I woke up in a bed.
I sat up and pain shot through my shoulder and my neck.
I gasped in pain alerting to the people in the room, who i had not noticed, i was awake.
"Are you alright Darci?" i heard Shikaku asked.
'When did he get here?' i thought.
"My shoulder hurts" i said grabbing my shoulder and squeezing my eyes closed, trying to stop the pain.
"Kakashi" i heard Lord Hokage say.
I think Kakashi nodded.
"Darci, can you walk?" i heard Kakashi ask me.
I swung my legs over the side of the bed and stood up.
Then i fell back down again.
"Don’t think so" i said.
Kakashi sighed and the next thing i knew i was being picked up.
"Déjà vu" i muttered.
Kakashi chuckled.
He took me to a dark room that was only lit by candles.
"How long was i out?" i asked.
"A few days" Kakashi said.
"A few days?" i asked.
"You over did it when you used your curse mark" Kakashi explained.
"But i hardly did anything" i said, shocked.
"That may be true but I’m guessing you didn't faint straight away when your father gave you that curse mark" Kakashi said.
"True. Where are we going and why are we going there?" i asked.
"We are going to the end of this room to seal your curse mark" Kakashi said.
"But that's going to be painful" i said.
"Yes, but it will be quick" Kakashi setting me down inside a circle.
"I just hope it won't last for long. And i am not going to faint. I want to see the preliminaries for the third round" i said.
"Ok then. Take your top off" Kakashi said.
I turned to look at him, disgust written all over my face.
"Scusa?" i asked.
"What?" Kakashi asked.
"Excuse me?" i said.
Kakashi sighed and rolled his visible eye.
"Not in that type of way Darci. I need to write symbols on you skin in order for this to work" Kakashi said.
"I aint taking my bra off though so you are going to have to work around that" i said before i took my top off.
I threw it out of the circle and it landed on the floor.
Kakashi sighed and picked t up, folding it and setting it on a chair that i had not noticed.
He then cut his right index finger and began writing signs on my skin and the floor.
5 minutes later he stop and he then started making hand signs.
I braced myself for the pain when it came.
It came only shortly after.
I bit my lip in order to stop from crying out.
When the pain was gone i sat there, my head down breathing heavily.
"Why are you so awkward with Sasuke?" Kakashi asked suddenly.
"What?" i asked as i stood up and walked over to my top.
"I know you have forgiven him but you still seem awkward around him" Kakashi said leaning against a giant pillar.
"I don't know what your talking about" i said pulling my shirt on.
"Yes you do. What are you hiding?" Kakashi asked.
I hesitated.
"You can trust me. I may be an adult but i am very trustworthy" Kakashi said.
My shoulders sagged.
"You aren't going to give up until i tell you, correct?" i asked.
"Yep" Kakashi said.
I faced downwards and hid my red face.
"Well...you see...you know how Uchiha likes me. Well...i like...him...as well" i muttered.
"That was the first time you said it out loud wasn't it?" Kakashi asked.
I nodded.
"You should tell him" Kakashi said straitening up.
"What? Are you crazy?!?" i asked horrified.
"If you keep it to your self and not tell him, when you decide to, it might be too late" Kakashi said.
"We should probably head to the arena. The matches will start in a few minutes" Kakashi added.
He started walking while i started at his back, shocked at what he said.
"Has that happened to you?" i asked running to catch up with Kakashi.
Kakashi didn't answer.
"Oh sensei" i said and i caught Kakashi in a hug.
He was totally shocked at first but then he wrapped his arms around me and he chuckled.
He chuckled when i was upset for him.
Can you believe it?
"Why are you laughing?" i asked.
"You the first person i have ever said that to beside Asuma and you are the first person to show sympathy" Kakashi said.
I pulled back and frowned.
I’m showing sympathy because what you told me was said. Now we should go or we might miss one of our team’s matches" i said grabbing his hand and leading to Kami knows where.
"You lead. I don't know this place like you do" i said after a minutes of walking.
Kakashi shook his head and led me in a different direction.
After a few minutes we came to a huge arena.
"There you are Kakashi, Darci" Lord Hokage said.
"Hey Lord Hokage" i said skipping over to him.
Ok, these last few months i have gotten a lot weirder.
My attitude has changed a lot, but i still have a deadly aura to me sometimes.
"Darci!" Sakura said and she ran over to me and caught me in a hug.
"Let her go Forehead! You’re going to kill her!" Ino said rushing over.
Another thing you should probably know is that Ino and i are friends.
We’re not as close as Sakura and i are but friends nothing less.
"Sorry Darci" Sakura said letting me go.
I laughed and hugged Ino.
Shikamaru, Choji, Naruto and Uchiha walked over.
I hugged Naruto then Shikamaru and Choji.
Uchiha just nodded at me.
I caught Kakashi eye and i looked away, embarrassed at what i told him.
"Now that Kakashi and Darci are here, we can start the matches." Hyate Gekko said after a fit of coughing.
(A/N: to lazy to write the fights so i am just going to skip to where they address the winners)
"Sasuke Uchiha, Shino Aburame, Kankuro, Sakura Haruno, Temari, Shikamaru Nara, Naruto Uzumaki, Neji Hyuga, Gaara and Dosu Kinuta are all the winners of the preliminaries in one month time you will come together and take the third exam. In that one month you are to train and get stronger. Good luck" Lord Hokage said addressing the winners.
Lord Hokage and most of the ninja left the tower.
I ran to my team, who had all won, and hugged them all.
"I am so proud of you guys. Nice work Sakura beating Ino with that move i taught you. Told you it would come in handy" i said smiling.
"Thanks Darci. If it wasn't for i would have lost" Sakura said.
"I won i won i won! Believe it!" Naruto yelled.
"Shut up Naruto" i said whacking him over the head.
"Ow, Darci Sensei..." Naruto said frowning.
I laughed and rolled my eyes.
"Good luck for the third exam team" Kakashi said walking over.
"I am going to die" Sakura said.
"You’ll be fine Sakura. Especially since i am going to train you for the third exam" i said to Sakura smiling.
"Really?" Sakura asked eyes wide.
"Yep. But i will be more strict this time round, so you better be up for it" i said.
"I wanted you to train me Darci sensei!" Naruto said.
"Naruto, stop calling me Darci sensei, my name is Darci. And sorry, Sakura needs more training than you." i said.
"Kakashi sensei..." Naruto started out.
"Sorry Naruto but I’m training Sasuke. But don't worry Darci and i have picked out a sensei for you to train with" Kakashi said.
"Who is it?" Naruto asked.
"You will meet him tomorrow morning out the front of the academy" i said.
"Darci" Uchiha said.
I turned to look at him, along with the rest of my team.
"Yes Uchiha?" i asked.
"That mark you received. What did you do with it?" Uchiha asked.
"Kakashi put a seal on it. It with bother me no more hopefully" i said smiling.
Uchiha nodded.
I turned to face Kakashi to say something, but he gave me a look.
"Later" i mouthed at him.
He nodded.
"I have an idea. Why doesn't Kakashi shout us to Ichiraku ramen?" i suggested.
"Yes!" Naruto said.
"Thanks Sensei" Sakura said smiling.
"Hn." Uchiha said.
Kakashi groaned.
I smirked and we all went to Ichiraku's.
We sat down and ordered.
Kakashi was at the end with Naruto next to him.
Sakura was next to Naruto and on the other side of Sakura was Uchiha.
I was next to Uchiha.
It was a little awkward, and with the looks Kakashi was giving didn’t help either, but i didn't do anything to try and ease the awkwardness in the air.
We all started eating when we got our food.
"Looking for to a month of training with Darci Sakura?" Kakashi asked.
He had already finished his ramen.
"She is going to kill me" Sakura complained.
"Hey! No i will not. If you commit to it i might get you as strong as Naruto" i said.
"Really?" Sakura asked all happy now.
"If you pass the things i teach you with flying colors then yes" i said smiling at her.
"Thank you Darci!" Sakura said.
"I should head home now and tell my parents!" Sakura added before she left.
"I’m going to go tell Konohamaru the big news!" Naruto yelled and he left.
"Bye Darci. Bye Sasuke" Kakashi said giving me another looked before he vanished.
Now it was really awkward.
"I should head home to" Uchiha said standing up.
"Uchiha wait" i said as he started walking.
"What?" he asked.
"Can i talk to you?" i asked.
"Hn." he said.
He faced me fully and crossed his arms.
I sighed and stood up.
"Not here. To public" i said as i grabbed his wrist and pulled him all the way to our training area.
"What?" Uchiha said ripping his wrist out of my grip.
I stayed quite and bit my lip.
"You bought me out here and now you are staying silent. Baka" Uchiha said and he turned around.
He had gone about 5 meters before i got the courage.
"Sasuke!" i yelled.
Uchiha froze and he turned around.
I never use his first name ever.
I have only used it once before.
'Crap, what now?" i thought.
"What?" Uchiha said.
He had somehow gotten in front of me.
I looked up shocked and stumbled back.
I almost fell but Uchiha grabbed my wrist and settled me.
"Thanks. I just want to say...umm...how I say this...?" i asked myself.
"Well?" Uchiha asked getting frustrated.
"She likes you" i heard a voice say from the trees.
Kakashi came out and he appeared next to us.
I turned to Kakashi and i punched him, hard.
He fell to the ground in pain and when Uchiha's gaze was on his sensei i ducked my head, because my face was a bright red.
"I deserve that" Kakashi said standing up.
I’m gonna go now" he said and he poofed away.
"Darci...?" Uchiha asked.
I lifted my now not so red face to look at him.
"Is what Kakashi sensei said true?" he asked.
I averted his gaze.
"He was lying wasn't he? It probably wasn't even the real Kakashi. You and Sakura are probably pulling a trick on me. What a waste of time" Uchiha said and he started to walk away.
I took deep breath before i ran after Uchiha.
I got in front of him and he came to a stop.
"What do you want?" he spat.
I grabbed Uchiha's shirt and...
And i pulled him forward and we kissed.
He was totally shocked at first but then he started kissing me back.
My hands moved from gripping his shirt to around his neck.
His hands moved to around my waist.
After a few more seconds of kissing we both pulled back for breathe.
"Sorry" i said panting a little.
"Why?" he asked.
Uchiha was still a little out of breath as well.
"because...i um...like you" i muttered so quietly i barley heard it myself.
"what?" Uchiha said.
"i said i like you ok?" i said a little louder for him to hear.
he was shocked at first but then he smirked.
"i new it would be long before you fell for me" i said.
i punched him in the gut.
"word of advice, when agirl tells youher feelings, you don't go and make a stupid comment like that" i said, now angry.
i turned around and tried to walk away but Uchiha had grabbed my waist.
"let me make it up to you. forgive me and i'll take you out for dinner one night" Uchiha whispered in my ear.
"i suppose that would work" i said.
"then i'll pick you up at 7:00pm tomorrow night." Uchiha said.
"ok Uchiha. it's a date" i said turning around in his grip.
he was frowning.
"what?" i asked confused.
"why are you still calling me Uchiha if i'm now your boyfriend" Uchiha said.
i blushed a deep red at the word Boyfriend.
"habit?" i said smiling.
he rolled his eyes.
"please call me Sasuke, seeing how it is my name and all" Uchiha said.
"i'll try Uchi- i mean Sasuke" i said.
"Uchiha just smiled.
"i see you two are together now" Kakashi said.
"why the hell are you back Hatake?" i asked annoyed.
"i am here to collect Sasuke and take him to the hospital to get his wounds treated." Kakashi said appearing beside us.
"i can heal him" i said.
"no you can't. Naruto's looking for you" Kakashi said.
"what does he want?" i asked.
"go find him and find out" Kakshi said.
"fine then. i'll see you later Uchiha" i said.
i kissed Uchiha and then i dissapeared and reappearedat Ichiraku ramen.
Naruto's most likely position.
turns out i was wrong.
i close my eyes and search for his chakra.
i find it with the other rookies and Guy's team at my house.
'why the hell are they at my house?' i thought before i dissapeared.
i reappeared and scared the hell out of them.
"why the hell are you all here?" i asked.
"there you are Darci!" Naruto said running up to me.
"yeah, Kakashi said you were looking for me. you've now found me. so what the hell did you want" i said.
i could of been nicer but i was having fun with Uchiha.
"i wanted to find you because we are going out to celebrate the people going into the third exam!" NAruto said.
"nice plan Sakura" i said looking at my pink haired friend.
"it was my idea!" Naruto sad.
"really? sorry. nice idea Naruto. what aboout Uchiha?" i asked.
"screw him" Naruto said.
i whacked him upside the head.
"ow! Darci sensei what was that for?" Naruto whined.
"hoe may times have i told you not to call me Darci sensei! and i whacked you because what you said was mean" i said getting really frushtrated.
"then we'll go get Sasuke!" Ino said.
"can't. Kakashi's taking him to the hospital to get healed up. wait. Naruto, Sakura didn't we just have ramen about 15 minutes ago?" i asked, now a little confused.
"but i'm still hungry!" Naruto said.
"then we'll have something else" i said.
"like what?" Naruto asked.
"there's that barbeque place in town. we could go there" i suggested.
"not a bd plan" Sakura said.
"hissssssssssssssss!" Arashi complained.
"i totally forgot about you Arahi. i'm sorry. wait a second. " i said.
"why wait a second?" hoji asked eating some patato chips.
a grin spread across my face and i started laughing.
"is it just me or is this really creepy?" i heardKiba ask.
i looked at Kiba and i frowned.
"you think i'm creepy?" i asked.
Kiba didn't know what to say.
"i am becoming way to much like my father" i said suddering.
i saw Sakura sudder as well.
i caught her eye and i shook my head slightly.
"well, Darci and i can't have to muc food because mum's going to be cooking a feast when dad tells her i got trough to the final exam. it'll be such a drag" Shikamaru said with me joining in with him at the end.
"you sound just like a Nara when you say that" Tenten commented.
"considering tht Nara's adopted me, it kinf=da works out" i said grinning.
"the Nara's adopted you?" Ino asked.
"yep. now Shikamaru and i are actually related. but not by blood. Lord hokage ven gave the ok" i said proudly.
"Darci, Shikamaru are you out here?" i heard Yoshino ask.
"yeah we are" i shouted quietly.
Yoshino walked out and she looked at all of us.
"Shikamau, Darci you are to come inside. we are spending some quality family time together" Yoshino said before he walked back inside.
"well, that put a hole in our plans" i said.
"we should be getting home anyway. we haven't seen our families ina while" Sakura said.
"good point Sakura. anyway. good bye everyone and Sakura. i expect yo to meet me here at 7:00am to begin training" i said.
Sakura nodded.
"your training her?" Ino asked.
"yeah. i trianed her separetly before you all started the chuunin exams" i said.
"so thats why forehead beat me" Ino said slapping her head.
"whatever. we have got to go Shikamaru. bye people" i said before Shikamaru and i walked inside and into the kitchen.
turns out quality family time was mostly some board games like monopoly and connect four.
we also plyed a few games of Shogi.
we then had dinner before we watched a movie.
we watched The Avengers.
i wentto bed straight after because i was tired.
i lay down and fell asleep.
i dremt of my father and mother that night.