Chapter 1: The Double Massacre
A young girl was found walking home, observing her surroundings with a small smile on her face. She had been so focused on training for that she didn't notice the sun set. Her expression hardened for a moment and her lips grew taut. "My parents are going to kill me… I've been out so late! Well, unless nīsan kills me first. He's always looked out for me." Her smile returned to her face as she looked to the sky. 'I'll just tell them that I was training for the academy. Nīsan will probably cover me. He's too awesome to... The moon? Oh no. Isn't that...that jutsu mom told me about...?' She broke into a dead run. "I can't ever be too certain...not here...in the shinobi world..."
Her family had a special jutsu. It was a genjutsu to be exact, only seen by members of close blood. The jutsu could only awaken in times of great danger.
It glowed deep red, like the blood that was to be spilled that night.
She stood before the Kasai clan's property gates, staring at the residence in mild relief. The fleeting sensation vanished, replaced with an ominous foreboding, as she stepped through the threshold. The darkness grew oppressive. I've...this... what is with this? I….I don't even… Tch. I knew whatever mom and dad were doing was bad news.She approached the entrance cautiously as the door swung open. She froze.
"What…. No. Oh nononononono….." she whispered her eyes widened at the sight of her aunt, slumped against the wall, dark stains still growing on her clothes. She began to tremble, hands clenching and unclenching in suppressed grief.
She heard a sound echo down from upstairs. She walked upstairs with a heavy heart, knowing that it was futile to hide her presence. The sound, a voice, blew through the house, tickling at her senses. 'On my left.' She turned her head seeing the door to her parents' bedroom. "…," she shuddered. I….No… Just… this is so wrong…..
*creak*
She stood, petrified. Her heart was pounding. She was sure she had seen the doorknob turn. She reached for the door. The voice rang out weakly, "Help me, Ammy!"
She gasped, and recoiled in suspicion even as she reached for the door. "Nīsan!" She slammed the door open and recoiled. The metallic scent of blood slammed into her senses. Her parents had been stabbed, once each, cleanly through the chest. The silhouette of a man, outlined by the moonlight, stood over the corpses. She saw a glint in his hand.
A katana shone dangerously in his hand, dripping with a dark liquid.
"Mom….Dad…..Why? What…but….wh… THEY HAVEN'T EVEN DONE ANYTHING WRONG YET!" she screamed. She fell to her knees, pure rage suddenly evaporating into apathy.
"Ahhh.. But they would have. In fact they already have done some unforgivable things, and more if I didn't do this," the man chuckled darkly.
She slowly shook her head, eyes still focused on the carcasses before her. She stared up, cold gaze in her eyes. "….Tell me…Why? What were they doing that was so wrong that…this…." She murmured and choked on her words as she looked away.
"….Do you hate me? Do you want to seek vengeance for this crime?" his voice called out from the darkness. His gray eyes, being the only thing visible, stared coldly at the trembling visage of his only sibling.
"…Fuck… off," she choked out, finally succumbing to her grief.
"Oh? Such foul language imōto." He chuckled.
"….Why?" she choked and trembled. "So, you're just going to leave me alone?" She spat the last word as one would spit poison. "WHY?"
"Ahhh. You see, dear imōto, people have to do what they have to do. Understand this, or you will die in the very near future." The man enshrouded in the shadows suddenly appeared behind her and tapped a pressure point on her shoulder. She fell to the ground, unconscious, as her tears finally escaped her eyes.
His eyes suddenly softened at his sister's vulnerable form. "I'm sorry…imōto. Stay strong. I know you'll fix this." He vanished in a swirl of leaves.
Two hours later, the ANBU crossed the threshold of the home and gasped in horror. "Damn. Not another one…"
The noble village of Konoha was unnaturally somber, whispers telling of the assassination of the Kasai family. The rumors told of bodies hacked to pieces, and blood splattered liberally on the walls, the scent of the decaying dead ripe throughout the clan grounds. The truth, though, was far from that. The ANBU were only shocked due to the ease the trespasser entered, the murder site being a well protected home. All were assassinated carefully as to leave as little trace of the ordeal as possible. The room that had the most blood in it was the room with the only survivor, only knocked unconscious.
The most horrific thing about this was that wasn't the worst of the damage. The noble Uchiha clan, who had been the most powerful clan since the beginning of Konoha, had been decimated. There was also a lone survivor, a boy, named Uchiha Sasuke. Oh, how everybody pitied him, how everybody pampered him after the massacre. They all forgot about the clan, with high hopes of someday rivaling Hyuuga and Uchiha.
Konoha was a swirl of chaos, whispers of the apocalypse, robberies, and mistrust overwhelming the civilian minds. Shinobi all begun to prepare for the worst. Visitors left the village, heading towards the safety of their own homes. Konoha lost a lot of business that day. Throughout the disorder, the only other survivor was forgotten. And she would stay forgotten for quite a long time.
Two years later, the disregarded girl returned to the forefront of everyone's minds, as she was thrown out of the local orphanage. The haughty manager glared down at the child. "Brat! How dare you defy my orders! Who do you think you are, defending the demon scum!"
The nine year old rolled her eyes at the woman. "You know what? I think I'm a better person than you. At least I don't go around picking on a little freaking kid. Seriously. He's been the object of your hatred for long enough! I don't know him that well but he deserves better. If I didn't know better, I'd say that he'd never deserve crap like what you people give him, but I do know better," she growled and glared pointedly at the nearby shopkeepers. "I can easily tell why you treat him like dirt, too. Think about it." A smirk grew on her face. "Think of what our dear leader, Hokage-sama would think if he knew what I am not supposed to know. Think about how anyone with half a brain can learn from your, displays of affection you give Naruto daily." A soft, dark chuckle floated from her lips. "You treat him as if some kind of pariah, you beat him, you scorn him, and the worst he's ever done is just joke around! If you noticed, his birthday also falls on the day of the supposed death of the Kyuubi! Same death, same year! Even a clueless idiot could figure out what had happened you naïve foo-"
The woman kicked her in the stomach. Hard. Amaterasu was sent rolling to the middle of the street.
"That is enough!" She fumed, "You have no right to talk!" Amaterasu was kicked again. She coughed and gagged as she laid there on the ground. She glared and flipped the woman the bird. As an amused murmur filled the small crowd, the woman began to rear her leg beck for another attack.
An ANBU suddenly appeared next to the woman and roughly pulled her back, preventing the woman from causing anymore damage. He picked the girl up. "You should be more careful."
"And you should put me down," she immediately retorted with a grimace.
"Hn. I was ordered to bring you to the Hokage's office." The masked man stated as the girl nodded slowly.
"….May I ask why?" she questioned slowly.
"They want you to reenter the academy."
"Ah. Cool." She shrugged.
After three more years, this time filled with training, Amaterasu was finally scheduled to reenter the Shinobi Academy so she could take the genin exam to become a shinobi. Her taijutsu and ninjutsu skills have improved quickly over the two years, easily putting her at a low chūnin rank at best. Her genjutsu skills though, didn't fare as well. Her fairly large chakra reserves made genjutsu extremely taxing. Because of this, her stamina and chakra control was improved through… extracurricular activities. She was driven to grow strong, but not to avenge her family, was incredibly odd compared to the Uchiha's mindset, which was dead set on revenge.
"It hasn't changed much since the last time I've been here," Amaterasu remarked mildly, humbled by the Hokage's presence.
The old man chuckled.
"Yes hokage-sama?"
The hokage straightened up and looked at the child with an amused look on his face."After all these years, yet you are still so formal. Good luck."
"Ehehehehe," The girl laughed sheepishly.
The Hokage smiled.
When they arrived in front of Amaterasu's new classroom, the Hokage slid the door open and informed Iruka that the new student had arrived. Sarutobi moved to one side of the door and let the girl enter the room.
As she walked towards the front of the room with a quiet stride, Iruka shouted, over the unmistakably loud voice of Naruto.
"Class we have a new student today!" A vein grew on his forehead in annoyance. "EVERYBODY, SETTLE DOWN!" He yelled. The entire class suddenly became much quieter.
"Thanks guys," he mumbled sarcastically as he turned his attention to the new arrival. "Okay now introduce yourself."
"Okay ummm..."
"Iruka"
"Alright, Iruka-sensei. My name is Kasai Amaterasu. Please call me Ammy. It is nice to meet you all." She flashed a grin as she bowed.
Everyone gave her a once over. She had medium length brown hair, streaked with black, tied in a messy ponytail. Her bangs swept and shaded her left eye. She wore a dark green opened jacket over blue t-shirt that accented her equally blue eyes, and black shorts. Bandages were wrapped around her right thigh, her kunai holster fastened securely over the bandages. She wore black fingerless gloves and black standard shinobi sandals. As a further note, they noticed that the girl had a petite build, being about 130 cm tall. She still seemed to be ten years old.
She began to smirk as she turned her head and met Iruka's gaze.
"So where is my seat sensei?"
"Anywhere you want, there are six empty seats," Iruka replied with a smile which soon morphed into an irritated expression. A clamor had arisen in the class caused by none other than the infamous Naruto. He glared at the boy. Naruto grinned back.
Her eyes skimmed over the room, settling on the awkward, empty seat between the brooding Uchiha and Uzumaki Naruto, the prankster of Konoha. 'Such polar opposites sitting so near each other...' She tread way over to the boys. She didn't want to be alone in the back of the class, seeing as the only other spaces were in the back corners. She stood in front of them.
"Hey can I sit there?" She asked with a smile.
"No. My books are there, idiot. Sit somewhere else," he replied irritated. "This school doesn't need more of you fan girl types. Go away."
In the background Shikamaru lazily murmured to Chouji "…And this is where she walks away depressed or insists to sit there like any other girl," with his eyes closed and chin resting on folded arms.
"Yep", Chouji replied while stuffing his face.
Ammy's eyes glinted in anger, as she mocked in a high pitched voice, "Tch. No. My books are sitting there, you idiot. And I can't move them anyways because my little Uchiha arms are too weak to grab them since all I do is brood like an old woman all day. And I'll immediately assume that you're pathetic, too! Oh get over yourself." She snatched his books and hefted them into his face.
The room was eerily quiet.
She sneered. "Poor little brat. Cat got your tongue?" she asked with a smirk. She launched over the desk into the now empty seat and laughed to herself, self satisfied. The moment her butt touched the seat, the room erupted in sound. The boys all broke out in laughter, banging on the desks. The girls… well…shrieked indignantly at the girl for having the nerve to do such a horrible thing to their idol.
Ammy rolled her eyes. She muttered to herself, "I would have thought that these people would be part howler monkeys if I didn't know better…"
Naruto blinked. Several times. His jaw fell slack as he gaped for a few moments. Ammy curiously glanced over. "Damn. If I knew that was what it took to shock someone like him into silence like that, I would have done it ages ago. You are freaking awesome!"
She grinned, "Thanks." She held her hand out. "The name is Ammy. What's yours?"
As the two exchanged greetings, Shikamaru and Chojji shared a glance. Shikamaru, for once, was completely alert.
"This is the first time that you've been wrong in one of these things, Shika."
"Well this is a pretty interesting development…"
"Yep."
"…Is this class always this loud?" Ammy mused to her newfound friend.
"This is probably quieter than the usual," Naruto replied whispering as to not be heard by the teacher.
"Hey, so what do you want to aim for when you're a shinobi?" she asked.
"I'm going to be Hokage, dattebayo!" Naruto grinned as he shouted and leapt out of his seat. The others glared at him as he sheepishly sat down.
Ammy chuckled. "Cool. I want to become strong, and eventually, if I manage to stay alive for long enough, I'll fill my clan's seat in council. That's all I can really think of," she smiled. "When you become a kage, you'd better make me ANBU captain or something."
"Tch." Sasuke scoffed.
Ammy glanced over. "Hey what's the deal…Broody?" she asked, face slightly scrunched up as she tested the nickname, nodded, and smirked.
Sasuke scowled.
Ammy snickered at his expression and poked his cheek. "Lighten up, Broody."
A vein pulsed on his forehead as she and Naruto snickered.
When class ended, she left to buy some groceries. She grabbed a small basket inside as she entered the building. She grabbed all of her basic foods like eggs, a platter of meat, rice, and some fruits and vegetables, paid and left the market as quickly as she could. She needed to unpack her stuff into her new apartment after all.
After a few minute's walk, she arrived and jogged up the stairs and around a corner and crashed into someone running full speed.
"Ooof!" the stranger mumbled in unison with Ammy. Her groceries went flying in the air. Her eyes widened as she dove to save the eggs from landing harshly on the ground. She landed, sprawled out on her stomach, the egg carton safely cradled in her hands. She sighed with relief, even though she heard a spat near the person standing behind her.
"Hey! What's the big idea you jer- Ammy?" the boy growled before he faltered, quickly recognizing Ammy.
Ammy's ears perked at the familiar voice, and she sat up and turned around. "Eh? What are you doing here?"
"I live here" he pointed to the apartment next to hers, "and was going to make some mische-….I mean…. Nothing." Naruto grinned and rubbed the back of his head.
"So you're my neighbor then? This is just beyond coincidental." She laughed.
"Reall? I've been wondering why there was stuff being put into that room." He laughed as well until he seemed to notice the food, other than the eggs strewn about the walkway. He sheepishly smiled. "Uhhh… sorry about the food, dude. Need some help?"
Ammy sighed and shook her head. "Sure. Some of the food is kinda damaged beyond repair though," she snickered as she pointed to a few tomato remains on the ground.
It only took a few minutes to clean the mess, and to put what remained into storage. Ammy looked over to the bag filled with destroyed goods, as she sighed. Already, another visit to the grocery store was needed. She shrugged. Oh well. She'll worry about food later.
Time to unpack.
"NA-RU-TO!"
"-SNORE-" Ammy poked Naruto in the gut.
"Wha?" Ammy quickly filled him in.
"Nyehehehehe! Sorry, Iruka-sensei!"
Naruto's reached to scratch his head while blue eyes closed as a grin made its way to Uzumaki Naruto's face. He yawned as Umino Iruka's visage twitched dangerously. Ammy grinned as well.
"You shouldn't be sleeping when I'm giving an important lecture!" he yelled as vein on his forehead grew more prominent, "You are now preparing for the genin exams in two months. Yet you haven't changed a bit from the-"
Naruto glared fiercely as she stood up, "I have changed!"
"Have not!"
Ammy rolled her eyes. 'Mature.'
"Have too! I have goggles now, see!"
To emphasize his point, Naruto pointed at the green goggles on his forehead.
Iruka sighed as all anger left him, only to be replaced by annoyance and the feeling of futility, "That's not the point, Naruto…"
"Bah!" he yelled, "I don't need your stupid lectures, Iruka-sensei! I'll still be the greatest!"
He jumped over the desk as he threw a smoke bomb. He made a beeline for the window as he blew a raspberry at the teacher. Ammy shrugged. "Whelp. I'm out too, I guess," she chuckled. "Can't have Naruto blowing himself up over here!"
'Stubborn and annoying? Definitely. Convincing? Nope,' Ammy laughed to herself.
Iruka ran towards the window as the trouble-making 12 year olds successfully booted out of Iruka's classroom.
"COME BACK HERE!" he yelled after him.
"NEEEEEEEVAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Naruto cackled mischievously. Ammy guffawed.
The class of aspiring Shinobi watched this all in interest before Inuzuka Kiba suddenly had an awesome idea, "Iruka-sensei!"
Said person turned his glare at said source, "What. Is. It. Kiba?"
"Chouji used the toilet, and he needs your help!"
Umino Iruka considerably paled. This, however, didn't deter the Inuzuka's plan, "I think he said something about eating too much during lunch."
[Queue in horrified expression here.]
"CHOUJI! HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU NOT TO CLOG UP THE TOILET!"
Iruka ran out of the classroom, leaving behind a grinning Inuzuka, "Thanks a lot, Chouji!"
Amakichi Chouji ducked out of his hiding place as he smiled at Kiba, bag of chips in tow, "No problem, Kiba! Come on, Shikamaru! –munch, munch- I want more chips!"
Kiba jumped over his desk, followed by an eager Chouji who was trailed closely by a not-so-enthusiastic Shikamaru. All three ran toward the window just as Iruka-sensei returned to the classroom, red faced and furious.
"Oi! Naruto, Ammy!" Kiba laughed gleefully as they jumped out of the escape route, "WAIT FOR US!"
"COME BACK HERE, YOU BRATS!"
The chaos that occurred above… -EHEM! - The events above occurred during Kasai Amaterasu's first week at school.
First week.
Iruka…is so doomed.
A year of the academy quickly passed by, until the day of the genin exams arrived.
"Yo, Naruto! Did you practice for the exams? I head they're going to test us on cloning." Ammy shouted across the school yard, running towards Naruto.
"Awwww hell! I suck at cloning!" he groaned.
Ammy facepalmed. "I knew it," she muttered, shaking her head.
"Whadoyamean 'I knew it'?" he mock-glared at the girl.
"Exactly the way I put it. If you needed to practice, you could have asked me to help, but Noooooooooo, you said you were 'busy' idiot. I even offered help."
They kept at this conversation while walking to class. Shikamaru and Chouji and Kiba over heard this and snickered. Naruto turned red, yelled shut up and marched to class by himself, a vein pulsing visibly on his forhead. "I'll pass dattebayo!"
Ammy looked at him and shrugged and walked to class by herself with a laugh.
As the tests progressed to the ninjutsu phase, a certain someone's anxiety grew clearer and clearer. When the ninjutsu portion arrived, Ammy fought to contain her irritation at the pink kunoichi, as Sakura was reviewing all the basic hand signs and basic jutsu she had learned so far. Ammy sighed. "She should know better than to cram. She's going to psyche herself out and mess up. At least she studied though. Unlike Naruto. I'm worried that he won't pass. He'd better pass…Or I'll castrate him. Without antiseptic…with a rusty spoon.' Iruka stuck his head in and said, "Haruno Sakura?" as Kiba triumphantly marched right in with a grin, proudly displaying his new forehead protector. She visibly and audibly jumped out of her seat still going over the seals. Five minutes later she came back in smiling. 'What do you know? She passed.' Iruka's voice brought her back from her thoughts. "Kasai Amaterasu?"
"Roger that," she nodded with an over-the-top mock salute. A few people snickered at her antics.
She stood and walked to the door. "I just can't wait." she grumbled sarcastically. In the testing room she was told to perform the bunshin no jutsu. She slowly formed her hand seals to spite Iruka and her other sensei, Mizuki. Iruka rolled his eyes."Okay enough with that. Hurry up now."
"Okay. Fiiiine," she drawled. She completed the signs and created four clones. It was smoke and soundless, proving her exceptional chakra control. They nodded in approval. Iruka smiled and proclaimed "Pass." She walked up and grabbed a forehead protector and stuffed it in her pocket. "Thanks." She grinned and walked back to the waiting room with Iruka. She smirked.
When class ended two hours later, or rather the exams, Ammy suddenly saw the huge crowd of parents and students all happy and excited and stuff. She had felt hollow as she weaved through the crowd, careful to avoid unnecessary contact. 'If only these civilians knew what their kids are going to be put through…If only some of these kids knew what they're going to be put through. So naïve…' She shook her head and escaped the suffocating crowd. She looked around and saw Naruto sitting on the swing depressed.
"Hey," she greeted, her face carefully blank.
"Hey…"
"So you okay?" Ammy asked, her voice soft.
"Yeah…"
"Cheer up. You're Konoha's most unpredictable ninja. You'll fix this." She chuckled, trying to lighten his mood.
"…Okay," he grinned, looking a bit less depressed.
"I was going to buy food again. Want to come with? "
"Nah" Naruto forced a laugh.
"Ah. Okay. I'll see you soon, alright? Just keep swimming," Ammy smiled as she turned and walked away.'That settles it I'll make him a bento.'
Mizuki approached Naruto moments later.
An hour later, a bento wrapped in orange and black was gently placed next to Nartuto's door. Ammy stared at the door with a frown. You'd better not have done anything stupid…. She walked the seven steps back to her apartment, took a shower and got ready for bed. Thoughts jumbled through her head as she stared up at the roof, the upcoming team selections at the front of her mind. She rolled over, sighed and closed her eyes.
"RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINGGGGGGG
"Mother…you…ugh" she groaned as she blindly reached for the cause of the offensive noise, and threw it against the opposite wall. The plastic clock shattered on impact, effectively silencing it. She grumbled obscenities under her breath as she got dressed. She looked in the floor length mirror debating whether or not to put her forehead protector around her forehead, where it was supposed to go, or somewhere else. She tied it to her thigh. "Nah" she grunted and removed he headband. She tried her waist, and her arm but it didn't feel right to her.
"Aww what the heck." She made her decision and tied it loosely around her neck. "I guess that's fine" she mumbled as she tied her hair into a messy bun instead of her typical ponytail. She made some tea, drank it quickly after it cooled, and left, locking he door. She had passed Naruto's apartment before remembering to go check if he was back. "…Tch," she clucked her tongue as she spun around…only to almost be hit in the face by his door.
"Eep!" she squeaked the color draining from her face.
"Ehh? Ammy-chan?" he squinted.
"Holy mother of..." She started before stopping to mumble obscenities under her breath.
"I'm so sorry! …Oh yeah, hey look here Ammy! I managed to pass the exam!"
Her mumbles stopped as her eyes stared up with curiosity. "What? Let me see." She stared at the headband in his hand. "Huh." She began to grin. "What did I tell you? I told you that you'd fix it!" she jumped and hugged him. "I'm so happy! So how'd you get Iruka to pass you?"
"Well I learned this technique-ttebayo!"
"What technique?"
"Well long story short, I learned the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu with this one scroll and Iruka saw and passed me! He said it was a very advanced jutsu-ttebayo!" he shouted giddily omitting the less pleasant details.
"Daymn," Ammy whistled in awe. "Well, let's go. We're going to be late for the explanatory meeting! Today they're splitting us up into teams!"
"Shoot, I forgot. Let's race!"
"Meh. Okay. Don't cry when I beat you," she smirked.
"Hey!"
They both raced to the academy with ten minutes to spare and smashed the door open.
"HAFF HAFF- I beat you-HAFF HAFF," Naruto gasped for air.
"Suuuuuure. Keep telling yourself that," she rolled her eyes as she spoke, and laughed at the offended look on his face.
"Damn you. –Haff- Wait…How are you not tired?"
"I've been doing more stamina training."
"No way! Without me?" he mock pouted. "I think I'm going to cry, how mean." He mock-pouted.
Ammy laughed before slugging him (not too hard of course) in the arm. "Oh shut up," she snickered.
Naruto chuckled before he looked to the clock "... Wait you said we were going to be late!"
"I lied."
"You so would."
She chuckled at his response and walked to her seat.
"Yo…Broody."
"Idiot."
"So you're still calling me an idiot? That's hardly even offensive now isn't it? Ahh well. So who do you want in your team?"
'You.' "With someone who won't hold me back," he muttered.
"So… nobody right?" she smirked as she sat down. Naruto flopped down on his seat mumbling to himself. Ammy and Sasuke continued her near one sided conversation with Sasuke answering with the occasional grunt and very rare sentence while looking forward, until Haruno Sakura sashayed over.
"Sasuke? May I sit next to you? "she asked in a sickeningly sweet and tone and smiled.
"Oh, well pardon me, I guess I'm just air filling this seat and not a person. Well I guess I'll move. …Nah. Maybe not."
"Oh." She looked at Ammy with a look of utter contempt and said "Well you might as well move somewhere else. It's not like you're going to make it onto his team, class idiot."
Ammy coolly stared at the green eyed girl and scoffed."Like you're one to talk."
They continued arguing, well Sakura continued arguing as Ammy massaged her temples. Despite all of this, Naruto was in paradise…more or less. To his direct left was Ammy, his first best friend that really worried and cared about him. But to his far left, in the isle was Haruno Sakura-chan, his crush. She wore her headband like a girl would normally wear a hair band. She was smiling and her emerald eyes were sparkling, but it wasn't because Naruto was beside her. To Sakura's right was Uchiha Sasuke, the bastard that Sakura liked. She was trying to convince him, and failing, to get rid of Ammy and let her sit in Ammy's spot. Ammy looked like she could barely abstain from slugging the girl in her face.
Sasuke wore his headband like Naruto wore his, the traditional way. He was looking off to the side, quiet as usual. Sakura was staring at him and her face was rivaling her unusual hair color. He eventually got frustrated at Sakura talking to Sasuke for so long and leapt to the front of his desk and glared at him from two inches away. The guy, no idiot, in the row in front of him stretched and bumped into him, moving him just enough to...
"Dude my ba-"
…kiss him. And everyone saw. Ammy gave a strangled laugh before smothering it with her hands. Sakura and every other girl in the room were glaring at him. The guys were trying not to howl with laughter like Kiba, and were barely successful. Awwwwwww fuck my life so fucking bad mother…..Shieeeeeeeeet
"Naruto" Sakura growled and cracked her knuckles, a dark aura surrounding her. "You're annoying."
He slid back to his seat with a fearful gulp.
Everyone was broken out of their thoughts by Iruka-sensei walking in with a list and yelling for everyone to get to their seats, pointedly looking at Sakura. He stood at the front of the class, gave them the boring speech about their duties as genin, and then he started reading names off a list. Ammy half listened, mostly for her name and Naruto's. Not hearing them for the first squad, she decided to keep doodling on the small notepad she had brought. After six squads were formed, Ammy heard Naruto's name.
"Team 7: Uzumaki Naruto...Haruno Sakura..."
Naruto had a huge smile on his face as he stood up with his fists held up in triumph. 'IT PAID OFF! Wishing for this has paid off!' he thought in joy while he mentally skipped around on Cloud 9. He Sakura, on the other hand, was depressed. She had her head on the desk and held it as if she had a headache. 'Out of all the people in class, it had to be Naruto. I would have preferred Ino-pig to be on my team if it meant Naruto wasn't here, even if it meant competition for Sasuke-kun. That is if he wound up on my team at all,' she thought.
"And Uchiha Sasuke."
Naruto and Sakura had completely reversed their positions and thoughts. Now Sakura was on Cloud 9 thinking, 'I'm on Sasuke-kun's team! Who cares if Naruto is here!' Inner Sakura yelled, 'Hell Yeah! Preach girl!'. Naruto held his head and shook it mournfully. 'Why did that teme have to be on my team? I don't have an ice cube's chance in hell.'
Another shinobi ran in and handed him another list and whispered something to Iruka. He opened the scroll and skimmed for changes in the roster.
"And strangely enough, with a last minute addition to team seven, Kasai Amaterasu."
Naruto perked up a little.
"What the ….. That is not how team divisions work, sir! I mean, a FOUR man cell? What the hell?" Ammy yelled.
At the same time "Iruka-sensei! Why does a top student like me have to be on the same team with Uchiha Sasuke?!"
Iruka rubbed the back of his head "To be honest Ammy, we were expecting two more students but they never came." He turned to Naruto," As for you Naruto, you have been paired with the Top Rookie and Kunoichi of the Year to balance out the team, and with Sakura as the one balancing the team out genjutsu-wise. This is what happens when we evenly divide a group's abilities dobe."
Laughter ensued.
"Don't pull my leg, dobe."
Naruto clenched his fist. "What did you say?" he growled, blue eyes flashing lividly.
"You wanna fight, dobe?"
More laughter.
"Why you-"
"Stop it Naruto!" Sakura yelled from the row behind.
"Okay."
"Tch." Ammy scowled. Then her expression softened into an odd smile.
Wait…
There was something oddly fishy about what Iruka had just said.
Top Rookie and Kunoichi….
Kunoichi… and not Sakura…
Kasai Amaterasu!
Top Kunoichi of the Year..?
"AMATERASUUUUUU? HER! TOP KUNOICHI!" Sakura and Ino's shriek resonated in the classroom as everyone shared looks of equal disbelief.
Umino Iruka was, at the moment, ready to explode.
The Hokage Tower was situated at the heart of Konoha. This has been made so for several reasons. But right now, the Third Hokage assumed, the most important of these reasons was because it allowed him access to every part of the city in his Crystal Ball.
The Academy was, particularly, very lively today.
He closed his eyes briefly as he turned to look at the 9 gathered jōnin before him. When he opened them again, though, all of them were looking at him expectantly.
He coughed lightly before speaking, "I have gathered all of you here today to remind you of your duties. Your task is to evaluate the 28 graduates, and judge them justly, if they are fit to be accepted in the Shinobi Ranks as Genin," he gestured casually towards the ball, "As you can see, this year's batch of Genin are quite… interesting." 'And loud.' Everyone added as an afterthought.
"Need I not remind you that the test will be either five: Bell Test, Circle Test, Survival Test, 'Tag' Test and 'Freestyle' Test. Provided that the last method mentioned is based on the standard criteria in judging."
He gave Mitarashi Anko a pointed look before continuing, "Deadline for starting the evaluation will be tomorrow at 9 am. Evaluation results are due no later than 5 pm. You have already received your respective data about this mission, and if there are no more questions..?"
"Er…" a jōnin hesitantly said as he raised a hand, "Kunoichi of the Year, sir..?" he said as he pointed to the Crystal Ball where Ammy's red face was visible.
"Hey! I worked hard for that title, you-!"
"Hey!" she growled as she glared in Ino's direction, "I worked hard for that title, you little shi-!"
"HA! AS IF!" Ino haughtily flipped her hair, "Everyone knows how I should get that title! There has obviously been a mistake!"
Sakura glared at Ino. "No I should have made top kunoichi Ino-pig!"
They glowered at each other, then shrugged and teamed up.
Yamanaka Ino and Haruno Sakura sent a spine-shivering glare in the Chūnin's direction, "Right, Iruka-sensei?" they asked in unison.
"I'm sorry, you two," at this, the Yamanaka's jaw dropped as the Haruno steamed in unbridled fury. "But Ammy rightly earned 'Kunoichi of the Year'."
"WHY!"
"When Ammy was accepted into the Shinobi Section around 4 years ago before the… incident," the Hokage explained to the disbelieving Jōnin, "She was already recognized as the most talented kunoichi-in-training out there."
"Due to the… persistence of the Council to remove her from the program, and her recent reinstatement, Ammy was allowed to remain in the Shinobi Section provided that she enrolls in Geisha classes to make up for her missing kunoichi classes."
"Geisha? You mean-"
"That's right, Ino, Sakura. Ammy had to go through another class just so she could stay in the Shinobi Section."
The Geisha Classes were given as an elective to the Kunoichi who were in their 3rd Year. However, due to certain… factors (-cough-Uchiha Sasuke-cough-) all of the Kunoichi chose to stay and continue in Ninja Training.
"Why would Ammy do all that just so she could get out of the Kunoichi classes?" Ino asked. She suddenly turned towards said brunette as she sent her a righteous glare, "YOU JUST WANT TO BE CLOSE TO SASUKE-KUN, DON'T YOU!"
"Hell no! I just didn't want to end up like you, you pathetic excuse of a kunoichi." Ammy scoffed. She was incredibly pissed.
"AT LEAST I'M NOT TRAINING TO BE A SLUT!" Sakura screeched.
"Geisha classes are just acting classes with a fancier name, morons." Ammy sunk lower in her seat. She was so going to break something after this..
"YOU CAN'T EVEN REALLY BE KUNOICHI OF THE YEAR! YOU AREN'T EVEN IN THE KUNOICHI CLASSES YOU WHORE!"
" That's it.….Do. You. Two. Even. THINK?"Ammy slammed her fists on the desk and stood up, glaring at Sakura and Ino, a feral snarl ripping out of her throat. "I enrolled because I reentered the program at the beginning of this year. What was I supposed to do, wait another year to become a ninja?" she growled, hands balled up into shaking fists.
Three girls looked ready to jump at each other before Iruka-sensei had intervened, "SHUT UP, ALL THREE OF YOU!"
"She took Geisha Classes?" Yuuhi Kurenai asked with slight interest, "Was she any good?"
The Hokage smiled a strange smile as he answered her question, "She was exceptional, actually."
"Yeah, but," Shiranui Genma said with the same, incredulous look in his eyes, "Wasn't Ammy as much of a troublemaker as Naruto?"
"Yes, but she was a very talented and hardworking troublemaker."
"FUCK!"
Ammy whined while she nursed her bruised forehead, "Why am I the only one who gets the whack, Iruka-sensei…?" *whack*
Iruka looked menacingly at her, "Watch your language. Do you want another one?"
She shook her head.
The tired Chūnin returned to his podium and sent the class another glare before he spoke, " Amaterasu was chosen as K.o.t.Y because of these reasons: among the graduating Kunoichi this year, Amaterasu was the best in Ninjutsu, and Taijutsu. Alongside all of those, she was commended by her Geisha Instructor."
There were several 'pops' as jaws dropped to the floor. Sakura lamented about her oh-so-close-to-the-top-scores-but-not-quite in the background.
Iruka sighed resignedly, "Well, that took a long time."
Yamanaka Ino fumed as she stomped out of the class room. Sakura was enraged as well, but she went her separate ways to look for her precious team-mate. The Green Genin immediately made way for her as she cussed and incoherently mumbled something about 'stupid slut of an idiot' which, from another's point of view, made her sound totally schizophrenic.
I mean, wasn't she a 'stupid slut of an idiot'?
Her sour mood prolonged until she reached the library. Ino angrily glared at the shelves which housed the book she was looking for. Walking down the aisle, she roughly grabbed a thick, cream-colored volume entitled 'Ninja Book of Wisdom Volume7'and opened it to look for 'Geisha'.
Geisha - A member of a professional class of women in Japan whose traditional occupation is to entertain men, in modern times, particularly at businessmen's parties in restaurants or tea houses. The Japanese word geisha literally means "art person," and singing, dancing, and playing the shamisen are indispensable talents for a geisha, along with the ability to make conversation. Many geisha are also adept at flower arranging, performing the tea ceremony, or calligraphy. The main function of the geisha is to provide an atmosphere of chic and gaiety for her wealthy clientele. Geisha are usually exquisitely dressed in traditional kimonos and delicately mannered and have knowledge not only of the past but also of contemporary gossip.
"Is this… a joke..?"
Her hands shook as the book loudly fell on the floor.
"AMATERASU IS NOT A GEISHA! SHE'S NOTHING BUT A SLUT!"
"Ssssssssshhhhhhhh!"
Uchiha Sasuke sat silently next to the window as everyone exited the classroom. He was still in slight disbelief about the four man cell and the stuff about Ammy being a Geisha.
Geisha? Her? Right.
'Hn. I suppose she is pretty, with high cheekbones and large, too-blue eyes. She does have a cute nose, and an effeminate chin. Her hair is messy and uneven and different shades of brown but it actually makes her look gorgeous-'
Wait.
…
What?
He raised an eyebrow when he found Amaterasu right in front of his face, standing outside the window.
'Hn. Pretty indeed.'
She didn't smell like strawberries of flowers, she didn't have a smell at all, actually, which was very good when you're a ninja. You're not supposed to smell like anything when you're in a mission. Or you'll die.
"Yo, Broods! Want to eat lunch together?" she asked holding out a bento wrapped in black and white. "Naruto's trying to convince Sakura to eat lunch with him and I don't want to eat by myself."
He smirked at her, "Got rejected by Uzumaki, Kasai?"
She scoffed as she jumped over the ledge to sit next to him, "No, I just wanted to eat with you out of the goodness of my own heart! Moron." she rolled her eyes and grinned. "He was just being a lovesick puppy! But that's okay. Sakura, on the other hand…"
She stopped opening her lunch box to look at him weirdly, "I don't think I'd be able to take it if half of my team already acted like jerks! We haven't even been a team for half a day."
Sasuke glared at her.
Ammy merely brushed him off, "Yeah, well. We're teammates anyway. I can't do anything about that."
"Hn. Idiot."
She ignored him in favor of eating her lunch, unwrapping her bento. She opened it, pulled out chopsticks, said, "Itadakimasu" and stuffed some food in her mouth, chewing carefully. Sasuke immediately noticed that her lunch looked good, "Hey, idiot, did you make that?"
"Hm?" she looked at him curiously, the chopsticks still in her mouth, "Oh. Of course I did. We were taught how to cook in the Geisha classes. And I live by myself. I need to know how to cook anyway."
He snorted in disbelief, and Ammy glared angrily at him, "What's the matter with everyone acting like that? Why don't you believe I'm actually a Geisha? Who kicks total fucking ass, by the way!"
Sasuke smirked at her, "You just cursed. Twice. Geisha don't say those words."
"Well I'm different!"
"Obviously."
She finished nearly all the food. Then she looked at him in an odd appraising manner, "Do you want proof or something? That I'm actually a Geisha?"
"You won't be able to come up with one."
A tick formed on her forehead, "Ugh! I'll show you!"
She angrily stalked out of the room and banged the door behind her as Sasuke smirked to himself, 'There's just no way…'
The door opened, and she walked in…
Sasuke was sorely tempted to gape.
She walked differently. Acted differently. It was as if she was born with that personality. She was still wearing the same clothes, but what was on Sasuke's mind was how the girl walking towards him was not the girl with him before.
She stared at him worriedly, "Sasuke-sama? Are you all right?" she was at his side in an instant, "You look distressed! Oh my!"
She covered her mouth with her hand in shock when Sasuke's rice ball actually fell.
"Ah! I'll pick it up for you!"
A hand suddenly clasped around her wrist, and Ammy turned to him instantly.
Sasuke's face was emotionless as he asked, "?"
She was acting like a servant! She was acting like the perfect… Geisha.
What bothered Sasuke was, however, how much he liked it.
"What's wrong, Sasuke-sama?" she asked as she sat next to him: her posture was erect, her knees were closed together, and she was so close!
Her hand reached up to touch his cheek, making Sasuke feel… breathless.
She leaned closer to him, "Perhaps I can make you feel better, Sasuke-sama?"
Sasuke could only stare at her too blue eyes (which were too close to his) and notice the smug triumph she hid underneath them. She was mocking him!
Damn her!
But all Sasuke could do was notice her face that was merely inches away from his. He stared intently at her visage from her nose, to her lips…
Ammy was fully anticipating Sasuke to simply do that stupid smirk thing of his and admit that she really was an awesome Geisha in a manner that would also make her feel insulted.
She did not, however, expect him to kiss her.
Her eyes widened, and she vanished and appeared at the opposite wall from him like she was electrified.
"Wh- WHY DID YOU DO THAT!"
He spun around and saw her pointing at him. Her eyes were widened, and she was tense.
'What…'
"WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? I THOUGHT YOU WERE GAY!"
Sasuke twitched twice, then smirked, "Do you want me to prove I'm not gay again?"
She blushed as she stared at him wide-eyed, "NO! THAT WAS MY FIRST KISS, BASTARD!" She looked like a volcano about to erupt.
"Hn. Leave, or I'll grab you and take your second."
That did it.
"I. Am. Going. To. MURDER! YOU! I'm out."
Amaterasu ran out of the room and smashed the door.
'..Happened?'
Uchiha Sasuke turned his head to look at the unfinished lunch Ammy left behind.
Well, at least he was able to confirm that her lunch really was quite good.
End of Chapter 1
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(A/N: Edit 1/9/14) Daaaaaaaymn. I knew that this had aloooooot of mistakes since I didn't have a beta then, but my writing style has changed a lot since when I posted this chapter. It was almost painful to re-read. Well, hope you enjoyed my edit, and !)
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