Title: Falling, per chance, to change

Title: Falling, per chance, to change

Author: nana chan the weird

Rating: PG-13

Pairing: Unknown as of yet.

Summary: They accepted that while it was a little strange there were things that all the village ninja had such as Gai's spandex, which was emotionally scarring to the youth, or Anko's obsession with pointy objects. They could deal with something as simple as someone who was on average two hours late to everything.

Author's note: I know it's been a while guys. Sorry but it is senior year and colleges and research papers let's just say this year is not all it's been cracked up to be. Plus I lost the outline for this chapter (yes I outline my chapters) and, my computer crashed and this chapter was almost done but it was deleted from my hard drive, it was horrible.

Recap: Kakashi sighed in relief. At least his secret wasn't out. "Ah… I just decided to give up on my regrets and move forward." He stated trying to act as if it was nothing big and no one should worry about his sudden change in personality. He couldn't change everything at once or the whole of Konoha would become suspicious.

Chapter two: The impressions

It was known throughout all of Konoha that Kakashi was indeed always late. It was an accepted fact that when dealing with him you had to build your entire schedule around him. The earliest that Kakashi had ever showed up had been an hour after the event was suppose to start while the latest was two weeks afterwards. They accepted that while it was a little strange there were little things that all the village ninja had such as Gai's spandex, which was emotionally scarring to the youth, or Anko's obsession with pointy objects. They could deal with something as simple as someone who was on average two hours late to everything.

So once it had finally become part of their schedule it was very like Kakashi to change it. The Hokage had called a meeting and he only arrived five minutes late, not even the last to arrive. There was a lot of running around in panic. People were not used to having to be ready on time so they weren't. It was shock to them when their simple routine was disrupted. While the panic that was reflected in people's faces was quiet humorous Kakashi was steadily getting annoyed with all around him. "If you don't get your act together I am leaving and not coming back for two days." Kakashi whispered in a terrifying voice that was enough to chill even the Hokage's bones.

All of a sudden everything became ordered and nice and neat. The Hokage then started the meeting. As it dragged on Kakashi found himself not listening he already knew who his team would be and he was slightly anxious to get on with it. "And finally Kakashi will be given-" the Hokage was cut off. "Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke, and Uzumaki Naruto." The Hokage gave Kakashi a long evaluating look. 'How would he know that? I told him that I would give him Uchiha; however, I never said who else would be with him He shouldn't have even heard of Haruno unless her father's been spewing things again. He always was a horrible drunk.' "Yes, exactly. That's all everyone is dismissed to go gather information on your new team, everyone except for Kakashi." The jounin filed out gossiping with hints and whispers of an alien abducting Kakashi and changing him with an obviously more polite one.

"Come with me." There was no need to look at who said or who it was said to. Kakashi followed stopping only to nod minutely at the ANBU he knew were placed all around the Hokage's office. "I don't know how you knew who your team is I don't want to know. I thought I would take you to their houses before you go to meet them."

Kakashi nodded, it was all he could do. They exited the large Hokage building stopping along the way only to tell a stray chuunin that they were going out and the Hokage would be back in a couple of hours. Sakura's house was the furthest away, so they went there first so that they could slowly make their way to the Hokage tower.

Sakura's room was a bit of surprise to Kakashi, before he had only been shown Naruto's house so that he might have a bit of understanding towards the "Demon Brat", something that was quiet unnecessary. Her room was very much like her. On the outside the room portrayed a nice organized appearance but once you looked certain places like under the bed it was obvious that Sakura was not a huge cleaner. Her walls had once upon-a-time been painted green but a newly added coat of paint had changed the color to her trademark pink. Her room wasn't filled with obsessively girly stuff, though Kakashi had a feeling that if looked at her bathroom he'd be sure to find some. There were scrolls lying in a pile on the floor next to her bed, and a desk for her to study at that showcased a western influence. The room altogether screamed Sakura. A drawer in dresser, which was also pink, was slightly opened and Kakashi saw a glimpse of an old battered picture. It was of Sakura and her family, her mother looked like a normal housewife, even having gone so far as to wear an apron in the picture, her father looked happy, this must have been before the accident. Sakura's father had also been a ninja, not a well known one but a fearsome one nonetheless, or at least he had been until he was captured by a pair of kunoichi that according to him "were hell on earth". They not only battered his pride by easily defeating him they also cleaned him out of all he had on his person, including the scroll that he was supposed to deliver, which resulted in a mission failure. He was now known to frequent bars and pubs sometimes coming home in an undeniably rotten mood. Sakura was usually instructed to go over to Ino's at such times.

Kakashi surveyed the room one last time and nodded his head and made to leave. The Hokage looked at him and started explaining. "This is Haruno Sakura's room, she is the kunoichi on your team, and according to her stats she has near flawless chakra control, is very weak in Taijutsu, excels in Genjutsu, has virtually no stamina, and is mediocre in jiujutsu." Kakashi couldn't understand why the Hokage only just now said this but nodded his head anyway; this was as he remembered Sakura, starting out.

The journey to Sasuke's house was quiet. Kakashi was steeling himself. The last time he had entered the Uchiha complex it was to tell the Uchiha of Obito's death and sacrifice. They were only interested when Kakashi mentioned that Obito had awoken his sharingan, and that only because they wanted to know if Kakashi was able to use the eye properly. After that Kakashi did his best to avoid any and all Uchiha, including the supposed Genius Itachi that had ended up destroying Sasuke's life.

The Uchiha Complex was a deserted desolate area compared to what it once was. All the shops and homes were closed, covered in a sort of dusty, grimy filth that Kakashi had not seen the like of before. As they neared the only building still in use Kakashi couldn't he but dwell on what side effects living in a place that obviously only haunted Sasuke could have had on the kid. "Hokage-sama", he started off politely trying to gain information from his superior, "why was Sasuke not moved from this place as a child? It couldn't have been good for him to have woken up every day just to be reminded yet again of Itachi and his family." The Sandaime closed his eyes, a wave of emotions flooded his face starting with weariness and ending with grief. "We tried at first to make him but Sasuke had such terrifying dreams that no villager could take it. We couldn't have given him to a ninja because they would constantly be away on missions. We couldn't make it a mission because even back then Sasuke was very adamantly against supposed charity. In the end he came to us demanding to live in his house, which was in all technicalities his, and we had no legal way to keep him from it." Again Kakashi could see this.

Sasuke's room was simplistic nothing but what was necessary, all that was in his room was a bed, a desk, and a nightstand. The room was dark, with the curtains perpetually drawn, the perfect brooding environment for someone of Sasuke's nature. The desk was not tidy in the slightest with things pushed over to various sides in a rush to get to work on something else, something that could help progress his revenge. It really was a shame that he was devoted to such a purpose, instead of something that would help everyone. Kakashi went on his way, having seen enough to realize that Sasuke was trapped in his past partly because of where he lived. The Hokage said nothing figuring that Kakashi knew enough about Sasuke as it was.

Naruto's apartment complex was an old worn down building that looked like it had actually been a rather fine establishment in a previous life. The only reason why Naruto was allowed to stay there in the first place was because the owner needed the money. Naruto's apartment was actually rather big for one person, and Kakashi wondered how on Earth Naruto was able to fit so much junk into his apartment. The floor resembled an obstacle course with scrolls and clothes and trash and other useless things blocking the way. The bed looked like it was in a similar state. Kakashi looked at what Naruto had; ramen in the cupboards, expired milk on the table, and something furry in the refrigerator. The smell was pungent and it was all Kakashi could do to himself from barfing then and there, he had an indescribable urge to scrub every centimeter of the fridge. Again he found himself drawing similarities, Naruto was a wild sort of person so it would make sense that he had his own "unique" organization method, by which I mean things strewn all over the floor and some even on the ceiling fan that makes one wonder if Naruto even knew where everything was. Kakashi knew he did, he had once tested Naruto on it and the brat had passed with flying colors. At the time Naruto called it an "open filing system".

"Naruto was a ward of the state until he was ten", Sandaime's voice permeated the stifling substance called air that could supposedly be inhaled, Kakashi wasn't to sure of this theory anymore, especially since the furry thing. "When he was ten we started giving him a monthly allowance that should cover everything that a normal boy would need, but he's always needed more then a normal person to eat. He does love ramen, luckily, because it's one of the quickest least expensive meals around meaning that he can eat all of it that he wants to. All that food in his cupboard will probably only last him a few days." He continued. Kakashi tried to remember to look shocked at such information but he didn't think it mattered because no could see his expressions behind his mask anyway.

They left the apartment and returned to the Hokage tower. "You may go meet your team. They are in room 205" Kakashi nodded and went on his way.

His next problem he realized was to get them to work together as an actual team might. A solution came to his mind and he grinned a wicked grin that was lost to all around him because of his face mask.

Uzumaki Naruto stood facing his "teammates" with a slight feeling of deja-vu. All traces of this thought stopped when the door opened and their new sensei walked in. He was tall, compared to the twelve year olds, with pointy silver hair that made it seem like he had just woken up. He was eyeing everyone most likely mentally sizing them up. "First impression- not impressive".

Anger boiled up in Naruto. He had not worked so hard for so long to finally become a genin and then be looked down on. "What do you mean not impressive?" He screamed at what was now thin air. Uchiha Sasuke eyed Naruto and said "He went to the roof". Naruto mentally cursed himself for looking like a fool in front of Sakura-chan and went along to the roof with Sakura-chan and Sasuke-teme.

He met up with the mysterious-silver-haired-jerk-who-didn't-know-talent-when-he-obviously-saw-it. "Please introduce yourselves, likes, dislikes, dreams, and hobbies."

"Umm… could you demonstrate?" Sakura asked nervously. Naruto thought that he saw what could only be called a sadistic grin on Kakashi-sensei's face but he couldn't be sure.

"My name is Hatake Kakashi, you may call me Kakashi-sensei, I have no desire to tell you guys about my likes or dislikes, dreams for the future…, well I have lots of hobbies… Next you, Blondie." Kakashi stated pointing at Naruto. The group stared at him in disbelief until Naruto did as he was told.

"Yosh, My name is Uzumaki Naruto, I like cup ramen, what I like even more is the restaurant ramen Iruka-sensei buys for my, I dislike the three minutes it take to cook ramen, my dream is to become the Hokage, and I guess my hobbies are pranks." It was all Kakashi could do to not laugh. He'd forgotten how amusing Naruto was while talking about ramen. "Next, brooding dude", he said while pointing at Sasuke. A sour look crossed the boys face but he proceeded anyway.

"My name is Uchiha Sasuke, there are many things I dislike but nothing I like, Dreams…I have an 'ambition' to resurrect my clan and to kill a certain man" 'I notice that he avoids saying anything about hobbies, very masterful indeed.' Kakashi thought. "You're up Pinkie" Sakura blinked, looked around for a second and realized was talking to her.

"I'm Haruno Sakura, the thing I like…" she looked at Sasuke, "the person I like…ummm…" again she looked at Sasuke while blushing and squealing all at once "should I say my dream..?, the thing I dislike is NARUTO, my hobby is…" Again with the looking at Sasuke. Ah yes the infamous crush. Infamous for a reason.

"Allrighty then. That's enough of that. Meet at the bridge tomorrow at seven, don't eat breakfast. We're going to test your survival skills." Kakashi began to walk away. "Oh yeah, if you don't pass you all will be sent back to the academy. Good Luck." A chuckle formed at the back of his throat. They were in for some fun

End of Chapter Two.

End Notes: So I really don't know where all the stuff about Sakura's dad came from. I think I just want to give her a little more depth happens when something is revealed about a persons past. Sorry If you all haven't realized this yet but there will be no character bashing, simply improvement.