StR: Alright, new series!

Naruto: And it's all about me!

StR: Um…no

Sasuke: Idiot

N: SHUT UP!

StR: Sasuke don't be mean to Naruto!

S: You both are idiots.

StR and N/Jaw drops/

StR: You are so lucky you are hot.

N: Traitor.

StR: I wuv you! For the people who read my Hiei one, I am still updating it, I'm just stuck…STACY-KINS HELP ME!!!!!!!!! On with the show…er…Chapter!

It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.
--------Weinberg

Chapter 1: Enter Rei!

"Go Sasuke!" yelled Sakura during one of the normal training matches between Naruto and Sasuke.

"Shouldn't you root for Naruto at least once," sighed Kakashi leaning against a tree.

"I would never go against the man I love!"

'That love is like a teddy bear to a kid, it' not real. Once she grows up a little she'll find true love…I'll never tell her that out loud, though,' thought Kakashi turning back to his book. A rustle in the near by bushes caught the pervert sensei's attention. He looked up to see the 5th Hokage walk out.

"Hey, it's Granny Tsunade!" shouted Naruto. A batch of Kunai came flying at Naruto pinning him to a tree.

"You shouldn't let your guard down in the middle of a fight," said Sasuke.

"I HATE YOU!" yelled Naruto.

"Sasuke, get Naruto down and come over here; I have something very important to tell you," said Tsunade. Sasuke did what he was told, not happily, and met up with the others.

"So, what do we owe the pleasure of meeting you today?" asked Kakashi.

"The newest member of your team." A girl with chin length grayish hair and blue eyes poked her head out from behind the newest Hokage. "This is Rei." Rei's eye's stopped at each person. She first stopped at Kakashi.

'Kakashi Hatake, the copy-cat ninja, holder of one sharingan eye, defeated Momchi Zabuza of the mist and his partner Haku.' Next her eyes moved to Sasuke. 'Sasuke Uchiha, younger brother to Itachi Uchiha, owner of the sharingan eyes, and top of his class.' Next she landed on Naruto. 'Naruto Uzumaki, holder of the nine-tailed fox and bottom of his class.' Finally she landed on Sakura, 'Um…and a nobody…' Tsunade looked over to Rei.

'She's studying them. No doubt she knows a lot about them already.'

"Well, we should get going. I have to show her to her home. She'll start training with you tomorrow. Come along Rei," she said.

"Yeah."

"So what do you think of your new team?" asked Lady Hokage walking down the dirt road with the new girl walking at a slower pace.

"They're weird," she said dully, "And they're all connected."
"Really, how so?"

"Uzumaki's dad, the fourth Hokage, was Kakashi's sensei and then also a student of the fourth was Obito Uchiha, cousin to Sasuke Uchiha," she stated.

"And what of Sakura?" Rei looked at her in confusion. Tsunade sweat dropped. "The girl with pink hair."

"Oh…She going to become a medic nin, like that one girl on Kakashi's old team…Rin."

"And you are sure of this?"

"No, but she lacks the heart to be a true ninja; I can see it in her eyes."

"Well, here's you're new home," she said looking up at an apartment that's seen better days.

"It looks cheap."

"If you don't like it sleep in the streets."

"That's fine with me," Rei said glaring a little.

"Why do you have to be so stubborn? I'm doing this out of the kindness of my heart," she said also glaring a little.

"Must not be a very big heart if you're making me stay in this old dump." The fifth Hokage dangled a set of keys in front of the girl's face. Rei eyed it and stood there for a couple of minutes. She sighed and took the keys from her hands. "Thanks." Tsunade nodded with a smile.

A couple hours later…

"But ma'am there should never be more then four on a team," argued Kakashi.

"Don't worry. She can handle herself well enough and if she becomes a problem then send her back to me. Besides nobody has a spot open for her."

"But why my team?"

"Your name was the one at the bottom of the ladder," said Rei from behind Kakashi.

'When did she get her? I must have let my guard down,' thought Kakashi. "Bottom of the ladder?"

"Yeah, we took all of the names of the rookie team's sensei and wrote them under a series of connecting lines. Then we chose on of the three starting points and followed the line until we got to a name, yours."

"Do you need something?" asked Tsunade.

"I'm hungry," she said.

"Then go get something to eat."

"I don't have any money."

"What about the money you came here with?"

"I didn't come here with any money."

"I'll take her to get something," offered Kakashi.

"Well…okay. If you really want to."

"YEAH FOOD!" yelled Rei. She started to drag Kakashi out of the office. "Let's go! Let's go!"

"You sure you want to eat here?" asked Kakashi looking up at the Ichiraku ramen bar sign.

"Yup, I love ramen!"

"She reminds me of Naruto," muttered Kakashi walking into the bar.

"You say something?"

"No, nothing of importance. Well, look who's here." Sasuke glanced at the two and then went back to his ramen. Rei sat a seat away from Sasuke and Kakashi sat next to her. While waiting for Rei's food to come Kakashi started up a conversation.

"So what village we're you from before you came here?" he asked.

"Well…um…I mostly just traveled around," said Rei. The bowl of Raman Rei ordered was set down in front of them and Rei immediately dug in. Kakashi didn't get anything.

"I see. Did you travel to any exciding places?" Something was nagging at the back of Kakashi's mind. There was something about this girl but he couldn't quite place it. Rei nodded her head vigorously.

"I saw temples and cool flowers and beautiful waterfalls and…and…and stuff!" Rei dug into her second bowl of Raman.

"You eat like Naruto," stated Sasuke.

"Well since I've never seen Naruto eat before, I don't know whether to take that as a compliment or an insult."

"Whenever compared to that idiot, it's considered an insult."

"Thanks!" Sasuke just stared at her.

'What a strange girl,' thought both Kakashi and Sasuke. Sasuke paid for his food and left.

"BYE! See you tomorrow!" shouted Rei. Sasuke didn't bother to acknowledge her comment. "He's very cold."

"He'll warm up to you," said Kakashi reading his book.

"Their eyes are the same." Kakashi looked up.

"Sasuke's? The same as whose eyes?"

"Oh, no one. Don't worry about it. Did you know that eye's are the window to one's soul?"

"Yes. Everyone knows that."

"I can tell anything about a person by just reading their eyes."

"Oh really? Then read me." Rei stared deep into Kakashi's visible eye.

"You're sad and lonely due to a horrible experience in you're past. You blame yourself for the death of a close friend and you vowed never to have it happen again. It did happen again though. Just not between you, between two other people. Two people you are close to." Kakashi's eye widened.

"I'm going to say I was correct."

"Very correct. You got that all by looking into my eye?"

"Yes, but it was a little harder to get then most peoples. They usually have two eyes to look into. Well, I'm gonna go now. Thanks for the food." Rei bowed and left.

"What is it that's nagging me in the back of my head? Who is she?"

"I can do this," said Rei looking up at her apartment. "I wonder what it looks like inside?" Rei sighed and went up to her apartment. She grabbed the door handle and put the key into the lock. Unlocking it, she took a deep breath and opened the door. She sighed. It looked much worse than the outside. It smelled like mildew, two-month-old gym socks and a few rotten eggs mixed together. The cream colored paint was peeling off the walls and there was yellow stains on the off-white colored carpet. "This sucks." Rei walked into the kitchen and saw a note on the ugly yellow counter. It read:

Dear Rei,

I took the liberty of buying you new furniture and appliances. Wasn't that nice of me? Anyway, I hope you enjoy your new home. You might want to open the windows to get rid of the nasty smell. And just to let you know, those are not pee stains on the carpet. Apparently there was a painter that use to life here and got yellow paint on the carpet. One more thing you should know about this room…it leaks when it rains. You'll be fine though. I'm sure you had worse. Oh and there are rats! Big ones! Kidding! They're not that big. HAHAHAHAHA! Kidding again! There are no rats. I'm just trying to lighten up your gloomy apartment! Rei, do not throw my kindness away. I'm risking a lot because of you. Don't disappoint me."

Sincerely,

The fifth Hokage, Tsunade .

PS: Ton-Ton says hi!

Rei's eye twitched at the note. "I hate her," she simply said crimpling up the note and throwing it away. Rei threw a fist into the air. "Alright, tomorrow is the first day of training with my new team! I am not going to blow this!"

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