This is the beginning of Team Seven, when they first recieve their Sensei. This is the way the story would be told if their Sensei had paid a little more attention to the team's little Cherry Blossom... KakaXSaku

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Chapter 1: The Beginning

Sakura watched as Naruto glanced out the classroom doorway. They were currently waiting for their new Sensei, and he was very late. Sakura sighed. "Naruto, just sit down..." Sakura said.

They did not even know who their sensei was, but that didn't really matter. Sakura had been put on a team with Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha; they would all make up Team 7.

"Why is our sensei so damn late?" Naruto complained as he shot a glare back into the classroom. "All the other teams have gone off with their sensei's and Iruka-sensei already left..."

Sakura shook her head as she leaned against the desk next to Sasuke's. She really did like him... at least she thought she did. Every girl in their class liked Sasuke Uchiha... so that meant she had to too, right?

"What are you doing, Dobe?" Sasuke asked as he glared toward Naruto. Naruto just chuckled as he grabbed one of the chalk erasers.

"This is what he gets for being so late!" Naruto laughed as he put the eraser at the top of the sliding door.

Sakura shook her head with a frown. Sasuke turned to Naruto. "Do you think a Jonin level ninja would fall for that Naruto?" Sasuke asked with a glare.

"Shhh," Naruto said bringing a finger to his lips. He ran over to the desk beside Sakura and sat in it. "He's coming!"

A hand slid through the doorway first, and then the rest of a body. Sakura stared in confusion as the eraser hit said person on the head; Naruto bursted out into laughter.

Sakura kept spurting apologies. This was the way everyone wanted the girl on the team to be; nice, sweet, weak, and concerned. It was her duties as a kunochi.

"Are you okay?" Sakura asked walking up to him. "I'm really sorry."

The gray haired jonin stood in front of them with an incredible look on his face. "My first impression of my students.... I don't like you."

Sakura almost sweat dropped. "But I guess we still have to introductions," the jonin said. "To the roof."

The three students followed out the classroom after their sensei. Sakura was quietly analyzing him. 'Tall, lean muscles but hides it well under the jonin vest,' Sakura mused to herself. 'Muscular thighs and calves; he has to be incredibly fast.'

They reached the roof of the school building and everyone sat down. "Okay for introductions," the gray haired man said. "How 'bout we say our names, likes, dislikes, and dreams."

"You should go first sensei," Sakura spoke up quietly. "So we know what to do."

"Well my name is Kakashi Hatake," the gray haired man spoke. "I have many likes and dislikes... as for my dreams... I don't have any.

"Okay, you're next blondie."

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki!" Naruto yelled for everyone to hear. "I like ramen, ramen, Sakura-Chan, ramen, and free ramen. I don't like the three minutes it takes to make ramen, and my dreams... I plan to be Hokage, BELIEVE IT!"

"How... joyful," Kakashi said with a sigh. "You're next; girlie man."

Sakura snorted quietly when Sasuke turned to her. "I think he means you, Sasuke," Sakura said.

Sasuke glared at Kakashi, but spoke nonetheless. "My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I dislike many things and like very few. I only have two goals in life; to resurrect my clan, and to kill a certain someone."

Kakashi blinked. "How creative," he spoke dryly. "You're next Pink."

"My name is Sakura Haruno," Sakura spoke quietly. "I like picking flowers and hanging out with my friends. I dislike people who won't even acknowledge others, and call them weak." She caught both Naruto and Sasuke's attention there. Sasuke glared. "My goal in life is to become as strong as I can so I can protect my most precious people."

"I thought girls only thought about love at this age," Kakashi thought out loud. Noticing he said this out loud he gave Sakura an eye crinkle. "Your goal is very noble.

"Okay, now that the introductions are over with we can start talking about tomorrow."

"What are we doing tomorrow, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto yelled as he bolted out of his seat. "Are we going on a mission?!"

"No Naruto," Kakashi said with a sigh. "We will be having survival training."

"Didn't we just get out of the academy?" Naruto whined. "We don't need any more training!"

"This is no regular training session Naruto," Kakashi said. "Your opponent will be me."

"Why is this necessary?" Sakura questioned lightly.

"Only a few students who graduated from your class will become genin," Kakashi said while leaning against a railing. "If you pass my test you will become genin."

"Alright!" Naruto cheered as he threw his hands up in the air. "Your test can't be that hard!"

"If we fail we go back to the academy," Sakura said causing Naruto to immediately somber.

"But we just graduated!!!" Naruto said frantically.

"Then I suggest you pass my test," Kakashi said with a sigh. He glanced to the sun. "I suggest you don't eat breakfast... you might throw up."

Naruto shuddered. "NO RAMEN?!?!"

"No ramen," Kakashi said. "Meet at training ground seven; if you pass the test it will become our permanent training grounds. Now; don't be late. I'll see you all tomorrow."

Sakura watched as her sensei disappeared in the wind. Glancing back towards the boys she knew they didn't understand what was going to happen tomorrow, either. "We should at least go in there as a team," Sakura said as the two other boys stood up.

"Hn," Sasuke said as he walked away. Naruto just shrugged and turned back to Sakura. "I'll work with you Sakura-Chan!" Naruto exclaimed with a huge grin.

"Sounds good Naruto," Sakura said with a small smile. "We'll go over some plans tonight over ramen; my treat."

"YAY SAKURA-CHAN!"

Kakashi laughed lightly as he watched two of his students walk away. So the pink haired girl had caught on already... knowing teamwork would be important. He smiled; tomorrow would be interesting.

Kakashi immediately frowned when he thought about her again; everyone knew Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki, but no body knew anything about her. He sighed and jumped off the roof. Finding the window he wanted, Kakashi flew into it with a burst of chakra.

Falling into the classroom gracefully he landed on a brown haired man's desk. "Hey Kakashi; what's up?" The man said.

"I would like the files on my new students, Iruka," Kakashi said simply, leaping backward to lean against the window.

Iruka nodded and pulled three folders out of his desks. The first one was huge. "Naruto Uzumaki," Iruka said with a smile. The next one he grabbed was a little bigger. "Sasuke Uchiha." Iruka frowned as he grabbed the last one; it was rather thin. "Sakura Haruno."

"I don't understand why theirs is so much larger than hers," Kakashi said while shifting through the first file; Naruto's. Iruka sighed and nodded.

"Sakura is a good student; her grades are all exceptional and she has never been in trouble." Iruka said while placing a hand against his forehead. "Not much is known about her family; civilians they said."

"What do you mean?"

"They were killed," Iruka frowned again. "At least that's what she told us..."

"I still don't really understand..."

"Sakura Haruno was found at age eight outside of the village gate. She was alone and unconscious," Iruka said. "I can't believe you haven't heard the story before."

Kakashi nodded. "It sounds familiar, but I guess it wasn't a big deal back then," Kakashi said while grabbing Sakura's small file. "Tell me about her potential."

Iruka smiled at this. "She has pretty much excellent chakra control making her a good candidate for medical jutsu." Iruka said. "She also is excellent at analyzing things and would do well with genjutsu."

"I don't understand why she is on my team then," Kakashi said. "Kurenai would be the better choice if it is genjutsu she would be strongest in."

"No, Kakashi," Iruka said. "Sakura was the best intellectual mind I had in my class; even smarter than Shikamaru at times... it seems like she tries to hide her genius most of the time. Sakura needs to be trained by you... she got the highest test scores Konoha has seen in quite a some time. Actually even higher than a little copycat nin did when he passed through academy..."

"I understand," Kakashi said while nodding his head. Tomorrow would definitely be exciting.

---Tomorrow Morning---

Sakura and Naruto leaned against a tree near the training ground; Sasuke appeared to be meditating near the center of the field. They all knew that Kakashi would be late so they didn't seem to mind the little peace they had.

A poofing sound abruptly brought the trio out of their worlds' and they stared towards their gray haired sensei. "YOU'RE LATE!" Naruto yelled with a fist raised.

"I'm just on time," Kakashi muttered as he walked towards a tree stump. He set an alarm clock down on it, and set the time. "It's set for noon."

"What's going on Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked as he scratched his head. "What's set for noon?"

In response, Kakashi took out two silver bells. "Here are two bells. Your task is to take them from me before time is up.

"Do you all understand? If you don't get a bell you're going to be sent back to the academy," Kakashi continued. "If you don't get a bell by noon you will get no lunch. Now understand this; you have to come at me like you want to kill me; kunai and shuriken are allowed."

"But that means only two of us will pass the test!" Naruto called as he glanced at Sakura. There seemed to be a devious look in the pairs' eyes.

"That doesn't matter," Kakashi stated. "Do whatever is necessary to retrieve the bells.

"Begin."