Kimiko

(Chuunin Exams, Forest of Death)

"WIND STYLE- CUTTING AIR!!" Kimiko roared watching as the freaky snake smelling girl flipped around her attack.

"My, my. Such power for one so young. I dare say you are more powerful than my precious Sasuke." She smiled as ninja wire wrapped around her pulling her to a tree and wrapping around her.

"Fire style- Dragon Flame Jutsu." Sasuke growled going through hand seals before blowing a line of fire down the ninja wire torching the ninja and the tree while she screamed in pain.

"Kimiko! Are you ok?" He asked running to his panting girlfriend as Sakura landed behind Kimiko and wrapped her arms around her just as she fell.

"Y-Yeah. Just used up a lot of chakra is all." She panted smiling at him as he reached her.

"Glad you're ok." He smiled kneeling down and picking her up bridal style making her blush.

"Come on we need to get to the tower." He said just as a monstrous wave of killing intent flooded the area.

"Kukukuku. Just what I would expect from a Uchiha. Though I never thought you would have a woman already. Trying to start the clan back up Sasuke-kun?" They all turned to see the charred skin of the woman fall away and the pale face of a man smiling at them.

"Do you have any idea of who I am?" He asked before going up in a cloud of smoke.

'SHADOW CLONE!!?' They thought.

"Well?" They froze and turned to see the man giving a cruel grin to the three.

"You're Orochimaru, the former snake sage of Konoha." Kimiko whispered as she began to pale.

"Ah you are well educated my dear." He smiled before spinning and landing a heavy kick on the two while at the same time landing a powerful punch on Sakura sending them all flying.

Kimiko cried out as she slammed into a tree while Sasuke flew into the brush while Sakura disappeared into the woods.

"Why do you surround yourself with these weak fools Sasuke-kun? They will only hold you back." He said walking towards the downed Uchiha.

"Shut up." He panted trying to get to his feet only to fall to his knees.

"But look at yourself Sasuke-kun, all banged up because you have to protect these weaklings." He chuckled and stood in front of the boy.

"Tell you what Sasuke-kun, I'm going to give you a gift that will make you far more powerful than any of these fools that you surround yourself with." He smirked as Sasuke looked at him glaring.

"I don't want anything from you." He grunted while the former sage grinned.

"Oh this isn't a choice Sasuke-kun." Orochimaru grinned as his neck began to stretch and moved to Sasuke at lightning speed as he opened his mouth showing snake like fangs.

WHAM!!!

"Leave Sasuke-kun along you bastard!" Kimiko snarled watching the snake fly through the air and smash into a tree.

"You little BRAT! I'LL KILL YOU!" Orochimaru roared flying from the tree ready to strike down the girl when he saw a kunai land in front of him with a explosive tag on it.

'SHIT!'

BOOOOM!!

Sakura landed beside Kimiko before falling to a knee watching as the dust started to clear.

"You little brats are annoying." They all froze to see the snake glaring down at them as he slammed a fist into Kimiko's stomach and spun kicking Sakura sending both of them flying.

"You will receive my gift Sasuke-kun." He grinned moving to bite into the boy only to pass him.

'What a clone?' Orochimaru look where the boy was to see another exploding tag where he sat.

"Kukukukuku, so full of surprises Sasuke-kun." He grinned flipping away as the area exploded.

Sasuke panted as he tried to get Kimiko awake along with Sakura.

"Come on Kimi-chan, wake up!" Sasuke yelled shaking her.

"So touching, Sasuke. But I still wonder, why are you trying to wake that weakling up? Are you going to let her fight all your battles?" He asked when he felt something in his back. He looked over his shoulder to see another Sasuke with a Kunai that was ring deep in his back

"DIE!" Sasuke roared thrusting his hand into the man as he smiled at him.

"Shadow Clone? I'll see you later Sasuke-kun." He grinned before dissolving into mud.

"Damn him." Sasuke panted and looked over at the two girls.

"I'm not weak and I'm not going to let anything happen to you guys." He panted before lifting Kimiko on his shoulder before grabbing Sakura and making a break for the tower.

In one of the trees Orochimaru smiled watching him carry his team mates away.

"So full of surprises indeed." He said to himself before disappearing into the forest.

(Four days later)

Kimiko sighed as she leaned into Sasuke loving the feel of his arms around her.

"Hey Sasuke-kun." She tapped his nose making him blink and look down at her.

"Huh? What is it Kimiko-chan?"

"Are you ok? You look like something has been on your mind the last few days. Is it about the snake?" She asked as he sighed.

"Yeah, just going over the fight is all and if it wasn't for you he would have given me his little gift." He said as she wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him close to her giving him a sweet kiss.

"Hey don't let that traitor get into your head. Besides you're my teammate and boyfriend, of course I would have come to save you just like you would have done me. Besides, you carried us both all the way through the forest with barely any breaks, before collapsing from chakra exhaustion and Kakashi-sensei had to carry us all to the med bay." She stated poking his forehead making him blink as she smiled.

"You saved us Sasuke-kun, and I can't thank you enough." She said kissing his cheek and smiling after pulling back looking up at his frozen face.

"Sasuke?" She said watching him blink.

"Sorry." " He said pulling back and tightening his hold on her making her smile a bit.

"So are you ready for tomorrow?" Sasuke asked as she nodded.

"Oh yeah, you think banshee is ready?"

"Shut up baka." Sakura mumbled from her bed making the two smile and chuckle.

Kimiko sighed sitting up as they were called.

"Well lets get this over with." Kimiko said jumping up as she saw some of her friend walking towards them, all of the rookie teams made it including Team Gai.

"Hey guys! You ready for this?" She asked getting smiles from the others.

"Of course, fate has deemed us worthy of making it this far." Neji Hyuga stated as his two teammates sighed.

"Right. Anyway, what about you guys?" She asked looking at the other rookies and her friends.

"We got this in the bag. No way any of those other teams are going to get passed us." Kiba smirked as Akamaru barked.

"Hell yeah believe it!" Naruto grinned as they exited the tower and came into a open court yard and they all saw the Third Hokage smiling at them.

"Congratulations young ones. You are all one more step on your chances to become chuunin. From this point on, those that don't think they can continue raise your hands." He stated as a few hands went up including the glasses wearing ninja that the group talked to earlier before being escorted out of the area.

"Now for those that remain from here on out will be one on one battles with others from different villages and your own. Killing is allowed but we would like to keep that from happening." He said as a murmur went through the crowd.

"Now, for the next month you will have time off to train and further sharpen your skill as ninja for the upcoming exams." He stated looking around.

"Dismissed." He stated heading back inside as Kakashi walked up to them.

"Sasuke, come with me. You're going to be coming with me to train, if Orochimaru is after you I want you have you at least a little prepared." He stated before grabbing him and disappearing in a whirl of leaves.

"HEY! What about us!?" Kimiko yelled.

"Well that's easy Kimiko, you're coming with me for this month." Kimiko turned and saw Kushina walking up to her.

"What about Naruto?" She asked while Kushina sighed.

"His godfather, the Toad Sage is going to be training him this month. Now go home and pack. I already cleared it with the old monkey." She said watching as Kimiko beamed and took off before turning to Sakura.

"Oh by the way, Naruto thought that you should try these while he was away." Kushina said pulling some scrolls from her shirt handing them to the girl.

"Thanks Kushina-dono." She said bowing getting a nod from the woman before taking off to meet with her student.

(Uchiha District)

Kimiko sighed as she landed in the Uchiha District.

"Hey, Kimi-chan." She turned and smiled at her boyfriend as he walked up to her.

"Listen, I want to give you something to show you how much you mean to me and to say thank you for all you have done for me over these past few months." He smiled as she blinked.

"What do you mean? You're not thinking of marriage are you? I mean I'm flattered really, I mean- mhph." She was stopped by the finger on her lips and looked at Sasuke confused while he smiled.

"And you say I talk too much. No nothing like that but I guess you can say something very meaningful to me and I'm sure my mother with love it." He said pulling out a jar that held two eyes.

"These were my mothers, I want you to have them." He said as she looked confused.

"What do you mean?"

"I want you to become part of my clan, even if you and I don't work I would think that we would still be great friends to each other. Kimiko I don't know where I would be if you didn't show up." He smiled getting a shocked look from her.

"Sasuke. I don't know what to say." She said looking at the eyes in the jar.

"Accept them please. It would mean a lot to me, and I even had some very skilled medics that would gladly put them in." He smiled as she thought for a second.

"Are you sure Sasuke? I'm very honored really I am but these are your moms eyes are you sure you want to give them to a clanless person like me?" She said looking away.

"Hey look at me." He said as she did what he said looking at the serious look on his face.

"Nothing would make me more proud than to have you as a honorary member of the Uchiha clan." He smiled making her do the same and nod.

"If you're sure, then I'll do it." She said as he nodded and lead her to a temple where two medic ninja were waiting on them.

"Lord Uchiha, is this the one?" A woman asked getting a nod from Sasuke.

"Very well, young lady if you would lie down we can begin." She said as Kimiko did as she was told.

Outside the door two adults listened in while the woman sighed.

"I guess you really lost her now, sochi." She looked over to see the younger man had his eyes closed and waited.

'So you really made your move huh Sasuke? I hope you won't regret it in the future.' He thought and turned looking at the woman.

"Hello Kushina, it's been a long time." He eye smiled as she nodded.

"Yes it has Kakashi." She stated and turned back to what was going on.

'I guess the Uchiha clan on the road to a come back. Hopefully with these two it will be far better than in the past.' They thought.

(One week later. Uzumaki-Namikaze mountain lodge)

Kimiko panted as she concentrated on the leaf while keeping a kunai floating in the air with chakra.

"Keep going Kimiko, you're well on your way. Since you have a rare three natural elements, of fire, wind, and lightning we have a lot of ground to cover." She smiled and looked at the large groups of clones practising elemental training.

'She's a damn sponge, it's like she has a photographic memory.' Kushina thought before her thoughts drifted to her son and hoped that she made the right choice about letting Naruto go with the old pervert.

'If he corrupts my son I'll take what makes him a man.' She growled making Kimiko look at her.

"You ok sensei?" Kimiko asked making the woman blink.

"Oh yeah I'm fine just wondering about Naruto is all." She said getting a nod before she turned back to her task.

'This is going to be an interesting month.'

(Konoha chuunin stadium)

Kimiko sighed as she looked down at where Naruto was fighting Kiba both doing great but Naruto had the upper hand once Akamaru was taken out.

"ARF!"

"Hey Aka, what is it?" She looked over to see Sakura holding the injured dog watching the fight.

'Where are you Sasuke? Your fight is coming up.' She groaned as she watched Naruto drive a chakra coated fist into Kiba's back cratering the ground from the impact as the mutt did another Fang Over Fang.

'Idiot.' She thought as she cheered for her friend along with the others as Sasuke and Kakashi appeared on the field.

"Oh, I thought we were going to miss it." Kakashi eye smiled while everyone in the stadium stared at him.

'He was early?'

"Kimiko." Sasuke called out and jumped to the girl cupping her face.

"Come with me." He stated.

"Alright! Everyone break for ten minutes and be back here ready to finish their matches!" The proctor called out

He led the girl to a private area away from the other fighters.

"What is it Sasuke-kun?"

"How are they? No pain or anything right?" He asked cupping her face as his sharingan came to life.

"No, nothing like that. I think everything went fine, what are you worried about Sasuke-kun?" She asked watching a small smile come to his face.

"Just making sure you were alright is all." He said running a thumb over her cheek while she leaned into his hand.

"Thanks, but I'm ok. So no need to worry bout me." She smiled holding his hand that was on her cheek.

"Well come on, I want see what you've been up to this past month." He smiled watching as her eyes shifted into the third stage sharingan making him surprised.

"When did this happen?" He asked stopping and looking at them.

"Lets just say that Kushina-sensei is a crazy woman and leave it at that." She shuddered and laughed a little before looking at Sasuke who was glaring at her.

"Sasuke? What is it?"

"Hn." Was all he said before walking away.

'What's up with him?'

Sasuke growled as he went off to a area alone to think about this new development.

'How can this be, mother never made it past the second stage Sharingan. How is Kimiko already ahead of me?' He thought slamming his fist into the ground cracking it.

"Kukuku. Such anger in one so young." Sasuke spun around to see Orochimaru smiling at him.

"Shut up! What are you doing here? What do you want with me?" He asked as the sage walked passed him and sat down patting a spot next to him.

" Just came to talk Sasuke-kun." He smiled back as the Uchiha stayed in his family style taijutsu stance.

"Forgive me if I decline."

"Well, then listen that's all I ask." He said as the boy glared at him.

"So tell me Sasuke-kun, how does it feel to be weaker than your own girlfriend?" He asked as the boy growled.

"You know I can make you powerful beyond your wildest dreams Sasuke-kun. Your revenge on your brother would be a simple matter under my training and the shame on your clan would be lifted once he dies." The sage stated smirking on the inside as Sasuke relaxed a little.

"What do you want in return?"

"Oh nothing at all, I know how it is Sasuke-kun to be held back by others. My former teammates held me back and in the end I was passed over as Hokage for the simple reason that I was deemed unstable." He stated nearly laughing when the boy sat beside him.

"I still don't see how you gain in all this." He stated as the sage grinned.

"I guess I do have a catch in this offer." Orochimaru looked over at Sasuke with a almost kind smile.

"Join me when the leaf is destroyed and together we will be gods of this world." He said as Sasuke looked away.

"So you think you can teach more to be more powerful than being here in a village? How can that be?" He asked as Orochimaru smiled chuckling.

"Just wait for end of the chuunin exams my boy and you will see." He said getting up.

"We'll be in touch." He stated dissolving into a pile of mud.

'If what he says is true then there may be no way for me to become stronger here anymore.' He thought when Kimiko rounded the corner.

"There you are Sasuke-kun, I was getting worried. Hey are you ok?"

"Yeah I'm fine, just wanted to think is all. Come on, lets get back to the fighters box." He said walking past her.

"Um, ok."