KO 1: Meeting

K.O. Trio was written by the "real" Kiyo, Kurinto, and Kaido.
Disclaimer: Naruto/Shippuuden belongs to Masashi Kishimoto and TV Tokyo.

On a bright April morning in Kumogakure no Sato, or Hidden Cloud Village, 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. The first of the new team arrived, Kaido Tsukizawa, age 12, soon-to-be 13, was the youngest of the group and stood at exactly 5ft. He was the fastest out of the three and had the best chakra control. He had spiky cream-colored hair, bright green eyes, and brown skin. He wore a black hoodie with the signature white Kumo vest over it and black shorts. His village headband placed proudly on his forehead. "Hey." He said to their sensei before leaning up against one of the stumps to take a quick nap.

"Lazy butt..." Kira Satomi sweat-dropped. She was their fiery, short-tempered jounin sensei. At the age of 25 and at 5' 10" she had completed over one-thousand missions in her career and decided to take on the task of training the genin of the next generation. Her long, curly violet hair stopped just above her waistline and she had a beauty mark just under the left of her cerulean eyes. She wore a grey kimono-like dress that stopped at mid-thigh and the Kumo vest was an obi. Her white ninja boots came up to her knees and she had a white and red katana strapped to her side.

The second and 'middle-child' member of the team leapt through the trees in the surrounding forest, sled down one on the field's edge and waved to Kira. Kurinto Masato, age 14 and 5' 6", walked over to his new teammate and started snapping, trying to wake him up, while eating berries he had gathered earlier. Kurinto had smooth bright blonde hair and ocean blue eyes. He wears a dark blue sleeveless shirt with a fishnet shirt underneath, black shorts, and black fingerless ninja gloves with the cloud symbol on them. He has two black leather sashes to hold his swords on his back with metal band sideways on the left one.

The third and oldest of the genin arrived with her hands in her pockets simply nodding to Kurinto and Kira as she adjusted her black glasses. Kiyohiko Kusuri, a.k.a. Kiyo, a soon-to-be 15 year old was short for her age at 4ft-9. She had her vibrant red hair styled so her bangs were just above her eyes with a high ponytail in the back. Her emerald green eyes had dark purple circles around them, and she had a small diagonal scar on the bridge of her nose. She wore a black short-sleeved vest with a fishnet shirt underneath and black capris with wrappings covering the rest of her legs. She had a brown hemp-fabric sash that had her headband on it.

As Kurinto finished his berries, he looked his new teammate over, "What's wrong with yo-" Kiyo interrupted him by shaking her head 'no'. Guess I shouldn't ask about it then… Kurinto thought as he scratched his head.

Kira slapped Kaido awake, "OI! Lazy! Get up!"

"OW! You jerk face!" Kaido burst out, waking up. Kurinto started laughing at him, and Kiyo giggled silently to herself. "So this is our team?" Kaido asked as he stood, "This sucks…" he whined as Kurinto rolled his eyes.

"Alright ya pansies! I'm Kira Satomi and I'm your freakin' babysitter…yippee~!" She cheered sarcastically.

"I don't need a freakin' babysitter…" Kurinto stated, insulted by her sarcastic remark.

"Obviously you do, dummy." Kaido joked. Kurinto simply gave him a death glare.

Kiyo rolled her eyes. This is NOT gonna end well-ttebanya…

Kira sighed. "Petty comments aside." She pulled out two bells from her pocket, and started a timer for two hours. "I got this test from Kakashi Hatake in Konoha, a.k.a. the Leaf Village. 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 not only will I tie you to one of those stumps over there. I'll also eat your lunch right in front of you." She smirked and chuckled.

At that time all three of the genin's stomachs growled and they thought. So that's why she told us not to eat...

"You only have to get one bell, so one of you will definitely be tied to the stump." Kira stared explaining the rules again. "And…the person who doesn't get one fails and will have to go back to the academy. You can use any weapon or fighting style you want, but you won't succeed unless you intend to kill me. Oh and one more thing…I've put up a barrier around the field, so you're stuck till noon, or if this ends before then, but either way you're stuck." She dangles the bells.

Kaido performs a jutsu, sending a Black Lightning Shadow Clone to Kira as the real Kaido tries to grab one of the bells. Kira simply sidesteps his attempt and as Kaido planned his clone blows up, but it backfires…literally. Crap! He thought just before it blew up in his face and made him fly back, hitting a tree. Then he started snoozing again and Kira laughed at this.

Kurinto, deeming it his turn, stomps the ground causing a small-scale earthquake. Kira loses her balance and woken up from his short nap, Kaido gets up and within half a second has one of the bells. Kira then jumps up and kicks Kurinto in the face, cutting his cheek. He flies back into a different tree. When Kaido stops running, he ends up near Kiyo. She sees Kurinto's cut and stares intensely at it, like it's entrancing her.

"Uhh…Are you okay?" Kaido asked seeing her staring at their other teammate. She snapped out of it and waved at him to the effect of 'I'm fine.' As Kurinto and Kira were fighting Kiyo climbed to the top of the tree where she was hiding. She found where Kira put the bentos, or boxed lunches, and manages to sneak over there and starts to eat one. Hungry…

Kira suddenly appears behind her, "KIYO!" She yelled in a demonic voice. A short time later Kiyo is tied to one of the earlier mentioned stumps and Kurinto and Kaido both have a bento. "Not one of you will have to go back to the academy, because you should just quit being ninja." She gave them a disappointing stare, "And don't give her any food, if you do…dire consequences will be met." She walked off, releasing the barrier around the field.

Kiyo's stomach growls loudly, "Hmm…" Kurinto holds his bento up to her, "Here…I filled up on berries before the exercise…" he lied to seem cool.

Kaido sighed. "Here's mine, I'm not even hungry…." He held the bento up to her face.

Kiyo smiled at the boys' gestures as Kurinto held his chopsticks to her face. Kiyo blushed as she began to eat the food their sensei hade bought for the exercise. Suddenly, with a puff of smoke, Kira reappeared. "YOU!...pass." she smiled

"R-really? I thought I was gonna get kicked in the face again…" Kurinto touched his cut that was still bleeding a little.

Kira laughed while untying Kiyo. "A ninja must see underneath the underneath. Those who break the rules and codes of the ninja world are called trash…That's why shinobi have been going by for generations." She finished untying Kiyo. "But ya know what? Those who don't take care of their comrades are even worse than scum. That's what we should really go by…"

The three genin nodded in agreement and Kiyo motioned Kurinto down to her level. "Yeah, ya need something?" he asked. Quickly, Kiyo licked his cut, "Ow! What the-? That stung! Wait…what…" It was gone. "What happened?"

Kiyo simply smiled. Kira then put a hand on her shoulder, "Kiyo from the Kusuri family, the one that makes medicine medical supplies with Cannabis. As you know they are also well known for their amazing healing abilities, but Kiyo's here is beyond even that of Tsunade's from Konoha. Kiyo hasn't even professionally trained yet." She paused for a breath. "Anyway, Kiyo Kusuri, Kurinto Masato, and Kaido Tsukizawa, as of today you are now an official ninja. Starting tomorrow we will begin our duties as Team 8! So be prepared! Dismissed!"

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