"Seri! Time to wake up!"

I grunt and sit up from my name being shouted from behind the locked door. One of the household higher ups has to be in charge of me because of my ability.

I yawn and reply back, "Yes, sir!"

I quickly throw myself out of bed and bind my chest so no one sees that I'm a girl. Then, I slip on my fighting kimono, putting my hair up into a small ponytail that guys sometimes wear.

Lastly, I wrap bandages over my eyes for, of course, I'm blind and the Hyuga clan doesn't want anyone to see that I'm a Hyuga.

My door is unlocked from the outside and my higher class caretaker, Inari, motions me to come out.

He smiles at my disguise and calls me by my other name, "Good job with your disguise, Kokari."

I bow and reply, "Thank you, Inari-sama."

Inari is the only person who is nice to me and sometimes takes me outside the household.

He chuckles and ruffles my hair, "I got some really good news! The master is allowing you to be a full ninja!"

I cock my head and flash a questioning look. He smiles, "This means that you can leave the Hyuga household and will be assigned to a ninja team!"

I try to hold back a smile but fail miserably.

We both start laughing and Inari asks, "Are you ready to meet your new team, Kokari?"

I grin and nod happily.

Inari wasn't able to come with me to meet my team, too much of a risk in revealing my identity. He gave me directions and let me go on my own to the training grounds. I was extra excited and today I could show my feelings.

I walk through the forest and examine the directions Inari gave me. I look up from the paper and glance around the forest. I'm…..lost?

I sigh and read the directions again. Finally, I get where I'm going and find the training grounds a few minutes ahead.

I walk clumsily into the clearing , not being used to wearing ninja sandals since I always go bare foot.

I get my footing and run up to my new team. I come up to a group that consists of an adult, two boys and one girl.

The adult flashes a toothy smile, "Hello, my name is Gai. You must be Kokari, am I right?"

I look down shyly and nod. He wraps one arm around my neck and shouts, "No need to be shy! Grab a hold of youth and move forward!"

One boy that looks identical to Gai, named Rock Lee, joins in, "Gai-sensei! I will follow in your steps with Kokari!"

Without the two noticing, I slip away and join my other team mates.

The girl smiles, "Hi, I'm Tenten."

I nod and turn my attention back to the two and put a worried expression on my face.

Tenten pats my back, "Don't worry about them, they're always this weird." She turns me to the other boy, "This is Neji Hyuga, he is also part of the team."

I shiver, sensing cold eyes staring down upon me.

Neji stares at me for a long time and finally speaks, "I'm going to train…"

He turns and walks away from all of us.

Crap! How did Inari put me on a team with another Hyuga! This is bad. I can't feel anything at the moment since I have gloves and sandals on. Neji has a bitter aura emitting from him, it penetrates my very soul and spirit.

Gai and Lee finally calm down and join up with Tenten and I. Gai scans the area looking for Neji, "Where did Neji go?"

"Training." I immediately respond.

Tenten gasps and then laughs, "Kokari speaks! Aw, and he has such a cute voice!"

She hugs me for a second like I'm a doll.

Gai grins, "Kokari, why don't you go train with Neji?"

I go back to being silent and nod.

The new team seems really nice. Tenten is pretty sweet, but I don't know about Gai and Lee. Neji….I hope to find out more about him.