A/N: Sakura is in this story but she's going to be on another team.
Dark Beauty: New Moon
It began when the moon turned into the colour of red,
Then there was so much bloodshed,
It brought the beginning of life,
Yet in return brought more pain than being stabbed with a knife,
That life will be trapped and free,
Ups and downs are the life's true beauty,
Bringing suffering and death; born under the blood moon,
Worry not; eternal peace will return soon…
Chapter 1
A 12 year old girl stood in front of the mirror. She tied her Konoha forehead protector on her forehead. She wore a red short kimono which was easy to run and fight in with a black obi belt, black shorts, fishnet tights and blue sandals. She also wore a moon necklace which was extremely unique and valuable. It glowed in the moonlight and sparkled in the day. She tied her long hair up into a high braid.
This girl was named Kurami Tsukino. She had eyes hair and skin white like snow and lips red. She was 4ft 10in and her straight hair reached her waist with a side fringe. Many people mistaken her as someone from the Hyuga clan but she stated that she wasn't. Everyone knew about this. Sometimes Kurami would train with Hinata and her family accepted her as one of their own.
Kurami left her apartment and ran down the stairs of the building. She lived by herself in Konoha but the Hokage paid for her food, rent and other things. He found her unconscious one snowy night; she was covered in so much blood wearing nothing but a ripped short kimono and she was only 4 years old.
She walked through the streets and smiled at the people walking by whilst greeting them. The white haired girl noticed 2 of her classmates walking quickly. Ino and Sakura were racing to get to class; they were always so competitive. Kurami giggled at this whilst shaking her head.
Kurami got to the Academy and slid the doors of her classroom. When she entered the class, she saw the 2 girls quarrelling in front of her. She rolled her eyes and walked around them bickering. Her classmates each greeted her and she greeted them back.
"Good morning, Kurami!" Naruto exclaimed and she grinned at him whilst seeing her friend's forehead protector.
"Good morning, Naruto. I see you graduated. Well done." She said in her sweet voice.
"Thank you. Hey, you want to sit down?" He asked and she nodded.
He stood up and let her through. Kurami sat down and Sasuke who sat on her left by the window looked at her from the corner of his eye. She blinked and felt someone's gaze on her. The white eyed girl turned her head to him and he just blinked. She turned away and just sat there staring at the table.
Sasuke continued staring at her; she was the only girl who wasn't head over heels for him. He also had a small crush on her; she was beautiful, caring, kind, strong yet short tempered and clumsy. She spoken to him only a few times and that was only in group work. He stared at her; she looked like she was deep in thought about something serious.
"I know you're staring at me, Sasuke Uchiha. Can you please stop?" She asked whilst glaring at him from the side of her eye; the scariest glare he'd ever seen.
"There's nothing wrong with staring." He mumbled quietly.
"Excuse me, for your information, it's rude to stare." She stated and he rolled his eyes with a huff.
"I don't care." Sasuke said.
"Don't get cocky with me." She growled.
"I was here first!" Sakura exclaimed.
"I walked into the classroom before you did. Everybody saw it." Ino countered back.
"Dream on." Sakura rolled her eyes.
Other girls surrounded them saying that they got their first and they would sit next to Sasuke. The dark haired boy just huffed and looked out down at the desk. Kurami on the other hand smirked.
"Quite the fan base you have." She murmured and he glared at her. The girls screaming and shouting got louder and the white haired girl grinded her teeth together. She turned to them. "Can you girls shut up? If you haven't noticed this seat is taken!" She yelled and they all quietened down.
They all got to their seats and Naruto sat down with Kurami he turned to her with a grin.
"Wow, you really shut them up!" He stated.
"Yeah, I was getting a headache." She replied.
Iruka entered the class and congratulated them all for graduating.
"As of today, you're all ninjas. To get here you face difficult trials and hardships. But that's nothing, what comes next will be far more difficult. Now you are only Genin, first level ninjas. All the Genin will be grouped into 3 man squads; each squad would be led by a Jounin, an elite ninja." He explained.
Some girls started whispering and stating that they would want to be with Sasuke. Kurami however wanted to be in a good squad where she knew they could work together. Iruka started reading out the teams.
"Team 7; Naruto Uzumaki…Sasuke Uchiha…." Girls started crossing their fingers and whispering 'please, please, please!' "…and Kurami Tsukino." Most girls whined and sighed like children. The red eyed 12 year old turned to Naruto and they smiled at each other. But when she turned to Sasuke she just furrowed her eyebrows.
They were dismissed for lunch and all went their separate ways. Kurami sat under a cherry blossom tree and stared at the sky. She thought about what her parents were like. She always thought about what life would have been like if they were still alive. She wondered what they looked like and who she resembled the most. She ate her lunch and stood up.
Kurami went to go and check up with her the rest of her squad. She looked around to find Naruto but there was no sign of him. So she decided to find Sasuke. She went into this building and went through the rooms which were empty.
She got to the final room and slid the door. She gasped to see Sasuke all tied up with his mouth covered with tape. He looked up to see Kurami and tried saying 'get me out' but it came out all muffled. The girl placed her hand on her lips and giggled. He glared at her as she walked over to him and kneeled down in front of him.
Kurami ripped off the tape on his lips and he hissed with pain. She smiled at him with a raised eyebrow.
"How did you get in this situation?" She asked.
"Long story, now get me out of these ropes." He answered and she sat crossed legged whilst shaking her head.
"I don't get ordered around, Uchiha." Kurami stated.
"Could you just please get me out of these ropes?" He requested more softly and she nodded.
"See a little bit of manners here and there isn't so bad." She said whilst untying the ropes. He got up whilst rubbing his wrists. She cleared her throat and saw her staring at her.
"Thank you." He said.
"That's better." She said. Kurami stood up and dusted off her knees. "Come on, we better go to the classroom where we'll be meeting our new sensei."
She led him out of the room and they started walking. They noticed another 'Sasuke' flirting with Sakura and the 12 year old girl knew what was going on. She crossed her arms with huff.
"Naruto!" She shouted and suddenly there was a poof of smoke.
Naruto stood there scratching his head and laughing nervously. Poor Sakura looked freaked out and on the verge of losing it. Sasuke ran up to him and was about to beat him up but Kurami got in between. She grabbed both her team mates' wrists and started dragging them away whilst apologising to the pink haired girl on Naruto's behalf.
"Hey, let go!" Sasuke exclaimed.
"Not until both of you behave." She stated.
"But what did I do?!" The dark haired boy asked.
"You were about to beat him up over something stupid." Kurami said.
"He started it." He huffed.
"Well I'm ending it. Now no more talk about this or else." She stated and dragged them to the classroom.
They were waiting in the classroom for 2 hours and wondered where their new sensei was. Naruto grew extremely impatient.
"He's late!" Naruto exclaimed whilst looking out the door. Sasuke just sat down looking calm and cool. The blonde haired boy placed the blackboard eraser on top of the door whilst snickering. Sasuke stared at him thinking he was weird and so immature.
When the sensei came in, he slid the door and the eraser fell onto his head. There was a poof of dust and Naruto was laughing his head off. Sasuke however just rolled his eyes wondering how he actually fell for that.
The sensei, who wore a blue mask which covered his mouth and nose, picked up the eraser.
"Hmmm, how can I put this? My first impression of this group; you're a bunch of idiots." He said. "Now where is the third person?" He asked curiously.
They both turned around to see Kurami sleeping on the desk. She began snoring loudly and drooling on the desk. The silver haired adult sighed whilst face palming and Sasuke just rolled his eyes. The blonde haired boy walked up to her and poked her head.
"Kurami…Kurami…" She didn't budge. "Kurami! Wake up!" He exclaimed and she jumped straight up.
"S-sorry!" She apologised whilst wiping the drool of the side of her mouth.
"Hey hurry up!" Sasuke said by the door and they followed him. She yawned and stretched and they got outside the Academy. They sat down on the floor and the sensei took a good look at the white haired girl. She blinked and furrowed her eyebrows.
"Alright, why don't you introduce yourselves? One at a time. Talk about the things you like, things you hate, and your dreams for the future as well as hobbies." The sensei said.
"Why don't you tell us stuff first; before we tell you?" Naruto asked.
"Me? Well, my name is Kakashi Hatake. Things I like things I hate; I don't feel like telling you that. My dreams for the future; never really thought about it. As for my hobbies; I have lots of hobbies." Kakashi stated. The white haired girl's eye twitched; he just said his name. "Okay, now what about you guys? You on the right, you first."
"Believe it! I'm Naruto Uzumaki. I like instant ramen in a cup and I really like the ramen Iruka-sensei got me at the Ichiraku Ramen Shop. But I hate the 3 minutes you have to wait after you pour the water in the ramen cup. My hobbies is eating different kinds of ramen and comparing them. And my future dream is to become the greatest Hokage. Then the village will stop disrespecting me!" Naruto explained brightly.
Kakashi stared at him and thought he grew up in an interesting way. He looked at Sasuke and told him to introduce himself.
"My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I hate a lot of things and don't particularly like anything. What I have is not a dream because I will make it a reality. I'm going to restore my clan…" The girl rolled her eyes at this.
"Yeah, by being a complete jerk to everyone." She mumbled and he glared at her. "Carry on then." She snapped.
"And destroy a certain someone." He ended.
Kakashi stared at him too and Naruto gulped as he went pale with fear thinking that the raven haired boy wanted to destroy him.
"And you?" The sensei asked as they looked at Kurami.
"My name is Kurami Tsukino. There is only 1 thing I love the most and that is peace everywhere. I also like my friends, the Hyuga clan and the Hokage. I do not like bloodshed with no purpose. My hobbies are to train, fight and stare at the moon. I do not have a dream; it is a goal which I must achieve; I want to kill the Moon Demon and avenge the deaths of my loved ones." She explained determined.
They all gulped when mentioned the Moon Demon. The Moon Demon was a cruel manifestation of pure evil, hatred and jealousy. She appears every time there is a Lunar Eclipse. When this occurs, the Moon Demon kills inoccent people and destroys villages. It was said that the reason why she did this was because she was jealous that everyone had the gift of chakra and wanted to take it away from them. The Moon Demon was feared by all and was rumoured to be more feared than the nine tailed fox.
"Interesting, very interesting." Kakashi stated. "Good, you're each unique and you have your own ideas. We will have our first mission tomorrow."
"What kind of mission are we going to have?" Naruto asked.
"It's a task the 4 of us will do together." The sensei answered.
"What, what, what?" The blonde haired ninja questioned excitedly.
"A survival exercise." Kakashi said and they all stared at him weirdly. "This is not like your previous training."
"What kind of training is it then?" Naruto asked.
Their sensei began laughing evilly and the blue eyed boy shivered whilst Sasuke and Kurami stared at the man.
"Out of the 27 graduates who left here only 12 will actually be accepted as genin. The others teams will be out and sent back to the academy. In other words this is a make it or break it pass or fail test. And the chance that you'll fail is at least 66%." Kakashi explained and Naruto and his best friend gasped.
"But we worked hard to get here! Believe it!" The enthusiastic ninja exclaimed.
"Be at the designated training spot at 5AM and bring your ninja gear." They all raised their eyebrows; what were they gonna do tomorrow? "You're all dismissed. And skip breakfast tomorrow or else you'll puke!"
"What?!" Naruto and Kurami exclaimed.
"I better eat now then!" The blonde haired 12 year old shouted whilst leaving.
"Sensei, can I leave too?" The white hair girl asked and he nodded.
"Why of course." The young girl smiled and stood up. She bowed down with respect.
"See you tomorrow, Sensei. I'll be ready for you; you better watch out." Kurami stood up and giggled.
"The same with me." He smiled through his mask.
She turned around and started walking off. Sasuke stood up and turned around whilst walking off to follow her. Kakashi just furrowed his eyebrows and stared at them both.
'It won't end well between them…' He thought.