I am afraid that my Skills in summary writing are below average :)

BUT I will try...

SO what would happen if Naruto and Kin met under different terms? Perhaps they could even become friends! Absurd you say? NAY! I don't know what that was... but yeah :) Kin x Naruto

No other pairings planned but who knows what might get pulled out the metaphoric hat.

Hmmm I still need to come up with a name... something clever, to do with sound... and leaves? Um... I was originally going to call it 'The sound Hidden in the Leaves'... I may well stick to that... Yeah sod it.

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The rays of sunlight patted down on her small figure, she sat hugging her knees in a small crater that was created only minutes before, something blocked out the bright sun, she squinted at the silhouette... she could make out any features, this was the person who had saved her? She was terrified of him... why was he even saving her? To kill her himself?

She couldn't see another reason, a small whimper escaped her mouth as she hid her eyes in her knees, she quietly chastised herself for showing such shameful weakness... to cry in front of an enemy... she deserved death and nothing less. More tears flowed

"It's okay, it's dead" his voice was kind... she waited for the blow that would end her life, but it never came... after a few seconds she raised her head, creasing her eyes at the sudden sunlight, her eyes landed on the form of the giant adder not 15 foot from her, he really killed it.

"Hello?" her eyes snapped back to the silhouette that was waving a hand in front of her face

"Are you okay?"

"H-Hai..." She cringed at the sound of her own voice... broken, weak and strained from the crying.

"That's good" she could sense a smile trailing on his voice... but not the sadistic, or fake smiles she was used to... this seemed genuine, full of emotion... the hand again entered her line of sight making her jump slightly,

"Need a hand?" she eyed the hand carefully... she didn't trust this guy at all, he killed the snake but that didn't mean he wasn't an enemy. Slowly bringing her hands together she formed seals hidden from the boy's line of sight. Half a second later a log thudded to the ground where she had sat.

She looked into the clearing from the branch she now stood on, the boy didn't seem to make any attempt to chase after her, he didn't seem annoyed or scared... she almost felt guilty for leaving him without saying thank you... almost. Just before she took off into the foliage she threw a glance over her shoulder... 'Leaf nin...'

Her hand ran down to check her weapons pouch... she muttered a silent curse... she'd lost the heaven scroll...

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"Naruto!" A scream pierced the forest, scattering birds from nearby trees as two ninjas wondered through the bushes far below.

"Where is he... it's been almost twelve hours..." the pink haired girl threw a glance over her shoulder hoping for the blonde to jump into view.

"Would you just shut up Sakura! You're going to bring every enemy nin in the exam down on us!" the raven haired boy threw a scowl in her direction as he leaned heavily against a tree... she sighed, it had been almost two full days since Sasuke had had the curse mark placed on him and it was still causing him huge amounts of pain.

"We've only got two days left, we don't need to get attacked now!" he threw a clump of dirt toward her when she carried on screaming for the blonde team mate. Something in the distance...

"Sakura... Sasuke..." Quiet but unmistakable, the pair quickly snapped their heads to face its direction,

"NARUTOO-" A hand slipped over her mouth silencing her

"I said shut up! He'll be able to find us now!" he whispered viciously in her ear in a voice that promised suffering if she didn't listen...

"Sasuke... what's wrong with you" she struggled out of his grip and stepped back a few yards bringing her arms in front of her in defence

"It's that curse mark isn't it? It's acting up again..." she bit her lip as she thought of what they should do...

"Maybe we should open the scroll, that might get us help" she gave a fake smile hoping he caught her enthusiasm, only to wish she hadn't spoken, before she could react his hand clamped around her jaw in a death lock and forced her to look into his blazing Sharingan

"NO. All that will do is get us disqualified!" she felt tears well up in her eyes as he pulled his hand away and dangerously lowered his voice

"Listen to me Sakura. Do not open that scroll" just as his hand slipped from her face, the blonde skidded into the clearing

"Thank god I found you guys... It's such a mess out here, I swear there's a snake or ninja behind every freaking bush" he brought his hands toward the back of his neck in a signature pose before noticing how damp Sakura's cheeks were

"Hey.. What's wrong Sakura?" he made a slow jog toward the girl who smiled lightly and waved it off

"Where have to been Naruto... we were worried" he grinned and began to rummage in his weapons pouch

"I was busy... finding..." his smile grew as he found what he was looking for pulling it out quickly and holding it in a victorious stance

"THIS" both other ninja glanced at his open palm... the pink slightly awe struck

"how did you manage to find a heaven scroll?" the blonde grinned... he had been hoping the raven would ask

"Well, no biggie, I just took out a 20 foot adder then the girl I saved left it behind when she ran away" Sakura's jaw hit the floor... a 20 foot adder? The Uchiha gave little to no reaction though a small twitch of his eyebrow told Naruto that his words had had the desired effect...

'Just how strong is Naruto getting! First he defeats Haku after I almost died... then he turned Zabuza, went toe to toe with that crazy Grass genin and Now fighting 20 foot snakes...' the boy only snatched the scroll and stalked into the forest without a word, both other genin only shared a glance before following him into the bracken.

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Two of the three sound genin sat in the branches of a tree near the tower,

"Where is she? I fucking hate waiting..."

"Zaku... calm yourself... we need to be in clear mind if we are to defeat Sasuke"

"Why do we even need the scrolls! Once we kill Sasuke we can take his!"

"And if he doesn't have a earth scroll? We'll be left with less than 48 hours to collect one" the bandaged boy stood up and raised his fist in threat

"Fine fine, calm down... I still say kin should be here by now though" as if on cue the fragile girl landed at the base of the tree and quickly made her way toward the makeshift camp.

"Kin, it's about time... where's the earth scroll?" she ducked her head

"Kin, you didn't find an earth scroll! You only had one fucking job!" the bandaged boy again raised his fist, letting his sleeve fall around his elbow revealing a steel device around his wrist, His anger shook the forest as the readied his melody arm for attack.

"I-I... Dosu, there was a snake- I tried to fig-"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP" he slammed the device into the tree truck, sending waves into the wood, making the wood explode out the back of the trunk, Kin's legs shook wildly beneath her as she felt the chakra rush past her, Dosu lowered his voice to barely a whisper

"Unless you want that to be your rib cage... you'll find another heaven scroll before night fall... or the head of the Uchiha" the girl nodded vigorously... taking almost all of her focus to keep on her feet

"If you fail again... I have no doubt that Lord Orochimaru will find no other use for you than his jutsu..." she paled

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The small girl kicked off of a tree sending herself further into the canopy of the forest, from up here she had a much wider view of the forest as well as an immediate advantage should she be ambushed or attack someone. She sighed and shook her head, that was probably the only useful information shed gathered in all of her years in Oto... the system there was extremely biased against women, they were looked down upon so much, even Tayuya was! She could rip anyone apart she wanted, but the system had broke her, if it broke Tayuya how long would it be before she broke? She wasn't nearly as strong as the elder girl... Kin shook her head to get rid of the images of her only friend and pressed on into the canopy.

'This isn't looking good... Dosu won't hesitate to demolish me if I don't get that scroll back... and with only 48 hours left' she grunted to herself as she landed hard on a branch, bending her knees slightly to absorb the impact and using the momentum to propel herself back into the foliage, a few minutes passed before she judged it time to rest, sitting down on a branch she dug in her pack and pulled out a sealed scroll, adjusting the seal slightly a small amount of water ran down the water proof page, bringing the paper to her mouth she drank her fill before readjusting the seal and stopping the water. She brought her knees up and hugged them tightly for a few minutes feeling the stress of her current situation press down on her

"Kin-chan... don't look so sad" her eyes flashed open and her head snapped to look for the source of the voice...

'Please no...' her eyes landed on a figure stood 12 yards away, her stomach fell... this wasn't good.

"Orochimaru Sama! I was just resting" she trembled slightly as she climbed to her feet and bowed respectfully before the sannin who only grinned at the waves of fear rippling from her.

"By any chance are you looking for a heaven scroll? Because I just happen to have one here" as he spoke he leaned his head back and began to regurgitate the scroll, he felt his lips tug into a smile when he saw the mild disgust on Kin's face flash to hope when she saw the scroll

"But nothing comes for free my dear..." Kin quickly lowered herself onto her knees and placed her forehead against the bark

"what do you wish of me Orochimaru Sama"

"Your mission with Dosu and Zaku has changed slightly" he spoke calmly and examined his finger nails

"Sasuke now has a curse mark, so I don't expect you to survive this mission, but if you do survive, you'll get this scroll, could you do that for me Kin-chan?"

"H-Hai.." the sannin smiled at the fear she gave off before melting into the wood.

'How can we Kill the sharingan user now that he has a curse mark?.. This is impossible'

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The three leaf genin quietly leaped from tree to tree, with the heaven scroll inside Naruto's weapon pouch the y could finally finish this part of the exam. The pinkette stared at the back of Sasuke's head as she kicked off a tree, sending herself slightly higher into the branches, Naruto watched curiously, this wasn't one of Sakura's normal starry eyed stares... her eyes were full of concern and... worry?

"Sakura, are you okay?" the girl flinched at the sound of her name, snapping her head to his direction, a few seconds passed where Naruto saw her wrestling with a decision in her head.

"It's Sasuke" she slowed her pace enough so that she was in pace with Naruto

"He got beat up pretty bad by a Grass Genin a few days ago, he's been acting really off ever since" her eyes showed her concern but also slight deception

"There's nothing else?" The girl screamed in her head to tell him it was Orochimaru, her gut tightened whenever she thought about the man... she didn't want Naruto to worry needlessly, she smiled back,

"Nothing"

'What is this pain... It's constantly building, burning growing... it's taking everything I have to resist it, if it goes on much longer I'll fall to it' Sasuke tightly grabbed his shoulder in an attempt to release some pain but flinched wildly when his hand touched the extremely sensitive skin, both Sakura and Naruto watched as he twitched wildly in mid air letting out a painful scream. Sakura's eyes widened in horror as the boy landed heavily against a branch. A crack echoed as his head hit hard against the bark. The now unconscious boy slipped carelessly from the branch hurtling toward the floor... a thin stream of purple chakra slowly encased his body as he hit the floor, kicking up a large amount of dust.

Sakura stared dumbly at the scene, her body not wanting to respond... did Sasuke just... die? A hand grabbed her shoulder and quickly shook her from the daze

"Sakura, what are you waiting for! You know medical ninjutsu right!" her head only nodded as Naruto scowled and shook her again

"Sakura! Get a hold of yourself, he's alive, can't you sense his chakra signal?" the girl focused for a second before letting a shaky breath out, he was still alive... even if barely. Both genin quickly made their way toward the ground, keeping an eye on the slowly clearing dust cloud, no movement was seen.

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"Hey, Sakura, what's this weird bruise?" A few hour had passed since Sasuke fell from the canopy and he was still unconscious, the remaining leaf genin had released the seals on their tents and pitched them under a nearby fallen tree.

"He got it from that grass genin I mentioned" she still seemed insistent on keeping something hidden, Naruto narrowed his eyes slightly but didn't question further, a few minutes passed before either spoke again

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Kin had been following the leaf genin for hours, keeping distance enough as to not be noticed, but time was running out, shed have to stall them if she would have time to kill Sasuke and get a scroll. She watched the girl slow slightly, she cursed under her breath. Had she been detected so easily?

She dropped back further to avoid detection, she squinted her eyes and stared at their lips... they were talking about an attack, a grass genin? Her focus was cut when the raven haired boy a few seconds ahead thudded hard against a branch, her eyes widened in shock as he slipped from the branch, heading for the floor... without really thinking she loosed a senbon needle with a trail of ninja wire behind it, the needle clipped straight through the boys shirt and tightened quickly, taking most of the momentum out of the fall. A smile graced her features, she hated violence...

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"I wonder how that sound girl is getting on" Kin raised an eyebrow from her place in the bushes silently willing the blond to continue

"What?"

"The sound girl I saved, Just wonder if she's okay" the boys voice echoed in her head... he was the guy who saved her?

"Probably fine, why are you even worried about her?" the pink haired girl asked the question on Kin's mind

"She just looked really scared, I dunno"

"She ran away after the snake was dead right?"

"Yeah, so?"

"Then she's obviously a coward." Kin visibly slumped in the bushes... the pink haired girl was right of course, but to hear it from someone who'd never even met her... she felt defeated

"Sakuraaaaaa don't be mean" Kin snapped her head up to stare at the boy through the leaves... no one had ever defended her.

"If she spent more time confronting danger, instead of running, she could probably be a good ninja" she flicked her hair in a superior fashion and stifled a laugh, Kin again felt defeated and silently begged the blonde to defend her again... seconds passed where nothing was said.

"There's a difference between running away and retreating, maybe she doesn't like violence" Kin nodded slightly from her spot feeling a small smile brush her cheeks

"Then she has no business being a ninja" The boy suddenly lurched to his feet

"You're so quick to judge people Sakura! What if she was a medic? Or hurt? Or one of her team mates was hurt? Don't jump to conclusions" The boy turned on his heel and stalked into the woods. Kin was astounded, he'd defended her... the other girl looked just as shocked from the brief outburst but quickly hid it.

"Fine! I'm going to bed! Have fun doing the night watch ALONE!" the girl yelled into the darkness before flopping onto a sleeping bag.

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A few hours had passed since Naruto had wandered into the forest, since then he'd came back from his patrol and sat down by the fire, gently poking the flames he decided to try and roast a few of the fish they'd caught the previous day...

A rustle behind him.

He fell into a defensive stance and immediately stalked toward the source of the noise, kunai poised...

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Woooo long chapter one :)

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