Chapter 1 – A child is born

At the stroke of midnight, a child was born. However she was tainted with a sickly disease.

Her parents thought of her to be the light of their lives, so they named her…Hikari. Light.

Years passed and she grew to be a fragile young girl.

She thrived to make older brother proud. So she became a ninja, following in their footsteps.

True, Hikari had many difficulties passing her exam at the ninja academy because of her illness. But she never gave in. No, she held out all the way through.

Her parents and brothers loved her, and they did everything to help her in any way possible. And for that, Hikari was grateful.

When Hikari hit 6, her parents died a mysterious death. She was too young to remember anything. To young to even understand death.

At age 10, Hikari passed the ninja academy exam, and became a Genin, and this is where the story starts….

Hikari's POV

I did it! I finally passed! Dan and Kanji will so proud! As soon as I was permeated to leave class, I sprinted home, fully ready to break the news to my brothers.

"Dan, Kanji!" I cried.

Dan appeared beside the doorway. "What is it Hikari?"

"I passed the exam!" I practically shouted.

"Looks like we'll be having a party tonight!" laughed Kanji as he too appeared in a puff of smoke next to Dan.

I smiled; I could always count on my brothers.

"Will you come to the ceremony tomorrow?" I asked.

"What do you think Hikari?" replied Dan. "We wouldn't miss it for the world."

"That's right!" "Now who's up for some ice-Cream?"

"Aha! I knew it was all about the ice- cream, you just want to eat it all, don't you Kanji?" I joked.

"What? Kanji pretended to be surprised at my comment. "No…of course not"

"It's Dan that's famous for pigging out on ice-cream."

"What?"

Kanji got out the bowls and scooped out the contents of the container.

"Of course, more for the graduating girl"

"And more for me too" he added in a gleeful whisper.

"I heard that Kanji" smirked Dan.

Kanji brought the bowls over to the table and we started eating.

"So" Dan began through a mouthful of ice-cream. "Ugh, chew and swallow Dan, have some manners". I told him, disgusted.

"Sorry, we're guys; it must be such a pain to live with us."

I rolled my eyes, "Tell me about it"

"Anyways, when are you going to be sorted into those three-man cells?"

"I dunno, after the ceremony I guess.

"Yeah, well just make sure you don't get stuck with some losers. I mean, guys around your age are such pigs". Kanji remarked.

"Look who's talking".

"What?"

"I mean, you're such a great student, I don't want someone to drag you down."

"Funny, that's exactly like something Sasuke would say.

"Who's Sasuke?" asked Dan

"Oh, some guy that all the girls are crazy over, I don't see what's so great about him."

"You sure you don't like him?"

I sighed, "Yes Kanji, I am positively sure I do not like Sasuke, now can we drop this subject?"

"You're the one who brought it up!"

"Yeah, well I'm ending it!"

At the ceremony:

"Hikari Morioko, please step forward".

This is it. I felt queasy walking to the stage, I looked around.

Surely enough, there was Dan and Kanji.

A surge of confident ran through me. I proudly walked to the stage and received my certificate.

My academy teacher said some things about me, bla bla bla…other stuff…

Finally it was over! I ran to my brothers who gave me a warm hug. Kanji even hoisted my up to his shoulders, something he hasn't done in a long time. I couldn't ask for more.

Day after ceremony:

I walked slowly through the doorway of the Academy's room. This is the last time I'll be in here, after this, I'll start my ninja journey.

I scanned the room for a seat as far away from Sasuke as I could get. The further away I am from Sasuke, the further away I am from his crazy fangirls. I spotted an empty table besides the window. Perfect.

I headed towards the open seat. Thump. Oh, sorry, I didn't see you there Sasuke.

"Hn." Is that all he says? He seemed like he wanted to say something else but I quickly made a beeline for the chair before anyone could take it. This time, I was extra careful not to make contact with anyone or anything…"

I sat in the seat closer to the window (there were 2 seats per table). Looking outside I didn't notice Sasuke standing behind me until he spoke. "Can I sit here?" he muttered.

"Hm?" "Sorry, could you repeat that?"

"Can I sit here?" Sasuke repeated, louder this time.

"Uhhh…sure." He sat down.

I looked behind him; there were fangirls of all kinds fuming at me.

"This is all your fault Bill-Board brow!"

What?!" I had nothing to do with this Ino Pig!"

"Hey, Sakura, don't you want to sit with me?" Naruto, the class clown asked.

"All right, listen up everyone!" Inquired Iruka Sensei. "There had been a small mistake in the graduation paperwork. It turns out that there had been 1 extra graduate that planned. So there will be a 4 man cell instead of 3 man cell.

I hope I don't get stuck in that one 4-man cell group.

Team 10: Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, Hinata Hyuuga.

Team 9: (don't know who's in this team, sorry)

Team 8: Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, Choji Akimichi.

Team 7: Naruto Uzimaki, Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha, and Hikari Morioko.

Great, in stuck with an obsessed fan-girl, the human ice-cube Sasuke, and a blond-headed weirdo who I don't even know. I hate my life.