Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

I own Kagami though!

Kagami: ... throws kunai

Me: NO!!! MY BEAUTIFUL HAIR!!


She was breathing hard and heavy and her chest was in pain. She had been running for over an hour now. She knew they were still after her. They never seemed to get tired!

She had to stop before she fainted out of exhaustion. She braked hard, almost falling over. She quickly hid behind a tree, trying her best to stay quiet. It was quite hard since her breathing was so labored.

"Come out little girl! We know you are here! Kukuku… What an interesting little specimen you are!" a cold voice hissed loudly. Kuso, she thought. How did they get here so quickly! She held her breath, not daring to move even her finger.

Suddenly she heard metal clinging and shouts. She heard the sound of fighting, which went on for a while, and then silence. Suddenly a dark shadow appeared. "Don't worry. He won't follow you anymore." A strong male voice said. It sounded like it was slowly fading away though. Suddenly darkness was upon her, and she fell in to a dreamless state of unconsciousness.

Chapter 1

"Hey, hey! Kakashi-sensi is late again!" a bright eyed ninja with spiky blond hair said loudly. A kunochi with pink hair and an exasperated looked on her face. "Will you shut up Naruto?!? You are the most annoying kid I have ever met!" she shouted at the boy. "Isn't he, Sasuke-kun?" she sweetly asked a boy with black hair and a faraway look on his face sitting a little farther away. "Whatever, Sakura," he said, frowning more than he already was.

Suddenly, a poof a smoke appeared in the middle of all the shouting and frowning. "Finally, Kakashi–sensi!" Naruto shouted as he pointed a finger at Kakashi. Kakashi only smiled and said, "I have some news! A new member of team 7 is coming this way as we speak-"

"I'm already here, Kakashi." An older girl's voice sounded. The girl however, had to be the same age as Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke. She had long black hair falling to her waist, and part of her hair, shorter than the rest, partially covered her pale colored eyes. The eyes had no pupils, and Naruto swore that he had seen those eyes somewhere before. She wore a long blue shirt and netted leggings that came down to her knees. She looked like some one not to be messed around with.

"Everyone, this is Akashi Kagami, and she is the newest member of team 7." Kakashi said in a bored voice. "She will be moved to a new team later, but for now she's stuck with us."

Kakashi suddenly left again in a poof of smoke. Sakura, after Kakashi left, walked up to Kagami. "Kagami-san, my name is Haruno Sakura! I hope that-"

"I know all about you three. Kakashi already told me. Just leave me alone because I need to train now." Kagami interrupted in a colder tone of voice than what she used before. Naruto gaped madly at her. "Why did you blow off Sakura like that!!? Can't you see she was trying to be nice!! You little-"

"Shut up, Naruto" Sasuke interjected. Naruto glared in the direction of Sasuke. "STUPID SASUKE!!! I'M GONNA-"

But what he was going to do was never found out. A kunai streaked through the air between them and landed dead center on the tree behind them. "Just shut up," Kagami said in that some tone of voice. She then walked toward the tree where see threw the kunai, tore it out from the tree, and walked into the forest.

After she had done that, another poof of smoke appeared.

"You do know that you'll have to work with that girl!" Kakashi said as the smoke cleared away.

Naruto groaned. "Why!!? She's so… so… mean!!!" he said in an obnoxiously loud voice.

Kakashi sighed. When was he ever going to get it? "Well, she's a part of the team now. So that means you will have to work together! You know what I say about teamwork." He explained slowly.

"Now, you have the rest of the day off. Go enjoy yourselves!" he continued, and vanished in yet another poof of smoke.

"KAKASHI-SENSI!!! WHY US!!?" Naruto shouted at the top of his lungs. Sakura, now very annoyed, walked slowly up to Naruto and punched him as hard as she could.