Hotora was lying on her bed waiting for her brother to come wake her up. She doesn't like to get out of bed until it is absolutely necessary. Hotora is a 13 year old girl. She has brown hair that has a hint of red to it. Hotora has been working to become a Genin. Hotora like her brother has a demon sealed inside her. The demon's name is Kurana Uzema. Hotora has control over sand because of the demon, just like her brother Gaara, although she can also control fire and water. Nobody in her family knows how she obtained this treat. It could have come from her mother's side, but her mother is dead. So they cannot ask her about it.
Hotora's relatives are her father the Fourth Kazekage, and her siblings Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara.
Gaara is a 14 years old. He has red hair. On his forehead is the symbol love, Gaara used his sand to create that as a symbol of the "demon loving only himself".
Gaara knocked on Hotora's door. He didn't say anything. "I'm up," Hotora said.
She heard her brother walk down the stairs. Hotora got up and changed into blue jeans, and a tank top. She did her make up, and put on her shoes. Hotora then dug in her closet for her book bag.
Hotora and Gaara had just moved from Sunagakure no Sato (Hidden Sand Village) to Konohagakure no Sato (Hidden Leaf Village). Once she found her book bag, she walked down stairs. Gaara pushed a plate of food toward Hermione. "No thank you," Hotora stated softly. "I'm not hungry."
"Come on then."
Gaara and Hotora started walking toward the village's school. "Since I am a ninja of Sunagakure no Sato, I will be returning to live there," Gaara said calmly.
"What, you can't do that," Hotora yelled. "You can't leave me here by myself."
Gaara just kept on walking. "I will send you money every week, so you have food," Gaara stated in a gentle tone.
Hotora hung her head and kept walking.
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"Be careful not to tell anyone that I am your brother," stated Gaara.
"Okay, now let's just get to the school," Hotora said to Gaara. "You have to fill things out."
Gaara said nothing, he just followed his sister. Hotora turned her head to smile at her brother, and she ran into somebody. Hotora fell to the ground. The guy she had bumped into remained standing. "Are you alright?" the guy asked.
"Yeah," Hotora said with a smile as the guy helped her up.
"You're new aren't you?" the guy asked.
"That's right, but why do you ask?"
"No one is stupid enough to not watch where they are going around here."
"Well sorry."
"What's your name?"
"Oh, I'm Hotora."
"Then I'm Uchiha Sasuke," Sasuke stated with a smirk. "Let me guess, you are heading to the office."
"Yeah, my b…umm…my cousin needs to sign some papers."
Sasuke looked at Hotora suspiciously. "My dad was unavailable, so he took up the job."
"Oh, I see," Sasuke stated. "I will walk you to the office, so you don't get lost."
"Thank you, Sasuke-kun," Hotora chirped.
"Please don't call me that."
Sasuke lead Hermione through the crowded hallways, with Gaara following two feet behind. "Umm, Sasuke could you help me with one more thing?" Hermione asked.
"What do you want?" Sasuke replied.
"Could you wait until I get my schedule, so you can show me to my first hour class?" Hotora pleaded.
"Yeah sure," he replied dryly. "Doesn't your brother need to sign some papers?"
"Yes he do…es," her eyes widened in shock. "How did you know?"
"You were acting really suspiciously," Sasuke winked at Hotora. "Don't worry I won't tell anyone."
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Hotora had every single class with Sasuke. They were walking again through the crowded hallways, to their first hour class. "What is the teacher like?"
"Oh, no worries," Sasuke smiled. "She is a very nice teacher. We are currently cooking in that class. If you would like, you can be part of my group. The guy's shouldn't mind."
They stopped in front of the door to the FACS class. Sasuke opened the door, and Hermione went through. While Hotora went up to the teacher, Sasuke took his seat.
"Hello," the teacher said. "You're Hotora, right?"
"Yes Mrs.….." Hermione started to say before she was interrupted.
"Please, call me Mika," the teacher stated. "Most of the teachers at this school go by their first names."
"Mika-san, what are we doing today?" a boy with greenish black hair asked.
"Lee, I told you yesterday that we would be cooking," Mika replied.
"But I can't remember what you said yesterday," Lee stated.
"From now on, if you want to know what we are doing for the day, ask Neji or Sasuke," Mika said in an irritated voice.
"Have you already put me in a group to cook with?" Hotora asked Mika.
"Ummm ………. No, I haven't." Mika stated. "Is there a group you wish to be in?"
"Sasuke said I could join his so, I was just wondering if that was ok," Hotora replied.
"That would be just fine, now go take your seat, I am sorry, but it is next to Lee."
Hotora sat down next to Lee, who flashed a smile her way. The bell rang and everyone sat down.
"After I take attendance, we will get started in the kitchens," Mika stated as she scanned the room and took wrote down the names of the absent. "Ok. Get your aprons and get started."
Sasuke walked up and grabbed Hotora by the arm and pulled her over to a cabinet. "This is where you get your apron, grab one and follow me," Sasuke stated.
Hotora did as she was told. Sasuke lead Hotora to a kitchen with two boys in it.
"Guys, this is Hotora."
"Hiya, I'm Rock Lee and that's Neji," the guy that had talked to Mika earlier stated merrily.
"Hi," Hotora said nervously.
"What are you shy?" Sasuke inquired mockingly.
"Yes," Hotora replied and Sasuke, Lee, and Neji all laughed.
"You don't need to be shy," Sasuke stated after he finished laughing. "They don't bite I promise. Lee is really annoying, but that is as bad as it gets."
"Okay," she replied coolly.
They ended their conversation and started to cook.
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The bell rang for the end of first period. Sasuke and Hotora grabbed their stuff and left the classroom. They were walking down the crowded hallway. "What am I supposed to call our next teacher?" Hotora asked Sasuke.
"His name is Miroku," Sasuke replied. "Try not to ask him any questions during homework time."
"Why?"
"He has a tendency to let his hand wander," Sasuke informed Hotora.
"You mean he gropes the girls."
"Exactly."
They walked into the Pre-Algebra classroom. Hotora walked up to Miroku.
"Miroku, where do I sit," Hotora inquired nervously.
"Behind Sasuke," Miroku stated.
Hotora went and sat down. The bell rang to start second hour.
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It was homework time, and the girl next to Hotora raised her hand. Miroku walked over to her. "Yes Hinata."
"I don't get how to..." she started.
Miroku's hand touched Hinata's butt. Hinata got mad and slapped Miroku. Miroku said nothing; he just went to his desk and worked on grading papers.
"Hinata, why do you try to ask him questions," the girl behind Hinata with her hair up in two buns inquired.
"If you need help, I could help you," Hotora suggested.
"Ok," Hinata stated with a smile. "Could you help me get the answer to 35x-17508?"
"Sure. You add 17 to 508, because you do the opposite to get the variable by itself. By doing so you get..."
"525."
"Yep. Then you divide 525 by 35, because again you do the opposite. You get..."
Hinata did the work on her calculator. "15."
"Yep, you got it right."
"Hay, thanks for the help, I'm Hinata by the way."
"I know and I'm Hotora."
The bell rang and they all gathered their stuff. "Bye Hinata," Hotora stated merrily. "See you later."
"Yeah, see you later."
Sasuke and Hotora walked down the hallway. "So the teacher's name is..." Hotora was interrupted.
"Ishizu," Sasuke said quickly. "She is very nice."
"Oh, that's good."
"Ishizu tries to make history as fun as possible."
Sasuke walked into the history classroom, and Hotora followed him. Hotora walked up to Ishizu's desk.
"Excuse me, but where do I sit?" Hotora asked.
"You sit on the right side of Sasuke," Ishizu replied.
Hotora went to sit down, and the bell rang.
"Sasuke, are you going to the academy graduation tonight?" Ishizu inquired.
"Yep, Naruto, Kakashi, and I are going to get our third team member."
"I asked that so we could se a few people in this school are ninjas," she stated as she smiled at Hotora. "This week we are going to learn about shinobi history. There are two other shinobi in this class right now, and one person in here might be graduating from the ninja academy tonight. Who do you think they are?"
Everyone looked around. "Is Kazara one?" one of the kids asked.
"Nope."
Ishizu looked at all of her students. "Since you didn't figure it out I will not tell you."
"Hotora is the one that might be graduating," Sasuke stated with a smirk. "Right?"
"Yes, you are correct Sasuke."
"The guy behind me and the one next to me," Hotora said coolly. "Am I correct?"
"Yes, you are," Ishizu replied. "Shikamaru and Chouji are shinobi from team 10. Now this was meant to show that shinobi aren't that different from you and me. Ok, on with the lesson. About 13 years ago, a demon fox named Kyubi no Yoko attack this village. The Kyubi devastated this village. One person was able to seal the Kyubi. That person was the Yondaime Hokage (the fourth Hokage). He sealed the Kyubi no Yoko inside a newly born baby. A few of the villagers say the Yondaime Hokage is the greatest ninja Konohagakure no Sato ever produced."
A group of adults entered the room. "These people are here to talk about their family history. Hotora tomorrow you can talk about your family if you choose to, unless your sensei takes you from school to train, then you will tell us when ever you are here," Ishizu stated enthusiastically.
A man with dark sunglasses walked to the front of the room. "I am Aburame Shibi. I am the father of Aburame Shino. My clan uses insects as our main weapons. In our clan we have a tradition, of infusing the children with a special type of insects that feed on chakra and in return, they attack and do other tasks that the child commands," Mr. Aburame went and sat down.
A man with purple marking on his face and red hair, got up and walked to the front of the room. "My name is Akimichi Choza. My son of course is Akimichi Chouji. The Akimichi has a secret jutsu. The members of my clan are taught this jutsu when they are quite young," Choza stated.
Choza then went and sat down.
As before, a guy got up. The guy that got up had on a head protector, and a mask over his face. He also had grey hair, he walked to the front of the class. "Hello, I am Hatake Kakashi. First of all I would like to say something. Most of Ishizu's earlier class thought I was very old, however; I am only 27. My father Hatake Sakumo was once as respected as a legendary Sannin. He was known as the "white fang" of Konohagakure. Other than that my clan doesn't really exist and it doesn't have any special things about it."
Hotora quick raised her hand. "What is it Hotora?" Ishizu asked.
"Weren't you once in a team with Uchiha Obito, and Rin?" Hotora inquired.
"Yes I was," Kakashi said astounded. "How did you know that?"
"My father's students fought your team once, and you once came to my home. You told me you were after my father and not me, so I shouldn't be afraid."
"Oh. You're from Sunagakure no Sato then."
"Oops," she stated. "I forgot I wasn't supposed to let anyone know where I came from, but yes, I was. My brother and me moved here, but he is moving back home soon."
Hotora smiled, and a lot of the kids looked terrified of her. "That's all for today, but we will have more people when all the shinobi are here at school," Ishizu stated quite quickly.
The bell rang and everybody grabbed their stuff and left. They were once again walking in the crowded hallway.
"Sunagakure no Sato, huh?" Sasuke said.
"Yes," Hotora replied.
"Right now we have lunch. You can of course sit with my friends and me."
Sasuke led Hotora to the cafeteria. They sat down at a table with a blonde and a guy in glasses. "Hiya, I am Naruto," the blonde said.
"Hotora that is Shino," Sasuke stated while gesturing towards the guy in glasses. The guy Hotora had met earlier named Neji, walked up and sat down at the table without making a sound. Hinata ran up to the group.
"Hiya Hotora," Hinata stated cheerfully.
"Hiya Hinata," Hotora responded. "How was your last class?"
"Great. It was really fun."
"That's good."
They both turned and sat down. All the guys had their mouths a gap. "What?" Hotora questioned.
"Hinata spoke normally to you," Naruto said astounded. "She didn't even studder."
"S...she...is...m...my...friend...Naruto," Hinata stated with a little bit of a blush.
"Still you are always umm...what's the word?" Naruto asked.
"Timid," Sasuke replied.
"Yes. You are always very timid around us. Did I word that right?"
"Yes baka."
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Sasuke and Hotora were walking to their fourth hour class. Naruto, Shino and Neji were walking with them. "Do not talk back to the teacher," Shino warned Hotora.
"Why?"
"If you do, Mrs. Church will give you a detention," Sasuke responded.
They all walked into the classroom. Hotora went up to the teacher's desk.
"You're Hatarma right?"
"No. I'm Hotora."
"Don't talk back to me Hatarma. Now go sit next to Suke," Mrs. Church ordered.
"Who is Suke?" Hotora inquired.
Hotora turned around and looked at the students in the classroom. Sasuke raised his hand.
"Yes, what is it Suke?" Mrs. Church asked.
"Ca-," Sasuke started to say as he was interrupted.
"His name is not Suke, it is Sasuke," Hotora stated confidentially. "Mine is Hotora so get it straight."
"You little brat, do you really want to go to detention?" Mrs. Church responded.
"No," Hotora stated looking at the ground.
"Than sit down now," Mrs. Church demanded angrily.
Hotora walked back to where Sasuke sat. She sat down next to him with tears running down her face. Sasuke noticed Hotora crying and picked up his book. Sasuke threw the book at Mrs. Church's head. "Suke, if you do that one more time this week, I will have you expelled," Mrs. Church stated furiously.
"Why did you do that Sasuke?" Hotora inquired in a whisper.
"You're my friend, plus I do it on a daily basis," he replied quietly. "Why are you so upset with her calling you something different?"
"My mother choose the name Hotora for me. My mother died after she had me. I want people to know that my name is Hotora, and I want to be called by it."
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