Lone Wolf

Intro: So this is my first chapter of Lone Wolf, my first Naruto fanfic. Please tell me what you think of it and give me reviews. Please, I'm begging for a little constructive criticism.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the original Naruto characters. I do own my own OC's, which so far, yes so far, include Atara, Assai, Neko, Kaji, and Tenshi. You may not use Atara, Assai, or Neko.

The Team, Chapter 1-

Atara was twiddling her fingers through her long black hair, as she waited for the cutie Assai to come by. She didn't think of him like the other girls did, maybe that's why he liked her. The point was that he'd asked if she'd wait for him and go to the academy for the choosing of their genin teams together. Atara was normally not the social type, but Assai was like some sort of magnet. He always took her mind off of worrying about her past and her parents who she'd never known, and put it back where it belonged, the present. He told her how worrying about the past would keep you from having a future.

Atara had always listened to him, knowing it was true. And she trusted him, something she did not have toward anyone else so if he said he'd do something, she'd believe him. So there she was, waiting by a water fountain for the boy, who was now ten minutes late to arrive. Noticing that the fountain had a stone fox statue at the top, she thought, Curious. As she looked at it, she did not even notice that Assai had just walked up to her.

"Hey," Assai said, noticing that a group of girls was staring at him. "Oh, hey," Atara said shortly. "So, you ready to go, Atara?" he asked. Atara stood up before saying so quietly that no one but Assai could hear, "Yeah." She let her hair fall down flat covering one side of her face.

A skinny red-headed girl rushed by them in a flash to the academy. Atara and Assai watched her run by and into the building. "Aren't you glad you're not an academy student anymore?" Assai asked Atara as they neared the building. A lot of the girls laughed and whispered as Atara came in with Assai, but Sakura and Ino were storming their way through the doors to try and sit by Sasuke.

Atara went to the front of the classroom once inside, only a row down from the red-head. At first Assai did not recognize her, but then he said, "Oh! Neko, I didn't even recognize you. Where have you been for the last year?" Assai seemed confused about where his friend had gone. "I'll tell you l—who is she?" Neko's face was filled with a dark flame now, jealously. "Oh—yeah, Neko this is Atara. She's new here, sorta." Trying to explain, how she was new was—difficult.

"Oh. Well hello Atara, I'm Neko, Assai's BEST friend," Neko said stressing the "best" part. "Okay..," Atara said quietly.

Atara decided to pull out a sketchbook and a pencil to do a few drawings. It was her favorite pastime, drawing her friends in different poses or fighting nins from other villages. Now she drew Neko, flirting with Assai, who was clearly trying to ignore her. As if she'd had eyes in the back of her head, Neko was doing exactly what Atara drew. When Assai looked at it, he laughed, because Atara had drawn herself as a very small person, chibi-style, with huge scared eyes looking at Assai, who had turned into an angry roaring demon and was attempting to bite off Neko's head.

As soon as Assai had laughed the door opened, and Iruka-sensei walked in, followed by many other senseis, and all the students assumed these would be their new senseis (which they were).

Atara did not pay much attention to who was on what teams or who their senseis were; she only listened for her name, wishing her sensei would not be Kakashi. No, Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke were the unlucky ones who got him, with his hentai-freak self. After all the names were called and teams were issued, Atara, Assai, and Neko found themselves to be the only ones left without a sensei. Iruka said, "So…Atara, Assai, and Neko, stay after everyone else leaves and you will be given your sensei then. The rest of you are dismissed."

Naruto said loudly, "But our sensei's not here." "Oh, yeah that's Kakashi for you; you might as well pull up a pillow and a comfy chair." Naruto's jaw dropped to the ground, Sasuke sighed, and Sakura blinked her eyes at Sasuke in a flirty manner, causing Ino to glare at her evilly. After all the students had their headbands, the teams with sensei's left the building.

Now all that were left were Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Atara, Assai, Neko, and Iruka-sensei. Atara continued her drawing as Naruto started complaining about his sensei being late. Sasuke had retreated to the row behind Atara, where Neko was still sitting, so that he could get away from Sakura. Sakura was busy fussing at her self, something about "screwing it all up" and "never love me." Assai had the same thoughts as Sasuke, but seeing how Neko was his friend he did not show them like Sasuke did.

Iruka said, "Well, since Kakashi seems like he's not going to show up any time soon, I guess I'll have to give you three your team now." Naruto looked up wondering why Iruka-sensei did not want anyone to know about their team. Iruka continued, "Atara, Assai, and Neko, you have all been placed in the fire elemental team. Your sensei's name is Kaji and he is a master of fire jutsus. Your fighting styles are the type needed for the training he will give you which is why the three of you were the only ones chosen. You will learn, of course, the standard jutsus but you will have the opportunity to master jutsus your classmates do not even know about. I hope you enjoy your sensei; word from the hokage is that Kaji can be pretty tough. He will be waiting for you outside, and, if he's not there, look at the ramen shop or some other food place. As for Kakashi's team, good luck." Iruka leaves the six genins by themselves.

Sasuke says, "Humf. It must not be all that special because I use fire jutsus and I'm not in that team." Assai says, "I didn't know there was such a thing as an elemental team." Atara says to Assai, "Wanna go get some ramen?" Naruto's stomach growled as soon as she said the word "ramen." Assai laughed then said, "Sure, it beats looking for our sensei." Neko looked like she would explode in anger, thinking that Atara was flirting with Assai.

Atara thought silently, We're not going to get ramen—ok maybe just one bowl. Assai said to Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, "Bye, see yah later." Under his breath he muttered, "A lot later." Neko giggled slightly.

The three of them walked out leaving the others to wait for a very late Kakashi. Once they got to the ramen shop, everyone but Atara was surprised to see a man with long blue hair and fiery brown eyes. He could sure scarf down some ramen. Assai and Atara thought he looked kind of like Naruto eating bowl after bowl of ramen…making the dish-washing lady's job a lot harder. The man turned to the students, saw their headbands, and asked, "Where's your sensei?" When Atara stared at him pointedly, he said, "Oh. I'm Kaji."

Neko smiled. "I'm N—." Kaji put a finger to her lips and said, "Neko, you're a perky girl with a huge crush on someone who is very close to you but you don't let it stop you from fighting to your standards. You mainly like to use defensive moves and healing techniques."

He points at Atara. "You're Atara, a shy quiet girl who worries about the past a lot. Your fighting style can be merciless at times, and you never allow yourself to lose. Your opponent will have to be stronger than you if he or she wants to win." He turns his eyes to Assai.

"Assai, every girl your age, except one, wants to date you because they think you're cute. You hate it and you wish they would leave you alone. For this reason, you want to become a husband to someone who sees you for who you really are inside and not what you look like. Your fighting style is balanced: for every offensive move you can perform, you can perform a defensive move that is just as strong. If you lose a fight, you simply get back up and try again."

"Wow," Assai and Neko said simultaneously. Atara said dully, "I figured you'd do something like that." Kaji grinned at this then asked, "Who wants ramen?" Atara was already seated before he finished the sentence. She was followed by Assai and Neko who was looking pretty steamed that Assai had sat next to Atara. Kaji ordered ramen for all three of his new students before telling them to meet him at the East Gate. Neko complained, "But it's almost dark!" "I know. One hour," Kaji said as he walked away.

End: Ok so there's not a lot of action yet and you probably think Kaji is psychic or something but that's for you to find out whether he is or not. Atara is supposed to be kinda laid back and not really social, think Sasuke, only not psycho. Neko is, as you can see, totally in "love" with Assai (if you want to use that word to describe her feelings for him). Oh and Kaji may seem kinda like Kakashi right now but he's actually quite a serious person. -

Translations for their names will come later, but of course, if you can't wait that long, you should check out this website. hair hangs just past her shoulders in straight waves the color of a raven's wing. Her ruby red eyes reflect the world around her, seeming to have the mysteries of life hidden in them. Her face is framed by her straight bangs highlighting her pale skin. She wears a bikini strap shirt in silky red, over which a dark purple fish net style wrap around (short sleeves, ends above her waist, tied off in front, has a sharp vee neckline revealing her shirt underneath). She wears a pair of pitch black baggy cargo pants, which end at her black ninja sandals. Her head band hangs around her neck on a black cloth. She has a small chain belt hanging around her waist at an angle, the end dangling to her right knee just above her kunai holster.

Another outfit of Atara's is a white vee neck shirt, the neckline trimmed in red and a sleeveless fishnet shirt underneath which can be seen only near the neckline of her shirt. She wears short shorts with the ends rolled up. On her right leg is her kunai holster and she has two curved daggers rested in their sheaths on her belt. She also wears her black fingerless gloves.

Neko

Her hair is held up in two high pony tails on either side of her head, hanging in tame spikes. It is the color of candied cherries (the ones you get in a jar), and two long slanted bangs frame her face. Her spaghetti strap shirt is soft white, and ends just past her bust line. Her pants flare with a boot cut in rich sapphire blue, and an over laying short skirt in dark creamy tan with matching slits halfway up the length of the skirt. She has long gloves that end halfway to her shoulder in solid soft sky blue. It has a snow white band and inch from the end, which is about an inch wide, and a second just under it in sapphire blue. On the top of the hand of the glove a small image of a chibi lion head rests out lined in sapphire, filled in white with a sapphire tail tipped in white curled over the head. Around her waist rests a thick leather belt in midnight black with a pouch for her shuriken and kunai. On her shoulders rests a light tan colored cape that ends just at her knees. Black ninja sandals adorn her feet. On a black cloth her head band is wrapped around her rights hip.