"arrgh…" I groaned as I woke up from what seemed like a deep sleep. I looked around and found myself in an unfamiliar place. "Where is this place?" I mumbled to myself. The last thing I could remember was that I was being chased by some Shark guy wearing a black cloak with clouds on it. I didn't need to be able to read minds to know that he wanted to kill me. After that….. I don't know. Something hit me on the head? Thinking back on it, that event of being chased was the only thing I could remember as well.
"You are finally awake", someone said. I looked up and saw someone looking down right at me. He had spiky white hair with a mask covering his entire face except for an eye. I looked about and realized that I was surrounded by many adults. "Is she dangerous, Kakashi?" another person said. I saw a blond woman wearing a green coat. 'Kakashi?' I thought. I definitely do not know this guy. Heck, I don't even know who I am. The guy called Kakashi shrugged his shoulders and said to the blond woman "I leave her to you to take care of. Right now, saving the kazekage is my main priority." The blond woman nodded. She turned to another guy wearing a bandana with a symbol similar to that of Kakashi and has two scars running down his face, "Ibiki, I leave you to interrogate this person. Right now, I have to see Naruto and Sakura off to save the Kazekage of Sunagakure. "I understand, Hokage-sama." Ibiki said. After the blond lady and Kakashi left, Ibiki turned to me, a cruel look on his face. I shuddered, and tried to stand up. "Stop moving," he commanded. I froze and he pulled me by the arm. He dragged me to a dark room. "Okay," he looked down at me. "Let's find out who you are."
"Wait!" I protested. "I don't know anything. Really!" Ibiki gave me a cruel smile and said "Guilty huh? That's what they all say. Its okay, as long as you speak up, I wont resort to erm, painful measures." 'Painful measures? That's it. I am out of here…..' I bolted out of my seat and tried to run away. Immediately, several men came forward and blocked the door. Ibiki walked up towards me and put a hand on my shoulder, steering me back towards the seat. I followed him in fear, cold sweat pouring out from my body. "Inoichi," Ibiki said. "Yes sir," a guy with long blond hair immediately appear before us. A few more guys surrounded me and before I know it, I was knocked unconscious.
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When I was unconscious, I felt a weird sensation. It's like I wasn't really unconscious, more of half asleep. I felt like I was floating in an endless dream. All of a sudden, I woke, only to find my head painfully aching, as though my brain had been invaded or something. I looked up and saw the long blond hair guy talking to Ibiki at a distance. I tried moving but I couldn't. I looked down and found myself encased in some sort of device. "What are you doing to me?" I demanded. I know I should have been scared, but at that moment, I was really angry. I woke up after being chased by some stupid shark guy, and then suspected of some wrongdoings by these people, only to get knocked out again.
Ibiki and Inoichi stopped talking immediately and turned to look at me. Ibiki nodded to Inoichi who bowed and walked towards me. He got me out of the device and stood aside. Ibiki approached me and bend down. "Why were you being chased by Akatsuki?" he asked. I looked up, confused. "Huh?" Ibiki elaborated. "The shark guy wearing a black cloak with red clouds was chasing you right? He is Kisame Hoshigaki from Akatsuki." I was stunned. Ibiki must have noticed the look on my face as he frowned. "You don't know what Akatsuki is?" I shook my head and questioned him, "How do you I was being chased?" Ibiki straightened up and gestured towards Inoichi. "This is Inoichi Yamanaka. He has the ability to probe one's mind and see their memories." I looked at Inoichi suspiciously, wondering how much of my memory he saw. At that moment, Ibiki cleared his throat and asked me "You don't have any memory besides that event right?" I nodded and Ibiki continued. "So you don't have any idea which village you are from? You weren't wearing any headband." I shook my head again. "I don't even know my own name." Ibiki frowned again and took out a card from his pocket. "We found this ID card in your pocket. It seems like you were planning to take part in the coming Chunin exam. But since we have no idea who you are, its best you give up this round." He handed to me the card and I took it.
Name: Yamamoto Kaoru
Age: 16
Rank: Genin
"Since your ID card does not mention your village or teammates, I assume that it is a minor or unheard village." Ibiki said. At that moment, the blond Hokage lady entered the room.
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Ibiki immediately turn his attention to the lady and asked "Are you sure its safe to send Naruto on such a mission? You are aware that the Akatsuki is after him right?" The blond lady looked down and said "I trust that Naruto would be able to take care of himself. Besides, Kakashi is with him." She turned and look and me and ask Ibiki "Have you found out anything about her yet?" Ibiki whispers something into her ear and the blond lady frowned. She turns to me and smiled. "I suppose I haven't introduce myself. I am Lady Tsunade. The fifth hokage of Konohagakure." She then turn back to Ibiki and muttered something to him. Ibiki bowed and gestured for me to follow him.
After I left the room with him, Ibiki said "Since Akatsuki is after you, it means that you have something that they want. Thus, we are going to keep you under protection." I nodded nervously and Ibiki continued "For now, you will undergo some training. That way, you not only can learn more techniques to defend yourself, but we might also get a clue as to what kind of jutsu you use and hopefully find out which village you are from." I nodded again. "I'll assign you to Maito Guy's team."
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"So, she is a new member of our team?" a girl with her hair tied up into Chinese style buns in either side of her hair questioned her sensei, which I presumed to be Maito Guy. Maito Guy (or should I call him Guy sensei) nodded and flashed his teeth, "Yup Tenten, this girl, Kaoru will be part of our team from now on!"
A guy wearing similar green jumpsuits and Guy sensei with bushy eyebrows dashed in front of me and flashed his teeth like his sensei. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Rock Lee!" Another guy with long black hair and grey eyes walked towards me and stick out his hand for a handshake. "I am Neiji Hyuuga." He introduced himself with a slight smile. I took his hand and bowed deeply to all three of them. "I am Yamamoto Kaoru. Please to meet you." Guy sensei nodded and turned towards the other three. "Now my students, since Kaoru is a new member of our team, let's help her out in her training so that she can learn to appreciate her youth!"
Before I know it, I was forced into doing crazy military training like one thousand pull-ups and pushups. By the time I was half dead; Guy sensei came forward and announced "Alright, now we shall practice Taijutsu!" I groaned and Tenten helped me up. "Its okay, you will get used to it soon," she reassured me.
When it was time for sparring, Guy sensei paired me up with Neiji. Neiji entered into his stance and smiled at me, assuring me that he will go easy on me. I nervously took out a kunai and get ready to defend the coming attacks. Suddenly, Neiji stuck out his hand to do his special move, the "Gentle fist". Out of desperation and shock, I stuck out my arms to block the attack. Suddenly, a wall of ice appeared and blocked Neiji's attack. "What the…." Neiji commented in shock. He jumped back several steps and re-entered his stance. However, this time, there were veins and arteries around his eyes. I knew that he had activated his "Byakugan", a special eye technique that his clan was renowned for. However, I was even more taken aback by the wall of ice that had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
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