Hey, everyone! Sentai Red here with a story! Yay!
Now, this one will be differing from canon, obviously with a female Sasuke, but not just from that. I'll add additional scenes, maybe even diverge from the actual canon storyline in parts. I'll try to keep it similar, but different at the same time. Hooray for vague promises! But, I do hope you enjoy the story and please leave a review: it helps me out in knowing what you guys think and how I can improve!
Without further ado, on with the story!
Saya waits impatiently. It's been an hour now and their sensei has yet to even arrive! It's almost 12! She glances at her two teammates as they too seem to be at their wits end. Sakura is just staring at the door, fidgeting, clenching her fist, and one can see a vein pulsing. Naruto is foaming at the mouth, ready to explode at the fact they've been waiting for too long. He is just ready to hit something and, to be honest, so is she. However, she's more composed than that, so she won't – and also she won't be like her idiot of a teammate.
Ah! Where are the introductions? Who is Saya? Her name is Saya Uchiha, younger sister of the rogue ninja Itachi Uchiha. At the age of seven, her brother massacred their entire clan just leaving her as the sole member after his departure. However, unknown to the others, she remembers seeing her own brother shed tears before she blacked out from his torture.
"Stay alive and take care of yourself, Saya..." she swore she heard him say that, choking on his own emotions. This left her entirely confused and curious. After recovering from the trauma, she became aloof and has kept her distance away from her classmates; although she has since become a 'celebrity' in the eyes of her peers, becoming "The Last Uchiha" and "The Uchiha Princess".
She never cared for such titles, though being the top ranking student didn't help her fanbase dwindle – one she wishes would just disappear. Sadly, due to her being a top ranking student, she was forced to deal with Sakura, a fangirl of hers, as a teammate.
To her, Sakura is the example of a kunoichi in the worst way possible: she's vain, loud, and weak. Saya can't stand a person like that! She gives all the true- in her mind at least – kunoichi a bad name!
However, out of all the people she had to be stuck with as a teammate, it had to be the dead last of their peers.
Naruto is just loud and dumb, always seeking attention. He always goads her into fighting him so he can beat her. He never does and yet he still keeps trying. She acquiesces that he will one day win – she won't tell him that to his face.
"Gah! What is taking him so long?" Naruto yells out, grabbing his head in frustration.
"Naruto, shut it," Sakura responds with an annoyed tone, "you being loud won't make a difference."
'Hmph! That bastard better arrive, I'm sick and tired of waiting for him!' Sakura's inner self raged. Sakura was too prideful to ever admit she agreed with Naruto and wondered how he even passed in the first place. Everyone knew he failed, because he couldn't create a single illusion such as the Clone Jutsu.
And yet, here he is! What the Hell did he do to pass? She wanted to know, but apparently Iruka-sensei was tight-lipped about it! 'Tch, probably just sucked up to sensei and was given it out of pity,' she thought with a tad of resentment, though she shook her head at the notion – Iruka was fair, but wasn't a pushover! He may have felt bad for Naruto, but he wasn't one for charity in that scale.
"Hehehe!" Naruto snickered as he placed the board eraser in between the sliding door, in hopes of it falling on their sensei.
Saya frowns at the childish act, "Do you honestly expect our sensei, a Jonin, to fall for such a dumb trap as that? You're an idiot, Naruto, but you can't possibly be that big of an idiot."
He sticks his tongue out at her, "Blow me, Uchiha," he laughs, "this will totally work, ya know!"
Sakura gets ready to bop him upside the head, "Naruto! Saya is right, you dunce and don't say such a phrase, that's disgusting and disrespectful!" Naruto then winces at the hit and pouts, but doesn't say anything as the sliding door opens up and their sensei pops his head through.
Only to get hit on the head with the eraser, making the chalk dust cover him up.
"Hahahah! Gotcha good, sensei!"
"Oh my gosh, I'm so, so sorry for the idiot, sensei!"Sakura apologizes, blushing embarrassed at her teammate actually doing a prank. He's supposed to be a ninja – not some damn child! 'Hah! Suck it! Your fault for being late!' her inner self mocked.
Saya shakes her head and sighs, was this really their jonin instructor? Some guy with his silver hair spiked up at an angle and wearing a mask covering the bottom portion of his face? He looks odd and doesn't seem strong. What a waste of a jonin spot.
The man grabs the eraser and stares at them, "Hm, it seems my first impressions of you all are…" he trails on, making them wonder what he was about to say, "annoying." He then enjoys their looks of frustration as he points at the ceiling, "Meet me at the top of the academy, don't be late!" he waves as he disappears in front of them!
"That's a cool technique! I want to learn that!" Naruto gushes as he imagines just using it for pranks and overall mischief.
Sakura shakes her head and pushes him along, "Come on, you," ignoring his protests, she kept pushing him. She just wanted the day over with already. Not only did Naruto make their sensei view them all as annoying, she had to wait for the damn guy to even arrive! She just wanted to spend time with Ino and shop before the stores closed.
It was only the first day of being a ninja and she already felt like retiring!
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"So now that we're all here, why don't you tell me about yourselves?" their sensei asked, leaning against the railings on the roof. He seemed as though he just didn't care in being here.
Sakura spoke up, "How do you want us to start, sensei? Can you start yourself off first and we can follow your example?
Their sensei pondered over it and shrugged, might as well? He knew it wouldn't make a difference either way, although he did appreciate the pink haired girl for asking him rather politely. That's not something you see everyday as a ninja.
"Sure, I guess. My name is Kakashi Hatake. I have some likes, some dislikes, as for hobbies: well, I have lots of them. As for my dream? Hm, can't say I have one," he 'introduced' himself, enjoying their faces scrunching up in annoyance. He can't always give them something that they wanted! It's part of growing up and he just smiles hearing Sakura whisper to her teammates that they only knew his name.
You can't spill out secrets to anyone, Sakura.
"Well, now that I've done my example, how about we start off left to right – so Sakura, it's your turn."
She blinks, blushing at being first and stammers out a quick, "R-right!"
After composing herself, she smiles and begins her introduction, "My name is Sakura Haruno! I like my friend Ino and," she glances over to Saya, "I admire Saya! She's so strong! I also like shopping, hanging out with Ino, and talking about boys!"
Kakashi stares at her with a rather dry look, "What about dislikes?"
"Naruto!" she screams out and Naruto looks heartbroken, but it seems very comedic given his exaggerated face.
"And your future? Any goals?" Kakashi asks once again, hoping it he can continue on.
"Hum… I don't know to be honest." she slowly answers, but shrugs it off. Kakashi nods, she's young, not many will know what they want until later. Despite that, he knows he has a lot of work with her.
'She's more interested in shopping and boys than being a ninja, I'll have to wean her off that and make her focus more on training. I just need her to have a good motivation,' he glances at Saya, who looks disinterested in what Sakura said, 'Saya may be able to motivate her in some way to train.'
"Alright, thank you, Sakura," he chuckles silently at her smile, "next up, Whiskers."
"Eh? 'Whiskers!' Hmph! My name is Naruto Uzumaki," Naruto points at himself with a grin, "I like ramen, Iruka-sensei, and training! I don't like the three minutes it takes to warm up the ramen and my dream," he smiles confidently as he grips his forehead protector, "is to become the best Hokage and make everyone respect me! Oh and my hobbies include pranking and fixing up my plants, I guess."
'He grew up rather interestingly enough,' Kakashi eyed him a bit, but continued on, "Now finally, the Uchiha."
"Hm. My name is Saya Uchiha, I have some likes, but I won't tell you. I have a lot of dislikes like loud, idiots," she ignores Naruto growl at her, "and fanboys and girls," Sakura gave her a slight blush at being referred to as a fangirl, "and my hobby is train. My future is rather an ambitious one, my goal is to restore my clan and to capture the man who ruined my life." She closes her eyes, not caring about what the others are thinking about. She can feel their eyes probing her, but she doesn't care. She doesn't need their approval, nor their care.
'She's so cool!' Sakura gushed at her teammate.
'Wha? She's scary...' Naruto thought with a wary glance and shudders, hoping she doesn't want a goal in capturing him and hurting him in the process.
Kakashi eyes her intently, narrowing his eyes at her declaration, 'I'll need to be careful with her.'
He then stands up and stretches, "Well, I certainly got an interesting set of kids, you're all different in your own ways. Now, on to the details of your test-"
"Wait, what? What do you mean by test? I thought we passed The Academy Test!" Naruto asked loudly, surprised at the sheer notion of another test! He just barely passed one! Now he'll need to worry about another one? He was screwed!
Sakura nods, not expecting another test to become a genin, "He's right, Kakashi-sensei, we were never told of a test!"
Kakashi then begins to laugh, it's a small laugh, but they heard it, "Oh you naive kids, this is no ordinary test; tomorrow, you're going have to do a survival exercise. Of the 27 graduates only 9 will pass. This means only 33% will go on and the rest of you will be sent back to the Academy for another year. Oh and you all have a 66% chance of failing!"
And with that, a sudden realization hit the three hard. They can't fail this! They all need to be genin! Naruto stares at the ground, trembling at the fact of failing! He can't let Iruka-sensei down! Hell, he can't even let Konohamaru down! The brat looked up to him!
Sakura was pale and shook her head, she had to be strong!
Closing her eyes, Saya takes deep breaths, she can't – she won't – fail this survival test. She'll need to train for tomorrow! She then thinks of the two beside her, will they train or will they just cower in fear? She needs strong, dependable teammates! Not some fangirl and an idiot! She needs them to up their game if they want to pass.
"Oh and don't eat breakfast tomorrow. If you do, you might just throw it up. Bye!" he quickly disappears, leaving them to their own thoughts. He just loved scaring wannabe ninja!
Saya stands up, grabbing a blue ribbon from her shorts, tying up her hair into a ponytail, and then stares at the two, "Be prepared tomorrow, I'm heading out to train."
Before she leaves, Sakura goes to her with a pleading look, "How about we train together, Saya?"
"No."
"Hey, Sakura, how about you and I train?" Naruto asks with a grin, hopefully she says yes!
"No."
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Saya grunts, plopping down on the floor, her blue shirt drenched in sweat, and her white shorts covered in grass stains and dirt. She undoes her ponytail and lets her long hair fall down as she attempts to alleviate the upcoming headache.
'I can't even train right,' she thinks angrily.
She stares at the public training ground she's currently in and attempts to get back up, but her legs collapse under the weight and she yelps, "Ah! Ow..."
'Of freaking course,' she sneers at her own legs, too tired to even stand. She tries to move her legs as she feels a cramp coming, 'Ow, ow, just move them slowly...'
Once freeing her legs from her own weight, she sighs in relief as her muscles pulse and ache. She may not even be able to get home like this, this is going to suck big time for her… At least she'll be fine underneath the stars as it does look peaceful. The night time sky has always comforted Saya, even after what happened to her five years ago. Despite being tortured by her brother during the full phase of the Moon, she still finds it comforting to be under. She closes her eyes, taking in the quiet night and hoping it won't dissipate. Just breathe in, breathe out...
"Ow! Ow! Ow!" - Too late. It seems as though someone was near by and she just sighs: Naruto.
She heard him yell out in pain and sees him fly through a bush, landing near her, causing her to cover her eyes from the dirt being flung into the air. She sees him panting, with many scuffle marks and a small cut on his cheek. "What the Hell is going on?" she asks him with a stern tone.
"Uh, hey, Saya," he gets up as his clones began pouncing on him, causing her to yelp – what the Hell is going on? Why were there so many clo – wait, were these real clones? They were!
She noticed Naruto fight them off, making them disappear in a puff of smoke and after he finishes, he collapses beside her, "Ah, man! That was tough, ya know?" He laughs amused by his own training and he then glances over to Saya, "So, what are you doing here?"
"I can ask you the same thing, what the Hell were those clones?" she pretty much all but demanded.
"Jealous I can make real clones?" she pretty much snarls at his own smug attitude with her and ignores the urge to punch him upside the head like their other teammate; though she certainly feels like doing it. She sighs and shakes her head, making him frown, "What?"
"You're too arrogant for your own good, idiot," she states with a frown.
"Hah! Like you're one to talk, Uchiha," Naruto retorts with a sarcastic laugh.
She rolls her eyes at his attempts to rile her up, she knew she had some bouts of arrogance, but he just took it a notch whenever he did something he found 'cool'. He always liked to showoff, but when it came to her, he would be even more annoying than usual about it.
"Just shut up and leave me alone," she makes an effort to have her legs move, but to her ire they refuse to comply.
Naruto notices and grins, "Need some help, Saya?" He knew he was being mean spirited, but to him she was always acting all cool and thinking she was the best thing since sliced bread! Well, she wasn't! Although, he did stare at her… he did have to admit, she was sort of pretty. He shook his head, he can't think about her like that! She was no Sakura, that's for sure!
Growling, she ignored his condescending remark and fought through the sore and aching muscles. She was an Uchiha! She can get through this! To her amazement she actually stands! It was only for a second until she began to fall, she closes her eyes so she can anticipate the impact, but it doesn't arrive. Instead, she feels fabric cushioning her and she glances up to see it was Naruto holding her, now with a small smile, instead of his usual cheeky grin.
"Heh, worked yourself too hard, eh?"
Instead of the mocking tone he has been giving her, he playfully teases her. Oddly enough, this gives her a sense of nostalgia, but why though? She turns her head away from him, not wanting him to see her blush. She didn't know why she was feeling embarrassed right now, it was only Naruto.
"Where do you live, Saya? I'll take you home," he offers, being gentle with her in his arms.
"I don't need your help, idiot," she knows she's just trying to save face, but Naruto for once isn't buying her shtick and is more amused.
"Sure, Uchiha, sure."
