Everyone in the room was talking. You looked out the window. The elders had just informed you that you were assigned to a jounin.
'Finally! After six years they allow me to qualify as a ninja.'
...Name; unknown for now. Trapped inside room for 6 years...
The sun was extremely bright and you were wincing. The light hurt your eyes to much after being stuck in your dark room for half your life. But you couldn't turn away. You had to absorb this pain. It was the way of your clan, after all. Everyone in your clan shared the same fate. The same destiny. Except you. They always believed that you'd be the purest of all since you hadn't been revealed to the real world yet. You hadn't seen the bad things in life. But they were wrong. Dead wrong.
...Clan known for darkness...
The door opened and in walked in more students. Two, a male and a female. One of them had jet black hair and the other one had long pink hair. You were able to see their looks from the window. The male sat down and laced his fingers, placing his chin on top of them. The girl went and sat down in the seat that was empty and close to the male. You continue looking out the window when you saw a blonde head run inside the building. A few minutes later he burst through the door and went to the chunnin that was in charge of the class.
"Am I late, Iruka-sensei?! Did my sensei arrive yet?" The blonde was highly an annoying person.
'Iruka? Is that the chunnin's name?'
"No, Naruto. You're just in time. Only a few of the teams have left with their jounin senseis." The man had brown skin and a horizantal scar across his nose.
'Naruto, huh? ...Fishcakes?'
(Naruto's name translates to the food known as fishcakes called 'naruto'. These cakes are the swirly white and purple stuff found inside ramen.)
The chunnin known as Iruka came to where you were standing. He knew who you really were.
"Uh... Chijin-san? You are allowed to take a seat, you know?"
You glared at the window and he was able to see it in the reflection.
(Chijin-san is a way of calling someone 'aquaintance' at times when needed.)
"I don't want to..." you said, looking at the boy who had entered earlier with the girl. He seemed familiar.
"Demo... You are allowed to sit down." he repeated.
You sneered at him. "I'll do what I want, chunnin...!"
You felt the class stare holes into you.
"H-hai! Gommen-nasai, Chijin-san!" He bowed quickly waiting for you to dismiss him.
"Tch."
'Filthy commoners.'
"Stand tall..." you said, suddenly.
He stood up abruptly looking at your back; you were still looking out the window.
"Aren't you supposed to be proud of you village...? To bow to someone like me; pathetic..."
"G-gommen-nasai... I just thought that you deserved some respect..." he answered.
'I do... But you don't mean the respect your giving me...'
You took your glance away from him and looked straight out the window. He stood there for a few moments until more Jounins arrived and called on their groups.
"Unit 6, come with me!"
"Unit 3, you're mine!"
"Unit 5, your training will commence with me as your instructor!"
You saw him lead the 9 students that belonged to those groups to their senseis. You heard whispers fill the room, and the negative thoughts about you that came to your head from others.
...Clan ability: Hears all negative thoughts about themselves...
"Who does she think she is?"
"Yeah, treating Iruka-sensei as if she was in a higer rank than him."
I bet she thinks that she's better than us!
She better not get in our group! I don't want another smartmouth in my life!
"I bet she wants to impress everyone by acting all superior."
"If she thinks that she's gonna get away with acting like that, she's wrong."
"Yeah! Iruka-sensei is sure to tell the hokage. She'll be kicked out of the genin group."
She better not steal my Sasuke-kun, that bitch!
This perked your attention.
'Sasuke? Who's that?'
One more thought came into your head and then it was over;
Why did Iruka-sensei bow to her?
Another Jounin came in; a girl at that.
"Unit 8?" her voice sounded a little harsh but soft.
"H-hai?'
"Yosh! That's our new sensei, Akamaru!"
"Hn."
You guessed that they were all one team as their reflection left the window. There were only six people left in the room; excluding you and Iruka. There were two girls who sat behnid each other and four males sitting in different places. Naruto was wandering around the classroom. You then heard the two females start talking.
"Hey, Billboard brows."
"What is it, Ino-pig?!"
"What do you think of that girl?"
"Huh? You mean the one that Iruka-sensei was talking to?"
"Yeah."
"I think she's too stuck up. Sasuke-kun will never fall for her."
"Yeah, but he won't fall for you either."
"Well at least he's on my team."
"Yeah, but he'll be scared of seeing your forehead everyday that he'll run away."
'Again I ask; who's Sasuke?'
The door slid opened again and another Jounin walked in. You saw smoke come from where he was standing.
"How toublesome..." you heard someone groan from somewhere in the room.
"Cheer up, Shikamaru. What's so bad about getting a jounin sensei?"
"Nothing for you, if you forget about the fact that he's late and that he smokes..."
"Shikamaru's" -munch- "Right."
The three of them left as well, leaving you and the other four. A few hours later Naruto and the girl became restless while the other boy was still in his same position.
'He must be Sasuke since the other one is Naruto.'
Iruka was ordering some papers and putting them away. A hour later he came up to you and stood there a while before talking.
"Ano... Uh.. I have an appointment so I have to..." He didn't continue after that.
"Leave. Why do you bother to tell me... You know you don't have to and that it doesn't matter since what I say is worthless to you..." You regreted saying those words in fear for they were true.
"H-hai! Gommen-nasai..." He stood there for awhile before leaving.
The door then closed for the last time. It was quiet for awhile before a cold voice was heard in the room.
"Who are you?"
You changed your glance from the sun to the reflection of Sasuke.
"Don't understand..." you said, not exactly feeling like talking to commoners.
"Iruka-sensei only assigned three genins per team. My team was only Sakura and Naruto. If you were assingned to a team, you should've left before."
'Smartass... Why do those two like him?'
"If I wasn't called while your class was conducting, then I am alone..." You sighed and closed your eyes.
"You still haven't told me your name."
"Sasuke-kun... Don't worry about her. How about we just wait-" The girl who was possibly known as Sakura was cut off by Sasuke.
"Iie. I don't seem to see a Konoha forehead protector anywhere on her." You felt him glare at you, and it was annoying you.
You pulled out a black piece of cloth from your pants pocket and unrolled it. On the center of the black cloths was a silver metal plate that had the symbol of the leaf village.
"Why aren't you wearing it?"
'Why aren't you shutting up?!'
"'Cause unlike you three, I'm not proud to be a shinobi of this village..."
...Hates the village of Konohagakure with her heart and soul...
The three of them went quiet. For awhile no one said anything until Naruto started putting his head out the door.
"Cut it out, Naruto!" Sakura said as Naruto yet again slid open the door and looked around outside.
"Why are we the only unit whose Jounin sensei hasn't shown up yet?!" He demanded, turning around. "All the other teams have already gone off with their senseis. Even Iruka-sensei's gone!"
'I should've told him to stay then?'
You raised an eyebrow as the annoying blonde pulled a chair and climbed on it, putting a eraser between the sliding door. With that he jumped of the chair.
"This is what he gets for making us wait!" he said triumpthly, putting the chair back.
"I want no part of it!" Sakura said, putting her hands on her hips.
"Hmph. No way could a superior shinobi be caught by such a simple booby trap!" Sasuke said.
You turned around from the window to look at the three dobes which were talking about traps. You leaned back and placed your elbows on the ledge.
"I'm not so sure, guy. I mean this Jounin is supposed to be one from this village. He may as well be as stupid as an ape and fall for the blonde's trap." You glanced at the door as you heard footsteps down the hall.
Who does she think she is? She's from this village as well!
She keeps saying stuff about Konoha as if she hates it. Isn't she a shinobi of this village, too?
Jerk...
Just then the door slid open and the head of a silver hair Jounin popped in. You smirked as the chalkboard eraser fell straight on his head. It then fell down on the floor as he continued to stare at us.
"HAHAHHAHAAAA! GOTCHA! GOOD ONE!" Naruto said, cracking up.
"I'm sorry, sensei," Sakura said. "I tried to stop him, but Naruto..." She made a said face.
'She tried to stop him... Riighhhttt... But my guess about this Jounin was right though.'
Sasuke looked at the jounin as if he doubted him.
"Hmm how shall I put this?" the Konohagakuran said, rubbing his chin. "Based on my first impression, I'd have to say...I hate you all!"
You smirked again and looked at the Jounin.
"Well, it seems that you guys are my new students." He highered his gaze and looked straight into your eyes. "...The elders informed me that I'd have four students. That includes you, special one..."
You glared at him and spit into the garbage can so hard that it started to rock in a circle.
"Don't you dare call me that again, Konohagakuran..." you said venom dripping from your words.
"Respect, my dear, respect."
You glared even more and trudged past him into the hallway.
"I'm going to the roof top..."
"Then we'll go as well. Come one, everyone."
When the five of you reached the roof top Sasuke sat in the center of Naruto and Sakura. You were sitting on the top of the door way. You were bending down with your legs slightly open with your arms placed on your knee, making your hands hang loosely in the air.
(I don't know exactly how to explain it but I'll do so. If you look carefully at the manga and the anime you'll see that the door is a part of a rectangular prism. You are sitting on the top part of that. The way your sitting is the way that most boys sit.)
'Why the hell did the village put me in a group ? I mean didn't they let me graduate because they didn't want me to be with other kids?'
"Now then," the Jounin said with a smile, "I'd like you all to tell us a little about yourselves."
"Like what?" the pinkhead asked.
"...You know, the usual. You favorite thing...What you hate most...Dreams, ambitions, hobbies. Things like that." he said, putting his chin in the palm of his hand.
"Help us out, coach," Naruto said. "You go first. Show us how it's done."
"Oh...me?" he asked, slightly surprised. "My name is Hatake Kakashi."
Your eyes widened slightly as you registered his name.
'As in the only child of The White Fang?!'
"I'm the kind of person who doesn't like to talk about his likes and dislikes! My dreams for the future are none of your business...But, anyway, I have lots of hobbies..."
Sakura made a face. "Well, he said a lot...but all we really learned was his name..." She muttered.
"...And now it's your turn!" Kakashi said. "Staring with you on the right."
"Me, right?" Naruto said, adjusting his precious hitai-ate. "My name is Uzumaki Naruto! What I like is instant cup ramen! What I like even better is when Iruka-sensei treats me to ramen at the Ichiraku Ramen Bar!! What I hate is the three-minute wait after I pour the boiling water. My dream is to one day...Be a better shinobi than Lord Hokage! And then all the villagers will have to acknowledge my existance at last!" he ended.
Kakashi's eyes widened slightly. You looked away in disgust.
'Hokage? What a bunch of crap. He's going to turn out like the rest of them. There was only one that was ever a good hokage and that was... Yondaime...'
"My hobbies are..." Naruto continued, "Pranks and practical jokes, I guess."
"I see.." Kakashi said, scratching his head. "Next!"
Sasuke looked up slightly. "My name is Uchiha Sasuke."
You looked back at the group in suprise.
'An Uchiha?! ...No wonder he seemed familiar. Guess not everyone in my unit is a commoner.'
"There are plenty of things I hate, but I don't see that it matters, considering there is almost nothing I like. It seems pointless to talk about 'dreams'...That's just a word..." His look darkened. "But what I do have is determination. I plan to restore my clan. And there's someone I have sworn...to kill."
Everyone stared at him. You looked at him with interest.
'Did he forget to kill him or did he leave him alive on purpose?' You looked at the sky in wonder. 'What are you thinking...?'
"Alright, now the young lady with the pink hair." Kakashi said, sounding bored.
"I am Haruno Sakura," she began. "My favorite thing is...well, it's not a thing, it's a person. A boy. And that boy is...uh...let me move onto my dream..."She silenced for a minute and just blushed, speechless for a moment. "I hate...Naruto!!"
Naruto's mouth fell open in mortification, and the corner of your mouth twithed into a smirk.
Sakura took a breath. "My hobbies are...eh..."
"Okay, now, the obviously, completely bored girl on the top," he said.
You looked back down at the group as they looked up at you. Your head throbbed a bit as their thoughts entered.
Her? How come Iruka-sensei didn't say that a stuck up brat would be in our group?
Hey! She's the one that was being all cruddy to Iruka-sensei!
Lets see what you're about after six years, Sauda.
..."I'm Sauda Kali. My favorite things are death, and other stuff most of you Konohagakurans are afraid of; even the people you are scared of. I hate this village you people call Konohagakure in particular. My dream is to see my people with a smile on their face everyday. My ambition is to prove to your worthless village that my people are superior, if not, at the same level as you; not lower! Heh. My hobbies are watching horror involved situations and ... Killing..."...
The three of them stared at you, even the Uchiha seemed to be shocked of what you said.
"Killing...?" was the only thing you heard some from your teammates.
"Well," Kakashi said smiling. "You seem to fit your name perfectly."
"Huh?" This caught your attention.
"You are dark yet beautiful like a goddess. Ne?" he said with a softer smile.
You smirked while looking down.
'Flattery won't get you much respect...'
"Sensei! Do you think it's alright to have someone like her on our team?!" The voice of the pinkhead got very annoying very quickly.
"It's alright, Sakura. She knows that she can't kill any of us. They won't let her..."
"They?" the blonde repeated.
'Damn you all! I frigging hate you all. We will get our pride back...!'
He nodded at the commoner but ignored his question.
"Well, I believe we understand one another. Formal training begins tomorrow."
"Yes sir!" Naruto said, snapping his hand to his forehead in salute. "What will our duties be?"
"Our first project involves only the members of this cell," Kakashi replied.
"What is it? What?" Naruto demanded.
'Well isn't he a bit too eager...'
"Survival exercises," he said.
'S-survival?! What the hell? Who's suppossed to be surviving, us or the prey? Cause I'd kill them in a milla-second flat.'
"But why would that be a mission?"the second female of the group asked. "Our school days were full of survival training!"
"But you'll have to survive against me. I won't be your typical practice," he explained.
'Yeah right. Sooner or later, you'll start thinking that I won't be your typical practice.'
"Then what type of practice will it be?" Naruto asked, puzzled.
Kakashi chuckled, annoyed, you furrowed your eyebrows, looking down at him.
"Why are you laughing, Kakashi-Sensei?" Sakura asked with slight nervousness in her voice.
"Oh, nothing," he said with a wave of his hand. "It's just that...if I told you, you'd chicken out."
"Chicken out?" Naruto said, raising an eyebrow. "Why?"
Kakashi put his chin in his hand again. "Of the twenty-eight members of your graduating class, only nine will actually be accepted as junior-level shinobi. The other eighteen will be sent back for more training. The test we will preform has a 66 chance of failure."
You rasied an eyebrow at this. Sasuke looked like he didn't care while Sakura and Naruto looked completely horrified.
Kakashi laughed. "See? You're chickening out already!"
"THAT SUCKS!" Naruto yelled. "We've been through hell! What about our graduation test?!"
"Oh!" He said with a small smile. "We just wanted to eliminate all the hopeless cases from your ranks. The ones who are left are the only ones who show true potential."
"But Kakashi-sensei! You said that only nine of use will be able to pass. So does that mean that even if our group passes this exam you're giving us, one of use will end up failing since we have four!" Sakura just had to say this.
"Well, actually, Sakura. The answer is no."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"The Sauda in our group is already an official ninja."
"Wha--?! How?!" Naruto and Sakura asked.
Sauke lifted his head in suprisement. Kakashi looked at you and the others followed suite.
"She has already graduated and became a genin due to the strenght she had."
...Graduated on the day she started the acadamy due to her strenght in killing...
"But since I'm her jounin instructor, I'm going to make this interesting and make it so she has to do the test as well." He shrugged. "In any event, we'll meet tomorrow on the practice field so I can evaluate each of your skills and weaknesses. Bring all of your ninja tools and weapons. And don't have breakfast beforehand...Unless you enjoy throwing up."
'Throwing up? What the hell?'
"The details of your assignment are in this handout," Kakashi said, walking over and handing each of you a piece of paper. "Memorize it and don't be late!"
You slowly took the piece of paper in his hand, not quite trusting him, crumpled it and shoved it into your pocket.
Kakashi eyed you irritably, then shrugged. "Well, you're dismissed! See you bright and early!"
You immediatly stood up and looked at the sky. Sighing, you bent down as if getting ready to run a race and jumped in the air. You were going up head first and then you did two backslips so you were going down head first. As you went down you saw the two commoners and one noble staring at you in awe, horrification, and question. Once you were in reach with the ground you put your hands out in front and did another back flip as you landed and started running. A few hours later you finally made it to your clan's part of the village.
When you finally arrived at the gates of your compound you stared at the symbol. The symbol was almost nothing at all. It just looked like a big wave. But if you were peer closely enough, though only a Sauda would notice this, you were able to see something. Inside the wave was a tear. This was added into the wave the day you were born. You were the first Sauda to ever cry. No Sauda, not even a newborn one, every cried. They always just stared at the person that had given birth to them and they already knew what they were to expect in their life.
You closed your eyes as a plan formed into your head. You would present it to the clan when you became a genin tomorrow.
When you looked back at the compound you saw the person you saw everyday.
"Hey, Kuro..." you said, bored out of hell, pissed at the same time, too.
She nodded her head in respect, "Konnichiha, Kali-sama."
...Sauda Kuro. One of Kali's friend. As a member of the Sauda clan, she shares the same fate and destiny as the others. 18 years of age. Lost mother when given birth, with father as a missing shinobi. Rank; chunnin. Lives with Kali's parents...
The two of you started walking side by side to your house. You shoved your hands in your pockets and started kicking around a random rock.
"How was your first day as a genin?" she asked.
"Hasn't even begun yet..."
"Huh? What do you mean?" she asked, kicking the stone out of your reach.
You chuckled slightly, looking for another rock.
"The stupid jounin said that he's going to give us a test to see if we even qualify as a genin."
"Pathetic... Does he know who you really are?"
"From the sounds of it, yeah..." you kicked the stone so hard it went right through a dead tree.
"Hm... Well, I bet you're alone on the team, right?"
"...Iie..."
"Nani?" she glanced at you.
"The frigging hokage actually put me in a group... Can you believe that?" You snapped your head in her direction.
"You mean after kicking you out for six years and saying that the kids were scared of you, they actually put you in a team? That's not normal, that's for sure."
You looked back to the front and sighed. "Yeah... That's for sure..."
...Did not graduate for true strenght but for the fear others had of her...
"But can you believe that I actually put someone to the brink of their death when I was only six?"
"Konnichiha, Kali-sama" the high priest of the clan bowed to you from the steps of you house.
"Ah." you nodded in aknowledgement.
"But you know, it's a trait in our clan, Kali-sama." Kuro said, looking at you in worriment.
...Clan also known for the best assassins...
You sighed and looked at the sky as you saw a black crow fly over the two of you. You stepped up the few steps to get into your house.
"But why did our clan have to be specialized in assassination?"
"It's just the way it is." she said, as she also entered the house.
You looked at her and raised both your eyebrows at her.
"You know, Kuro..."
"Nani?" she asked, taking off her sandals.
"For once... I don't know if your being optimistic about the clan or not... What's up?"
"Huh?"
You bent down to take off your ninja sandals. You put them on the steps and continued to walk further into the house.
"Something must be up. You fall in love with one of our cousins?"
You glanced at her to see a tint of a blush on her pale face. You lifted your head as she shook her head.
"You-- Kuro... You didn't, did you?"
She lowered her head slightly to look at you. She slightly nodded her head.
"Does he accept you?"
You narrowed your eyes at her as she looked away.
"He doesn't?...!"
"Well... He talks to me as if I were a normal person. If I was just like him..."
"Does he know your one of us?"
She nodded and you looked away disgusted.
"...Guess it was meant to happen... A Sauda falling for a Konohagakuran..."
You glared at her mildly and then walked away.
'But doesn't this mean that atleast one of those villagers accept us? ...Atleast Kuro's happy...
You continued to walk into the house and entered your room. Your room was a plain wodden room. You only had a futon in the center of it all. You rarely used your room during the six years you had been trapped in there. You had always sat the back door and watched the neighbouring compound. That's when you first met him.
You sighed and closed your eyes at the thought.
'He won't be coming back any time soon... He said he would but... It's been three years now... Where are you...?'
You went to the back door and looked out to see the compoud. It was almost as gloomy as yours. It reminded you of that day.
"Haittemo yoroshii desu ka, Kali-sama?" an elderly voice sounded at the door.
('Haittemo yoroshii desu ka' means 'may I come in' in Japanese.)
"Hai..." was your reply.
The door quietly slid open behind you. Foot steps made it across your room and behind you.
"How was your first day out of the compound, Kali-sama?"
You didn't revert your eyes from outside, but you answered.
"Fuyukai na...Seishokusha..."
('Fuyukai na' means 'unpleasant' and 'seishokusha' means 'priest', in Japanese.)
"Gommen nasai, Kali-sama." he bowed.
...The priest of the Sauda clan. As a part of the clan, he shares the same fate and destiny as the others. He has taken care of Kali since she was an infant...
He got back up and walked to your side. He also looked out the door.
"Do you know of what happened?" he asked.
You shook your head in response. You knew what happened, but by admitting, you may aswell admit what really happened in your past.
"It's good that you don't."
With that, the high priest left, sliding the door behind him. You turned around to face the other door.
'Gommen, minna... I can't let you find out...'
