This is my first Naruto fanfiction and English is not my native language, so please, don't be too harsh.
„Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!" he shouted with an enormous confidence. In an instant, dozens if not hundreds of clones appeared out of thin air. Her eyes widened in amazement, seeing this rather clumsy Genin use an A-rank technique flawlessly.
How is this boy able to perform a forbidden jutsu just like that? she thought while hiding behind a tree and being careful not to let her be detected. The boy began to fight with his duplicates; soon more and more clouds of smoke began to rise up to the sky.
Only by sight, I couldn't tell who's the real one – his chakra is evenly distributed among those clones. It seems like they can even act on their own. What an impressive jutsu, she continued to wonder, not too bad from my new comrade.
Hours had passed before the young blond ninja had finished his training. Breathing heavily and covered in bruises, he tramped home. The girl who had watched him also went away. Her steps made the sand under her sandals crackle as she walked through the wide avenue of the Hidden Leaf Village. The soft light of colourful oil lamps illuminated the various people in the streets.
There was laughter, fun and happiness everywhere. For her, it was kind of heartwarming to see so many people simply enjoying their evening. As she continued to walk home, the lights began to fade, giving way to dark alleys. She stopped in front of a run down apartment complex, the facade's eroded, little short of greyish, paint contradicted the colourful bright lights of the far away well-attended streets.
She opened the squeaking door to her tiny flat and sighed before closing it behind her back. The night flew by and moved the next day...
...
"Hello," a pale shinobi greeted with a quite obvious fake smile on his face.
"What are you doing here?" a blond ninja instantly answered while pointing at the other one, "You're that guy from the roof earlier!"
"Wha-" a confused girl threw in.
"It's a pleasure to meet all of you. From now on, I'll be taking Kakashi's place," a fourth but adult one joined the little group. The atmosphere was intense, you almost wouldn't dare to even take a breath. Suddenly, the two boys started to argue and drew their weapons.
"That's enough, Naruto," the green-dressed Jonin stepped in, which was quickly countered with an aggressive "Oh yeah, who are you anyway?"
Staying calm he answered, "I'll be filling in as team captain while Kakashi is recovering in the hospital. Please, call me Yamato. You three are going to be comrades now, so you better learn to get along with each other."
"You're joking.. comrades with him?" the boy who turned out to be Naruto mumbled in minor dismay.
"I'm sorry about earlier. But you see, I knew we were going to be teammates and I wanted to see how strong you were," his opposite tried to explain himself serenely.
Naruto listened to his words, growling like a dog. The moment he wanted to reply, Yamato interrupted, "Ah, there comes our last member."
"Huh? Another one?" Naruto shouted and looked around hastily without spotting someone, "But where? I can't see him!"
"Try looking upwards, you might see her!" someone called. Simultaneously, the three young ninjas looked up and laid eyes on their new teammate who was crouching on the 10 feet wall (~ 3m) they were standing next to.
She hurled herself in the air with a powerful push and landed right beside her team captain.
She was examined closely by her new comrades. She wore a dark green shirt and black, slightly baggy, pants. The typical black headband with the metal Hidden Leaf signature was firmly tied around her upper arm, pointing to the outside. Her light brown hair was just long enough to frame her face and neck with a side-swept fringe which was exactly short enough to not cover her amber eye.
"Now that we're complete, I guess you should introduce yourselves," Yamato tried to lighten the tensed mood.
"Sure," the blond ninja responded with mixed feelings, "my name's Naruto Uzumaki and I'm going to be the best Hokage this village has ever seen!" He proudly adjusted his shiny headband while grinning broadly into the new girl's general direction.
That is a genuine smile, I have to observe him more closely to be able to copy that, Naruto's rival thought impressed by his comrade's facial expression.
"I'm Sakura Haruno," a girl with pink hair said politely while bowing down, "it's a pleasure to meet you."
"You can call me Sai. That's everything you need to know," the pale boy added to the conversation with a light smile on his lips, a slightly tilted head and closed eyes. This pose looked so unnatural that it creeped the others a bit out; they weren't sure what to think of his behavior.
Now, the last one spoke up, "I'm Mika Rutava. I'm from a small village in the Land of Fire which I left because I wanted to become a highclass shinobi."
Yamato, Naruto and Sakura greeted her a´with an affirmative nod while Sai, with his chin between his thumb and index finger, mumbled, "Now I have to come up with three nicknames for you... Let's see."
First, he pointed at Naruto, "Airhead."
"HEY! What do you want to say with that, huh?!" Naruto quickly protested. So heavily in fact, that Sakura had to forcefully hold him back.
Then, he pointed at the new girl, Mika, "Loner." Which made the girl narrowing her eyes and biting in anger. But she was, just barely, able to compose herself.
"And finally you," Sai continued his unintentional rampage by facing Sakura, "Ugly."
The formerly polite young woman completely lost her mind, rampaging loudly, "WHO ARE YOU CALLING UGLY?" It took both, Mika and Yamato, to hold the furious girl back.
This is going to be great, Yamato thought as sarcastic as he possibly could.