善のためには、私の自己制御がどこにあるのでしょうか?
For Goodness Sake, Where is My Self Control?
Chapter One
Twenty Months After Naruto Leaves With Jiraiya
ストイックいずれかを入力します。
Enter the Stoic One.
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"Are you sure Tsunade-sama?"
"I am positive. She is to be on his team and no one else's."
"But! Tsunade-"
"Enough! That is an order. That girl is to be with his team starting tomorrow." The older woman slammed her hands on her desk, the pig near her feet scrambled from its sleeping position and quickly hid behind the other woman across the desk in fear. "He is the only one who can whip her back into shape" she continued in a quitter voice as she sat down.
"Hai, Tsunade-sama. I shall inform him." The younger of the two bent into a bow before disappearing.
"Hmm" the woman lent back in her chair and stared thoughtfully at the ceiling. "And so it begins."
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"Yosh! Team Gai, come forth! For I have some new youth to introduce you to!"
I breathed a sigh of defeat as I walked behind the jumpsuit clad slave driver. This was not my ideal way of spending my first morning back in Konoha. If I had my own way, then I would still be in bed, blissfully unaware of anything. But no, instead I was dragged out of bed at 5 o'clock in the morning.
"Alright, Gai-sensei! Another beautiful, young soul for you to train!" Another exuberant voice shouted as we neared a group of three.
I sighed again and let my shoulders drop. The boy that appeared in front of us was an exact copy of the man who had forced me here.
"Ohayou, youthful flower! I cannot wait for you to begin training with us. I wish you to be a strong opponent to fight against!" He all but shouted at me as he grabbed my right hand and kissed the top of it.
"Yosh! Such a youthful greeting Lee! You other two, come over here and greet our flower as youthful as Lee-kun did." Gai shouted over to two figures that where under the shade of a tree, about thirty or so feet away.
I forced my hand away from mini Gai, and muttered that a simple hello would have sufficed. Not that he would have been likely to do so anyway. I gave the boy a grimace of a smile before wiping the back of my hand on my pant leg. The other two arrived shortly after and I gave them a once over. There was a girl. She was thin as a rail but had lean muscle; it was easy to tell that she was not much of a close range fighter. The boy that stood alongside of her was harder to read. His clothes were baggier and there forth made it harder to figure out his body type. I glanced up to his eyes and was shocked to discover that he was a Hyuuga. A very familiar looking Hyuuga at that.
"Now that everyone is here, time for introductions! I shall go first and set an example." Gai declared as stepped a pace to my left so I could see him better. "My name is Might Gai! My rank is Jounin. I enjoy long romantic walks on the beach along with vigorous training. My dream is to best my eternal rival, Kakashi!" He finished by striking a pose with his thumb held out and smiling with all of his teeth. I winced at the sight. It was too much.
"Gai-sensei is so cool" cooed Lee from the right of me. "Okay! I shall go next and follow in your footsteps Gai-sensei!" the boys' pupils lit up as he opened his mouth to say more but Gai cut him off.
"No, Lee. We must let the new addition go first!"
I turned to glare at him faster than I thought possible. There was no need for introductions; I had no plan at all to get to know them. The look I received in return promised nothing but trouble if I refused. Curse Gai. He knew far too well how to treat me, and what would get under my skin most of all. Curse him.
Clearing my throat, I fancied them with a slight bow. "My name is Kaihou, Kimiko. I am a Jounin. I like sleeping. My dreams, are better remembered when I am sleeping" I finished in a sarcastic tone as I sent a scathing look towards Gai again. He did nothing but smile. Bastard.
"Yosh! It's my turn now!" Lee shouted before doing an incredibly low bow. "Ohayou Kimiko-chan! My name is Rock, Lee and I am a chuunin. I too also enjoy long walks on the beach and a hard days' worth of training with Gai-sensei! My dream is to become the world's best taijutsu master!"
"Alright Lee! I could not of said it better myself!" The green bastard struck another pose toward Lee and said student looked as if he was about to pass out from the attention.
A deep sigh escaped the only female. She smiled towards me and her brown eyes shown bright. "Ohayou, Kaihou-san. My name is TenTen. I'm also a chuunin. Weapons are my specialty and I enjoy collecting and perfecting my technique with them. My dream is to one day being known as the Weapon Specialist of Konoha." She finished rather quickly, seemed genuine about her statements. I smiled at her in return and turned my gaze to the only one who had not spoken yet.
"Very nice TenTen" Gai complemented before turning a pointed gaze towards the person.
Said mute did nothing but stare at me. It was an unnerving look he was giving me. He showed no sign of recognizing me, but I knew he must have. His face was as blank and lifeless as ever.
"Neji" TenTen whispered as she nudged him with her elbow lightly. Yet he stood stock still and did not acknowledge her.
The sound of someone clearing their throat was heard next and we all turned our attention towards the culprit, save one. I rubbed a hand over my tired eyes and heaved a sigh. This was too much to deal with all on my first day back.
"Neji! Introduce yourself" their sensei all bout screamed towards the statue like boy.
His eyes never left me as he answered. "There is no need for such pleasantries. We have already been acquainted, isn't that so, Kaihou-san?"
My amethyst eyes closed in irritation at his attempt at a hello. "I thought we were on a first name basis, Neji-kun?" I opened my eyes and store straight into his pale lavender ones.
"Hm, that was a long time ago" he reputed, but I swore i caught the slightest of glimpses of what could have been a smirk before he returned to his emotionless face.
"Nani, you know Kimiko-chan, Neji?" Lee asked excitedly.
I shoot a bewildered look at the mini Gai, "Kimiko-chan?" I muttered under my breath. What gave him the right to address me so familiar?
"Hai. We grew up together."
"Eh? Was she your childhood love perhaps?!" Lee proclaimed with hearts in his eyes.
"How youthful Neji! Two lovers reunited! Do not be ashamed my boy, go embrace your Juliet! We will not think anything less of you!" Gai chipped in as well and I snickered at how agitated he was becoming at their pestering.
His eyes closed and he crossed his arms over his chest. "You fools are both wrong. It was nothing close to a romantic relationship. Our parents were friends. That was all."
"Is that really all you think about me?" His eyes snapped opened and he gave me a once over again.
There was a tense moment when he did absolutely nothing. He broke it though, with a firm answer, "Yes."
"Mah, Neji-kun. As heartless as ever." It was a childish move to provoke him, but as always he ignored it. Years of training with the green spazzes must have done nothing but increased his patience.
"Enough of this bickering! If you two are not long lost lovers then we will get straight to work"
"Neh, Gai-sensei. Have you ever heard of a day off?" TenTen asked pitifully.
"Nonsense! You can have all the time you want off when you're dead! Now let's start off with 200 laps around Konoha's perimeter."
"Yosh! I shall beat my best time by two minutes! If I fail then I shall run extra 100 laps!" Lee shouted into the air as he shot off into the distance. I blinked in surprise, he was fast. As to be expected from Might Gai's star student.
"Baka" muttered TenTen as she too started, though at a much slower pace. My eyes traveled from her retreating form over to Neji. He was no longer staring directly at me, more over my head. Pale eyes met dark ones before he turned on his heal and left to catch up to the others.
"Kimiko, are you not going to join us?" Gai looked at me expectantly. I shrugged my shoulders and smothered out the back of my shirt before sitting down.
"Not today. Maybe tomorrow, I am still pretty whipped from my trip here last night." I decided to leave out the part of when he rudely woke me up after only hours of falling asleep in my new apartment.
"I will let this slide for today. But tomorrow you will join us. You are a part of this team now and are expected to act like it." The voice he used was strangely serious for the Might Gai I knew. I nodded my head in understanding before he too took off towards his students at a faster than necessary pace.
"It was a bad idea to come back so soon" muttering to myself, I pulled a flask out of my side pocket. I twisted the cap of and stared sorrowfully at the amber liquid. "Bottoms up" the dark liquid cascaded down my throat and I shuddered at the familiar burn. Yup. This whole situation sucked.
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I do not own Naruto. I do own the plot and Kimiko. This is a revision and only very little content has changed. Check out my profile for other stories and a link to what Kimiko looks like!
