"Finally, after so many years in the academy, I am finally a genin!" Keiko looked over the shorter graduates as Iruka handed out the headbands to all those who were in the line before her.

"I hope we get Yama as a sensai!" Kazuko exclaimed from behind Keiko.

"Why? I don't get why everyone wants him as a sensai... He seems like an immature kid." Keiko sighed as she looked over to where Yama stood, nodding and smiling as each of the students were handed their headbands.

"I'm surprised you aren't drooling over him, Keiko. You're about his age. Besides, you know who Shikamaru is, right? Well, Yama is his older cousin." Kazuko explained with a grin.

"Shikamaru is more attrative than he is..." Keiko nodded towards the girls infront of her who were drooling while talking about Yama. "They can have him."

A snicker escaped Kazuko's lips. "You say that now..."

Finally the line emptied and Keiko stood before Iruka and several other Jounin.

"You did good in the academy, Keiko. Even though you were late entering the academy, you still stuck with it and did your best. I'm sure you will grow up to be a very powerful ninja. Well done! You are finally a genin." Iruka handed Keiko her headband and patted her shoulder.

"Thank you, Iruka!" Keiko smiled softly and bowed her head before moving along.

Kazuko walked forward and was handed his headband. "You also started late, but you succeeded with great skills. I will see you later." Iruka said with a grin.

"Thank you sir, talk later." Kazuko said with a grin before walking off after Keiko.

Later that afternoon, after all the graduates had gotten their headbands, the genin gathered together to await the news of their squads. A few mintues after everyone gathered, Iruka entered the room with a clipboard.

"Afternoon everyone. Are you all ready to get paired up?" Iruka announced.

Cheering rumbled through the classroom before Iruka quieted them down. Kazuko sat beside Keiko while awaiting the news like everyone else.

"The teachers and I worked very hard to pair all of you up equally. As soon as I call out the teams, please leave with the sensai you are assigned as soon as possible. The first team that will be called is the eldest graduates of the academy. We decided to pair each of you together considering the ages. We hope you will work very well together. Team one will consist of Nanami Keiko, Samsara Kazuko, and Umino Satomi. You are assigned to Nara Yama.

Keiko turned to glare at Kazuko. "Of course."

The three whose names were called stood up and went with Yama to exit the building. Once outside, Yama lead them to a clearing where he told the three to sit.

"Afternoon!" Yama greeted with a smile. "Since from now on we will be paired as a squad, I think we should get to know each other. Who would like to start?"

The three genin turned to look at each other awkwardly while shrugging. Yama sighed deeply. "How about you?" He asked, pointing toward Kazuko.

Kazuko also sighed deeply. "My name is Samsara Kazuko. I was born in the sand village but moved here a few years ago... um... I'd like to leave the rest as a surprise." A smirk fell over his lips as he turned and winked at Keiko who, in return, rolled her eyes.

"Good. What about you?" This time Yama pointed toward Satomi.

"My name is Umino Satomi! I actually wasn't even supose to be in the academy - my mom didn't want me to enter - but than my dad started training me and commanded that I be put into the academy, so that's why I'm a bit late to graduate too. I love to learn new things, so I hope you're a good teacher, Yama!" Satomi smiled her big toothy grin and laughed. The rest of the team stared at Satomi.

Yama resisted the urge to shiver. "W-well, that's good. Um, okay you now." Yama said, moving on.

"You'll have to wait to find out more about me." Keiko said and leaned back on her elbows.

Yama sighed. "Well, that was helpful." He mumbled.

"Just say something about yourself and get it over and done with!" Kazuko muttered to Keiko.

"He needs to know nothing about me! He doesn't need to know my business; he is just my teacher and that's all he will be." Keiko shook her head and looked away from the group.

Kazuko sighed and stood up, stretching. "Well, this has been fun, but unless we are going to do something, I'm headin' home."

"What about Yama-sensai? We told you about us, but we need to know about our sensai too!" Satomi interrupted.

"Who needs to know?" Keiko muttered under her breath and shook her head.

"Well, I would like to know." Satomi stated and turned to smile at Yama. "Yama-sensai?"

Yama laughed and scratched the back of his neck. "Well, I am probably one of the youngest Jounin in Konoha. I graduated about nine years ago from the academy. Became a Chunin about two years after and advanced to a Jounin another two years after that. That's about it really." He explained simply.

"Aren't you just a big shot?" Keiko mocked.

"Sorry about her, she's kind of like that when you first meet her." Kazuko apologized.

Yama shrugged. "Everyone is different. Go on home, I will see you at eight a.m sharp tomorrow morning."

"You're kidding me, right? I usually don't get up until nine." Keiko complained.

"Things are different now, you are in a squad. As I said, eight a.m." Before anyone could protest, a cloud remained where he once stood.

"No way I'm getting up that early. I'll see you guys at nine!" Keiko laughed towards where Yama once stood. Even though he wasn't there anymore, it was the thought that count.

Kazuko playfully hit Keiko's arm. "You can't be late on the first day!" He scolded.

"Besides, you need a little sun!" Satomi laughed.

"Besides, you need a little sun!" Keiko mimicked in a very girly tone. "I don't care, I like my beauty sleep!"

"You don't need beauty sleep, you're beautiful enough already. Now you better be here at eight!" Kazuko scolded again.

"You're right, Kazuko. I don't need beauty sleep - you're the one who needs it." Keiko bursted out laughing and slapped her knee. "Come on, that was hilarious!"

Kazuko did nothing. "I'm being serious, I don't know what Yama is like when he is mad..."

"I guess we get to find out!" Keiko smiled and cocked her head.

"Where is she?" Yama asked his squad as a sigh left his lips.

Kazuko rolled his eyes. "She's at home, in bed."

"B-but I said to be here at eight?" Yama stated, confused.

"I told her to come here at eight, but she refused..." Kazuko explained simply.

"Well, where does she live?" Yama suddenly asked.

"Wh-wha?" Kazuko asked, taken aback by his sensai's comment.

"I said, where does she live? We are going to go get her."

"Ahhh..."

~*~Keiko's Dream~*~

"Hey, Kazuko! What are you trying to do?" Keiko shouted as she ran up behind him.

"Ah, I was going back to my village." He said simply.

"Well, stop!" Keiko placed her hands on her hips and shook her head.

Kazuko turned so his back was to her. "But I have to. My younger brother is ill."

"You can't leave me!" Keiko reached out to grab Kazuko's wrist.

Her grasp tightened over his wrist. "What are you doing?"

Kazuko no longer stood before Keiko, but instead it was now Yama.

"Wha..? Where... Why?" Keiko tried backing away as Yama twisted his wrist so that he was now holding hers. "Let me go!" Keiko screamed and tried her hardest to escape his grasp.

"Don't you remember me? Can't you try?" He begged, his eyes filled with sorrow.

"What are you talking about? Freak! Let me go! You stalker!" Keiko stepped closer to Yama; for some reason she now felt drawn to him, but at the same time her mind told her to keep backing away. She could no longer resist as she jumped into Yama's arms.

~*~Keiko's Dream End~*~

"Ah, you can let go now..." Yama stated awkwardly, his arms gently trying to remain a distance between him and Keiko.

"I don't know why, Yama! Why I feel like this at the moment! I don't get it!" Tears began to fall down Keiko's face as she buried her face into Yama's chest.

Kazuko walked over toward Keiko awkwardly, prying her away from him. Keiko moved from Yama's arms to Kazuko's arms and began crying harder.

"Calm down... it's alright," Kazuko cooed as he gently held Keiko close.

"Maybe I should have come in here alone and woke her up." Satomi stated as he moved towards Keiko and Kazuko. "Keiko..." She said gently while reaching out for Keiko's hand.

Keiko's crying suddenly stopped and she pulled back from Kazuko's arms. "K..Kazuko...? What are you-" Keiko was searching Kazuko's eyes for some kind of answers.

His eyes searched her's just as confused. "You alright now?" He asked calmly.

"What are you doing in my room? And you too? Get out! Get out! Ahh! Satomi! Why did you let them in!" Keiko reached for her blanket to cover herself. Revealing herself in only her underwear was not an ideal 'good morning' she was hoping to have, especially when it was her sensai and best friend.

"You heard her! Out!" Satomi shoed Yama and Kazuko out the door and ushered Keiko to get ready quickly.

Kazuko sighed deeply, pushing his red hair from his eyes. "I told you that would be a bad idea, sensai."

Yama laughed. "I thought it was fun! Bet she wont be late ever again!"

"Yama-sensai! She's younger than you!" Satomi shook her head.

Yama's laughing came to a halt as he turned his back to his students, his eyes gazing the sky. "O-oh yeah..."

A few minutes later Keiko exited her apartment with a grimice on her face. "If you two ever wake me up again so rudely, you will not be happy men." Keiko hissed.

A smirk came over Kazuko's lips as his voice became cocky, "We didn't wake you up rudely, you just woke up and threw yourself at Yama."

"I-I didn't do that! What are you talking about? I woke up in your arms!" Keiko stumbled over her words as her face flushed.

Kazuko laughed before his smirk returned. "No, I had to pry you off of Yama."

"You're an idiot, Kazuko! I did no such non-sense." Keiko began to walk towards where she was suppose to meet her team first thing in the morning, bu she stopped beside Yama and studied him, "Besides, who would throw themself at him?" She looked away in disgust.

Yama sighed deeply as he began to walk away at a faster pace then Keiko. "We're burning sunlight, let's go!"

Kazuko caught up with Keiko and laughed. "Hit a tender spot, I think!" A grin covered his face as he looked over at his friend.

Keiko's grimice turned into a frown while she watched the ground as she walked. 'Maybe that was a bit harsh.' Keiko thought.

Once they made it to the training grounds, Yama put them right to work, starting with target pratice.

"Focus on the target and nothing else!" Yama yelled from his rock as he observed the three.

"I think he could do a lil' less ordering and act more like his cousin Shikamaru." Kazuko mumbled to Keiko before turing to face Yama. "Why aren't you sleeping or something?"

Yama glared at Kazuko, his onyx eyes looking deadly. "Don't piss me off, kid! Get back to those targets!"

Kazuko turned back to his target and resumed throwing kunai. "What crawled up his ass?" Kazuko mumbled to Keiko, a snicker leaving his lips.

"Yama-sensai! I hit the bulls-eye! I think I'm actually getting the hang of it!" Satomi threw another kunai which hit the bulls-eye as well, knocking the others from the board.

Yama smiled warmly at Satomi as his eyes glanced over at Keiko and Kazuko. "How are you two doing?"

Keiko stood with her arm up and a kunai in her hand ready to throw it at the bulls-eye, but she was too deep in thought to concentrate on throwing the weapon. 'Had I really jumped into his arms? Oh, that's so embarassing! What did the other two think? Man, I knew I should of taken the time to actually get into pajama's! Why did I stay out so late? Stupid!'

"Hello, earth to Keiko! I said, what are you doing?" Yama called, pulling Keiko from her trance. His hands were on his hips in disaproval and Kazuko was staring at Keiko blankly. Satomi was in deep concentration with her practicing.

"Wha..?" Keiko was shocked at how close Yama was and fell back onto her butt. "Why do you keep doing that?"

"Doing what?" Yama asked before his eyes looked up. "Morning guys!" He called, looking over at the remains of team seven.

"You're her team leader now, Yama. Don't let your hormones get in the way." Kakashi shook his head as he crossed his arms over his chest.

Yama ran a hand through his blonde hair as he took a step back from Keiko. "What're you guys doing here?" He asked avoiding Kakashi's comment.

"Well, I was taking Naruto and Sakura to train, but I see that you and your team are already preoccupying this training field." Kakashi turned to look at Satomi who was the only one still training. "Satomi's doing very well, have you discovered her abilities?"

Yama moved his way past his team to stand beside Kakashi. "No. Must you always treat me like a kid?" Yama teased.

"You're eighteen, Yama. You're still a child to me." Kakashi muttered.

"Hey, Kakashi-sensai, I didn't know you had children!" Naruto laughed.

"Naruto! That's private information anyways!" Sakura shouted and hit Naruto on the head.

"Sakura-san!" Naruto whimpered gripping his head in pain.

Yama looked at Naruto and laughed. "That's alright. Kakashi was my father figure growing up. It's only right that he thinks of me like a kid still." Yama agreed.

"Kakashi was your father figure?" Sakura asked.

"Long story short, there was a major catastrophe that happened in this village 13 years ago and many ninja and villagers were killed. Yama's parents were some of the ninja that were trying to protect the village but were killed. The third Hokage placed Yama into my care - without my consent - and I was made to raise him. So, this is my pain in the butt." Kakashi explained.

Yama laughed. "You say it like I was a bad child."

"You were." Kakashi said simply with a small chuckle.

"The good thing is, I'm nothing like him!" Yama stated.

"So I guess he's not a pervert than?" Keiko called from where she was lying.

"Me? You should see the books Kakashi reads!" Yama called back at Keiko. "By the way, Kakashi. If you keep teasing me, I'll have to go and hide all your Make-Out Paradise again; I remember where you put them."

"Note to self: change locks." Kakashi muttered under his breath. "Anywho, are you going to be a while training your team?"

"Come on, Kakahi-sensai! You're older than him, kick his butt out of this field so we can train!" Naruto tugged on Kakashi's sleeve.

"Nah, we're done here. I have another plan for these guys anyway. Come on guys, let's go!" Yama called to his team.

"Aw, so soon?" Kazuko said sarcastically as he put away his kunai into his pouch.

"I'm not getting up; and don't think of touching me again Yama!" Keiko stated.

Kakashi raised his eyebrows at Yama who simply shrugged while scratching the top of his head.

"I'm almost finished, Yama-sensai, but not quite!" Satomi shouted as she continuously threw various weapons at the bulls-eye.

Yama stood there awkwardly looking over at Keiko, and Kazuko who was trying to cox her to get back up. "Keiko, stop disobeying me. Just come on!" Yama begged.

"No." Keiko firmly stated.

"Keiko!" Yama yelled, more sternly.

"M-Maybe you should just listen to him, Keiko." Kazuko said nervously while looking down at his friend.

"I said," Keiko said gently and then shouted, "no!"

Kakashi shook his head and motioned for Naruto and Sakura to stay as he appeared beside Keiko and bent down to whisper in her ear, "Yama is now your leader and you need to respect him as one. He has done a lot for you, more than you know." Kakashi stood back up and helped Keiko to her feet.

Keiko didn't say anything; she walked over to Yama and muttered, "Sorry," under her breath with her head hung low.

Yama resisted the urge to touch her shoulder tentively; instead he turned his back to her and began walking away while saying, "Its fine, let's just go."

Satomi and Kazuko were following close behind.

"Kick butt, Kakashi-sensai!" Sakura cheered while Naruto grinned proudly at his sensai.

AN: Well this is ANOTHER new OC story! ^^ This time it is writen with my new co-writter, a.k.a my sister! :3

Keiko and Satomi are her OC's, and Yama and Kazuko are mine! If you're interested in knowing their FULL looks, go to our DeviantART accounts. Type deviantart into your URL with .com at the end and you'll be there!

JadedstarDrawer14 is mine and Nessa517 is my sisters! :3 GO, GO NOW! You know you want to ^^ You'll know that the pictures are the characters for this story because the title of the pictures will be their names!

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