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On a bright April morning in Kumogakure no Sato, three young genin fresh from the ninja academy were getting ready to meet up with their newly assigned sensei, little did they know what their future held…
Training field number eight, a decent sized meadow surrounded by a forest just outside the village limits. It had three tall tree stumps one could tie someone to if it was deemed necessary.
Yuki was the first one to reach the field and was asleep against one of the three pillars. He didn't feel as though this training was necessary since he was one of the few ninja who excelled at pretty much anything that was thrown at him. He did struggle with clone substitutions for a while but he eventually got past that.
He waited for his new teammates whom were assigned by their academy instructors. He had heard their names before but never actually cared enough to know what they looked like. Time would show that in a short while anyway.
Their sensei, a soft spoken jounin with short lavender hair suddenly appeared, sitting on top of one of the stumps. At the age of 25, Nana Satomi had completed over one-thousand missions in her career and decided to take on the task of training the genin of the next generation.
The only Kumo-native of the team arrived next, Usui, son of the personal assistant to the Raikage. He was the youngest and he wasn't particularly bright, but he got by in his classes, though he did better in the physical part of his assignments even though he was a lazy bastard.
The third and oldest of the genin arrived with her hands in her pockets simply nodding to the three as she ruffled her bangs. Akira Tsukigami was the oldest genin to ever graduate from any ninja academy…ever, at almost 16. Though she didn't quite look to be that late in her teens, let alone female.
Yuki saw both of the arrivals and their new squad leader who was perched above the stump he was against. He continued to sit there and simply not worry about them being here since it didn't matter to him. He did however hear a few rumors about the red haired one but what he failed to hear was that he was a she.
Having assumed that their team was three males which wasn't that uncommon he dismissed it as nothing more at this point. He stretched out, stood up and looked to the two before saying, "Now that we're all here can we begin. I think enough time has been wasted as it is." since he did feel him being here was a waste of time since he was sure that teammates were only going to hold him back if anything.
"Uhm excuse me…" the sensei spoke up as she hopped down, "You don't say when we do or don't begin." She looked over the three; she couldn't believe she'd gotten stuck with the three problem children of the entire class. Nana clapped her hands together to get their attention, she exhaled a shaky breath, "Ok you three, before we start any real missions I'm going to put you through a test." She started as she brought out two bells from a pocket inside her Kumo obi, and started a timer for two hours. "I got this test from Kakashi Hatake in Konoha. Your practice mission is to take these two bells from me before the timer runs out at noon. Those who don't have one by then get no lunch and you will get tied to one of these stumps. So at the very least, one of you won't get food."
Yuki scoffed and knew he was going to nab one of those bells so one of the other two had better find a way to get the other. Without wasting a bit of time he stares at Nana for a couple of seconds then her general area begins to drop in temperature. He figured the easiest way to get a bell was to freeze her in place although considering the ranks they were he figured it wouldn't be that easy. That wasn't going to stop him from trying.
Yuki excelled in ice ninjutsu ranging from those that allow him to create temporary weapons to that of normal ninjutsu that can slow or imprison a foe. All he had to do was focus and it would happen however to create the weapons he'd have to use hand signs since his chakra was a bit...unstable due to being able to use most of his ninjutsu without having to mold the chakra for it with said hand signs.
Nana didn't seem fazed at all, barely feeling a drop in temperature. She appeared in a tree a few meters away, jingling the bells with a teasing smile as she crossed her long, toned legs. "Ufufu…silly Yuki, I didn't even say start yet~." She hooked the strings from the bells onto her obi, bringing up a hand, "Now! You may…" she snapped her fingers and started disappearing into flame, "begin!"
Yuki scoffed then when the test actually began, he leaped off to try and find her. He was sure he could be a challenge in a one on fight against her but all he had to do was faze her enough to snatch a bell before she could react to him doing so. He looked around for her in hopes that he'd find her without having to worry about actually getting help from his so called team.
Usui looked around for about 10 minutes before giving up and taking a nap somewhere.
Akira inhaled deeply, trying to get her scent; it was hard because the jounin did try to cover up her own scent. It brought a smile to the redhead's face when she found the scent trail; she jogged away, following it, easily finding the woman. She snuck up behind her and was just about to grab a bell when BAM a katana's sheathe struck the back of the head, knocking the teen to the ground.
Yuki heard some commotion nearby but when he reached the destination all he found was an unconscious redhead. "Tch, this is getting me nowhere." he muttered then used his foot to nudge 'him' awake. "Get up. I can't believe you got knocked out so easily." he says with a sigh then actually thought about kicking 'him' awake but what good would that do. Time was ticking and so far no results.
She grabbed his ankle pulling him to the ground and sticking her tongue out at him. Getting up and wiping dirt off her clothes and smirking at the bluenette. She combed her bangs back, revealing her gorgeous sea green eyes and a small scar on the bridge of her nose. She turned around, walking off without a word.
Yuki growled then raised an eyebrow when he saw her eyes. He stood back up and dusted himself off then groaned since he was set back even further now. He dashed off again in search of their sensei to get a damn bell and be done with this heinous test. When he finally caught wind of her scent he followed it to the best of his ability. She may have been hiding her true scent but the faint smell of sweat she was giving off could be smelt in the cross breeze thanks to him being in tune with any cold temperature from a cool breeze to anything below freezing.
Again Akira was the first to get to the jounin, though now the two were in a full on clanging sword fight. Sparks flew here and there, strands of hair floated around along with pieces of clothing. The redhead was keeping up with Nana and she couldn't believe it. Akira had the lowest test scores amongst the entire class and she was keeping up with a jounin.
Their swords pushed against each other as their fight was dying down. They stared into each others eyes, trying to intimidate the other.
Yuki, instead of finding Nana-sensei, found Usui and scowled at what he saw. He had heard that he was lazy but this was ridiculous. He approached the other male and attempted to wake him since he wasn't about to let him just sleep and give up like this especially if he was going to be on a team with him.
"Go away man...trying to sleep here..." The blonde tried waving him off so he could get some more rest.
Yuki couldn't believe he was being paired with these two. He growled a bit then simply wanted to kick the lazy ninja in front of him a well but decided against it. Instead he left him and continued on his searching for their sensei.
Usui smiled drifting back off to sleep when he heard Yuki walk away.
A few minutes of trying to glare each other down, Akira and Nana's fight was at a standstill. Suddenly the genin drew back, making Nana fall forward a bit since she was putting her weight on the blade.
The redhead made no hand signs but spoke softly only three words, "Angel's false cradle." It started to get even cloudier than it already was, pink feathers floated down from the sky as if replacing what should be rain.
Yuki looked up when it got a bit cloudier than it was and wondered what was going on. Once the feathers began to fall he made the attempt to get to the site where it was originating from. It clearly wasn't natural and if his hunch was correct he'd find the sensei he was searching for at that very spot.
Akira chuckled as she began to move her lips, no sound came out of her mouth, but a melodic heavenly voice began to vocalize over the entire field. Nana dropped to her knees, propped up on her katana, she could barely keep her eyes open. The redhead walked over and grabbed the bells without the sensei being able to do anything to stop her.
By the time Yuki had gotten to the area Nana was already unconscious and the bells were gone. Not only was Yuki pissed but he was also shocked by the fact that Nana was rendered unconscious without any signs of being physically touched in any way.
Both Usui and Akira came back to the field with a bell, proceeding to wake up the sensei so they could get their lunch.
10 minutes later and with the instructions not to give Yuki any food, the two ate from the bentos.
Yuki sat there with the most sour look on his face. If looks could kill both of his squad-mates and sensei would've been dead a long time ago. He simple sat there and stared at the tree across the field since he had nothing better to do. Yuki wasn't hungry, it was the fact that not only were both bells taken within the give opportunity but one of them of given to a lazy ass Shinobi who did nothing but sleep the whole damn time.
It was mind boggling to him and he already had a good idea as to why this was throwing him through a loop. The few reasons that came to mind were the reasons why he disliked being a part of any team in any given thing. After long audible and clearly pissed off sigh he closed his eyes and decided to sleep until their sensei came back from whatever the hell she was doing.
Akira heard his stomach quietly growl at one point, she looked down at what she had left, about half of the bento. She sighed, poking him and practically shoving it in his face.
Yuki felt the poking then opened his eyes and glared at 'him' since 'he' was the reason why he was in this predicament. "What do you want?" he says then swats the food away from him. He'd rather starve than have someone take pity on him especially since the one doing it out of pity was the one that put him in this situation to begin with.
The redhead looked from her empty hand to the upside down lunchbox on the ground. Then she looked at him teary eyed as their stomachs did a synchronized growl.
Yuki simply stared at the bento being picked at by the ants and somehow felt better. "Serves you right you flat chested jerk. Snatching both bells and giving the other to this...this...lazy bones here is beyond my comprehension." he says then closes his eyes once more to sleep off his hunger.
She slumped to the ground, the words 'flat chested' running in a loop in her head.
Just before Yuki silenced himself completely he managed to say, "If you think I was going to share that bento with someone who cost me to not have it to begin with then you must have a washboard for a brain as well a chest, idiot." then slowly drifted off to sleep without another word being spoken.
"That was not cool man, just not cool…" Usui finally spoke up, "Akira was trying to be nice you, but noooo you let you stupid pride get in the way, it seems to me like you're the jerk here."
Yuki simply continued to sleep, ignoring the words of the laziest member of their team trying to be the voice of reason. He simply sat there and let Usui's words pass over his head since he wasn't the one condemning himself to starve out of selfishness for whatever reason.
Their sensei watched the scene unfold and close before her, hidden away so they couldn't see her. She sighed, they had just barely passed by her lover's standards of being a true ninja. She revealed herself, hopping down in front of the three, "You three pass… just barely."
Needless to say Yuki slept through Nana's little announcement but he obviously wasn't scoring points with his teammates. He dislike them both based on the actions that took place along with the aftermath of said actions. After a while he woke up and had forgotten about his impending hunger although he was still aware he hadn't eaten anything.
When he woke up, he would find that he was alone, even the dropped food from before was gone.
What a great start to a team.