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The next morning when I awoke, I grabbed two of the apples I had retrieved from home last night. I ate as I walked and when I reached the meeting point, the other three were already waiting. They pretty much ignored me and we all stood in an awkward silence until Naruto and Sakura started complaining about Kakashi being late.
“Geez, they are so frickin annoying.” I thought to Sasuke. He sighed and nodded. I decided to go looking for Kakashi-sensei and said, again to Sasuke, “I’m going to look for him.”
“Hn…” was all he said in reply.
As I jumped away I heard Sakura and Naruto yelling at me to come back. I rolled my eyes.
I looked in multiple places around town and eventually on my way back, I spotted a figure standing by the KIA memorial. I walked up and stood beside Kakashi and stared at the memorial. I figured that he knew I was there but I wasn’t going to say anything; I didn’t want to interrupt his thoughts of whatever or whoever it was that he was remembering. Eventually he looked down at me blankly.
“So this is why you’re always late… The others are waiting. I won’t tell them about this if you don’t want me too, however, if they did know, they might not yell at you as much but I suppose you want to keep this private.” I said.
Kakashi nodded and replied, “Yes, thank you.”
I, too, nodded and walked away. When I got back, Sasuke muttered, “Any luck?”
“No,” I lied, casualy.
A few minutes later Kakashi-sensei showed up. I quickly plugged my ears as Naruto and Sakura screamed, “YOU’RE LATE!!!”
Kakashi waved lazily and muttered “Hey guys,” he adjusted a timer and continued on to explain that we had to get three bells leaving one person out and that anyone who didn’t get a bell before noon wouldn’t get lunch. I sneered as the others gasped, realizing that they had been tricked. He also said that we would have no chance unless we went all out as if aiming to kill.
Naruto and Sakura (I have to wonder why it’s always those two), complained and mocked Kakashi-sensei. Seriously, do they ever think? Kakashi is a Jōnin and anyone who has done proper research knows that he is an incredibly powerful ninja. We are quite lucky to be his students.
While I thought this over, Naruto attacked Kakashi who very quickly turned the tables and put Naruto in a defenseless position. Figures... Sasuke and Sakura looked impressed. Kakashi chuckled and said, “It seems like I’m finally beginning to like you guys. Ok, let’s get started. Ready… BEGIN!”
We leapt away. I activated my byakugan and hid as far away as possible while still keeping Kakashi-sensei and the others within my field of view. Sasuke and Sakura were well hidden but Naruto… I groaned inwardly. Does that kid do anything right? I mean who challenges an elite Jōnin without knowing their abilities and making a plan first? Oh, right…Naruto does. *face-palm*
Naruto crossed his arms and yelled “Come here and fight me!!”
Kakashi scratched the back of his head and muttered, “Umm, you’re a little bit off…”
“The only thing that is a little bit off is your hair cut!!” Naruto charged.
So Naruto attacked but failed even after Kakashi started reading a book. I was rather impressed with Kakashi-sensei’s skills but then again, he’s a Jōnin so that is only to be expected.
I snickered silently when Kakashi catapulted Naruto into a lake just by poking his a**. Naruto kept trying and for a moment he caught him from behind but Kakashi-sensei used a lighting fast replacement jutsu and just used one of the Naruto clones instead of the usual log.
Eventually Naruto got caught in a trap and Sasuke attacked but that too, was a replacement. Sakura ran off and I headed in the same direction. Unfortunately, Sakura fell for some stupid Genjutsu, thinking that Sasuke was dying… -_-'
I easily found Sasuke and Kakashi-sensei. I watched them spar and Sasuke was, by far, the closest to success. He battled well and even managed to touch one of the bells. Sasuke used his fireball jutsu, much to Kakashi’s surprise but ended up being trapped underground with an earth style Ninjutsu. Kakashi leapt away.
Sasuke glared at me as I jumped out of a tree and followed Kakashi without even glancing at him.
I pulled my hair into a pony-tail, sped up and then landed in front of Kakashi-sensei. I wasted no time in activating my Byakugan and attacking immediately. When it comes to taijutsu, he who strikes first gains the advantage. I was throwing punches and kicks fast and used Lee and Neji’s training to my advantage. Kakashi seemed shocked at first because of my speed and eventually he realized if he simply blocked my attacks, he would still receive damage to his chakra points.
“I must say,” he said, “You and Sasuke are far more advanced than the others. You might possibly be even stronger than Sasuke despite the fact that he is the number one rookie. I’d like to see the two of you spar sometime.”
I raised an eyebrow, “I’d like that too. The only person who trains harder than me is my brother. I deserved the title but Sasuke received it by mere chance.”
Kakashi whipped out a kunai and slashed at my forehead protector; it fell to the ground. I winced, knowing that he could now see my curse mark but I didn’t let up on my attacks. He nodded and said, “What you told us at the introductions was true; you are from the side branch but you have almost mastered the Hyūga clan kekkei genkai.”
I sneered and replied, “Just because I am of the side branch, does not make me any lower that the main branch no matter how much they discriminate against us. I have no intention of letting myself be controlled by their foolish and untrusting ways.” I lunged forward, dodged the kunai and pierced his shoulder with two of my fingers, right on one of his chakra points. He flinched and I took the opportunity to wrap my fingers around one of the bells; at that moment he poofed away. I swore loudly inside my head and headed back to the posts.
When I arrived Naruto was tied to a post and Sakura and Sasuke were sitting next to him. I leaned against one of the unoccupied posts. Kakashi-sensei nodded to me and began his little speech; “Well, about the training…there is no need for any of you to return to the academy…” Naruto cheered and Sakura and Sasuke looked pleased. Then Kakashi dropped the bomb: “Yep, all of you should be dropped from the program permanently.” Our jaws dropped and we were all probably thinking ‘AH S**T!’
Naruto yelled angrily and suddenly Sasuke charged at Kakashi who pinned him to the ground. I narrowed my eyes and thought to myself, ‘If that’s how it’s going to be, I’ll train and do things my own way.’
Kakashi sighed and explained, “Why do you think you were divided into teams and are doing this training?” Sakura shook her head in confusion and Kakashi continued, “Basically… you guys do not understand the answer to this test.”
Then it dawned on me and I said to them, “Oh…It’s teamwork.” They looked at me and gaped but Kakashi-sensei pointed at me gravely and said, “Yes, and that is what this team is lacking. The four of you working together may have had a better chance at getting the bells.”
Kakashi explained that because there were only three bells, one person would have to be sacrificed. He told us each, in turn, what we did wrong. Kakashi continued on to explain to Naruto what KIA meant and then told us to eat but not give any to Naruto otherwise we will fail.
Kakashi left and Naruto’s stomach growled. At the same moment, Sasuke and I both offered our food to Naruto, much to Sakura and Naruto’s surprise. Sakura yelled at us for not following directions and Sasuke replied, “Don’t worry. I don’t sense him anywhere near. After lunch, we’ll work together to get the bells. Without food, he’ll just be in the way and that will only hurt us.”
I nodded in agreement and added, “I had a few apples this morning so it’s not like I’m starving. We’re going to need all the strength we can muster to be able to retrieve those bells.”
Suddenly, dark clouds swirled above us and Kakashi-sensei appeared, making us all reel back in alarm. “You guys,” he shouted, then his face softened and the clouds parted, “pass! <3” We were all rather confused so Kakashi explained, “You are the first. Everyone else followed the rules like I told them to. In the ninja world, those who break the rules are scum, that's true, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum." Kakashi gave us a thumb’s up and declared, “Starting tomorrow, team 7 will begin its duties!” We cheered. I took a moment to slash Naruto free of the rope with a Kunai.
I went home without training; I think I had enough of that…. I jumped onto the roof of the hideout and pulled a small summoning scroll out of my weapon pouch. “Kuchiyose no jutsu; the art of summoning,” I murmured and bit my thumb and slammed my hand down on the open scroll. There was a poof and my reddish-brown violin and bow appeared. I always kept it sealed inside the scroll, mostly because I liked taking it with me where ever I went and keeping it there was a better way of transportation. I positioned it in the crook of my neck, rested my chin on the chin-rest and placed the bow on the strings. I closed my eyes and as I played the mysterious melody, Kakashi-sensei’s words came drifting back to me: “In the ninja world, those who break the rules are scum, that's true, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum." Those words left a distinct impact on me but whether or not I would heed them… well, at this point nothing but fate can tell….
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The next morning when I awoke, I grabbed two of the apples I had retrieved from home last night. I ate as I walked and when I reached the meeting point, the other three were already waiting. They pretty much ignored me and we all stood in an awkward silence until Naruto and Sakura started complaining about Kakashi being late.
“Geez, they are so frickin annoying.” I thought to Sasuke. He sighed and nodded. I decided to go looking for Kakashi-sensei and said, again to Sasuke, “I’m going to look for him.”
“Hn…” was all he said in reply.
As I jumped away I heard Sakura and Naruto yelling at me to come back. I rolled my eyes.
I looked in multiple places around town and eventually on my way back, I spotted a figure standing by the KIA memorial. I walked up and stood beside Kakashi and stared at the memorial. I figured that he knew I was there but I wasn’t going to say anything; I didn’t want to interrupt his thoughts of whatever or whoever it was that he was remembering. Eventually he looked down at me blankly.
“So this is why you’re always late… The others are waiting. I won’t tell them about this if you don’t want me too, however, if they did know, they might not yell at you as much but I suppose you want to keep this private.” I said.
Kakashi nodded and replied, “Yes, thank you.”
I, too, nodded and walked away. When I got back, Sasuke muttered, “Any luck?”
“No,” I lied, casualy.
A few minutes later Kakashi-sensei showed up. I quickly plugged my ears as Naruto and Sakura screamed, “YOU’RE LATE!!!”
Kakashi waved lazily and muttered “Hey guys,” he adjusted a timer and continued on to explain that we had to get three bells leaving one person out and that anyone who didn’t get a bell before noon wouldn’t get lunch. I sneered as the others gasped, realizing that they had been tricked. He also said that we would have no chance unless we went all out as if aiming to kill.
Naruto and Sakura (I have to wonder why it’s always those two), complained and mocked Kakashi-sensei. Seriously, do they ever think? Kakashi is a Jōnin and anyone who has done proper research knows that he is an incredibly powerful ninja. We are quite lucky to be his students.
While I thought this over, Naruto attacked Kakashi who very quickly turned the tables and put Naruto in a defenseless position. Figures... Sasuke and Sakura looked impressed. Kakashi chuckled and said, “It seems like I’m finally beginning to like you guys. Ok, let’s get started. Ready… BEGIN!”
We leapt away. I activated my byakugan and hid as far away as possible while still keeping Kakashi-sensei and the others within my field of view. Sasuke and Sakura were well hidden but Naruto… I groaned inwardly. Does that kid do anything right? I mean who challenges an elite Jōnin without knowing their abilities and making a plan first? Oh, right…Naruto does. *face-palm*
Naruto crossed his arms and yelled “Come here and fight me!!”
Kakashi scratched the back of his head and muttered, “Umm, you’re a little bit off…”
“The only thing that is a little bit off is your hair cut!!” Naruto charged.
So Naruto attacked but failed even after Kakashi started reading a book. I was rather impressed with Kakashi-sensei’s skills but then again, he’s a Jōnin so that is only to be expected.
I snickered silently when Kakashi catapulted Naruto into a lake just by poking his a**. Naruto kept trying and for a moment he caught him from behind but Kakashi-sensei used a lighting fast replacement jutsu and just used one of the Naruto clones instead of the usual log.
Eventually Naruto got caught in a trap and Sasuke attacked but that too, was a replacement. Sakura ran off and I headed in the same direction. Unfortunately, Sakura fell for some stupid Genjutsu, thinking that Sasuke was dying… -_-'
I easily found Sasuke and Kakashi-sensei. I watched them spar and Sasuke was, by far, the closest to success. He battled well and even managed to touch one of the bells. Sasuke used his fireball jutsu, much to Kakashi’s surprise but ended up being trapped underground with an earth style Ninjutsu. Kakashi leapt away.
Sasuke glared at me as I jumped out of a tree and followed Kakashi without even glancing at him.
I pulled my hair into a pony-tail, sped up and then landed in front of Kakashi-sensei. I wasted no time in activating my Byakugan and attacking immediately. When it comes to taijutsu, he who strikes first gains the advantage. I was throwing punches and kicks fast and used Lee and Neji’s training to my advantage. Kakashi seemed shocked at first because of my speed and eventually he realized if he simply blocked my attacks, he would still receive damage to his chakra points.
“I must say,” he said, “You and Sasuke are far more advanced than the others. You might possibly be even stronger than Sasuke despite the fact that he is the number one rookie. I’d like to see the two of you spar sometime.”
I raised an eyebrow, “I’d like that too. The only person who trains harder than me is my brother. I deserved the title but Sasuke received it by mere chance.”
Kakashi whipped out a kunai and slashed at my forehead protector; it fell to the ground. I winced, knowing that he could now see my curse mark but I didn’t let up on my attacks. He nodded and said, “What you told us at the introductions was true; you are from the side branch but you have almost mastered the Hyūga clan kekkei genkai.”
I sneered and replied, “Just because I am of the side branch, does not make me any lower that the main branch no matter how much they discriminate against us. I have no intention of letting myself be controlled by their foolish and untrusting ways.” I lunged forward, dodged the kunai and pierced his shoulder with two of my fingers, right on one of his chakra points. He flinched and I took the opportunity to wrap my fingers around one of the bells; at that moment he poofed away. I swore loudly inside my head and headed back to the posts.
When I arrived Naruto was tied to a post and Sakura and Sasuke were sitting next to him. I leaned against one of the unoccupied posts. Kakashi-sensei nodded to me and began his little speech; “Well, about the training…there is no need for any of you to return to the academy…” Naruto cheered and Sakura and Sasuke looked pleased. Then Kakashi dropped the bomb: “Yep, all of you should be dropped from the program permanently.” Our jaws dropped and we were all probably thinking ‘AH S**T!’
Naruto yelled angrily and suddenly Sasuke charged at Kakashi who pinned him to the ground. I narrowed my eyes and thought to myself, ‘If that’s how it’s going to be, I’ll train and do things my own way.’
Kakashi sighed and explained, “Why do you think you were divided into teams and are doing this training?” Sakura shook her head in confusion and Kakashi continued, “Basically… you guys do not understand the answer to this test.”
Then it dawned on me and I said to them, “Oh…It’s teamwork.” They looked at me and gaped but Kakashi-sensei pointed at me gravely and said, “Yes, and that is what this team is lacking. The four of you working together may have had a better chance at getting the bells.”
Kakashi explained that because there were only three bells, one person would have to be sacrificed. He told us each, in turn, what we did wrong. Kakashi continued on to explain to Naruto what KIA meant and then told us to eat but not give any to Naruto otherwise we will fail.
Kakashi left and Naruto’s stomach growled. At the same moment, Sasuke and I both offered our food to Naruto, much to Sakura and Naruto’s surprise. Sakura yelled at us for not following directions and Sasuke replied, “Don’t worry. I don’t sense him anywhere near. After lunch, we’ll work together to get the bells. Without food, he’ll just be in the way and that will only hurt us.”
I nodded in agreement and added, “I had a few apples this morning so it’s not like I’m starving. We’re going to need all the strength we can muster to be able to retrieve those bells.”
Suddenly, dark clouds swirled above us and Kakashi-sensei appeared, making us all reel back in alarm. “You guys,” he shouted, then his face softened and the clouds parted, “pass! <3” We were all rather confused so Kakashi explained, “You are the first. Everyone else followed the rules like I told them to. In the ninja world, those who break the rules are scum, that's true, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum." Kakashi gave us a thumb’s up and declared, “Starting tomorrow, team 7 will begin its duties!” We cheered. I took a moment to slash Naruto free of the rope with a Kunai.
I went home without training; I think I had enough of that…. I jumped onto the roof of the hideout and pulled a small summoning scroll out of my weapon pouch. “Kuchiyose no jutsu; the art of summoning,” I murmured and bit my thumb and slammed my hand down on the open scroll. There was a poof and my reddish-brown violin and bow appeared. I always kept it sealed inside the scroll, mostly because I liked taking it with me where ever I went and keeping it there was a better way of transportation. I positioned it in the crook of my neck, rested my chin on the chin-rest and placed the bow on the strings. I closed my eyes and as I played the mysterious melody, Kakashi-sensei’s words came drifting back to me: “In the ninja world, those who break the rules are scum, that's true, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum." Those words left a distinct impact on me but whether or not I would heed them… well, at this point nothing but fate can tell….
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