"Okay class, today we're going to review the Clone Jutsu."

Aw man, we've done this already!!! Kaya thought, resting her chin on the palm of her hand. I think I might skip this one.

"Kiba, you first," Iruka said and a boy wearing a gray jacket with fur on the hood and a puppy on his head got up and walked out the front of the classroom.

"Uh.... Iruka-sensei?"

"What is it now, Naruto?" Iruka sighed.

Naruto, a blond haired kid with orange pants and jacket, pointed to an open window and everyone saw Kaya running away from the Academy.

Iruka growled. "Not again! Kiba, you can sit down for now. Everyone behave while I go get Kaya back."

Iruka ran out the door and everybody started talking.

Kaya ran out of the Academy gates and into the village. She had long black hair, a plain black shirt with short sleeves, brown pants, a kunai pocket on her right leg and a small shuriken pocket on her waist on the left side.

So what trouble am I causing today? She asked herself with a smile and stopped when she found a bucket. She picked it up and filled it with water. She jumped onto a roof and jumped from rooftop to rooftop until she saw a ninja that she always annoyed.

She tipped the water out of the bucket and watched as the ninja was soaked. He looked up and saw Kaya laughing her head off. He clenched his fists and disappeared.

Kaya stopped laughing and looked around. "Where did he go?"

"Right here."

Kaya jumped up and turned around. The Jonin ninja was standing right in front of her and he adjusted his dark glasses. "Kaya what mischief are you up to today?"

Kaya was about to reply when she heard a voice.

"Ebisu, grab her!"

Kaya looked at Iruka down on the ground before turning back to Ebisu. She waved at him and when he went to grab her, she jumped out of the way and bolted off, laughing.

Iruka growled and ran after her.

"They'll never catch me!" she said to herself with a smile, stopping to catch her breath.

"Oh yeah?"

Kaya spun around and backed away, but she tripped over some wooden boxes and fell to the ground. "Mezuki-sensei, you spoil everything!"

"You're supposed to be in class, Kaya," Mezuki replied.

"But the class is boring!" Kaya complained, picking herself up. "We're reviewing the Clone Jutsu and I've done it a thousand times already!"

"A thousand times?"

"Well I lost count at five, but who cares?! I know the Jutsu!"

"But you still need to be in class," Mezuki said and went to put a hand on her shoulder but she slapped it away and took off.

"Catch me if you can!" Kaya called over her shoulder.

Kaya kept running, now she had three Jonin ninja's after her. What a record! She thought. Last time it was only two!

Kaya stopped on a small bridge and caught her breath, looking into the water.

"We've got you now, Kaya."

Kaya looked to one end of the bridge, Iruka was there. She looked to the other side, Ebisu was there. She looked behind her, Mezuki was there.

Damn... wait a second! I know a Jutsu that can get me out of here! She thought and made a hand-sign. "Bird Transformation Jutsu!"

Kaya turned into a small bird and she jumped up and begun to fly away, but unfortunately, she was caught in a net by another Jonin, one with white-silver hair and a book in his other hand, he also had the village bandanna on his forehead but it was crossed over his left eye and he had a scarf that covered his neck, mouth and nose.

He jumped down from the top of the bridge and took Kaya out of the net by the neck. When she transformed back into herself, he was holding the back of her shirt.

"Four ninja's!" she exclaimed. "Now that is a record!"

Kaya grinned innocently but when she tried to escape, the Jonin pulled her back.

"I'm definitely caught now aren't I?" Kaya asked, looking at Iruka, he nodded. "Damn."

Iruka took Kaya from the Jonin Kaya didn't know and dragged her back to the Academy.

"What'd you have to tie me up for?!?!?!"

Kaya was sitting on the ground at the front of the class, tied up so she couldn't even stand up.

"So you can't run away again," Iruka replied.

"Damn it," Kaya mumbled and looked around the room. "Alright, who told on me?!"

Basically everyone pointed at Naruto. Kaya glared at him and he looked at her nervously.

"Iruka-sensei you can untie me now," Kaya said after a while. "I won't run away again."

Iruka looked at her and sighed. "Okay." He untied her and she stood up. "Go back to your seat."

Kaya stretched before walking back over to her seat by the window next to a guy named Shikamaru.

"Alright everybody," Iruka said. "The graduation exam is in two days, you'd better be ready."

Kaya heard Shikamaru sigh. "What a drag."

"You think everything is a drag," Kaya said to him. "Lighten up will ya."

Shikamaru looked at her and sighed.

Kaya rolled her eyes, he was the laziest kid at the Academy.

"Hi, Sasuke."

Kaya looked over and saw Ino talking to Sasuke, a guy with black hair, a blue shirt and white pants with a kunai pocket on his right leg and a shuriken pocket on the left side of his waist. He was kind of nice, but he didn't talk much and he didn't really take much interest in the girls that continuously flirted with him. He was also one of the best students in the Academy. Kaya was somewhere in between.

"Do you wanna do something together later?" Ino asked him.

"No thanks," Sasuke replied, not even looking at her.

Ino looked a little put down and she sat back on her seat properly, she was sitting behind him.

"I don't know why the girls like him so much," Shikamaru said.

"Me either," Kaya replied. "Just about all the girls in the Academy want to go out with him."

Kaya noticed Naruto glaring at Sasuke, she knew that the blond haired kid didn't like him, and Sasuke didn't like Naruto either. She wondered what would happen if they got put on the same squad when they graduated. But then again, she doubted that Naruto would graduate, considering he had the lowest scores in the Academy.

The day dragged on and the class was finally let out for the day.

"Kaya, you will be staying back until you learn your lesson. You can't go home until you clean up this whole classroom," Iruka said.

"Fine," Kaya mumbled. "It's not like I've got anybody at home waiting for me."

Sasuke and Naruto looked at Kaya. She wasn't from the Leaf Village, although she was born in the same region. She was born into the Haruta Clan. When she was 5, her entire Clan was destroyed by a group of ninja. Her friends and family were killed, she was the only survivor. She had come to the Leaf Village after she escaped from the group of ninja and she had been in hospital for a week. She lived alone so she didn't care whether she was kept back until late or not. Sasuke and Naruto were the same. Naruto's parents died when he was a baby and he grew up alone. Sasuke's Clan was destroyed, just like Kaya's. Only his Clan, the Uchiha Clan, was destroyed by one person. Sasuke was the only survivor. In that way, Kaya kind of related to him. He came to the village after his Clan was destroyed and he lived alone to.

The class left the room and they went home, Kaya stayed back and got out a broom to start cleaning. Iruka sat at his desk and watched.

"Kaya, why do you constantly run off from classes and cause trouble for everyone?" he asked.

"Because the Academy is boring!" Kaya replied. "All we do is learn how things work and do simple Jutsu's! I hate it! I want to be a ninja and go on ninja missions!"

"You have to graduate first!" Iruka said. "Look, Kaya, I know it must be hard without your parents around, but..."

"But what?" Kaya growled. "They're never gonna be around because they're dead maybe!? Is that what you're saying?!"

"No, I didn't mean it like that."

"Then what did you mean?"

"I said it must be hard, but you still need to be a good student and try to get good grades to graduate. That's what I was going to say."

Kaya growled and clenched her fists on the broom. "If that's what you were going to say then you shouldn't have said it!"

"Kaya, I know you want to resurrect your Clan but you won't be able to revive your family or friends. They're gone- Kaya where are you going?!"

Kaya had dropped the broom and was at the door. "Going home," she replied. "I don't want to hear what you have to say about my Clan."

Kaya walked out the door and left the Academy. She had her hands in her pockets and she slowly walked out into the village.

"You know, you're worse than Naruto when it comes to getting into trouble."

Kaya looked up and saw Sasuke leaning against a tree. He walked out of the shade and over to her.

"Yeah well I just don't like the Academy, that's all," Kaya replied.

Sasuke shrugged. "But I reckon you didn't finish cleaning the classroom."

"I didn't start," Kaya growled. "Iruka said some things and I walked out."

"What kind of things?"

Kaya looked at him for a moment. "Nothing, forget it."

"It was about your Clan, huh?"

Kaya nodded. "He said I wouldn't be able to bring them back. But that won't stop me from avenging my Clan."

"Who did destroy your Clan anyway?" Sasuke asked and they started walking together.

"A group of ninja," Kaya replied. "They always wore black robes with some red symbol thing all over it. They call themselves the Akatsuki."

Sasuke looked at her with surprise in his eyes. "The Akatsuki?!"

"Yeah, have you heard of them?"

"Yes," Sasuke replied. "One of them destroyed my Clan."

"Which one?"

Sasuke looked at her. "Don't worry about it. It's not important. I'll see you round, later."

Kaya shrugged and watched Sasuke walk off, she wondered why he didn't want to talk about it.

"I thought you didn't like Sasuke."

Kaya turned around and saw Sakura, one of the girls that kinda got on her nerves a lot. She rolled her eyes, making sure Sakura didn't see, and walked over to her. "I don't. He just started talking to me."

"Don't be ridiculous! Sasuke never starts conversations!"

"Yeah, and he doesn't really talk much either," Kaya said. "But hey, he was talking quite a bit."

Sakura growled but grinned. "Sorry but I'd better get home. My parents would be getting worried by now. But you don't have any parents so I guess you're allowed to stay out all you want."

Kaya clenched her fists. "That's it!" She swung a fist forward, aiming for Sakura's face. She was gonna show that pink-haired girl that she wasn't gonna take her crap.

Kaya's punch was blocked. "Usually someone is smart enough to ignore the taunts of others."

Kaya looked up at the Jonin ninja that had caught her in a net earlier today, he had grabbed her fist and he was standing in front of Sakura.

Kaya growled and Sakura looked passed the Jonin and poked her tongue out at Kaya.

Kaya shook her head with anger. "That's it Sakura, I'm gonna demolish you!" She tried to pull her hand free of the ninja's grip but he didn't let her go. "Hey! Let go of me!"

The Jonin didn't let her go.

"I said, let me go!" Kaya growled and tried to pull her hand free again. He let her go. Kaya fell backwards onto the ground and Sakura nearly laughed.

"Sakura, I suggest you leave," the Jonin said and Sakura looked at him before nodding and leaving, casting a mocking glance at Kaya. Kaya threw a threatening stare back at her.

"Kaya, you need to stop getting into trouble," the Jonin said putting out a hand. "Here, I'll help you up."

Kaya looked at the hand and put her own hand up. But instead of taking his hand, she slapped it away and got up herself.

"Besides laughing a lot when you're in trouble, you do have a temper," the Jonin observed.

"You just figured that out?" Kaya rolled her eyes. "Clap, clap. I should give you a medal."

The Jonin grabbed her chin and made her face him. "Watch what you say to a Jonin, kid."

"Make me," she growled and took her chin back. "I'm outta here."

"You won't get far with that attitude," the Jonin said.

Kaya put a hand up as she walked away. "Thanks for the advice. I might use it one day."

"Hopeless kid," the Jonin sighed.