When I first arrived, I saw a whole bunch of teenagers about my age already training, which meant I was late for my first day of training in Kohona village – the Village Hidden in the Leaves.

"Crap, gotta get moving," I muttered to myself and followed the main road until I found myself at the ninja academy.

Someone opened the door before I could knock, and I was face to face with a welcoming smile. "Hello! You are Cree, correct?"

"Yes, sensei."

"Great! Well, I'm Iruka, one of the teachers here. Now, the cells have already been determined, but I think you'd be best suited to go with cell 7, based on your progress given to me by the Kages from the other villages. You sure do travel a lot! It took me a while to find the files from every village you've been to. You've been to almost every village!"

"Yeah, my… family… travels a lot… Uh, where's Cell 7 training?"

"Oh, of course. Right this way."

Iruka stepped out, closed the door behind him, and then led me through a path in the surrounding forest.

After a while, we came to a clearing with four trees equally separated, with three teenagers each climbing their own tree. There was a blond boy, a girl with pale pink hair, and a boy with spiky black hair. There was also a man, probably the cell's sensei, who looked to be in his mid-twenties with white hair and a mask covering most of his face. His Hitai-Ate was covering his left eye, and he was watching the three teenagers focus their chakra in their feet and run up the tree, reaching extraordinary heights.

"Kakashi," Iruka called. "Cree's here."

The blond boy glanced at me, then came tumbling back down the trunk of the tree. "Crap crappity crap crap CRAP!!" He yelled.

The man in the mask turned to him. "You know a good ninja never gets distracted by women, Naruto," he said as he walked over to me and Iruka.

"Hello. As you now know, I'm Kakashi, the teacher for cell 7. Even though you're only here now, you missed my explanation on how to focus your chakra, so if you want, you can sit and watch or go back home and rest up for tomorrow. And thank you for bringing her here, Iruka."

"No problem. I should probably be checking on the other cells, so I'll be off." He then started to walk back towards the ninja academy.

Kakashi turned back to face me. "So, do you want to watch or leave?" he asked kindly.

"I'll stay and watch," I replied, settling down into the grass.

"Alright.." He walked back towards the other teenage ninjas. "Naruto, don't just sit there, continue climbing. Sakura's already reached the top, you know," he continued, pointing to the girl with the pink hair, who was sitting on the top branch of the tree, feet dangling.

So the blonde's name is Naruto, and pinky's Sakura. I wonder what the other guys name is, I wondered, watching the boy with the black hair. I knew by the way he was climbing that he was using way too much of his chakra, so he wasn't getting far. At least he was actually managing it; Naruto couldn't even reach the tenth branch since he was too distracted to use his chakra to its fullest. And Sakura was already at the top, but it was almost too much for the level of her chakra to handle. She could barely make it up; she wasn't strong enough to focus that deeply.

The whole class, Naruto kept looking at me, and it was getting slightly annoying after a while. I knew I was the new student, but I also knew I wasn't all that interesting. After a while, Kakashi announced that the class was done, so I took my chance to leave.

I had just left the clearing when Sakura ran up beside me.

"Hey! So, you're the new girl, huh? Don't worry, you'll know everyone here soon enough. It's a small village. Wait, where's your Hitai-Ate? Are you embarrassed to wear it because you're from another village?"

"No, I'm not embarrassed. I just forgot it at home," I growled. Then I remembered what I was going to say to her. "The guy in front of us- what's his name?"

She glared at me. "He's Sasuke. And he's MINE, ya know."

My eyebrow went up. "What, you guys dating or something?"

"Well, no. But I will be when he says yes!"

"Right. So, lemme get this straight. You're not in fact going out, but he's yours… Do I have that right?"

"YEAH, AND DON'T FORGET IT. STAY AWAY FROM MY MAN, SAKURA!" She caught up with Sasuke and grabbed his hand, which he pulled back away from her.

"Get off me, Sakura. You're well aware that I don't like you," he spoke in a soft, yet irritated voice. I sighed and shook my head. Somebody's desperate… Just then, Naruto caught up with me.

"Hey! Do you like the village so far?"

I smiled. Yay, an actual conversation. "Yeah! The forests here are so beautiful. It's so much more alive here than in Sand Village. There are actually plants and animals here!" I laughed.

"Woah! You've been to Sand Village?! Where else have you been?"

"Um… Sound Village, Mist, Waterfall, Moon, Rain, Star, Cloud, Snow… Pretty much every village except Rock."

"So you've been to Smoke and Dragonfly Village too?"

"Yup."

Suddenly, Sakura screamed, so Naruto and I both looked to see what had happened.

"Sasuke! Get back here!" Sakura wailed.

Naruto laughed. "Well, looks like pretty boy had enough of pinky."

Sakura yelled back, "Shut up! I told you never to call me that! And don't make fun of Sasuke!"

"Yeah, whatever," he muttered, and ran after Sakura. "Hey, wait up! I didn't mean it! Sakura!"

I rolled my eyes. "Wow. The population is… dramatic."