him!" Sasuke exclaimed darkly. I rolled my eyes at him. Annoyed and even a little bit angry.

Naruto looked away from Sasuke. "You lost so badly though," Naruto told Sasuke. I uncrossed my arms.

"What's with you, Naruto?" Sakura snapped at Naruto glaring at him.

Sasuke glared at Naruto, anger coming off of him in waves. "You saw his hands, right?" Naruto asked Sasuke, looking at the ground. "That fuzzy eyebrows guy must have trained a lot, everyday. Trained more than you," my eyes widened. Wait, did Naruto used to get hands like that? So that's how he knows. "That's all there is to it."

"Naruto's right, I've seen Lee's train regime. I've tried it myself and I've done his running exercise too. Not many people can do what he does," I added my own commentary.

Sasuke turned his back from Naruto and Sakura and looked passed me, with determination in his eyes. "This is getting interesting. The chuunin exam that it," Sasuke told us and I smirked, sighing once.

"Ah, there's the Sasuke we all know and love," I patted his shoulder. "Scared me there, Duck," he looked at me in shock and I smiled. I ran to the door thing and I fisted pumped. "Let's show them that, ART IS FLEETING, UN!" I shouted. Naruto and Sakura laughed at me and I smiled at them.

"Let's go, Emiko, Naruto, Sakura," Sasuke ordered us and I nodded my head.

They walked over to me, and I stood next to Sasuke and Naruto. I rested my arm on their shoulders. They looked at me weirdly, before Naruto beamed at me and Sasuke smirked. Sakura... well, she glared me.

Then we walked through the door way.

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I know, I know. I haven't uploaded and I suck. In my defence, I got the Kingdom Hearts bug... again. I played the game and then tried to write a fanfic but it didn't work all that well. Heh heh. Also, I had a essay to write for Extension English and a book to read. Dracula!!!!

Alright, who thought that the little Emi/Sasu moments in there were cute? I'm not set on the pairing yet, but it's there in case I do want the pairing to go through.

QUESTION TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you could ask Emiko anything what would it be?? Who knows, maybe she'll answer.

Also, I would like to thank all of you, I'm at 150 fans and nearly 900 votes, I never thought I would get this reaction to this story. So thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!