Temaris promise to herself

The proctor watched as the next two combantants entered the ring and the crowd watched in anticipation, so far the Exam was turning into one very interesting show, and people we taking notice of some emerging stars.

"Lord Hokage, I must say, I was quiet surpised by the begining of the exams. That blond ninja of yours certainly knows how to put on an interesting show.", the Kazekage said, making Sarutobi smile. "That would be Naruto Uzumaki, one of our most talented ninja. And if he has anything to say about it, the next Hokage.", Sarutobi chuckled as the Kazekage nodded. "Quite an interesting Gennin to say the least... but my daughter is up next and I am sure she will not disappoint me.", he said evenly, making Sarutobi smile and reply "We shall see...".

Looking between the two fighters, the proctor nodded as he announced "The next fight is between Konohagakure-nin Haruno Sakura and Sunagakure-nin Subaku no Temari! Begin!", he yelled as he jumped away, signaling the start of the match.

"Naruto!", Kurenai said getting his attention as his teacher called him. "Watch Sakura's match closely. She wanted to show you how strong she has become since you three left the forest of **** a month ago.", Kurenai instructed, getting an odd look from Naruto before he himself nodded and turned to watch as Sakura made the first move and made two clones of herself and charged Temari.

"Heh, you think that this is going to beat me? How basic!", Temari commented as she brought her fan up and in a wide swing took down all three Sakura's, leaving the field empty of any pink haired girls in sight. Temari looked around cautiously as she waited for an attack. She checked all sides before she felt something weird happening to her.

Looking down at the ground beneath her, her eyes widened as she saw herself sinking into the dirt slowly, as if the ground was trying to swallow her whole. 'Is this some kind of jutsu?!", Temari thought as she struggled against the pull of the ground, but that only made her sink even faster as she shook her head to clear it. 'Think Temari... what could this be? I didn't hear any ninjutsu called out... and where is that pink haired...?'. Suddenly Temari realized what was happening as she bit her lip hard enough to draw blood.

Opening her eyes, Temari saw she hadn't moved an inch from where she had before, and neither had Sakura. "Genjutsu is so annoying!", Temari said as she opened her fan and swung it towards Sakura. That created a strong burst of wind that pushed the girl back, only to reveal it was another clone. At this point, Temari was getting annoyed. So far she hadn't fought her opponent at all.

"Alright, now I'm getting ticked off!", Temari yelled as she swung her fan in all directions, sending waves of strong wind all over the battlefield and finally hitting Sakura who was hiding among the trees. Sakura was pushed out of the cover of the trees and back to where Temari could see her, in the clearing of the area. It seemed the attack had been a bit too strong as Sakura lay on the ground, unmoving.

Up in the stands, Naruto narrowed his eyes a bit in thought. "Kurenai-sensei, I know Sakura wasn't the strongest ninja around but she could take more then that, right?", Naruto asked as they watched Temari walking up to the pinkette. "Oh, don't worry Naruto-kun!", Tenten said grinningly. "I made sure personally that Sakura knew how to fight that damn Suna bitch!", Tenten said, muttering the bit on the end as everyone around her sweatdropped a bit.

Temari stood over the form of Sakura with a surprised look on her face. "She couldn't be that fragile. Even that bunhaired girl put up more of a fight.", Temari muttered, looking down at Sakura before said kunoichi suddenly spun in place and kicked Temaris fan from her hands, knocking it a good distance away as she grinned. "You're right, I'm not that fragile!", Sakura yelled, now that her trap had been sprung as she charged at the pig tailed Suna girl.

"Hehe, pretty sneaky, forehead girl!", Ino said as she watched the fight ensue as they matched fist against fist relentlessly, not knowing the judges were making their own observations of her pink haired teammate. "She used a trap to seperate the girls strength from her, making her weaker and easier to fight.", one grinned. "This girl's got spunk!", the other judge nodded in agreement.

Temari jumped back to avoid a hit from Sakura as she smiled. "You should give up. You know the kind of opponents you could face after this. I'm not trying to be mean, just a friendly warning.", Temari said as Sakura grinned. "Thanks, but I can handle myself, especially with my friends watching me!", Sakura yelled as she charged again, only for Temari to do something unexpected.

She suddenly pulled out a smaller fan. Waving it, she created a cloud of dust that obscured not only Sakura's view but also that of the crowd as it took up almost all of the field. "Damn it, now I can't see anything!", Kiba said as he watched for any sign of the fight.

Unknown to everyone else, Sakura found herself looking around nervously as she didn't know which way to expect Temari to come from. Hearing something from behind her, she was about to turn before she was hit hard on the back of her head by the casing of Temaris fan. "Sorry. I warned you and this is for you own good. Gaara can only take so much before he snaps again and I need to at least give it one more try before Naruto-kun keeps his promise to me. I promised to never give up on him, so I won't.", Temari said, looking at Sakura who now truly laid **** from the sharp hit to the head.

"For what's its worth, I'm sure they took notice of you.", Temari said with a sigh as she used her fan to clear the smoke away and revealing to the crowd the result of the fight.

The proctor took a moment to look things over before yelling "The winner of the match is Subaku no Temari!".