Chapter 1:
Eiko could recall the conversation she and her teammates had listened to earlier:
"Yo." Their sensei said, appearing a poof of smoke on the tree behind them. "I have a meeting with the Hokage today so I left Ryoichi in charge of you. Ja ne!" And before Akako could even groan, Nozomi disappeared. Then, an hour later, Eiko's brother, Ryoichi appeared in the same fashion as their teacher. "Hello my little, wonderful pupils for the next hour and a half! And hello little sister!" The way he talked he could've woken up all of Konoha. Midori had a sour expression on her face.
"Why are you doing this Ryoi-nii-san?" She asked. Everyone on the team looked up to him as an older brother. In return he embarrassed us claiming it was his 'job'.
Now they stood against the fence of one of the training grounds. Eiko couldn't remember the exact number but she figured it was two or something. "You are entering another year as ninja! Today, since your KAWAII but irresponsible sensei couldn't make it, I will be the one testing you on your survival exercise." Ryoichi marched in front of them like a general.
Survival…exercises?Midori could only groan more. More of those would be pointless, they had already graduated.
"Yosh! Let's do our best Mi-nee-chan, Eiko-chan!" Her sister, Akako, jumped in her spot with excitement. The four walked into the training ground, Ryoichi at the lead. "I've decided that your exercise will be you-" He was interrupted by a loud, obnoxious voice. "Alright, let's fight man to man!" To their right was a small forest. Peeking through the bushes, heads popped out slightly, they looked inside the clearing. A blond knucklehead looking kid was facing a jounin. "He looks like an idiot." Akako held back a laugh.
They sat there for an hour until a random ring went off, like a timer. "Let's go say hi!" She said walking forward. Grabbing her before she could move, Midori sat her sister back down. They were surprised to see Ryoichi get up and out of the bushes and walk to the man. "Kakashi-chan! Hey, Kakashi-chan!" The man with gravity defying hair looked up from where he stood, in front of three wooden poles. Tied to the center one was the blond haired kid from earlier. Two other people sat next to him.
"You know them Ryoi-nii-san?" Midori asked in her soft voice. He nodded in response and did the unthinkable-well to people who didn't know him. Ryoi ran and glomped the man called Kakashi. "And these must be the FABULOUS students you told me about, did they fail too?"
"No."
"-because I know how you are with never passing people but really you should give them a chance to-THEY PASSED?!" He gasped and looked at the children. They didn't look all that special. A brooding, sadistic kid, a knucklehead, and a pink haired kunoichi who seemed to lack brains. He leered at Kakashi, "What's so special about these brats?"
"…"
"Nii-san, I don't think it's nice to call the rookies brats." "Hm…you're quite right Eiko-chan, but when have I really been the nice type?" She glared at Ryoi. "Ryoi, since when have you had a team?" He turned to Kakashi and gave a big grin that was so much like him. "Haha! This is my superb team! Are you jealous yet Kakashi-chan?" While Ryoi continued to batter Kakashi, and Midori explain they weren't his team, Eiko went and sat down next to Akako. She was talking to the other team.
"Ne, ne, ne Eiko-chan, come sit here. This is Naruto-chan, Sakura-chan, and Sasuke-chan." She pointed to each as she said them. Sakura seemed to glare at her when her gaze lingered at Sasuke. It was hard not to, but no it wasn't because he was 'hot'. His aura made her feel so insignificant it was either that or the sun playing tricks on her mind. "Eiko-chan! Wake up" She felt Akako shaking her shoulders, when her mind came to everything looked a little fuzzy.
"Let's get something to eat, ne?" "Good idea Akako-chan!" Ryoi came over and placed a careful hand on his sister's shoulder.
"Ichiraku time!" "Naruto!" Sakura smacked him upside the head and crossed her arms, "We've been eating ramen all the time. Let's go get something else to eat." She turned towards Sasuke and batted her eyelashes, "Right Sasuke-kun, where do you want to go?"
"Hn." Eiko decided that they were an amusing trio to watch. "Naru-chan, I know the best place to go!" Akako immediately butted in, grabbed Naruto's hand, and ran like dogs were on her heels. Midori sighed, "I'll meet you guys there." Unfolding the fans from her sides, she did a sweeping motion, and disappeared. Sasuke looked at her spot surprised but not showing any notion of interest. "If you're interested in how she did that I could tell you, for a price." He looked up to see the last teammate standing there, her uniquely colored hair shining in the sun. On her back was a long wooden stick with a gem placed on the top, in the center.
"Hn."
"Well you're no fun." Sasuke walked off in the direction Akako had run. Behind her, Eiko could feel an extreme emotion. It reminded her of someone repeatedly stabbing a spider. Sakura continued to glare. "Ja ne Sakura-chan!" Like Midori, Eiko pulled the staff off of her back and in a sweeping motion, disappeared.
When she reappeared she knew exactly where Akako had headed. The truth behind her jutsu was that in fact it wasn't a jutsu, but came because of her clan. Banpaia…it translated into vampire. In her academy years many girls and boys teased her. She met Midori, however, and they became best friends. Still, she had no idea how Midori did her jutsu. "Speaking of her…Midori!" The two sisters sat in a booth at the restaurant. She walked inside and sat down next to them. Naruto sat opposite. A little while later Ryoi, Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura came and sat down with their respected teams. "Who's their real sensei?" The waiter came and took the orders; Akako took one glance at him and dismissed him. Sakura and Eiko on the other hand could feel their eyes wandering to him.
From the kitchen they could hear a loud noise and the banging of pots. "I'm back! Eh? How'd I land in the kitchen?" "Kakashi-san, is that you?" Nozomi walked out of the kitchen, ran over and sat by him. "Kakashi-saaaaaaaaaaaan!" She sung. Midori turned to Eiko, "She's probably drunk." Ryoichi did a mushroom sigh. "This is their sensei."
The three genin could feel the headache beginning to form, one that only came when their sensei had, had a little too much sake. Once the food had arrived it became quiet with the exception of a chorus of, "Itadakimasu." Naruto slurped his noodles while Sakura munched quietly on her dish. "So," Eiko leaned forward, "Who is the top rookie in your year?" "Huh?" Naruto questioned.
"We already graduated last year and the top male rookie in our year was Hyuuga, Neji. Who was yours?" Midori explained. "Sasuke-kun of course!" There was only one person who would say something like that. "So you were the top rookie Sasuke-chan? Kawaii!" Akako had to lean over the table but she was still able to pinch his cheeks. It was a funny site to see, everyone beside Sakura broke out in laughter. Lunch had been delicious and the girls made Nozomi pay in her drunken state. They walked out of the restaurant.
"I'll drop Nozomi off at her apartment." She was hanging off of Kakashi's arm when he said this, mumbling incoherent words and randomly breaking out in song. He disappeared in a poof of smoke. "I have to cook dinner since mother is out on a mission. Would you like to come over Eiko?" Midori was holding her fan in one hand and the hand of her sister's in another. "No thanks. I have to get home and prepare dinner for Etsu and Ryozo. Not to mention that idiot over there who burns water." The sisters laughed and departed.
Ten minutes had passed when Sasuke turned around and finally noticed the girl who had been at the restaurant. She was following him. "Why are you following me?" He asked. "Ne, ne, ne, a bit egotistical aren't we?" Eiko chuckled. "My compound just happens to be right up here." She pointed to a compound that was indeed up ahead.
"Sasuke, ne?" Eiko asked at the gate to her home. "Hn." He paused. "What's with this dark aura?" She whispered this quietly.
Inside the Banpaia compound one would most likely be scared out of their wits. The traditional Japanese layout for the homes was still in effect, but it did not have the same décor. Dead trees lined the edges, and black roses, dead, littered the area. "Ah…home sweet home! Etsu, ne Imouto-chan!" Eiko called out to her younger sister when she entered the home.
"Onee-san?" She placed her shoes next to the wall. "There you are, did Ryozo make you lunch? Are you hungry?" Long ago, many years ago, her parents had died. To Eiko, Ryo and Kei Banpaia were more than just her guardians, they were her parents.
Ryozo Banpaia, her idiotic older brother. "Ryo-baka. I told you to at least pick something up on your way home. You had no missions today!" This is what she had said after Etsu answered her question. Afterwards she hit him upside the head and went off to prepare dinner. "You have to be bipolar or something woman! Kami-sama, please save me from this banshee sister of mine." Inside the kitchen Ryozo got down on his hands and knees, reciting this until his sister threw a rice ball at him. "That'll teach you not to mess with me." Eiko continued to cook the steak, and once it was fully cooked she added her special 'sauce'.
"It's undercooked."
"Then go eat some human for all I care, you don't appreciate what I cook for you anymore Ryo-nii-baka." Quietly Etsu ate her dinner, occasionally smiling at her older siblings' crazy antics.
"The sauce isn't fresh enough."
"…That's it, YOU'RE GOING DOWN MISTER!"
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I'd appriciate reviews and stuff -- I'm new to fanfiction, and really the only reason I'm posting this here is because people here seem nicer since they review stories I suppose. Quizilla is starting to suck real bad now.
Anyways, that'd be nice and I'll have chapter 2 out soon hopefully.
-Muffin
