Shy, quiet, Takara is placed on a team with a very big scary guy who she swears is part bear, a kid who possess a chronic cough, and her sensei who is known as the Red Hot Blooded Habanero of the Leaf. Things are about to get interesting.

I'm actually really nervous. I was told my team would consist of Ibiki Morino and Hayate Gekko. I was hoping I'd be with Obito. He's my best buddy and mouthpiece, for the most part.

Ibiki kinda scares me. He's just so freaking big for a twelve year old! And his voice makes it sound like he's already done with that part of puberty. I avoid eye contact with him.

I'm curious as to whats up with Hayate's throat and/or lungs. He keeps coughing into his fist. Suddenly his head turns to me. "I'm not going to die, you know. You can stop staring at me like that."

I 'eeped' a little and bowed my head "g-gomensai, Gekko-san"

Ibiki looks over from his psychology book. "Look we're a team now. Cut the suffix crap, 'kay?"

"gomensai" I said again. FUCK. I need Obito! He knows how to laugh this shit off and I clearly don't!

In order to escape, I pulled out my notebook and began to scribble ingredients for a poison I was working on. Ideally I would put it on senbon and target specific nerves and veins, but I wanted to make it into a gas too.

Really the poison is one of the only things I've got going for me as a shinobi. I'm not particularly strong, my taijutsu is sloppy at best, and you can forget genjutsu.

My chakra control is pretty good, and I mainly use senbon as projectiles, but poison is my forte.

"Yo!"

My head snaps up from my book. Standing in the door is a pretty lady with lots of red hair tied in a ponytail. She wears the standard Jounin attire and is grinning at us.

"My name is Kushina Uzumaki, 'ttebane!" she announced. "As of now, you will refer to me as Kushina-sensei. Lets go to the roof and introduce ourselves!"

She waited patiently for us as we gathered our things and followed her up the stairs. She plopped down cross-legged and we sat across from her.

"I'll start off with the introductions" Kushina said brightly. "My name is Kushina Uzumaki - but you knew that - I like salt ramen, chatting, corrupting Mikoto-chan's son, and cooking. I dislike bitter things, tomatoes, traitors, and bullies. My dream for the future is to continue to support Konoha. My hobbies are chatting, cooking, and gardening. Who's next, 'ttebane?"

Ibiki shrugged. "My name's Ibiki Morino. I like reading. I dislike people who think they understand but don't, books with repetitive information, and Maize. My dream for the future is to be a part of the torture and interrogation force. My hobbies are reading and suggestive interrogation."

Hayate coughed into his fist. "Hayate Gekko. I like kenjutsu, *cough* looking at the moon, and walks *cough* at night. I dislike chain smokers, cigarettes, and rust. My dream? Don't really have one as of late. My hobbies are *cough* kenjutsu and taking care of my swords"

They all looked at me and I realized it was my turn. "I-I'm Takara Sato. I like gardening, making poisons and antidotes, reading, writing, and my plants. Uh... I dislike kiss ups, back-stabbers, and stuck up people who look down on you just because you don't meet their ridiculously high standards." I said that part with venom thinking about Obito's uncle, Fugaku. I smoothed my dark brown hair. "My dream is to be a great medical ninja, as well as a poison mistress. My hobbies are making poison, taking care of my plants, and writing stories."

"Interesting group" Kushina said with an approving nod. "Well lets meet in the sixth training ground at five am tomorrow, 'ttebane? There is one more test before you officially become shinobi of Konoha. See you then!"

She Shunshined away in a cloud of smoke.

"I-it was nice to meet you" I said to my team before walking toward the stairs.

I walked to where Obito said to meet up. It's a little tree house we built in the woods behind the Uchiha compound when we were little. Sometimes he brings Itachi-chan up there.

I've got good chakra control so lately I run up the trunk and drop the ladder. Obito's probably in there already, seeing as the ladder is down.

I still walk up the trunk, its good practice. I find Obito sitting on the little rug I found in a junk shop, doodling absently.

"Hey, Obito-kun" I said dropping myself across from him.

"Yo, Taka-chan" Obito greets brightly. "How'd it go?"

"Fine." I replied. "Ibiki's kinda scary and Hayate coughs a lot. Kushina-sensei seems okay though."

"You got Habanero-san as a sensei?" Obito whistled. "Lucky. Don't get me wrong, Minato-sensei is pretty cool, but Kushina Uzumaki is...wow."

"She's really hyper" I giggled, knowing that Obito idolized her pranking abilities. "And she said she enjoys corrupting her friends kid."

"Ha!" Obito snorted. "I repeat, lucky! I got saddled with Bakashi"

I nodded sympathetically. Obito always ranted about how he felt overshadowed by the Hatake Prodigy. It really affected him. I knew that under the big goofy grin and carefree attitude, Obito could be really insecure.

He was constantly being put down by his own family for not being good enough. It seemed they liked to rub in the fact he was the black sheep of the clan. It seems like most of them have sticks so far up their asses it's a miracle they can still walk. Obito has worked so hard for so long and they just shrug it off. It sickens me.

They can't see how good he really is.

Obito and I play a card game and gamble with jelly beans. I won, but shared my winnings.

there will be more coming, but the name is subject to change.

love ya!

-Scathach