"So what you're saying is that team 7 will be having two new team members and one of them is me?" I asked Sakura, looking at her with a raised eyebrow. "Yes." She said. "But why me?" I asked. "Because aside from me, you are a very high ranking medical ninja. Also, Lady Tsunade said that you possess an interesting Kekkei Genkai that might be useful during the mission." She said, looking down at me. My eyes widened. Looks like the new Hokage did some research. I sighed. "Yeah, Yeah alright. Where are we meeting again?" I asked.

I sighed and kicked a stone. I was bored and it wasn't time to meet up with team 7 yet. I turned a corner and saw none other than Naruto. "I see your eating habits haven't changed." Naruto said smirking at Chouji. "You're even more a fatso than before….AHHH!" Shikamaru tackled him making him miss Chouji's fist by an inch.

Although Naruto was in danger for calling Chouji fatso I couldn't help but smile. Naruto never knew when to shut up and seeing his hyperactive face again after a couple years made me remember how much fun he was to be around... Sort of. I never really hung out that much with him or anyone. But we were still friends.

All of a sudden out of nowhere this panther or something jumped at the three boys. It looked like it was made of ink... Chouji attacked it seeing as his fist was already raised and it exploded into ink. Another ink panther thing attacked. I ran toward them trying to figure out what was going on.

I looked to where the panthers were coming from. There sat a boy about my age drawing on a scroll and sending those weird panthers to attack the group of boys. He seemed calm and serene, like he was trying to test something.

Chouji crushed the second creature with his enlarged fist and looked over to see who sent the creatures as well as Shikamaru and Naruto. "There he is." Upon seeing him Shikamaru made a hand sign. "I don't know what that guy's after….but that lowlife needs to be captured….and be handed over to the interrogation squad!"

The person started painting again on the scrolls to send out another ink creature. "Go get him Naruto!" Shikamaru cried. "I'll watch your back!" Naruto dashed forward. "GOT IT!"

When the boy saw Naruto coming at him he did a hand sign. A herd of ink bests appeared from a scroll and lunged at Naruto. "Naruto, just duck!" Shikamaru called to him. Naruto obeyed and Shikamaru did another hand sign.

"Ninja Art- Shadow Sewing"

Shikamaru's shadow went forward and jutted out into thin shadow strands and pierced into the ink beasts destroying them. Taking the chance, Naruto jumped at the boy and lunged his kunai at him but the boy deflected it with a type of metal rod or something. I was having trouble seeing what exactly was going on because I wasn't really all that close.

I couldn't hear what they were saying either, which I wasn't happy about, so I ran towards them. "Kanon, What are you doing? Let Naruto handle this!" Shouted Shikamaru. I glanced back at him. "No way! I wanna hear what their saying!" I shouted back and faced forward. I was a few feet from the roof by know and jumped up there.

"You're pretty weak….for a guy. Do you even have a penis?" asked the unknown boy. "Whoa! That was inappropriate!" I said, standing behind Naruto. The two boys looked at me, not really noticing me until now. The boy gave me a fake smile and started getting up. I took a step forward. I wasn't gonna let this guy go just yet. "Kanon, what are you doing here?" Asked a baffled Naruto. I looked at him and stuck my tongue out. "Nice to see you too, Naruto." I said. I turned my attention back to the boy but he disappeared. I raised an eyebrow. "Where'd he go?" I asked no one.

The same boy from before fake smiled again. "Hiya…."

Naruto gaped. "Y…You!"

Sakura, who was never told that this boy attacked Naruto earlier stared in confusion. I studied my new teacher for the time being. I didn't know what to make of him. He went by the name of Yamato. He looked strangely familiar, like I've talked to him before. He didn't seem to take any particular notice of me.

"Um…for now I will be acting in place of Kakashi-san." He said. Sakura ignored him. "Naruto, do you know him?" she asked referring to the boy Naruto was glaring daggers at.

"Sorry about earlier." He said. "I wanted to see the abilities of my new teammate. After all I need to know exactly how much I'll have to help out the little nut-less loser."

I couldn't help the giggle that escaped me. I found it hilarious how he kept on referring to Naruto's Private area.

"WHAT'D YOU SAY?" Naruto tried to lunge at him but Sakura held him back. "Hold on! He's going to be our teammate! You can't just attack him suddenly!" She looked over at the boy and frowned. "Although…you're not being all that friendly."

The smile never left the boy's face. "Ahaha…..is that so? I like your type. Friendly, butt-ugly girls."

This time it was Yamato's turn to hold Sakura from killing the boy. "WHAT'D YOU SAY? ASSHOLE!"

"Hey, did you just forget what you said to Naruto?" Yamato told her. "At any rate the five of us will be on a mission together." Yamato looked at the four of us and frowned. "…but geez look at you guys. I don't have time to toss you in a cage and get acquainted…..so get to it, introduce yourselves."

Naruto leered at Sai. "Naruto Uzumaki."

Sakura glared at Sai from the corner of her eye. "I'm Sakura Haruno."

I looked from Naruto to Sakura and then at Yamato. "Kanon Nakashima..." I said calmly. There was a weird tension in the air so I tried to not add on to it.

The boy, oblivious to Naruto's and Sakura's glares closed his eyes and smiled. "Hi. My name is Sai."

"Well at least we have introductions out of the way." Yamato said. "Now to explain the mission that we, Team Kakashi, will undertake." Naruto, Sakura, and Sai listened intently. I just tuned him out. I already knew what we were going to do. Go to the Tenchi bridge and try to capture a spy that infiltrated Orochimaru's Organization.

Orochimaru... I've never really seen the guy. I passed the Chuunin exam two years earlier than Naruto and Sakura took it. I was on a mission while the finals were going on so I missed that too. When I came back, people were rebuilding the village. No one really explained any details, just said that Orochimaru tried to destroy Konoha but ran away when things went bad for him. I was also told that the Third Hokage sacrificed himself in order to protect the village.

He was the reason that Naruto left to train for three years. If it wasn't for him, Sasuke wouldn't have betrayed Konoha. The little retard. Sure, its great that he wants to avenge his family, but to join forces with Orochimaru? I'm pretty sure his parents wouldn't be so proud of him for that.

Yamato instructed all of us to meet at the village gate with supplies in one hour.

"That Sai asshole…..I don't like him I'm tellin' ya!" Naruto said to me and Sakura as we walked. "Why does he have to be Sasuke's replacement? Team Kakashi was doing fine with just three people!"

I notice Sakura frown sadly at Naruto. She never got over her crush on Sasuke even though he betrayed the village. In my opinion, she needs to get over her stupid crush. It might end up bringing her down if she keeps it up.

"He may have a foul mouth…." Sakura said looking forward. "But don't you think that Sai is similar to Sasuke in a way? Like his face or his voice." I looked at her. "You're kidding right? There is nothing the two of them have in common. His voice is not as... mean as Sasuke's and their facial structures look nothing alike. And Sasuke has the biggest ego ever!" I said, disagreeing with her.

"I agree with Kanon!" Naruto shouted. "They don't look anything alike! Sasuke looks tons better! Err; no wait….he doesn't look as bad I mean!" Sakura's eyes widened at what Naruto said and smiled. "You're right, Sasuke-kun does look a little better than Sai." She said.

"NOT JUST A 'LITTLE BIT'! SASUKE DOESN'T LOOK ANYWHERE NEAR THAT BAD!"

I walked away from the two after that and took off toward my house. I grabbed my head band and my backpack and started shoving things I might need into it. I had long hair, so I stuffed my brush and a few hair ties and bobby pins in there. I also brought a tooth brush and mouth wash. I always brushed my teeth. Even on missions. I've never had a cavity in my life and I plan on keeping it that way.

I found my favorite blanket, the one my daddy gave me, and my stuffed animal mouse. I never went on a mission without those things. I put my mouse next to my sketch book and the blanket next to my colored pencils. I needed my art supplies or I'd be bored.

Once I finished, I walked to the front gates and waited for the others. Yamato was already there so I took the opportunity to ask him why he was so familiar. "Sooo... Why do I feel like I've met you before?" I asked nonchalantly. He glanced at me and then gave me a face that spelled 'recognition'.

"You're Fuyu's daughter aren't you?" he asked. I nodded. "You knew my daddy?" I asked. "Yes. We were partners before... uh... you know." He said. I nodded again. My father was killed four years ago by a rogue ninja. I heard someone walking toward us and turned around. It was Naruto and Sakura. Sai was a few minutes late so they sent me to get him since I was the only one who wasn't annoyed by him.

I walked up to the door and as I was raising my hand to knock, the door was yanked open. He seemed surprised that I was there. "What are you doing here?" He asked, closing the door behind him. "Well, you were a little late, so they sent me here to get you. But it was kind of weird how you opened the door before I could even knock. It's like you knew I would be there." I said, giggling. He fake smiled at me and I frowned. "Why do you keep doing that?" I asked. "Doing what?" He asked, confusion evident in his eyes. "Giving us fake smiles? If you're going to smile, it should be real." I said. The smile vanished from his face.

"I didn't think anyone noticed." He said, rubbing the back of his neck in an almost nervous way. I smiled. "I'm pretty sure that I'm the only one who paid attention." I said as we neared the others. He nodded.

When we were all there, the gates opened and we were off on our mission.