Chapter 6
Hinata and I was arriving at the cla.s.s when a boy talked to Naruto
"Huh? Naruto, what the h.e.l.l are you doing here? Only those who pa.s.sed the exam are supposed to be here." He said. Naruto grinned and pointed on his headband.
"Hey hey, can't you see this forehead protector." He said but then a pink-haired girl got near them.
"Hey, will you let me through," she said. Naruto's face lit up at the sight of her and then changed into something else as he thought about something.
"Naruto! Move your a.s.s!! I want to sit on the other side of you!!" She yelled.
"Huh?" Naruto was incredulous. I decided to interrupt.
"Hey, where am I going to sit?" I asked. She blushed when she saw me and said.
"Ah, Hikari-kun can sit next to me."
A sweat dropped off my forehead and I rubbed the back of my head. She was about to go 'Kyaaaaa' on me but Naruto was glaring at Sasuke and his hands were like going to strangle the black-haired boy.
"What?" Sasuke asked nonchalantly. Naruto, obviously irritated, yelled,
"What do you mean what!?" he was then pushed down by the girl to speak with Sakura and Naruto can only yell in protest.
I sighed yet again after remembering the incident. My attention now was turned to Naruto who was squatting on his table in front of Sasuke with enough glares to spite him.
"Naruto! Leave Sasuke alone!!" Sakura protested. Both of the boys refused to back down.
"Move it." Sasuke snarled and Naruto growled at him. Some cla.s.smates were egging them on and I was about to chide them when a boy in front of Sasuke's table accidentally nudged Naruto's feet and surprised him. The boy apologized while Sakura was stunned. I couldn't see what was happening so I glanced over the girl's shoulder and saw it. I immediately burst out laughing.
"Hahahahahahha! Nothing can overtop this one, Naruto!" I managed while still laughing at them. They pulled out from "the kiss" and barfed out the trace of their accidental kiss.
"Naruto, you moron!! I'm going to kill you!" Sasuke yelled and Naruto wasn't silent either.
"Yuck! My mouth is rotting!" He then sensed something and he turned around. I couldn't see what the girl's expression was but I knew it wasn't good. Naruto raised his hands in defeat and looked around for a saviour.
"It wasn't my fault, I swear!!" he pleaded. The girl cracked he knuckles
"Naruto... you are... annoying..." She gritted. There was a single "Eh..." from Naruto before all h.e.l.l broke loose.
***
"...now you will soon get a mission to help the village. So today we will create the three-man-teams and each will have a Jounin sensei." Iruka said. I was dabbing some ointment that Hinata asked me to apply on Naruto while he winced.
"I'm sorry I didn't help you in time. That was funny as h.e.l.l." I said while holding back my laughter.
"It's okay." He said and then winced once more. The girl's temper wasn't going down fast enough as she still had her eyes on Naruto.
"You will follow your sensei's instructions to fully complete your missions." Iruka continued. Each of us was in deep thought of our own.
Wait a minute, there are 28 of us here...
"We tried to balance each team's strength," He said and the whole cla.s.s yelled in disbelief. The next few minutes of our time was spent listening to him announcing the team members.
"Ok... Next is team 7. Haruno Sakura, Uzumaki Naruto." Iruka announced. The pink-haired girl's face fell in disappointment and Naruto exclaimed happily. "And, Uchiha Sasuke." This time Naruto was disappointed and Sakura yelled happily. He immediately stood up and protested.
"Iruksensei! Why does an outstanding ninja like me... have to be on the same team as that p.r.i.c.k over there?!!!" he said and Sakura once again had that angry look on her.
"Sasuke's grades were the best of all 28 graduates and yours... were dead last. You do understand, we have to do this to balance the teams, right?" Iruka explained.
"Just don't get in my way." Sasuke looked at Naruto s.a.d.i.s.tically. "Dead last," Naruto gritted his teeth.
"What did you call me?" He yelled. Sakura was quick to clock him in the head.
"Give it a rest, Naruto!" She said. Iruka sighed at their behaviour.
"Hikari already had a sensei but he will be joining Team 7 as a stand-in member. This afternoon, we'll introduce your Jounin sensei's until then, take a break." He said.
***
"This is delicious! What does it call?" I exclaimed. I was eating my bento with Hinata. It was fried rice that was encased in a fried chicken egg.
"Thank you, Hikari-Nisan. This is called Omurice. I'll make you one for dinner tonight if you love it so much." Hinata explained. I grinned and thanked her. When I had finished eating, I went outside to get some fresh air. Then I saw Sarutobi-sensei and Kakas.h.i.+-san walking together, so I ran to greet them. I bowed at them and said,
"Sarutobi-sensei, Kakas.h.i.+-san. It's a pleasure to meet you guys here." Kakas.h.i.+ smiled at me.
"Yo, Hikari! Congratulations on becoming a genin. From what I heard from Sandaime-sama, your talent is at prodigy level!" He said. I laughed and rubbed the back of my head.
"That might be pus.h.i.+ng it, Kakas.h.i.+-san. I have a clan's prestige to uphold while not making myself known. Kind of hard, you know." I said. Sarutobi-sensei tossed me something.
"Congratulations on graduating. This is your present." He said. I looked at it and found that it was a tanto. I unsheathed the blade and saw an inscription on it that reads; Fudo Masamune. I held out and test the blade.
"This is very well made and balanced. Thank you, Sarutobi-sensei." I commented and my sensei chuckled.
"The tanto is a chakra blade. I'll have Kakas.h.i.+ teach you how to fully use it." He explained. I bowed and thanked him yet again.
"Well, Kakas.h.i.+ and I have to get going. We are visiting Naruto's house next." He continued. I shot them a puzzled look. Kakas.h.i.+ laughed nervously while a sweat dropped from his head.
"Sandaime-sama, Hikari shouldn't know that. I am going to do recon before I get to know my students. Yes, I will be your stand-in sensei but please promise me that you'll keep it a secret until our first mission, okay?" I grinned and bowed at him.
"Of course, Kakas.h.i.+-sensei! Please take care of me." I said. They bid me goodbye and walked away. Then I caught a glimpse of Sasuke tiptoeing on the roof.
Funny, Sasuke never had done that. He looked like... Naruto?! What is he doing now...?
"What are you up to?" I said after appearing behind him. He jumped from his tiptoeing activity.
"What are you doing here, Dattebayo!" He demanded.
"I could say the same, Sasuke. Or was it, Naruto?" I chuckle as I said this. He seemed to realize his mistake.
"Be quiet and follow me. Don't do anything stupid, Dattebayyo!" he said and I had to laugh.
"Like what you're doing here?" I said. He paid no mind with what I said and then we were heading towards the back of the academy.
I was standing behind the covers of the tress while Naruto was leaning upon one, fifty feet away. In front of him was Sakura.
Ugh, he better not to be doing what I think he going to do.
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Sakura noticing Sasuke (that was a Henge), blushed and shuffled at her seat at the sight of him. Naruto went forward towards her.
"You sure have a large charming forehead. It makes me want to kiss it!" he said and I immediately slapped my forehead.
That idiot!
Sakura obviously couldn't contain her surprise but
"That sounds like something Naruto would say." He said as he sat beside her. Sakura's face slumped in disappointment.
"Sakura, there is something I want to ask you." He said.
"Huh?" she managed.
"What do you think of Naruto?" He asked. She was silent for a minute or two before answering his question.
"He's always getting in the way when I do something important and he enjoys seeing me struggle. Naruto doesn't understand anything about me. He's just annoying. All I want is for you to acknowledge me." She said. Naruto's face was so startled that I am surprised that Sakura doesn't notice it. "And I'm serious about this. I wouldn't do anything because I like you a lot." She pressed on. Sakura brought her lips to Naruto but she still did not see the startled expression of his. They got so close to kissing when his face changed into something else as he grabbed his stomach. I m.u.f.fled my laughter with my hand as he ran away. A few moments afterwards the real Sasuke came back from the opposite direction; his expression was like he was searching for someone.
"Oh, Sasuke-kun. You're so shy. I hope you are ready now? I sure am!" she was still excited. Little did she know that this was a different Sasuke. He was looking around.
"I have to go. Where's Naruto?" he said. She laughed nervously.
"Don't change the subject. Who cares about Naruto? All he does is causing fights with you. Well he doesn't have a normal childhood so... he doesn't have parents..." she went on babbling. I was irritated that this girl doesn't know how to shut up.
"All alone..." Sasuke muttered.
"Huh..." she said.
"The feeling of a parent yelling at you is nowhere near what he feels..." he went on.
"What's wrong Sasuke-kun?" she asked.
"You're annoying." Sasuke glared at her. Her expression when she heard that was pale in comparison with Naruto's just then. Sasuke walked away wearing his usual brooding face. I looked at Sakura, fearing that she could burst into tears at any moment but I saw her expression turned soft.
"Maybe next time... I can be a little nicer to him." She said.
My lips turned upwards into a smile and I turned away from that place and disappearing into the cla.s.s.
That afternoon, I was looking down outside of the cla.s.s. Our other cla.s.smates had gone off with their senseis. Naruto was restless, he peeked out of the cla.s.sroom doors every five minutes.
"Naruto, just sit down or something." She told him. He turned his head behind.
"Why is our team 7 sensei... so d.a.m.n late!" He said and then he turned and faced us "All the other teams have gone off with their sensei and Iruksensei also left. I couldn't hold my yawn.
"Maybe he was busy with something," I said as I yawned.
"Busy with what, Dattebayyo!?" Naruto asked. I tried for nonchalance to see if it would work on him.
"I don't know. Jounin stuff I guess." I said and I walked towards the table that Sakura was leaning on. I jumped and sat on the table. Then I yawned again and I stretched my body.
He is taking his time on this.
"Hey! What are you doing?" she was chiding Naruto. When I looked at him, he was a.s.sembling a trap to get on our sensei. He looked very pleased with his handiwork.
"That's what you get for being late," Naruto said and being the most responsible here, Sakura chided him again.
"Geez, I'm not involved," she said.
"I don't think this would work, Naruto," I said. I knew that Kakas.h.i.+ was not a normal ninja. He was respected in a sense, so it was wise to presume that his skills were very good. An involuntary yawn escapes me. "Man, I am so sleepy."
"Like a Jounin would fall for such a stupid b.o.o.by trap." Sasuke suddenly commented.
"I hate to say this, but I agree with him." I concurred but then a hand appeared at the doors and the person entered the cla.s.sroom too hurriedly and the duster fell on his head. I was so surprised that I fell from the table.
It freaking work?!
Naruto and I immediately laughed at him.
"You fell for it, you fell for it." He said in disbelief.
"I'm so sorry sensei; I tried to stop Naruto but..." Sakura was twiddling her fingers. Somehow I felt that she enjoyed the prank but chose to keep her responsible student's façade. Kakas.h.i.+ just smiled while holding his chin as he was in deep thought.
"Hmm, how can I say this? My first impression is... I hate you guys." He said we felt like a boulder had been dropped on us. I wanted to retort but my promise with him kept my mouth shut. Soon afterwards, we went to the roof on his order.
Kakas.h.i.+ was sitting on the railings while we sat in front of him on the stairs.
"Well, let's begin with introducing ourselves" he began.
"What do you want to know?" Sakura asked.
"How about your likes, dislikes, your dream for the future and things like that." He continued. Naruto narrowed his eyes.
"Hey, why don't you introduce yourself to us first?!" he suggested. Sakura shot a questioning look at Kakas.h.i.+.
"Yeah, you look kind of suspicious." She concurred.
"Oh... me? Well, my name is Hatake Kakas.h.i.+. I have no desire to tell you about my likes and dislikes. Dreams for the future... hmm... and I have lots of hobbies." Kakas.h.i.+ said monotonously. A sweat dropped on her forehead and she looked at Naruto.
"So, all he told us is his name?" She whispered. I suppressed my urge to chuckle.
Kakas.h.i.+-sensei you're a unique man.
"Now it's your turn, let's start on the right." He continued. Naruto corrected his headband.
"Yos.h.!.+ My name is Uzumaki Naruto. What I like is cup ramen. What I like even more is when Iruksensei pays for my ramen. What I dislike is waiting 3 minutes for the ramen to cook and my dream is to surpa.s.s the Hokage and then have the people of this village acknowledged my existence." Naruto was determined. Kakas.h.i.+ raised his eyebrows as he took in the information. "Hobbies... pranks I guess..."
"Hey, what is this ramen that you always talk about? Is it good?" I admit I am intrigued. Naruto's face was that of somebody lost their child.
"What?! You never had ramen before?!!" He yelled. Sakura was fast to clock him in the head and scold him for his loudness. Naruto grinned at me while a bruise enlarged on his head. "I'll take you to eat ramen after this." Kakas.h.i.+ scratched his head at our behaviour.
"My name is Uchiha Sasuke. There are lots of things I dislike and I don't like anything and I can't call it a dream. But I have an ambition, the resurrection of my clan and to kill a certain man." It was his turn. Sakura was in awe of Sasuke but Naruto looked nervous while Kakas.h.i.+ narrowed his eyes on him. I, on the other hand, was laughing. Sasuke immediately glared at me.
"Is that why you look like a stick had gone up your a.s.s every day?" I said and his glare was worse than normal. Naruto tried to no avail to stifle his laughter.
"Ok, next, our only girl." Kakas.h.i.+ cut in before things went worse.
"My name is Haruno Sakura, the thing I like is... well the person I like is... and uhm... my dream for the future... hmmm? Oh yeah!! What I dislike is NARUTO. My hobby is..." as she said this, her eyes were on Sasuke the entire time. Kakas.h.i.+ then pointed at me while his chin was rested on his right palm.
"Okay, the loudmouth Hyuuga, you're up." He said. Both Sakura and Naruto laughed at his comment while Sasuke snorted. I grinned and rubbed the back of my head then I bowed at them.
"My name is Hyuuga Hikari, What I like was the peace of mind and Omurice. What I dislike is the thought of being alone or something similar. My dream for the future was to see my mother again but now, I wanted to protect and cherish my new friends and family here in Konoha." I said while looking at the sky. Their eyes went soft when I mentioned my dream. Except for the brooding expert, or course.
"Okay, that's it for the introductions. Tomorrow we'll start our duties as a ninja." Kakas.h.i.+ said. Naruto couldn't contain his excitement.
"Yeah! What kind of duties!!? Duties!!! Duties!!!" he yelled.
"First we are going to do something with just the four of us." Kakas.h.i.+ went on.
"What is it? What is it?" Naruto jumped in.
"Survival training," Kakas.h.i.+ said.
"Survival training?" Naruto replied, clueless.
"Why is our first duty is training? We've had enough training at the academy." Sakura questioned and I protested. "Oh, right. Sorry, Hikari-kun. It's hard to remember that you only had been here a couple of days."
"This isn't a normal training. This time I'm your opponent." Kakas.h.i.+ explained. Naruto was still clueless. Kakas.h.i.+ let out a dark chuckle that irritated Sakura.
"What's so funny sensei?" she asked.
"Uhm... Well... It's just that when I tell you this, you guys are going to freak out." He said. Naruto was again, puzzled.
"Of the 27 graduates, only 9 will be chosen to become a genin. The rest will be sent to the academy. This training is a very difficult exam with a failure rate of over 66%!!" Kakas.h.i.+ explained darkly. Now, Naruto got it and he couldn't contain his surprise. "I told you. You'd freak out."
"What? No way!! But we worked so hard then what was the point of graduating." Naruto exclaimed.
"Oh... that? That was just to select those who have the chance to become a genin." Kakas.h.i.+ replied and Naruto yelled in exasperation. I tried to shut him up but he was to absorb to hear me.
"Anyway, tomorrow you have to show your real skills on the training ground. Bring all the s.h.i.+n.o.bi tools you have. Oh... and skip breakfast, you might throw up." Kakas.h.i.+ said and I immediately raised my hand when he asked what I was going to ask.
"What is a ninja tool?" I asked. Kakas.h.i.+ slammed his hand on his forehead.
"What is it that you are holding in your hand?" He asked, pointedly. I could only say "oh" as my realization came. "Hikari, you will stay here for a while after this. I will give a quick lesson. The details of the training are on this paper and don't be late tomorrow."
As ordered I stayed there. He withdrew several weapons from his pouch.
"Now, ninja tools are weapons to inflict injuries. There a lot of common types such as kunai, shuriken, senbons and many others. There is a special type of weapon that was made exclusively for a person or purpose. Take out your tanto." He went on as I unsheathed my blade.
"Fudo Masamune is a very rare ninja tool that was made by the renowned weapon maker during Sandaime's youth. It is a chakra blade, meaning you can flow your chakra into it to greatly improve its damage capabilities? Do you know your chakra affinity? Chakra nature will greatly increase the damage."
I shook my head and he brought a piece of paper from his pouch and gave it to me. I laid the paper onto my palm.
"This is a chakra induction paper. When exposed to even the slightest hint of chakra it will react according to the chakra's latent element. Focus your chakra on it." He instructed and I close my eyes and gather some chakra. When I opened my eyes, the paper was burning in my hands.
"Fire, huh?" I muttered. Kakas.h.i.+'s sweatdropped.
"Not quite. Lose your headband." He asked but when I did. He laughed nervously. "It seemed, the eye can let you use all chakra nature at once."
"What?" I asked, puzzled by his words.
"The paper became damp at first, wrinkled split into two and the other side burned and the others side crumble in your hand." He explained. I sighed as I take in the revelation.
"This eye will draw more attention than I need," I said.
"I know but luckily for you, you could hide it well. You should focus on the lightning element first. Since I am more familiar with it." Kakas.h.i.+ said as he rustled my hair. I nodded as Kakas.h.i.+ reached for another thing in his pouch.
"Honestly, that thing looked small, can it hold all this stuff?" I inquired and he just smiled at me. Kakas.h.i.+ tossed something at me which I managed to catch it before it.
"This was mine when I was your age. You can use it to place the tanto." I examined the item and found that it was scabbards with straps that run along the length of it which will make the scabbard sit still without moving around. "Let's go, I will buy you some ninja tools and teach you how to use it."