"I WAS HERE FIRST INO-PIG!"

"YEAH RIGHT BILLBOARD BROW, MY TOE TOTALLY CROSSED THE DOOR FIRST!"

Maya slowly lifted her head from her book to look toward the door, but she was not the only one. Every head in the classroom turned to stare at the two arguing girls that had just busted through the door. 'oh geeze, i hope they don't kill each other..' Maya thought sadly as she looked away from the former best friends, who were now fighting over who would sit next the the Uchiha boy. He didn't seem to acknoledge that they were there, staring blankly ahead with no emotion on his stotic face. 'I really don't see the big deal..' she mused to herself, looking the moody boy over in a search to find out what made all the girls go GA-GA over him. 'Sure he's very handsome but he doesn't seem to be the nicest person...maybe that's why they want him? Because they know deep down he will never return the feelings? The challenge maybe?' In the proccess of losing herself in her thoughts she didn't see Naruto Uzumaki jump onto the desk in front of said Uchiha, glaring dangerously close to his face. 'Uh-oh'

Suddenly a boy in the desk in front of the Uchiha leaned back cheering on the cat fight that was soon going to happen, and bumped into Naruto's back, sending him tumbling forward. Maya blushed and giggled lightly at the sight before her, placing her hand over her mouth so as not to be heard. Both boys were wide eyed as their lips locked and every girl besides herself and Hinata Hyuuga gasped in shock. They jumped apart muttering curses and death threats to one another. That was when Maya felt it, the blood lust and murderous intent in the air. Naruto seemed to feel it as well, his face paled as he slowly turned around to see every fangirl in the room glaring at him and cracking their knuckles as they prepared to beat the hell out of him. Just as they lunged for the poor blond, there was a flicker and in an instant Maya was holding Sakura's wrist tightly in her hand. "P-Please calm down..." she said softly, a blush creeping over her face as all eyes were on her. She was a shy and quiet girl, but she couldn't let poor Naruto be beaten down for what had been an accident. "How dare you get in our way you little brat! Move it!" the pinkette yelled as she tried to pull her hand away so she could continue her attack. "I-It was an a-accident...I-I wont l-let you hurt h-him.." she said, her voice more determined but quiet as well. "Whatever, come on Forehead, that freak isn't even worth it." Ino growled out with a nasty attitude. Slowly letting go of Sakura's wrist, she took a step back but didn't turn around just in case she tried something with her back turned. With a final deathly look, the kunouchi turned around and walked off with a flip of her pink hair. Sighing, Maya turned around to go back to her seat only to be embraced in a warm hug. "Thank you so much, they would have killed me!" Naruto yelled in her ear, making her flinch, not only from the loudness but also the closeness of him to her body. "Y-Your welcome..." she wispered before pulling away and walking back to seat not noticing the intruiged onyx eyes following her every move.

"Alright I would like to congradulate everyone here for passing the genin exams! Now you will all be paired into three man teams although one team will have four due to the odd number of students. Now the first team will be..." Iruka-sensei started but Maya was distracted. In the midst of Naruto hugging her, the bandages she had around her stomach from the injuries she sustained from her father's brutal training were loosend and the wounds had re-opened slightly. Wincing, she descreetly placed a hand over them in hopes that they wouldn't start bleeding too bad. "Team seven will consist of Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha, and Maya Tashino." There were cries of both outrage and of joy as the names were called, but Maya didn't really mind her teammates. Sure Sakura was a bit obsessed with Sasuke and mean, Sasuke was cold and didn't really care about anyone, and Naruto was kinda loud and needed to be taught about personal space but who was she to judge anyone? She was sure they could work out their differences and be a great team. 'At least I hope so..' she thought, glacing at her new team only to notice a pair of dark ones staring right back. Blushing lightly she looked away as if she hadn't noticed at all.

Once everyone was sent on break, she quickly scurried to the bathroom and into one of the stalls. Wincing, she lifted her shirt and looked down at the damage to her midsection. There were many bruises along her chest and stomach, some fresh with a blue and purple tint, others old and an ugly yellow color. The bruises weren't here concern though, she was used to those, her worry was for the deep gash that ran from her left ribcage to her right hip. She hissed in pain as she unwrapped the bandages completely and took some more out of her backpack. After she re-wrapped her wound, she shouldered her backpack and pushed the pain to the back of her mind as she exited the stall. On her way out she caught sight of herself in the mirror. Looking at herself she smiled softly, remembering her mother and how she looked so much like her. Her hair was down to her waist and was a shiny jet black, her skin pale and smooth. She was a bit short about 5'2 and she had a slim build with curves in all the right places, along with nice sized breasts. What she loved about herself the most though were her eyes. They were a deep purple with flecks of silver in them that sparkled slightly. She was dressed in short black shorts, a white tank top with a thin black hoodie over it and white furry boots that went to her knees. Both of her legs were wrapped with bandages from the top of her thighs to her ankles not only because she wasn't comfortable showing her skin but to hide what was underneath. Sighing sadly, she left the bathroom and headed toward the classroom they were supposed to meet with their sensei. She rounded a corner and smacked into something hard, almost falling but catching herself before she ended up on the ground. "You should watch where you're going." a smug voice said. She looked up to find herself staring at the Uchiha who had his arms crossed and a scowl on his face. "I-I'm sorry.." she mumbled, lowering her head and fumbling her hands a bit. "I-I'll be m-more careful next t-time." With that she walked around him and proceeded on to the classroom with him behind her. She could feel his eyes on the back of her head as they entered the classroom but she ignored him as she went and sat on the window sill taking her book out. 'I hope this ends well..' she thought to herself as she heard Naruto and Sakura arguing in the background.

"WHERE IS HE!? EVERYBODY ALREADY LEFT, EVEN IRUKA-SENSEI IS GONE!" Naruto yelled, looking out the door from side to side, hoping to catch a glimpse of their very late sensei. Maya giggled at his obnoxiousness, finding it quite endearing, and closed the book she was reading to look over at her teammates. "Naruto what are you doing!?" Sakura scolded as said boy wedged a earaser in the doorway so it would fall when the door was slid open. "That's what he gets for being late!" the blond said triumphfully as he jumped off the stool with a grin. "He's a jonin loser, he's not going to fall for a stupid prank like that." Sasuke pointed out, which of course sakura agreed with. 'He's probably right. We're supposed to under the wing of a very skilled ninja.' Maya thought to herself just as a hand appeared in the door way, pushing it open. PLOP. The eraser fell right onto a head of silver hair that stood up to the side sending a puff of white chalk all over him. "HAHAHAHA HE FELL FOR IT! HE REALLY FELL FOR IT!" "Sensei I'm so sorry I tried to stop him but he wouldn't listen!" Maya tilted her head in confusion. She knew who this ninja was, it was Kakashi Hatake, the copycat ninja. He was in the bingo book she had studied front to back, why did he not dodge the eraser?

'Because he wants us to think he's weak young one, why else?'

Maya froze, staring at the floor. It was back...she hadn't heard that voice for weeks now. Swallowing hard, she slowly ran a hand through her hair in an attempt to calm herself before her team or sensei noticed something was off. 'Please...go away..' she pleaded in her head as she stood up to follow everyone to the roof. 'Sorry child, but you know I can't go anywhere. How about we show this team who's gonna be boss? Especially that pink haired bitch who had the nerve to challenge you.' the voice cackled and Maya had to stop herself from shaking. 'NO! This is MY body you don't control me now GO. AWAY!' she screamed in her head and then there was silence. Sighing softly, she glanced up and noticed they were almost to the roof. 'I've got to get this under control..'