"Meika POV
"Naruto! Wake up! I made Ramen!" I screamed in my clansmen's ear, and then leaped back a few feet. The young boy shot up and bolted to the kitchen, tripping over his own feet. "Meika-chan, you lied to me!" He cried, sinking to the floor. "Whoever said I told the truth Naruto-kun?" I managed to help the blond off the floor and pushed him into his bedroom. "Get dressed in thirty seconds and we go to Ichiraku's!" Naruto was done in ten. "Ramen is the best dattebayo!"He stuck out his thumb, my giggles rang throughout the apartment.
We raced each other to the ramen shop, but of course the blond boy won, due to his insane passion for the noodle dish. Miso Pork ramen, five bowls, three for Naruto, two for me. When we finished, we raced each other again to the academy, where the teams would be announced. Hinata blushed fifty shades of Red when Naruto entered the room. Iruka-sensei coughed loudly when I entered. "What? The boy wanted more ramen, so I bought him more!" Sensei sighed.
Naruto, being the knucklehead he is, squatted on the table in front of Sasuke. Unfortunately, the idiot in front of them stood, knocked naruto into Sasuke, which made them kiss. Oh Kami, here come the fangirls. Sakura, Ino, and the others growled and inched towards Naruto, so I moved to protect him. "Touch him, I kill your precious Sasuke." They all gasped and backed off. "Naruto-kun, sit next to the emo duck." Naruto did as told, grumbling the entire time.
After leaving him there, I sat by Hinata. To avoid eye contact, I had grown out my blue hair to cover my eyes. Iruka-sensei began to announce the teams. "Team Eight, Hinata Hyūga, Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame. Please go to room 4-C." I waved Hinata goodbye and she glanced at her team nervously."Hey Blue-hair, why do you cover your eyes?" I ignored Ryūga, who sat behind me. This only made him angrier. "Hey! I asked you a question!" I ignored him again. The sound of chairs scraping against the floor reached my ears. I looked up, a special jutsu I invented enables me to see through my hair. My classmate, Hatsuharu had blocked Ryūga's fist. "Ryūga, sit down. Team Seven is Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke Uchiha. Please stay in here until everyone else is gone. Team Four is Meika Uzumaki, Hatsuharu Aesuki, and Ryūga Aono. Please go to room 2-B. Your sensei will be there waiting for you." Iruka-sensei stated, the three of us walked out of the classroom, Ryūga mumbling all the way.
A jōnin with a senbon in his mouth was waiting for us in the classroom. Not even going near the chairs, I sat on a desk. The jōnin seemed to know what was up and merely nodded. Ryūga seemed annoyed with me for some reason. "First off, are there any questions?" He asked. I raised my hand, "Yes?" He asked. "What's your name?" I asked. "My name is Genma Shiranui. And what is yours?" "I'm Meika Uzumaki, although, I think you already knew that." He smiled, "Smart girl, yes, I knew. So Ryūga, why are you so irritated right now?"
"Because I'm on a team with the weird chick. Why is that?" The corners of Genma-sensei's lips tugged upwards into a smile. "Would you like me to explain it?" Ryūga nodded. "Well, you were placed in your teams based on skills. Meika was placed on my team because of her intelligence and weak combat. You were placed on this team for your high combat skills and well, your intelligence is lacking. Hatsuharu was placed on this team because he is the median between you two." Hatsuharu lost his cool at Ryūga's reaction. "Moving on, I may know your names, but I know nothing about you all. Please, introduce yourselves."
"Isn't kind of odd to ask someone to introduce themselves when you haven't done it yourself?" Hatsuharu asked. "True, alright. My name is Genma Shiranui, and I am a Tokubetsu jōnin of the Hidden Leaf Village. I like Ramen, playing Janken, and eating cherries. I dislike sweets, certain people, and dry noodles. My hobby is chewing this senbon. You're turn, Meika first." Sensei answered. Alright, I'm up next. "My name is Meika Uzumaki, I like Ramen and Dango. I dislike homework, bullies, and the heat. My hobbies are playing with Naruto, having fun with Hinata, and eating Ramen with Lord Third." I said, feeling a weird chakra signature off of Ryūga.
"My name is Ryūga Aono, I like pranks and playing in the water. I dislike Naruto, Meika, and Ramen. My hobbies are playing pranks, spending time with my brother, and reading manga." "My name is Hatsuharu Aesuki, I like ramen, water, and the quiet. I dislike loud noises, annoying people, and shopping with my sisters. My hobby is writing." Whew, at least one of my teammates likes me.
"Okay, meet me at training ground two at nine. We'll be doing some training exercises. Oh, and don't eat breakfast, you'll get sick." Sensei poofed away, probably to report to Lord Third. "Hmm, this sounds fishy. What do you think Meika?" Hatsuharu asked. "Well, if this is anything like Kakashi-sensei's training, it'll be based around teamwork." I replied. "Wait! What if we rigged some traps around the training grounds so when we start the exercise, he'll get caught!" Ryūga offered. "That's not an entirely bad idea. Let's go while there's still light." Hatsuharu said, we all raced to get there before noon.
"Alright, we'll start around the perimeter, make it seem like there's a pattern. Then, when we get deeper into the tree line, make it random, and subtle. There's no point to a trap if the person sees it coming." Ryūga said, handing both of us wire. "We can do this guys, I believe in us."
"The layout of the training grounds consisted of a small lake, lots of large trees, and a circular grassy field. I set triple-traps underground around the lake's edge, through some trees, and over the very top of the ground, barely noticeable. Attached to the wire were paper bombs, flying kunai and shuriken, and finally sensory traps rigged to tell us where he is. Ryūga taught me that last one. "Meika Uzumaki! Open this door or we'll break it down!" What the hell? Who's at my door? Naruto trudged through the apartment, "Meika, your team is here." Well shit. "I'm up, I'm up. God, quit knocking." I called out. "Well come on already!" I quickly got dressed, grabbed my pouch, and ran over my teammates, who stood in the doorway. "Let's go dattebayo!" I exclaimed, dragging my team behind me like towels in the wind.
"Good, you're all here. Now we can begin." Sensei stated, senbon still dangling from his mouth. We all jumped away, "Okay, so our mission is to pin him down for five seconds. I think we should communicate with these radios." Hatsuharu stated, handing us each a small radio. "They have honing devices on them, which enables all of us to find each other." "Alright, you two go as planned, I want to try something first." Ryūga jumped away, heading in the direction of his own traps. "Okay, we press on as planned, he'll only get himself tied to the pole." Hatsuharu said, "Yeah, let's do this dattebayo." I replied, and we went our separate ways, ready to fight.