Hey! It's izumchan90 here! Well…for those of you who read my story "I meet Kakashi Hatake". You may have noticed that I deleted it. Well that's because I thought of another story with my OC Izumi. Yeah, I know you said that my story went great, but no worries. I promise I'll make this story GREATER. Anyway, here is my new story. I always hated to put the disclaimer up since I have to say it every chapter, but I'll just say it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. The characters except for my OCs all belong to the creator. If I did own Naruto, my OC characters would've existed in the story.


Chapter 1

Under the desert heat, Team Gai and Team Kakashi walked towards the direction of their home, Konoha. They had finished their A-rank mission. The Kazekage of Suna had recently been kidnapped by Akatsuki, the most dangerous organization joined by S-rank Criminals. Gaara, the Kazekage, returned from his death thanks to the retired shinobi Granny Chiyo. The day of his return was blissful and depressing at the same time to the Suna villagers.

Now that everything is turning out great, the Konoha shinobis will now focus more on Akatsuki's whereabouts. However, to Gai, it wasn't really great to him. Holding his rival, Kakashi's, arm around his neck, Gai was certain that the grey-haired jonin was holding him back. Kakashi, know as the Copy Ninja because of his Sharingan, had developed the Mangekyou Sharingan. Since Kakashi wasn't an Uchiha, the Sharingan had reduced most of his stamina and was unable to walk by himself.

Tenten, one of Gai's members of his team, turned to the older jounins who were way far back away from them. "Hey, you guys are so slow!" she yelled as she waved. Gai glowered, How dare she calls me slow…Next to him, Kakashi can see Gai's lack of helpfulness. "Now, now, Gai, I overused my new Sharingan, so I didn't mean to hold you back."

Gai growled, earning a glare from the Sharingan user. The next thing Kakashi knew, Gai yelled, "I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!" With that, he threw Kakashi up in the air.

"Wha—? H-hey!!" the grey haired man screamed. The five teenagers (Naruto, Sakura, Tenten, Lee, and Neji) turned to see what has happened. They found Gai carrying his own backpack on the front….with Kakashi on his back?! That's…just gross, Naruto thought in disgust.

Grown men playing piggyback…they're more gross than I thought, Sakura said to herself, disgusted as Naruto. Lee, Gai's favorite student, didn't think it was gross at all. "I see! That's a training exercise, right Gai-sensei?" Gai just smiled, his teeth sparkled.

"This way I'll be much faster!" he declared. Gai sprinted in great speed, passing the teenagers, "You think you can catch up to me now?!" He left with the smoke covering his trail, leaving the rest coughing. It's even more disgusting when they move, Naruto shook his head trying the get the image out of his head. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw lee carrying his own backpack, holding his arms back. " Neji," he called to his teammate. Neji and Tenten glared at him. Neji knew this was coming, "Hell no!" he hissed.

"So this is my new home, Konoha. It sure is…lively here," a woman said as she placed her hands on her hips, looking at the surroundings of the village. The woman appeared to have a dark red hair that reached about two inches past her shoulders. Her bangs covered her left eye, and the rest of it stayed on the right side of her face. She had green eyes that showed a maximum effect to her smile.

"Um…excuse me, miss?" the woman's thoughts were interrupted. She turned to the spot where the gate watchers gawking at her in suspicion and admiration at the same time. Sighing, she walked towards them and stopped. "I'm sorry, but I'm not an intruder. I just moved here from Suna, so…"

"Oh, well we just want to make sure that you write your name down on this clipboard," one of gate watchers, Kotetsu, handed her a clipboard with an empty sheet of paper. "Oh yeah sure, I can do that," she wrote down her name and dropped the pencil on the desk when she was finished.

"Thanks," the other man, Izumo, said.

The woman scratched the back of her neck then asked, "Uh, I may sound stupid when I say this. That huge building over there is the Hokage's building, right?" she pointed towards the red building that had the symbol of fire on it.

"Y-yes, you got it right," Kotetsu nodded.

The redhead giggled, "Thanks. See you." She waved before she walked away. After minutes of silence, Izumo said, "She's so…"

"Don't say it." His partner gawked at him. Kotetsu stared at the clipboard. "The clipboard says that her name is Izumi Takahashi."

"What?"

"I said her name is Izumi Takahashi."

"To tell you the truth, I think I've heard of that name before, and her name almost sound like mine," Izumo yawned.

"Hey, what's that over there?" Kotetsu glanced through the fog outside the village. There was a figure…is it running? Yes, it was dashing towards Konoha. It was actually Gai, the most energetic jonin in the village. He was carrying Kakashi who unconscious at Gai's craziness. Gai sprinted harder until he made his feet as a brake. He bowed down as Kakashi leaned forward. Then Gai hit Kakashi's chin really hard and yelled, "FIRST PLACE!!" Kotetsu and Izumo gawked at him in displeasure. Lee was next. He carried everyone's backpacks and he yelled, "SECOND PLACE!!!!"

Izumo stared at them asked Kotetsu, "Why are they racing?"

Kotetsu shrugged, "How am I supposed to know?"

Gai turned to his student and said, "Lee, you need to work harder!!"

Lee straightened up and replied, "Yes, I understand, Gai-sensei!!"

"But there's another bad news…" Gai muttered.

"W-what do you mean, Gai-sensei?" Lee asked him, puzzled.

Gai grinned, spun around dramatically as he said, "You didn't get second place, you got…" As if on cue, Kakashi's arms pointed towards Lee and Gai yelled, "THIRD PLACE!!!!"

"W-WHA—?!"

"Kakashi's in second place since I carried him. HAHA!! No need to thank me Kakashi!" In response, the grey haired jonin groaned painfully. Lee scribbled on his memo as he cried, "I have a feeling that you gave me useful advice, Gai-sensei!!!" Behind them, Naruto, Sakura, Neji, and Tenten frowned at the annoying sceme. "How juvenile," Neji simply stated.

Tenten giggled, "But we did run along!!"

"Hn."

"Yosh, we are to report to the Hokage now!!!" Gai commanded.

"Um, Gai-sensei? What about Kakashi?" Sakura asked.

Gai almost forgot about the knocked out jonin that was riding on his back. "Well, change in plans! To the hospital!!" he pumped his fists in the air and motioned for everyone to go.

"Come in!" the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade said as Shizune gave her a cup of tea. The door opened, and Izumi entered the room.

"Good morning, Hokage-sama!!!" she spoke as she gave the blonde and her assistant a friendly wave. Tsunade studied her face carefully as if she had met her before. "I'm going to need your name if you don't want me calling you 'lady'."

The visitor giggled, "My name is Izumi Takahashi. I just moved here in Konoha from Suna today."

"Are you the one that the Kazekage had announced that will be staying here for a while??"

"That's right."

"The Kazekage did send me a copy of your detailed profile. What's your rank, Izumi?"

"I'm a jonin!"

"Remind me to check your profile so I wouldn't have to ask you. Listen, I have papers to do, which is a pain in the ass. Here's the address of your apartment, which is already reserved just for you. You can focus on expenses tomorrow," Tsunade smiled at her as Izumi grabbed the papers from the Hokage's desk.

"Well, that's find and all…Thanks, Hokage-sama."

"Oi, Kakashi-sensei, you're awake!" Naruto said. Then Tsunade entered the room that was filled with Team Gai and Team Kakashi. "Sorry I'm late. Someone just moved in to Konoha, which you really don't care at all. Anyway, well done, everyone. You've completed the mission successfully." Kakashi stood up, but was unable to with his dead tired body.

"Don't force yourself, Hatake. This time your problems are getting serious."

He sighed, "I know."

"Well, that's about it. Everyone, let Kakashi rest for the day." At that, everyone left the room, leaving Kakashi alone. So I'm here again, huh? He thought with another sigh. Then there was a knock on the door. Frowning to himself, Kakashi wondered who it was outside. "Come in," he said in a low voice. The door opened, revealing a redheaded woman. She's definitely not a nurse since she wasn't in her nurse uniform. It would be strange when a stranger just visits you at a random time.

"Uh…Hatake Kakashi, am I right?" she started. Damn, it's really him.

"Yeah, that's me."

"Um…Tsunade-sama just gave me this little task. She said very that I have to give this to you," the redhead stated as she placed Kakashi's whatsoever on the side table.

"Thanks…" Kakashi stared at the woman. "Are you new?"

"Yes, yes I am," the woman smirked with sarcasm. "Got a problem with that?" Kakashi didn't say anything, but, boy, is she rude. And he was a little certain that he'd seen her face somewhere before. ...Since when does Tsunade give me a pack of weird medicine??

"I'm off. Get well…" her faced hardened after the dead silence between them.

"Hey, you didn't give me your name…" Kakashi called out. The strange woman turned and gave him a shocked expression. He wants to know my name?! This guy has a lack of memory in his genius little brain. Someone needs to bring this dude down!!!

"Why? It's not like we'll be hanging out like we're companions."

"I just want to know just in case we meet up again. Let me start. I'm Kakashi," he smiled under his mask.

"Hi, Kakashi. Bye, Kakashi." Right after she said it, Izumi stormed out of the room, not really caring at how rude she's been to him. The Copy Ninja. Him….

"When someone says their name for introduction, you introduce back, woman," Kakashi muttered under his breath in obvious annoyance.

Izumichan90: Yeah, it took me a while to finish a stinkin' chapter. I hope you liked it, but you don't have to right away.

Kakashi: Don't like the story. I suggest you read Icha Icha series.

Izumichan90: shut up, jerk. No one's talking to you.

Kakashi: Review so you can make this annoying author happy. I don't really care much, but yeah…

Izumichan90: You don't even know my name, you idiot. You're not using the right noun here. I have a name.

Kakashi: -sighs- Like I said review.

Izumichan90: Jerk, you didn't do the disclaimer! Whatever I'll do it. –takes out a bullhorn and yells- I DO NOT OWN NARUTO!!!

Kakashi: -mutters- thank goodness for that…

Izumichan90: -ignores him and continues to yell through the bullhorn- I ONLY OWN THE OC CHARACTER AND THE PLOT, WELL EXCEPT MOST OF THE PLOT!!! AND PLEASE REVIEW FOR THE SAKE OF MY HAPPINESS!!! ARIGATOU EVERYONE! I CAN'T WAIT FOR A REVIEW OR TWO!!!! AND IGNORE THE JERK SITTING RIGHT BESIDE ME! HE'S JUST JEALOUS THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE A LIFE!!!