Morning sunlight shined over my eyes, painfully waking me up

Morning sunlight shined over my eyes, painfully waking me up. As soon as I opened up my eyes, the alarm clock went off. I turned it off with a slam and looked at the clock. 6:00 A.M.

Why am I up 15 minutes early?

...

Oh yeah! My collar...

I got up and quickly got ready. Once again, the only thing I had for breakfast was a bagel. I left my house and headed straight to Tsume's jewelry shop. I knocked on the door, waiting for someone to answer... Something didn't feel quite right... I opened the door and saw... nothing. I looked around and called out to the shop owner.

"Tsume?!" I looked around and still couldn't find him... Something still felt wrong...

The store was still dark, so I decided on switching my vision, and saw something on the floor... once again I changed my vision into the heat vision. I saw a pile of red on the floor.

Quickly, I panicked putting two and two together. I switched my vision into night vision and quickly looked for a switch. I tripped over a thing or two in my panicked state, but managed to find the switch. Once the lights were on, my vision automatically went back to its original state. I looked at the direction I saw the pile of heat and saw... nothing.

What...?

It couldn't have been your imagination... There was something there... I knew something was there, but now it's just gone...

"Yami? Is that you, dear? What are you doing here so early?... Oh yes. Your collar is ready for you, I worked on it most of the night. I've hafta say, it'll look great on you" he said with a grin. I eagerly smiled back at him and waited for my possession. He took a navy blue box off of his messy desk and lightly handed it to me. For some odd reason, my heart started beating quicker as I slowly opened it. When I finally opened it, I was in complete awe. It was a leather collar, with metal studs made from the forehead protector. The shuriken shaped dog tag that had the Konoha Leaf sign. I smiled with a whole new form of respect glowing in my eyes.

"Thank you so much" I said still smiling. All of the sudden, I realized something.

"Oh crap! Thanks Mr. Nekozuka!!" I shouted running to class, hoping that I wouldn't be late.

A vein popped out on his head and he yelled, "IT'S TSUME!!" I smiled at his reply and kept on running. Eventually, my running turned into jogging. I jogged through the hall and walked into class. Surprisingly, I wasn't late. I was earlier than most people, so I went to sit down by Shikamaru like I normally do.

"Hey"

"Hey... nice collar" I smiled and thanked him. I sat down in my seat and started looking around the room. I seriously thought I was going to be late, but as usual I was here before half of the class. All of the sudden, as if time flew by, the classroom filled up quickly and as if on cue, Iruka-sensei came in. He gave a small speech about how we should try our best and never give up. I started dozing off, but woke up once I heard names being called for teams and team members.

"Team 1!" he shouted. I ignored it and started dozing off, then all of the sudden, out of complete boredom, I remembered to wish Shikamaru a good luck.

"Good luck today with the teams and all. Hope you get teamed up with Choji, since he's your best friend and all" he looked at me with a weird stare, but still awkwardly thanked me.

He always thinks women are troublesome.

All of the sudden, I heard my name being called after Sakura's.

"Team 7. Haruno, Sakura, Ookami, Yami, Uzumaki, Naruto, and Uchiha, Sasuke."

For me, everything just stopped... as if this was going to be one of the biggest changes in my life.

Well this is a shock for me. Me, being in the same team as Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura? I sense drama in this team... Mhm.

"Team 10. Yamanaka, Ino, Akimichi, Choji, and Nara, Shikamaru"

"WHAT!! You mean I have to be in a team with these losers!"

Woah! Jeez, she screams loud...Haha. Poor Shikamaru, she's probably the most bothersome girl here.

I couldn't help but give him a look of sympathy, but inside, I was laughing so hard I could have cried. I looked at my team, who were sitting in a different desk, arguing with each other. I slightly frowned to myself and thought.

I'm still going to be ignored.

Iruka sensei informed us that today we would be meeting our new sensei. He wished us luck and left the classroom.
We stayed for a while, the class slowly pouring out as teams met their new senseis. Surprisingly, Shikamaru actually told me goodbye before he left. Soon, only four people remained in the classroom. Two of them, Sakura and Naruto, were very angry and only one showed their anger. The other, Sakura, fussed in her head, while the other two were quiet. One, Sasuke, was getting annoyed by the blonde's rants and complains, while I silently trained my chakra control. I sat on the desk and sat Indian style with my eyes closed.

Today, in my training, I was practicing on how to create a ball of darkness in my hands. It was harmless, but the bigger it got, the more control I had over my own chakra. I blocked out all sounds around me and focused on my hand. I felt the small shadow ball forming in my palm and focused on enlarging it by putting more chakra into it. It slowly got bigger, but when I heard a thump, it disappeared along with my concentration. I opened my eyes to see a man in his middle 20's with silver hair. His forehead protector was covering his left eye and he wore a mask that covered from his nose to his neck.

"My first impression is... I hate you all," he simply said. He turned around and left the classroom, leaving us in confusion. I raised an eyebrow and felt that this teacher was going to be quite different from any other teachers I've heard of or had.

I suppose we have to follow him... I'll just till they leave first.

My three roommates followed their sensei with strange looks on their faces, while I simply followed.

Now, for my next training... I have to learn how to keep this form long enough.

I did a bunch of hand seals and shifted forms into a wolf. I turned into a wolf, with a series of different shades of gray. I walked out of the room, silently and unnoticeably following the team. I had to stop a couple of times to let young children pet me, since they thought I was a nice dog. I kept on following them until they sat down in front of our new sensei. I sat down in the shadow of a tree and watched them. I shifted back to my regular form and listened to the silver-haired sensei.

"Let's get to know each other a bit? State your name, your likes, your dislikes, your dreams, and your goals," he announced. All three of the young students looked a bit baffled, but Sakura, being herself, decided to act smart and spoke first.

"How about you start?" she said with a smart tone, slightly tilting her head.

"Mhm... My name is Hatake, Kakashi. I like... things... and I dislike some things. I dream dreams and my goals are none of your concern."

That was... informative.

By the look on my teammates' faces, they were probably thinking the same as I was. I heard Sakura whisper to Sasuke.

"All we learned was his name. Totally unfair."

Kakashi-sensei probably heard her, but didn't say much or showed that he cared.

"From left to right. Go."

"My name is Uzumaki Naruto! I love Ramen, especially pork ramen. I hate how long they take to cook-"

It only takes 5 minutes… I thought thinking of his famous impatience.

"-and my goal is to become the next Hokage, so people can stop looking down at me and respect me!" he finished with a grin.

So people do that to you too huh... He'd make a good Hokage. I can see it.

And to be honest, I actually could. He might be loud, annoying, and a bit obnoxious at times, but he still had a kind heart... a heart big enough to become a Hokage.

"Mhm... The boy has a lot of enthusiasm in him... He's different, thought Kakashi. "You, with the pink hair," Kakashi said, sounding as if he's losing interest.

"My name is Haruno, Sakura. I like-" She stopped, looked at Sasuke, and then giggled.

"My dreams are-" she paused then looked at Sasuke. And how shocking! She giggled again.

"My goals are..." paused once again then looked at Sasuke, who was getting annoyed, and giggled... again.

If she giggles one more time, I swear I'm going to kick someone's-

"And I hate NARUTO!" she yelled at the poor blonde. The poor boy just looked down as if in shame.

Poor Naruto… That's harsh for a crush to yell at you like that.

I looked at Sasuke and saw him annoyed at Sakura's outburst. When I looked at Kakashi-sensei, I saw a bit of disappointment. It could be because she's only a ninja because of a boy. The only thought that ran across his mind was 'What a shame. She's only here so she can get the Uchiha's attention'

"You with the dark hair," Kakashi sighed.

"My name is Uchiha, Sasuke... I like very few things and I hate a lot of things... I don't have dreams, I have nightmares... My goal... My goal is to kill a certain someone..."

Not one person couldn't feel the sudden rise of the tension in the air.

It got very quiet. Both Naruto and Sakura had scared looks on their faces. Kakashi didn't look affected by it much, but you could see a look of discomfort in his eye. The only one who could think at that moment was Kakashi. 'The Uchiha massacre...'

"How about you in the dark there," Kakashi said as he looked straight into my eyes with a lazy stare. I didn't expect less from him, he's obviously experienced, yet the other three looked confused.

"My name is Ookami, Yami..."

Naruto looked around wildly; Sakura looked around holding in her curiosity, while Sasuke tried not showing that he cared.

"I like training and I love wolves..." I lingered. By the end of that sentence, all three of them had found me, but no recognition ran across their eyes... I was officially a stranger to them.

"I dislike closed minded people...I dream memories that aren't mine... My goal...is to-" I lingered. I had to think a good way of putting my thoughts into one sentence without too much information.

"-gain respect from...closed minded people," I finished. With the end of my sentence, attention was on me now. It felt a bit uncomfortable, so I looked away from their gaze.

"Alright, now that we all know each other, I guess that's all for today. Tomorrow, don't eat breakfast. I'll be part of your training tomorrow," Kakashi said while reading his 'mature' book.

"Training? What kind of training," asked Naruto? Silence swept over the group.

"Survival training," he answered, still reading his book, not once lifting his eyes up to see his team's reaction.

"Survival training, but we already did that!!" whined Naruto.

"Mines... different. So long" and with that our sensei just walked away from us.

I looked after him, wondering what his story was, then went back to my training. I did my hand seals and shifted into my wolf form. I had gotten used to the body structure change and stretched a bit. I walked around looking for a thick stick to bit on. When I was a wolf, I strengthened my jaw daily, so that one day, I would be able to bite through anything.

I found one that wasn't dried out that was as thick as both of my arms put together, and bit through it in half. I looked up to see Naruto with ... stars in his eyes?

"PUPPY!!" he shouted as he ran over to me to hug me. He petted my head and even rubbed my belly.

Jeez, he's worst then a kid... but this is comfortable.

"Isn't he a bit big to be a dog?" Sasuke said looking over my wolf form. "Where did he even come from anyways," he glared at me.

Last time I checked I was a female, Thank you very much!

"I dunno, but the dog is cute" The blonde said smiling. "Look at that...it even has a collar with the Konoha leaf... You're like a ninja dog!"

Wolf... but ok... wait a minute, did he just call me cute?... Wait, Remember you're a wolf not a person.

"Hey Sakura, do you wanna walk home with me?" I could hear the hope in his voice.

"No!" she...harshly declined him, but then right away, she asked Sasuke if he'd go eat Ramen with her. And as the cycle continued, he declined her. He didn't even bother looking back as he was walking away. Sakura looked at the floor in shame, but dignity quickly came back as she ran to walk home with Sasuke.

Naruto just looked at them with both hate and sadness. Being the "dog" I currently was being, I nudged his sides with my nose trying to cheer him up.

Come on kid. Cheer up.

I whimpered, giving myself an almost pathetic look, but he smiled and hugged me. He sat down by me under the tree and petted my head softly. He stopped and started talking to me as if I was his best friend or something.

"I don't get why Sakura doesn't like me... It's not like I did anything," he said with a frown as he started petting me again. "Do you think I did anything? I trust you for some reason, so seriously bark once if you think something's wrong with me."

I didn't bother barking. He sighed in slight disappointment.

"I don't see what's so special about Sasuke anyways...He's so mean and isolates himself all the time," he sighed again looking at the green grass.

"I don't see what either," I said. He looked around freaked out when he saw me, in my regular forn, talking to him.

"What happened to the dog!?" he shouted scared and confused at the moment.

"That was a wolf..." I corrected him calmly.

"A WOLF!" he screamed. Wow, he's slow.

If my wolf form didn't bite him, what makes him think that my human form was going to bite him now?

"Don't worry, it was me. I have that ability. Well, I have to go now, so if you ever need to talk again, I'm always in the shadows. See you tomorrow!" I was about to wave at him but then remembered to remind him.

"Let's try keeping this between us, alright Naruto? For some reason, I trust you too. So later," I said, then sprinted off home.