Hey guys. I've got yet another story up when I haven't finished the others. Yes I like doing that. This one origionally wasn't ever going to be put up but my friend convinced me to put it up so here it is. Please ignore the early chapters. I did them a while ago and I can't be bothered to change them.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or the characters. They belong to Masashi Kishimoto. The only characters that I own are Rina Kamaya and Kameko.
Rina's P.O.V
I let out a sigh and walked through the gates into the Hidden Leaf Village, my home. I'd been on a mission for a whole month since the death of the 3rd Hokage and I was pretty much dead on my feet.
I was walking through the streets when I sensed someone following me. As quick as ever, I had my follower pinned. I held both their hands behind their back with one hand, the other holding a kunai at his neck.
"Gah lay off me a bit will ya Rina?" My follower asked, his voice shaking slightly.
As soon as I recognised the voice, I let go of the person and leapt back a little, keeping a calm look on my face.
"Iruka, how many times do I have to tell you not to sneak up on me? I don't say it because I can't protect myself you know." I said with a small sigh, giving my friend a grin.
"Right, I know." He replied sheepishly.
"Don't you have a class to teach?" I asked as we headed towards the building that the Hokage resided in.
"Nah. Ever since the 3rd Hokage's death, I've been called out for many missions." He answered.
"You're telling me. I've been on a mission for a month ever since the old man passed." I said, shaking my head.
"I'm dead on my feet."
Iruka glanced at me and I let out a small laugh, reading what was in his eyes.
"If you're still this alert when your dead on your feet…I'm glad I don't sneak up on you when you're full of energy." He said.
I let out a loud laugh as we headed up the steps towards where the 5th Hokage was.
"Yeah you don't want to be in that position. Kakashi can tell you that from his first hand experience." I grinned, knocking on the Hokage's door.
"Come in." Came her voice and I opened the door, stepping in with Iruka following me.
"Ahh Rina, Iruka. What can I do for you?" She asked, turning to look at the two of us.
I knelt in front of the Hokage for a minute while I first stated my business.
"I have just come to tell you that my squad has returned from their mission. We received no casualties and the wounded are on their way to the infirmary as we speak." I reported, before standing up.
"Thank you for that Rina. I'm glad to hear we lost no more shinobi." Tsunade answered, turning her attention to Iruka.
"And you, Iruka? What can I do for you?"
Iruka copied what I had done before and spoke up.
"Lady Hokage, I ask that I am allowed time off from missions to properly train the children at the academy. The missions I am going on are cutting in to the training and lessons of the children." He answered.
"I cannot allow that Iruka. Every shinobi is needed right now. I'm afraid I must say no." She answered with a sigh.
"Lady Hokage, If I have time, I would be happy to take over Iruka's lessons with the children when he is on a mission, should I not be needed for training sessions or missions at the time." I spoke up, trying to help my old friend out.
"Very well Rina. I can accept that. But only if you have no other jobs that you must do." She answered.
"Right." I answered and disappeared from the room, back onto the streets outside.
I waited for a few seconds before Iruka appeared next to me.
"Thank you so much Rina!" He said straight away, looking at me.
I laughed at the relief in Iruka's voice and walked with him back towards the academy.
"Well, looks like I should come say a quick hello to your kids before I get out and about." I said as we headed into the academy and towards his classroom, where I could hear a lot of noise.
"If they'll pay attention." He answered grumpily, opening the door to the classroom.
It was like we'd stepped into a mini war. There was paper airplanes and everything littering the floor and the desks.
I followed Iruka to the front of the class and waited for him to get their attention.
"Okay everyone listen up!" He called, but the class didn't pay attention to him.
"CLASS!" He yelled, but still nothing.
"SHUT IT ALL OF YOU!" I screamed out, causing all eyes to turn to the front.
"SIT DOWN!" I added, glaring daggers at any child who dared go against what I'd ordered.
"Thank you for that Rina. Everyone I know that I've been having a lot of time off because of missions, but I've spoken to Lady Hokage and she has decided to assign another teacher to you for when I'm out on missions. Be aware that sometimes, this teacher may also be on missions, so you'll get those days off."
I gave a small laugh at the hopeful glances the children gave one another.
"So anyway, let me introduce Rina Kamaya, the Animal Ninja." Iruka added, nodding to me.
"Hey kids." I said simply, giving them a smile.
"You really expect us to have a girl teach us?" One of the boys spoke up.
My eyes darted to the boy who had spoken. He was on the first load of desks from the window, right next to the window on the top row.
"Konohamaru!" Iruka scolded, but when he turned to apologise to me, I was already gone.
"Rina?" He asked, just as I reappeared right behind Konohamaru.
"So, Konohamaru, was it? You're against being trained by a female shinobi. And yet you acknowledge the fact that the 5th Hokage is a female and that there are many female shinobi correct?" I tested, keeping myself behind the younger boy.
"Uh-huh. I only want to be trained by the same people as Naruto. That way I can become a great shinobi, just like him!" Konohamaru replied loudly, causing Iruka to sigh in exasperation.
Naruto huh? So he's met the kid that Kakashi's training. The nine tailed fox kid.
"I see. So you refuse to have anyone else because of Naruto having ones that allow him to get strong. But, Konohamaru let me ask you this. You would like to become stronger then Naruto, correct?" I asked, continuing when he nodded.
"Then why pass up the opportunity to get teachers that can make you stronger then Naruto. If you have the same teachers as Naruto, then you'll never get stronger then him!"
I could see that my words had done the trick. As quickly as I'd appeared behind Konohamaru, I disappeared and appeared back by Iruka's side.
"Does anyone else have a problem with having me as a teacher?" I questioned, my eyes training across every single kid in the class.
"No? Okay then. You're all dismissed for a lunch break." I said, grinning as the kids cheered and ran out.
I turned to Iruka and laughed at his look of pure shock.
"Rina, what the hell was that?" He asked, turning his surprised gaze to me.
"What the hell was what?" I asked innocently as I headed to the door, holding up a hand as a goodbye gesture.
"See ya later Iruka." I called and disappeared from his sight.
I was walking back in the street when I heard what sounded like complaining.
"Naruto, come on! We're going to be late for training, and Kakashi-sensei has gotten Kurenai to train her group with us." A girl complained.
I stopped outside a ramen shop where the complaints were coming from.
"But Sakura! Kakashi-sensei is always late!" A boy answered in complaint.
"Kakashi might always be late, but I doubt Kurenai's team will be." Another boy spoke up.
I stepped into the shop to see three kids sitting there, a bubblegum haired girl with a reddish pink outfit, a raven-haired boy with a dark blue/navy shirt and white shorts, and a blonde haired boy with an orange tracksuit.
"So your Kakashi's group that he's training." I mused, looking at the three of them.
"Who the hell are you?" The raven-haired boy asked.
"My name's Rina. I'm the Animal Ninja and I am also a close friend of Kakashi. I was in his group when we were training as genin." I answered, my eyes narrowing.
"What are your names?"
The bubblegum haired girl spoke first, her tone more polite then the raven-haired boy's.
"I'm Sakura Haruno."
"Sasuke Uchiha" Answered the raven-haired boy.
"And I'm Naruto Uzumaki!" The blonde answered.
"I see." I said, nodding to the three of them. "Not a bad looking bunch Kakashi's got himself I must say."
I grinned and stepped outside, motioning for the three of them to follow.
"So where are you guys meeting Kakashi?" I asked.
"I'll show you." Sakura replied.
I grinned when I noticed another old friend with her group as we arrived to the assigned spot. As usual, Kakashi was nowhere to be seen.
"Finally you three. I swear Kakashi's lateness is rubbing off onto his team." The team leader of the other group complained.
Sakura opened her mouth to start to explain but I beat her to it.
"Blame me for their lateness Kurenai. I heard them talking about being a part of Kakashi's group and so I wanted to meet them. After all, I only got back from my mission today." I said quickly, grinning at her.
"Rina? How long has it been? A month?" Kurenai replied, her eyes widening at the sight of me.
"Yeah, been a month since I went on that mission." I replied, laughing slightly.
"So this is your team?" I added, walking up to her and the group.
"You betcha. This is the team I've been assigned to."
I glanced over the group. There were two boys and a girl again. One of the boys had a coat lined with fur edges on the hood and sleeves. He had short brown hair, two red triangles on his cheeks and a small dog next to him.
The other boy had on a simple grey closed jacket that covered the bottom half of his face. His hair was brown but it was a few shades darker then the other boy's. He had on dark sunglasses that concealed his eyes.
The girl looked more timid then her group members. She had bluish hair and she had a sand coloured jumper on.
"Okay you three, what are your names?" I asked after taking in every detail of them.
"The name's Kiba Inuzuka. And this is my dog Akamaru." The lighter brown haired boy said, pointing to the dog next to him as well.
"I'm Shino. Shino Aburame." The second boy answered.
"A-And I'm H-Hinata Hyūga." The girl said shyly.
"Nice to meet the three of you. I'm Rina Kamaya, the Animal Ninja." I said, grinning at the three of them.
"Sorry I'm late everyone." Came a male voice that was too familiar to me.
"Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura and Naruto said together.
I turned and grinned as I saw a man with spiky white hair. His ninja headband concealed his left eye and a dark mask concealed most of his face.
"I see you haven't changed in the month I've been gone." I spoke up, grinning at the man.
"Rina? Rina Kamaya? You're really back?" The man asked, his eye wide in surprise.
"You betcha. You didn't really think you could loose me that easily did ya Kakashi?" I asked with a small grin.
"Well, when your squad didn't come back after 3 weeks, most of the shinobi started to fear the worst for you. And then when it drew nearer and nearer to a month, most shinobi accepted the fact that your squad had been killed. They were actually forming a search squad yesterday." Kakashi answered, grinning slightly.
"Didn't I tell you guys not to write me off that easily?" I asked in mock horror.
Kakashi rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly, the look making him even cuter then normal.
"Yeah…you did mention something like that."
I shook my head and jerked my thumb at his squad.
"Well seeing as you were so late, I ended up coming with your team here. They've already introduced themselves to me, as I have them." I explained with a small grin.
"I see…I guess I really need to work on my timing." Kakashi said with a small laugh.
"Kakashi, you've always been late."
"KAKASHI!" Came another male voice.
"Oh god…" I muttered, turning towards the voice.
A man in a green jumpsuit with short black hair and thick eyebrows stood not too far away from us, two genin following him.
"Oh hello Gai, I didn't expect to see your squad out here. Didn't you have a mission?" Kakashi asked, looking slightly bored.
"Nah. Tsunade wants all of our teams to have a big training session." Gai answered, just as he noticed me.
"No…it can't be!"
I gave a small grimace and gave Gai a wave.
"Heya Gai. Long time no see." I called, forcing my voice to be somewhat friendly.
"My it is. Rina!" He called, running over and pulling me into a hug.
"GAI! Let go of me!" I cried out uncomfortably.
When Gai didn't let go, I zipped out of his grip and behind him. I had his hands behind him in a second and a kunai pointed to his throat.
Gai let out a nervous gulp as I brang my head close to his ear.
"Gai, you do remember what I said about you hugging me don't you?" I asked, bitterly sweet.
"Y-yes I do, Rina." He replied carefully.
"Good." I said, relaxing my grip ever so slightly.
I heard a laugh and turned my gaze to Kakashi.
"Easy now Rina. No killing our jōnin!" He said with a laugh.
I shook my head and let go of Gai.
"It's Gai's fault. He knows not to hug me." I muttered angrily, turning my attention to the other two members of his team.
"So who's on his team?" I asked, glancing the two over.
"The girl is Tenten. She's a pretty good ninja. As is the boy, Neji Hyūga. He's the cousin of Hinata, but he comes from a lower branch of the family. The boy who's missing is Rock Lee. He has no ninjutsu or genjutsu, only taijutsu." Kakashi replied, nodding to each member in turn.
"I have to admit, Gai's got a pretty good team. Even if Gai is a knucklehead of a ninja." I said, earning me a laugh from Kakashi.
"If you think Gai's a knucklehead, then just wait until you see Naruto in action. If anyone's a knucklehead, it's him." Kakashi laughed.
"Oh really?" I mused, glancing over at the boy.
"Sorry we're late. We had a little bit of trouble with the team." Came another voice.
Jeez, it's like the meeting of the old friends I thought, shaking my head at the sight of a man with black hair.
"Nah, you're not that late Asuma." Kurenai answered, giving him a small grin.
"Hey Asuma. You're looking well." I called, grinning as he also took on a look of surprise.
"Rina? Your alive?" He asked, walking over.
"Jeez! I'm gone for a month and you guys write me off already! I may as well have not come back, if you guys really don't believe in my power!" I huffed playfully, turning my back on Asuma and the others.
"Oh come on Rina. You know we all missed you." He said, patting my shoulder.
"Yeah…some of you more then others." I answered, shooting a glance at Gai.
"He still convinced that I'm going to date him?"
Asuma gave a small laugh at my question, as did all the other Jōnin.
"Rina, he's been convinced you'd date him ever since we were genin!" Kakashi replied with a small laugh.
"Yeah yeah. So Asuma, who've ya got on your team this time?" I said, turning towards the three-newcomer genin.
"Ok. So Rina we've got Chōji Akimichi, Shikamaru Nara and Ino Yamanaka." Asuma answered, pointing to each one.
"Heh, exact same team of three as their fathers before them." I laughed, remembering the team of Chōza, Shikaku and Inoichi.
Asuma gave a small laugh and his team grinned slightly.
"I have a feeling the 3rd Hokage did that on purpose." Kakashi said, laughing slightly.
I shook my head.
"Enough talk you three. You've got training to do." I said to my fellow Jōnin.
They rolled their eyes at me and called Gai over, leaving the genin to talk together.
"So what is it we're meant to be teaching them Gai?" Kakashi asked, looking over at Gai.
Gai gave a shrug and glanced over at the Hokage building.
"Dunno. Tsunade just said that she wanted all our teams to train together today."
Kakashi turned to give Kurenai a look then turned towards the other Jōnin.
"What about getting Rina to train them for today? We were only going to train our teams with chakra control…considering they don't have the best control in the world." He said, earning him a glare from me.
"You want me to try and train four teams, when I have no idea what their skills are, or what they've already learnt?" I asked, glancing at each team leader.
"Yeah…sort of." Each replied, causing me to facepalm.
"Why did I bother coming here today? I've been on my alert for a month, I'm dead on my feet and now I have to train a bunch of genin. Something makes me feel concerned about the other shinobi of the village." I muttered, giving each team leader a glare.
"We'll help you Rina." Gai said, striking his 'good guy' pose.
"Yeah sure, whatever. Just don't leave all the genin strictly to me. After all, my methods of training aren't exactly the best when I'm in 'mission mode' as Kakashi puts it." I answered, before calling the genin to listen up.
"From what I've heard from the other Jōnin, you all are severely lacking in hand to hand combat. I'm guessing this would be because your team leaders have had you focus more on your chakra. But focusing on chakra alone will not help you improve as shinobi, as neither will learning new techniques."
I glanced at the other jōnin, asking for their permission to continue. They nodded and so I turned towards the genin.
"I want all of you to attack me, without using jutsu." I ordered.
I waited while they all talked quietly for a few minutes.
"Ok listen up! I don't want you coming at me one on one. Strategise together and work together as a team to try and bring me down. If I'm happy with the way you come at me, we'll have the team of genin verses the team of jōnin." I called out.
I then waited while they got together and strategised.
"Are you so sure about this Rina? There are eleven of them and one of you." Gai asked.
"Can you stop underestimating me Gai? I would not have suggested this if I had thought that I'd get seriously injured. I know about each clan. I know what to look out for." I answered, stepping forward away from the other jōnin.
"Rina!" Kakashi called, making me turn to look at him.
"Take it easy on them."
I gave a grin and nodded at him. I then turned to look back at the genin. They'd already all gone into hiding in different positions, ready to begin.
"Come at me whenever you're ready!" I called, closing my eyes and standing perfectly still.
I payed attention to each creature, working out where each genin was placed. I stayed in the one spot, my eyes closed.
My eyes then flew open as Naruto tried to attack me from the left. When he was in the air I jumped up, placed my hand on his back and flipped over him, pushing him away into the bushes on the other side and into another genin.
I then turned around towards the other jōnin, leaping over them and kicking another genin back into the bushes.
"Jeez. You really haven't focused on their hand to hand. They're pathetic!" I called to the other jōnin, grinning as I sensed the anger in the air.
Sasuke was the next one to try and attack me. I grabbed his leg as he aimed a kick at me and threw him into Naruto, who was running at me again.
"This is boring." I muttered, flipping out of the way as Neji tried to attack me from behind.
I went to kick him but he blocked my attack.
"Nice one…but you're forgetting something." I said, going to punch him, knowing he'd block that as well.
As soon as he did, I brang my other fist in and punched him first, then kicked him back.
"Neji Hyūga from the lower branch of the Hyūga family. You've mastered the Byakugan well. And yet, you could still do with more practice." I said, grinning as he was pushed back into the bushes.
Interesting. None of the girls have gone at me yet and the other boys are hiding well. It's almost as if they want me to find them. Which makes my job easier.
I then flipped back as Choji made an attempt to attack me. It took two kicks before I sent him flying back.
"Very interesting." I muttered, closing my eyes and paying attention to the animals.
Even with my eyes closed, I blocked and pushed back the genin that went to attack me.
I then focused on an animal near Shikamaru.
I see. He's not moving, just watching the way I react to the other genin. I thought, moving out of the way and blocking another genin, sending them flying into two others while keeping my eyes closed.
He's observing the way I react and the way I block and counter each move. He's trying to find a way past my defences without attacking me.
I then opened my eyes and pulled out a single kunai. I blocked Naruto again, sending him back before I threw the kunai to my left, narrowly missing Shikamaru.
"Interesting tactics Shikamaru. But those tactics won't get you anywhere unless you know your opponent." I said, glancing to the side as Shikamaru dove away for another hiding spot.
I then turned and grabbed the wrist of Ino, stopping her from hitting me with a kunai. I flipped her over then threw her into Sakura, who was running towards me.
The girls are finally getting involved. Not bad. Not bad at all.
I then glanced around as the genin I'd blocked went back into hiding.
Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto. All of Kakashi's went for me, Naruto and Sasuke the most.
Neji. One from Gai's team has attacked.
Ino and Choji from Asuma's group.
Hinata, Kiba and Shino. None of Kurenai's team has bothered to attack me yet.
Then there's Tenten and Shikamaru. Tenten is in the trees to my left, and Shikamaru has moved to the trees to the south of me. Neither of them is making any move to go for me.
I then got out of my thoughts as Naruto and Sasuke tried to go for me again. I just blocked them and sent them flying back yet again.
Kakashi…what have you been training these two? They're continuing to attack me even though they can see that I am able to block both of their attacks.
I then widened my eyes in surprise as a kunai flew past my right shoulder, leaving a cut behind.
"Urgh…" I grunted, bringing my left hand up to the wound.
Shikamaru. He got through my defences. I was focusing on the area around Naruto and Sasuke that I didn't keep tabs on Shikamaru or any of the others that hadn't bothered to attack me.
I then let out a gasp as another kunai hit me, this time stabbing into my left shoulder blade.
Damn it. I need to pay more attention. If I payed this little attention in a real battle, I'd be dead.
I focused on the animals, trying to find out where each one was…but there was nothing but silence when I tried to communicate with them.
What's going on? There would normally be at least one animal around here…Why can't I hear any of them?
I narrowly avoided being hit by Naruto, my eyes wide in confusion and shock.
Why can I not hear anything…or see anything from the other animals?
I then shook my head in pain, the sudden throbbing throwing me off and getting me kicked in the gut.
What the hell? Why the hell does my head hurt?
I collapsed on the ground and just sat there, the frozen look of confusion staying on my face.
Most of the genin took that to their advantage and at least 5 kunai were shot at me. I stared at the one that was coming straight at my head without moving, too frozen in my state of shock.
As quickly as I had dropped, Kakashi, Asuma, Kurenai and Gai had positioned themselves around me, blocking each of the genins' kunais.
"Kakashi-sensei!"
"Gai-sensei!"
"Kurenai-sensei!"
"Asuma-sensei!"
The eleven genin leapt out of their hiding places, each of them stopping in front of their team leaders.
"Rina…" Kakashi had turned around and was bending down next to me.
He pulled out the kunai from my left shoulder blade and threw it to the side.
"Rina…what happened?" He asked softly, looking into my confused, shocked and scared eyes.
"T-the animals…I-I couldn't hear them…m-my head…it's pounding." I muttered, not really forming sentences properly.
Kakashi's look became even more concerned and slightly suspicious.
"Gai, Kurenai, Asuma. Take over training the genin. I think Rina's pushed herself to her limit. She hasn't rested since her mission. I'll take her over to the infirmary to get her wounds checked out." Kakashi explained, the look in his eyes stopping the other jōnin from asking questions.
They just nodded and then turned towards the genin, taking them off to their own groups.
"Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke. Go with Kurenai's group until I come to collect you guys for training. If I don't come by the time training's over…don't worry about waiting for me." Kakashi told his team before he picked me up and left without another word to them.
I was starting to slip out of consciousness as Kakashi took me to the infirmary. For some reason, I was starting to get really weak and Kakashi noticed.
"Hang on Rina. We're almost there." He said, but I'd already blacked out.
There you go, first chapter is up. It sucks but I don't care. It'd take way too long to re-type the whole thing.
I already have most of the chapters done...so I think I might update this every Friday and Wednesday. I may put it up other days but if I don't then expect it up those days.
I would preview but I'll wait until the next few chapters before I do.