Chapter Two: Squad Teams and a Rivalry is Born

Now that Naruko was now a Genin ranked kunoichi, Naruko was going to have so much fun, or at least enough fun. She had achieved one step closer to becoming Hokage. She giggled, she also had made a friend out of the young Grandson of the 'Old man' who she deemed that name to, the Third Hokage, Konohamaru.

She had taught him how to use her Orioke No Jutsu and even revealed her newest technique that was basically a combination of Orioke and her newly obtained Shadow Clone Jutsu to that good for nothing Ebisu. The man had fallen so badly for her Ninja Harem technique, she was still laughing at how funny it had been to watch his reaction.

Today was the big day for those who had graduated, it was her first day as a Genin ranked kunoichi and Naruko had been way too excited to sleep. So excited in fact, after finishing her breakfast, she had not realized that her Milk had been expired and had drank the whole entire thing.

She had got dressed in a nice orange skirt and made sure to put on her fishnet top underneath and her 'training' bra as well, a plain black sleeveless top and finally her garishly bright orange jacket that had a blue strip that went across her shoulders. Quickly checking herself in the mirror, she adjusted her clothing and giggled as she patted her hitai-ate headband before grabbing it and placing the gift that Iruka had given her just barely 2 days before the orientation date on her head.

She then fixed her hair and pulled it into her usual style of two ponytails that went down to her hips basically with her cute little black ribbons. "Today is the big day…I won't loose to anyone!" She said cheerfully as she headed out after finishing preparing herself for the upcoming event. Grabbing her blue zori sandals and placing them on her feet, she walked out of her apartment and locked the door.

Naruko then giggled and quickly scampered off to the Academy, all set to do whatever it was that Iruka was going to set them up to doing today.


He had arrived 10 minutes early before she had, and he was sitting quietly, his own hitai-ate headband also on his forehead. He had graduated at the top of the class. For some reason that blonde girl intrigued him, she wasn't like any other girl, who went gaga over him every chance they had. But apparently she had the lowest score in the class, so why did she exactly intrigue him?

He certainly didn't like girls like that, they were weak in his eyes, and they should be practicing their techniques then chasing guys all over the place. He took note of a few of the class starting to show up, but still the blonde had not arrived yet. Those that knew Uchiha Sasuke knew that he didn't like to be bothered when he was in that mood of his where he liked to ponder his thoughts quietly.

Why had he even bothered to arrive early? Why was he looking forward to seeing that blonde? She probably failed the test, and today was Orientation day for those who had managed to pass the test. It had been no contest for him, he had easily passed it. Suddenly something caught the Uchiha Survivor's eye and he turned slightly to see who it was that caught his eye.

There she was, the lowest ranking student in his class, she had managed to pass this time by the looks of it. Quickly he turned to close his eyes and pretend he didn't have a care. He heard Nara Shikamaru's voice speak up as he could sense Naruko had decided to sit in the same row and at the same desk as he did.

"Huh, what are you doing here Naruko? This class is for those who actually didn't fail the test…" drawled Shikamaru. Sasuke inwardly chuckled as he heard Naruko start pointing with her fingers at her headband, and saying sarcastically,

"You see this, you see this, open your eyes Shikamaru it's a regulation headband!"

The Uchiha then heard a thumping sound and then the door to the class suddenly open with a thud, and Sasuke groaned as he heard the two most annoying people he had ever had the pleasure of sharing a class with, next to Naruko of course. Of course they were fighting about him no doubt. He then definitely tried to ignore the pink haired and almost white blonde haired menace that suddenly appeared and had pushed poor Naruko to the floor without even caring about the poor girl's feelings.

He wanted to go help her but had a reputation to save, as being one of the stoic people in this room. He then heard Sakura speak, "Good morning Sasuke-Kun, do you mind if I sit beside you?" Sasuke attempted to muster the most annoyed look in her direction. Then another fight broke out as Ino Yamanaka and some of the other kunoichi started fighting on who was going to sit next to Sasuke. Sasuke rolled his eyes, 'Losers…they are so annoying.' he thought to himself.

Then suddenly his view was blocked as an angry looking Naruko stared at him. Sasuke turned his onyx eyes to stare right into what he thought were the most beautiful eyes he had ever seen. Onyx stared into deep oceanic blue briefly before Sasuke said, "Do need something dobe?"

Naruko growled, "You're not that special, why the hell, the other kunoichi think you're so cool…?" Anger and annoyance flickered into Sasuke's eyes, or at least he tried to show that to the girl in front of him, who had so rudely got into his face. The argument continued with the other kunoichi fighting

Someone behind Naruko decided now would be a funny joke to accidentally let his arm go flying and knock Naruko into Sasuke. What was the real comical thing about this was the look on Haruno Sakura's and the other 'Sasuke' fan girls' faces at what they seen.

Both Naruko and Sasuke were seen lip locked, kissing each other. Naruko and Sasuke's eyes both widened as they came apart after only a moment of kissing. "BLEH!" shrieked Naruko making sick sounding noises as she grabbed at her throat and turned away from Sasuke, Sasuke doing the same to Naruko, he growled, "Naruko…you are so dead…" Naruko managed to mumble, "You stupid jerk stole my first kiss from me!"

Naruko continued to try to get the taste out of her mouth before suddenly she felt a huge wave of bloodlust coming her way, she began to shake in fear as she turned to see a very angry Sakura, Ino and the other Sasuke fan girls looking at her.

"Sakura-Chan…I can…explain it was…an accident…" She whimpered at Sakura as she then heard Sakura speak, "Naruko…you are so dead!" She then smashed her fist into her hand in emphasize of what was next to come. Naruko tried to get away from the angry girls but was basically trapped. Naruko was beaten into an almost unconscious bloody pulp in front of Sasuke and a few of the others.

Sasuke shook his head, and just tried to calm himself down. It had been an accident; he gave a death glare to the boy that had knocked Naruko into him. Sasuke then subconsciously touched his lips; the kiss hadn't been all that unpleasant really. It had been actually nice. 'Now I know why I have this fascination for her…she's not like those idiot fans of mine…she has no interest in me…this could prove intriguing indeed.' He thought to himself as the girls had stopped beating on Naruko and attempted to take their seats as they noticed Iruka showing up, Naruko had a black eye and bruises all over her whiskered face after the rabid fans had finished off with her.

Naruko whimpered softly to herself in pain as she saw with her non swollen eye Iruka sensei showing up. She then decided she better pay attention to the class and not on the revenge she was going to get on Sasuke for stealing her first kiss from her. He was a god damn pervert and she was going to make him pay.


"Alright class, today you are officially all Genin ranked ninja, the lowest of the low, you'll be put on Squad teams of 3, you'll each will be paired up with a Jounin, an elite ranked Ninja…" said Iruka as Naruko listened while trying to push the pain away.

"Huh…Teams of 3?" She murmured. She then sat up straight after lifting her head off the desk, while sitting between Sasuke and Sakura, trying to ignore the both of them. She certainly screwed up trying to make friends with Sakura by having that stupid idiot in front of Sasuke push her into him. She then listened to Iruka as she watched him pull out a clipboard and then began thinking of who she'd want on her team.

'I don't care who it is, as long as it's not Mr 'I stole my First Kiss from me' Sasuke, why the hell do girls go gaga over him? He's a jerk, can't they see that he'd only use them…' thought Naruko as she then heard Iruka come to Squad # 7.

"Team Number 7, Uzumaki Naruko…Haruno Sakura…" Naruko cheered inwardly to herself as she listened to Iruka then say the name she would hate for the rest of her life, "and Uchiha Sasuke." Naruko groaned and hid her face in her hands as she heard Sakura cheering beside her, Naruko shook her head and then suddenly stood up and slammed her hands flat down on the desk.

"Iruka-sensei! Why the hell do you have to put an excellent kunoichi like me on a squad with him!" she then pointed a finger towards Sasuke, not even noticing Sakura was getting ticked off by how loud Naruko had become.

Iruka coughed, "Naruko-Chan, Sasuke is the top rookie and had the highest scores, you on the other hand had the lowest, the reason I put you on his squad, is because it's to balance your individual talents, strengths and weaknesses."

Naruko began pouting and almost mistook something that Sasuke had said but caught the part, "Looser…" Naruko almost screamed and glared at him, "Grrr…you're the damn teme here!" Then Sakura got up and started beating on Naruko's head, "Can it Naruko!"

Iruka sighed and tried to get the class back into order as they all began bursting out laughing at the antics going on between the newly formed Team 7 by clearing his throat. He then went back to throwing out the names of the next 3 squads.

"Class will be dismissed until after the Lunch break and you can all meet your Jounin team leaders then." Said Iruka. Naruko got up and grabbed her backpack she had brought with her and started heading out to the school yard. She had a plan to get Sasuke back indeed for stealing her first kiss and also make Sakura realize how much of a jerk Sasuke really was.


After the chaotic events during lunch break, and much to the relief that her stomach problems had stopped bothering her, the newly formed Team 7 waited patiently for their sensei to show up.

Naruko was pacing back and forth and trying to ignore Sasuke who was staring daggers at her back every so often. Naruko had managed to pull the prank just perfectly, and also discovered what Sakura had really thought of the blonde kitsune girl, which in a way put her self confidence on the line once again. But it had been funny in so many utter ways too.

Sasuke's shocked face when he had realized her Shadow Clone Jutsu wasn't a regular Clone Jutsu, and she had been lucky that her stomach problems had started because she would have been smooched by Sakura who had thought the 'Sasuke Uchiha' in front of her was the real one. And that was something Naruko did not want to have happen, that would have turned her into either a lesbian or a bisexual. Naruko liked guys, but not guys who were like Sasuke, assholes.

"Would you stop pacing around Naruko, its annoying…!" whined Sakura. Naruko looked over at her team mate for a moment and then an idea popped into her head. A fox like mischievous grin came onto her whiskered cheeks as she quickly scampered over to the chalkboard and grabbed the eraser and then a chair.

"What are you doing Naruko?!" shouted Sakura as Naruko opened the door slightly enough to stick the chalkboard eraser between it. "He's late!" said Naruko, "So this is payback for making us wait…once he comes into the room, SURPRISE!" Naruko said with a giggle as she hopped off the chair.

She then heard the teme speak up, "You expect a Jounin to fall for a simple trap like that?"

Naruko so wanted to punch Sasuke out for that comment but ignored it and then heard Sakura say something that she wouldn't have any part of the prank. Naruko then suddenly heard footsteps and Naruko held back her giggling as the person slowly opened the door and peered in, a silver haired masked man. Then suddenly a thwack like sound could be heard as the chalkboard eraser fell directly on his head.

Naruko bursted out laughing, "HEHEHEHE HE FELL FOR!" She then started pointing as she laughed. Sasuke and Sakura both were shocked and tried their best to hide their amusement at this. Sasuke's thought was this, 'I can't believe he would fall for something like that, is he really a Jounin?' Sakura then tried to explain to the Jounin that she had nothing to do with the prank, trying to put the total blame on poor Naruko, inwardly she was amused.

The silver haired man then stood straight as he walked in and then spoke as he stroked his chin, "Well my first impression of you three…you're a bunch of idiots." Naruko froze when she heard this weird man who had fallen for a simple little prank of hers. She pouted and the others looked at him with slight dark cloud type emotion thing over their heads.

The Jounin then spoke, "Follow me and we will get started on this little gathering..." The silver haired man then led the three of them out and out of the academy. Naruko followed Sakura and Sasuke out, getting a punch in the arm by Sakura, "OW! Why you hit me for Sakura?" shouted Naruko.

"That's for being a dummy and getting us into trouble with the sensei…" Said Sakura glaring at Naruko. It seemed Sakura hadn't gotten over the fact that Naruko had been the one to kiss Sasuke, not even wanting to listen to Naruko's reason or apology. Apparently, Sakura found Naruko to be a threat to her getting Sasuke, Naruko had so wanted to tell her off in the form of Sasuke that Naruko didn't want the Uchiha at all, but knew she'd be in a lot more trouble if she didn't play the part of Sasuke properly.

Naruko sighed a little and shook her head as she followed the Silver Haired man to the place he was taking them to quietly, trying to formulate a plan to tell Sakura she didn't at all want the Uchiha, more like wanted to beat him to a living pulp. She had been the victim here, not Sasuke.


Once they had arrived to the place, Naruko sat in the middle between Sasuke and Sakura as their Sensei spoke up,

"Alright, you've all graduated, and all Genin, why don't we get this started off by introducing ourselves…"

Sakura spoke up first, "Huh…what do you mean by that sensei?"

"Tell me about something about you, your dreams, and hobbies, things you like and dislike." Said the Silver haired man.

"Yeah Sensei why don't you go first like I mean so that we understand how this works…" said Naruko perkily.

"Me..? I'm Hatake Kakashi, things I like and dislike…mmm I don't feel like talking much about them, my hobbies, I have lots of hobbies, as for dreams, that's none of your concern…alright how about you go first…you in the orange jacket…" said Kakashi simply.

Naruko blinked a few times as she heard Sakura turn to look at Naruko for a moment to complain about that Kakashi hadn't said anything but his name. Naruko perked up quickly and said,

"Right, My name is Uzumaki Naruko, my hobbies are, well practical jokes, my likes and dislikes, I love ramen in an instant cup, but I especially from Ichiraku's Noodle Shop that Iruka-sensei takes me to sometimes…my dislikes are when I have to wait 3 minutes for the ramen to be ready…I also hate someone very much in this group and his name is Sasuke Uchiha!" She turned to give Sasuke an annoyed look, before finishing, "My dream is…to be the Next Hokage…then everyone can stop disrespecting me and look up to me!" She was fiddling with her hitai-ate headband as she said this to Kakashi and the others.

Kakashi had a slight bored look on his face as he listened to Naruko, 'Well she certainly has grown up into a very interesting child…' He then turned to look at Sakura, "Alright next…"

Sakura had been taken a little a back by Naruko's outburst saying that she hated Sasuke so much. Maybe she had overreacted when she had beaten Naruko up for that kiss that Sasuke and she had shared. She then spoke up,

"I'm Haruno Sakura, what I like is…" she paused to look over at Sasuke and started giggling like a madman before continuing, "My dream is…" again she looked towards Sasuke with affection in her eyes, "The thing I dislike though…" She then growled this out, "Is Naruko!"

Naruko made a loud, 'What' sound and pouted when she heard Sakura declare her hatred for the blonde kunoichi. She looked at the ground for awhile before Kakashi spoke up, "Alright that's enough…finally…"

Sasuke spoke up, in his deadly calm voice, "My name is Uchiha Sasuke…I don't hate much because there is nothing that I do like…my dream…I don't call it a dream more of an ambition, I plan to kill a certain someone, and then restore my clan to its once great glory."

Naruko was a little shocked at Sasuke's words for a moment, Sakura had a dreamy eyed look in her eyes and Kakashi was thinking this, 'I knew it...' This didn't deter Sakura's feelings for him though, she still had that stupid dreamy eyed look on her face, Naruko grumbled under her breath.

Their sensei spoke up, "Alright, now that's out of the way we can begin, as of tomorrow Team 7 starts its first mission as a whole…" Naruko continued to listen to the blabbering of her Sensei for awhile. She had a new and very small respect for the Uchiha, he sounded cool in a way, maybe Naruko would forgive him for stealing her first kiss, she would see as the upcoming tasks were being talked about by Kakashi.