A New Start
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Chapter One: The Beginning
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I woke up extra early today, well, at four in the morning, but only because it was the first day of school. I ate breakfast quickly so I could go for a quiet walk before school. We were being put into teams, and I hope I actually knew who I would be put instead of being with some weirdos that I never even knew existed.
I turned a corner down my friends street. Her name was Haruno Sakura. I saw her long pink hair swaying in the wind as she packed some boxes into a wagon.
"Sakura! Sakura! What are you doing?!" I shouted, running over to her. She turned her head toward me.
"Trisha? Why are you up so early?" She asked, putting the boxes down onto the ground. "And what's with the outfit?"
I was wearing a dark blue sleeveless top with black netting under it for long sleeve. I was wearing my knee length black shorts with my dark blue shuriken hosteler on my left leg. I also had black ninja sandals on. And to finish up I was wearing my dark blue headband on the top of my head, and the glove I had wear fingerless, and had Konohagakure's symbol on them.
"We're getting put into teams today. But more importantly, what's going on?"
"My mom and I have to go somewhere for a while. We'll be back, but we're going to be gone for at least 3 months." She didn't sound too happy.
"Where could you have to go thats more important than getting put on your team?"
"I don't know. My mom hasn't told me yet. She just woke up this morning and told me to start packing enough things for three months." I hugged her after that.
"Sakura, please, don't leave." I pleaded. She was the only real friend I had, and now she was leaving? No! But, if she was coming back...
"I'm sorry, I-"
"Sakura! Is someone out there with you?!" Her mom shouted from the upstairs window. I ducked down behind the wagon so her mom couldn't see me.
"No mom! I was just talking to myself!" Sakura shouted, kneeling down to pick up the boxes. "Trisha, go back to your house. And when you get to school today, make sure you tell Iruka-sensei that I moved away for a while, okay?"
"Okay." I said. I wasn't going to cry, especially if she was coming back.
"Bye Trisha."
"Bye Sakura."
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Going to school...
I passed by Uzumaki Naruto's house on the way to school, and decided on paying him a little visit. I jumped into his kitchen window, and slid inside, sitting down in his chair. Naruto, in all of his sleeping glory, walked into the room and jumped at the sight of me.
"WAH! TRISHA! Don't scare me like that!" He shouted. We talk a lot in school, and train together on occasions. But a good prank once in a while is a great way to lift up spirits.
"Sorry. You know we have to be to school in fifteen minutes, right?" I asked, and he nodded.
"Where's your headband?" Naruto asked, getting out a carton of milk from the refrigerator and a sandwich. I stood up so he could sit down in the chair, then pointed to the top of my head. "Why don't you put it around your neck?" He said, about to take a drink of milk. I caught sight of the date on it; it was expired.
"Naruto, the milk expired September 10th." He practically dropped the glass when I told him that. Naruto picked up the carton and looked at it.
"Good until 9/10. Hmph, you're right." He said. I smiled. "Thanks." He paused. "Now, about your headband..." He trailed off. I took my headband off and shook out my waist long black hair, then combed my fingers through it quickly. I put my dark blue headband around my neck, and tied it quickly in the back.
"How does it look?" I asked. Naruto beamed. "I take it's better than before, huh? But appearances don't really matter when you're a ninja, do they?"
"But I like it that way!" He whined. I smirked.
"Okay, okay. I'll leave it." I said, rolling my eyes. "Go get dressed and put on your headband."
"Alright." He said, getting up and walking into his bedroom, leaving the kitchen a mess. I picked up the plate that once had a sandwich on it plus the glass of expired milk and put it in the sink. Then I picked up the carton of expired milk and throwing it in the trash. I sat down on the table and waited for him.
"Naruto! You ready yet?" I asked. I would've walked into his bedroom but that would've been really awkward. "Naruto? Hey, you there?" This time, I took my chances and peaked around the corner into his room. Complete silence. I swore I heard a cricket going off. "Naruto?" I walked into his bathroom, he wasn't in there either. "Jerk, you left with out me."
I ran out of his room and hopped out of the kitchen window into the streets of Konoha and headed for the Academy.
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I slowed to a walk as I came into the classroom, seeing everyone as talkative as usual. I immediately saw the orange blur and planned on yelling at him for leaving me, but I threw the thought from my mind. Naruto was talking to Nara Shikamaru, the laziest ninja anyone has ever met. Naruto pointed to his headband. Shikamaru probably asked him how he passed or why he was here.
I started walking toward Naruto so I could sit by him, but none other then the stuck-up Yamanaka Ino walk over and ask if she could sit next to him. Then I saw why. The class heart-throb, Uchiha Sasuke, was sitting there. I really hated the fact that all of the fan girls got obsessive over him. And most of them probably have shrines to him in their rooms.
Ino was about to push Naruto down into the seat so she could get around him, when I stepped in front of her.
"Back off, Ino. He didn't do anything to you." I said. Naruto turned around and stared at me.
"Why don't you back off? I'll fight you for that seat if I have to." She said, hands on her hips.
"Oh believe me, I don't care whether I sit there or not, I just don't want you to hurt my friend."
"Then why don't you and Naruto move so I could sit next to Sasuke?" I turned and glanced and Naruto, who was now glaring at Sasuke, being a few centimeters to his face. He was crouching down on the desk.
"Hit him Sasuke!" A girl shouted.
"Yeah! Do it!" Someone else shouted.
"Naruto, Sasuke, stop!" I said about the grab them both on the shoulder. The person in front of Naruto accidentally hit him, making him go straight into Sasuke, kissing him on the lips. They quickly separated and started choking.
"Naruto, you loser! You're dead!" Sasuke shouted.
"Poison! My mouth is ruined!" Naruto shouted, when all of the fan girls started cracking their knuckles and glaring at Naruto. And that's when I had to jump in again and stop them from killing Naruto.
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In the end, I ended up sitting between Naruto and Sasuke, forcing all of the fan girls to go into and crying fit or throw daggers at me with their eyes. I had ended up with a few scratches trying to protect Naruto, but it was worth it. I got to knock some sense into those dumb obsessive-
"We will begin dividing you into three-man cells. Each of you will be mentored by a Jonin, a more senior ninja...who will guide and coach you as you become familiar with your various assignments." Iruka-sensei said. "I made the selections so that each cell's abilities would be approximately equal."
Iruka-sensei read through the list of teams until he got to cell number seven. "Where is Haruno Sakura?" He asked.
"She moved early this morning. She's not going to be back for three months." I said. Naruto looked as if he was about to cry, but he didn't. I knew about his crush on Sakura.
"Very well. Cell number seven. Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke, and Hikunara Trisha." Iruka stated. Naruto's almost tears turned into anger marks.
"Master Iruka! What are you thinking?! You're putting an excellent shinobi like myself... with that loser?!" Naruto stood up from his seat.
"..........of the twenty-seven of you, Sasuke has the best grades, with Trisha in a close second. You would be at the bottom of the class. The idea is for us to balance out your strengths, that's why you ended up together. Maybe you could learn something from the two of them." Iruka-sensei didn't sound too happy.
"Just don't drag me down... dunce!" Sasuke said, not even looking at Naruto. Naruto was glaring as violently as possible at him.
"Why you-! What'd you call me?!" Naruto reached over me to go hit him, but I knocked Naruto out of the way before they could start fighting.
"Knock it off Naruto, Sasuke! C'mon! You're acting like two year olds!" I shouted, pushing against their chests with my hands, holding them off from each other. "You're being immature! Stop it!"
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Lunch Time!
I relaxed on a roof with Shikamaru, Choji and Ino. Of course, Ino didn't want me there, but if she started I fight, she knew I would win, so she backed off of me for a while. I glanced out of the corner of my eye and saw Sasuke leaning against a wall, close to an open window. Sasuke was eating a rice ball.
After a minute, I saw blond spikes near the window. Naruto... what are you up to this time, and why aren't I involved in it?
"What are you staring at Trisha?" I snapped my head over to Choji, who was pigging out on a bag of potato chips.
"Oh, nothing." I said, going back to eating an apple I had. Shikamaru glanced back.
"You were looking Sasuke." He stated. Ino glared at me.
"No. Look at the blond spikes coming out from the window." I said, nodding my head toward the window. Shikamaru shrugged, Choji kept eating, and Ino was staring at Sasuke. I glanced back and saw Naruto stand up behind Sasuke, holding a rope.
I jumped up and dropped my apple. I flew from the roof top from where I was sitting and tackled the Uchiha to the ground before Naruto could choke him with the rope.
"Get off of me." The Uchiha growled, seeing as I really was on top of him.
"Your welcome." I said, grabbing his hand and pulling him up. I turned to Naruto. "What the heck are you doing with that rope?" I said, grabbing it from his hands. "I know pranking people it one thing, but trying to choke them is on another level."
"Aw, Trisha! C'mon! I wasn't trying to choke him!" He pleaded, stepping out from behind the window. "I was just-"
"It doesn't matter. We have to go meet our sensei now. Hurry up." I said, disappearing. Before I left, I was sure Naruto and Sasuke were glaring at each other. Dang, is that all they do?!
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Naruto kept on going in and out of the classroom, staring down the hall. Sasuke stared ahead, doing absolutely and sitting there like a statue. I was laying on the desk with my hands over my stomach, and my long hair hanging off of the edge of the desk.
"Naruto, calm down. Relax for a bit. I'm sure he'll be here soon." I said, closing my eyes.
"We're the only cell... whose teacher hasn't shown! He's getting it when he comes back." Naruto said, aggravated. He walked over to the chalkboard and took an eraser from it. He stood up on a chair and stuck the eraser between the door and the wall.
"Pathetic prank, Naruto." I said, opening one eye and glancing at him.
"No way would a superior shinobi fall for a simple trap like that." Sasuke commented. I got bored and sat up. A few seconds later our sensei walked in, and the eraser fell on his head, covering him in chalk dust.
"Ha ha ha! Gotcha!" Naruto said, pointing a finger at our sensei, and laughing hysterically. I had a huge sweat drop, and Sasuke sat there, staring at our sensei.
"By my first impression, I'd have to say... I hate you."
I felt everyone's mood go to the floor as he said that.
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Kakashi brought us out onto the roof.
"Now I'd like all of you to tell us a little bit about yourselves. Like dreams, hobbies, likes, dislikes." Kakashi said.
"Help us out here, sensei. Show us what we have to do." Naruto said.
"Yeah, we don't exactly know anything about you..." I stretched my arms out, then laid down on the concrete, my head hanging off of the steps, staring at Kakashi.
"Me? My name is Hatake Kakashi. I'm the kind of person who doesn't feel like talking about his likes and dislikes. My dreams for the future... are none of your business. I have plenty of hobbies..."
"You said a lot sensei... but all we really learned was your name." Naruto commented.
"Well then, why don't you go first?" Kakashi said, sitting down on the metal railing across from us.
"Okay! My name is Uzumaki Naruto! What I like is an instant cup of ramen! I guess I hate the three-minute wait after pouring in the water. My dream is to one day... Be a better shinobi than Lord Hokage! Then the villagers will have to acknowledge my existence!" Naruto said with much enthusiasm. "My hobbies, are pranks and practical jokes, I guess..."
"Hm... okay then. Next. The boy on the right."
"My name is Uchiha Sasuke. There are plenty of things I hate, but I don't see that it matters, considering there is almost nothing I like. Dreams... it's just a word... there's no reason to talk about them... but I do have determination. I plan on restoring my clan, and there's someone I have sworn..."
"...to kill..."
It was awkwardly quiet at that moment. I sat up and stared at the Uchiha for a moment, while I heard Naruto gulp and mumble, "I hope it's not me..."
"On to the young lady." Kakashi crossed his arms.
"My name is Hikunara Trisha. I like training and being alone, I guess. What I hate is obsessive and stuck-up people, and also people that think just because your a girl you can't fight or that we're just boy-obsessed. My hobbies are drawing, swimming, and practicing my taijutsu. My dreams are to study under one of the legendary Sanin, become a master at taijutsu, and..." I paused. "...that's it." Okay, really, that wasn't it. I wasn't going to mention I wanted revenge on someone, and that that someone would be Pein, of the Akatsuki. It's a long story, and he's the reason I'm alone.
"Now that we've gotten to know each other a bit better, I'd like you all to know that our formal training begins tomorrow." Kakashi started. "We will be doing survival exercises."
"WHAT?! We just spent our academy days doing that!" Naruto complained.
"This'll be different. You'll have to survive against me." Kakashi started laughing. Not odd at all...
"Why are you laughing?" I asked.
"You'll all chicken out." He said. I shrugged.
"What? Why?" Naruto asked.
"Only nine of the twenty seven of you will actually be accepted as junior-level sinobi. The other eighteen must go back for training. The test we are about to perform has a 66% rate of failure."
Everything went silent.
Naruto's jaw dropped, and I could feel Sasuke tense up, even though he was at least a meter or two away from me.
"Cool." I said, arms behind my head. "The more challenging the better." I was calm, but Naruto looked at me like I was crazy.
"Naruto, you should have that kind of enthusiasm toward training." Kakashi said. "I've seen your grades, you should be happy your in the group with the two most skilled ninja of your class." Kakashi started passing out papers with writing on them in kanji. "Memorize this handout."
"Not when people keep telling me I should be like them!" Naruto said. "Aw, dang it! It's all in kanji!" Naruto said, looking at the paper.
"Naruto, calm down. I'll help you with it tonight. What about you Sasuke?" I looked over my shoulder toward him and he was crumpling up the paper.
"Hn." He looked away.
"Okay then..."
"Tomorrow morning, meet me in the forest. And don't eat breakfast, unless you enjoy throwing up." Kakashi said.
"Throwing up?! What?!" Naruto said, now panicking.
"Don't be late." Kakashi finished, before disappearing.
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(A/N): If you have any questions, don't hesitate to PM me about it. Enjoy and Review! =^_^=
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