Howdy again I know I said that I wouldn't put up this chapter 'till later but I got bored. So here it is. Warnings and Disclaimers on the prologue.

Also, the reason I resubmitted this chapter was because I realised for some reason the italics on the first and the last part were gone O-o;;

CHAPTER ONE: TRAINING AND THE FIRST "MISSION"

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The first day of training was a pain. Lily learned throughout her whole life to look into her opponent's eyes while fighting, for they can show the weakness of their owners. But it was so freaking hard to view the eyes of your opponent when there was messy black hair all over their face!

Ren had given her various cuts and bruises everywhere, even when their sensei told them to go easy on each other for the first day. Ren said that she did go easy. But Lily didn't believe that. But that may be because she couldn't see her eyes.

Ren's eyes were so pretty, too! The first day they met when she moved the forest of hair away, her eyes sparkled a lovely shade of red. That would attract any man, even with her male figure.

Too bad the hair is in the way.

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The second day of training Kuroi said that instead of fighting, they were going to get an idea about camping out, since they would do that a lot on missions. It was a simple training exercise; they would find a place, set up camp, stay quiet and unnoticed, and not draw any attention.

Kuroi would be pretending to be the enemy nin, hunting for them.

Of course, she accidentally left out this part. So they didn't know that she was going to be hunting for them. Whoops.

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Daisuke stared at the two kunoichi. They were arguing over where set up camp. Lily wanted to set it in a spot where there weren't many trees. Ren wanted to set it in the trees so if they were really on a mission, they would be at least be somewhat concealed. Daisuke tried to make his opinion, but the two zoned him out. He sighed and leaned against a tree. It was getting dark and he knew they should set up camp while they still have light.

He suddenly sensed something, like a feeling you get when you're being watched. He looked around and suddenly saw a figure in a nearby tree. The figure must have seen him, because it jumped from the tree and started throwing kunai at them. He quickly avoided the kunai, his teammates looking at him in confusion. He did some hand signals and preformed Kokoni Arazu no Jutsu(1) on the area to make it seem they jumped away. He gave his teammates a 'Hurry up and run' look and took off in the opposite direction of his illusion counter-part, followed closly by the kunoichi.

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Kuroi stood in a tree, proud of her male student. Not only was he aware of her presence, he knew a high-level jutsu to get them away from her.

The other two on the other hand…

Ren had the right of way, practicing concealment would've been better, even if this was only practice, concealment is one of the main priorities on setting up a camp. But she was also loud. Out of the two girls, Ren shouted the loudest, so Kuroi found them fairly easily.

Lily tried to take the easy way out and try to pretend this was a vacation or something. This was very disapointing. Camping during missions wasn't a holiday. But she kept her voice at a pretty low level. So I guess what counts for something.

Kuroi waited for the illusion to disapear to see how long Daisuke could hold it. It wasn't for very long. Though it was a good jutsu to know, it was usless unless it can be held for a longer period of time.

I guess tommorow's lesson will be on chakra control.

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The three genin panted as they finally stopped, after running for about twenty minutes. Daisuke said he couldn't sense the enemy following, but Lily had insisted the run more just in case.

So they did.

Ren looked about from under her hair. It was too dark to set up camp now. She glared at Lily, "It's your fault we were seen, you know. If you wouldn't have argued with me and just accept my idea, we would be sleeping, nice and concealed."

Lily stuck her tounge out at her, which annoyed Ren to no end, but now wasn't the time to point it out.

Ren stared at Daisuke, "So, what exactly did you do back there?"

Daisuke blinked, "I used genjutsu to hide us. Also, may I point out-" Lily interupted him, "I say it was your loud mouth that made it so the enemy found us! I think everyone and their dog heard you!."

Ren twitched, "I wouldn't have been yelling if you-"

"SHUT UP!!!"

The sudden loud voice made both Lily and Ren jump. Daisuke looked angry and scared all at once, "Stop fighting for once in your life and listen! We're in Iwagakure territory, so there shouldn't be any enemy nin here. This is dangerous, it could be fatal to our village. Think of this as our first mission. I am going to go warn the Tsuchikage(2), you guys have to work together and distract the nin. Try not to go into combat with them; we don't know how strong this enemy is. Do you understand?" The girls nodded, "Good. We left a followable trail, so be careful." Ren nodded, while Lily said a quiet, "You too…."

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The trail was east to follow. They didn't try to hide it. Not very good. They'll have to work on that, too. Kuroi knew she was almost to where her students were. One because the trail was more current, and two, Daisuke just yelled "SHUT UP!!!" almost as loud as Ren yelling at Lily. Not very good, either, for hiding from enemy. When she was in hearing distance, she heard Daisuke talking. "-our first mission. I am going to go warn the Tsuchikage, you guys have to work together and distract the nin. Try not to go into combat with them; we don't know how strong this enemy is. Do you understand?""

Another point for Daisuke.

He understands the importance of protecting the village, though leaving those two alone together was a bad idea. The moment he left they had a whispered argument over how to distract her. Lovely.

Well, she better go stop Daisuke from telling the Tsuchikage false information.

She had to hide her presence this time, for he had a sharp eye. She quickly got in front of him. He saw her and drew out his kunai. Realizing she still had her enemy disguise on, she licked her lips and said, "Daisuke."

He looked at her funny, not leaving his stance. So she took her guise off and told him the whole story about her testing them and all. But he wasn't going to believe that very quickly, "And how do I know you aren't an enemy?"

Kuroi thought for a minute, then started going on about Ren and Lily and their stupidity over everything. After about ten minutes of this was when Daisuke believed her. And he looked furious, "Why didn't you tell us?! At least we wouldn't have freaked out over nothing and-" Kuroi put her hand up, "Ninja should always be on guard, attack could happen at any time. If I were a real enemy, you all would've been dead by now. Lily isn't taking practice seriously; Ren won't keep her voice down, and you, though you've been the best one tonight, can't hold your illusions for very long. And none of you can hide your trail. I shouldn't expect this much from new genin, but I should've expect better common sense from you all." She ruffled his hair, "Go home and get some sleep, you have been the best tonight, and I am proud over your taking control over everything when the other two obviously wouldn't. Training will start later tomorrow, so you can sleep in. I still need to get the other two to cooperate." She watched him nod and walk off. She sighed, put her guise back on, and went over to the direction the yelling is coming from.

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Lily watched Daisuke walk off, then turned to Ren and whispered, "We should make as much noise as possible to get the enemy to find us and-"

Ren snapped back, also in whisper, "No, we should find him(3) then distract him from there, it'll give us an advantage."

"How will we find him?! We're only genin! This person could be ANBU for all we know. More experienced than us. We should-"

"You're an idiot!" Ren's whisper was getting slightly louder. "I was right last time and most likely I'll be right again."

"I'M an idiot?! What person in their right mind have their hair in front of their face like a blindfold?! I'm surprised you can see ANYTHING." Lily's whisper got slightly louder than Ren's last one.

Ren glared at her, "It hides people from looking at my eyes. You should know. I saw you trying to see my eyes yesterday at practice. I'm no idiot!"

They continued arguing. Their "whispers" getting louder and louder every time. Soon they were yelling again. So loud that they didn't hear the hidden ninja advance on them.

Lily noticed him first, she suddenly got really quiet, making Ren think she won the argument fight. But when Lily pointed a shaky finger to the side of where they were standing, Ren knew why she won.

Within two feet of them was the enemy nin. He was concealed all in black, you couldn't see any part of him.

He waved casually at them then grabbed Lily and dragged her off, leaving Ren behind cursing at Lily's idiocy.

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Lily was freaking out. Not only had the enemy snuck up on her and Ren, he also grabbed her and ran off. Now Ren must think of her as some sort of damsel in distress!

She ALMOST started crying. But then she realised a flaw in the nin's kidnapping plan: He left her arms free to move. She shifted a bit and grabbed a kunai from her Kunai Pouch and stabbed her capture in the arm. The enemy nin cried out in pain and shock. Lily got away easily and ran towards the direction they just came. Now she needed to regroup with Ren, even though she didn't want to, but this enemy was stronger than he looked, and she knew this. This enemy appeared to be stupid, but she learned to never judge things then what they appear. He must've thought she was stupid and think she wouldn't attack back, that was his flaw.

She saw messy black hair with a body in the distance, and ran as fast as she could towards it.

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That IDIOT! How could she just get GRABBED like that?! Without fighting back either! Now Ren had to go and save her. It was most likely a trap, but no one deserves to be left behind, not even an idiot genin like Lily.

She heard a yelp. She cursed, now Lily was hurt. How fun. With Lily injured, they would have an even less chance of winning than before! But wait…

What was that?

Ren could see someone in the distance, but couldn't see well due to hair in her face. Maybe she did have it too long… She pulled it away a minute to look.

It was Lily!

Ren's head immediately filled with questions. Is this a trap? If Lily dead and that the enemy nin looking like her? Did Lily get away?

Ren glanced the area looking for traps. She couldn't sense any, but she still had to be careful. She approached the Lily with caution. They stared at each other for a bit, then Lily folded her arms, "Well, better late than never. I've already gotten away. You probably got lost under your hair again, huh?"

Ren sighed. This was Lily. She looked around, "Where is he?"

Lily pointed behind her, "Back there. I injured him. Stab in arm with kunai." Ren nodded, "You wanna try to take him on?"

Lily grinned, "Sure."

And the two kunoichi stalked back in the direction of their prey.

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The whole purpose of Kuroi kidnapping Lily was to get Ren to come to her senses and save Lily. She didn't expect to be stabbed, though.

She honestly didn't expect anything from Lily. That's why she didn't bind her arms or legs.

Bad mistake.

But Lily DID do something good for once. Sneak attacks, I guess you can call the stab one, are good way to get the best of your enemy. She followed Lily as she ran. She immediately noticed Lily was returning to Ren. Good and Bad. Good trying to get help instead of taking on something on you own, injured or not. But bad because she left Kuroi alone. Kuroi could've retreated to treat her arm. Ren approached Lily. Kuroi watched in approval as they kept their voices down and agreed on something. This was Kuroi's time to come out of hiding. She approached them, but this time, they were ready.

Next thing Kuroi knew she had four kunai pressed threatenly against her skin. She smiled, and removed her guise, which earned a gasp from Lily and a glare from Ren. They both reacted at the same time.

"SENSEI…!!!!"

Kuroi explained what she was doing and the point of her guise was. They were about as mad as Daisuke was. Kuroi explained the enemy ninja appearing at random and their need to be ready. This got them to shut up. Because it was true.

Kuroi took a deep breath, "I have to be honest, you two were the worst tonight. You didn't do anything well. Lily, even though this is only practice and training, you shouldn't think this any different than if you were on a real mission. Ren, you're loud. And you didn't sense me when I approached twice, though you DID sense me at the end. But one out of three is still failing. Then when Daisuke told you two to distract me, all you did was argue loud enough for me to find you-" Lily interrupted at this part, "That was my plan" But Kuroi gave her the scary look and continued, "-Lily, I was proud that you thought quickly enough to find my mistake. The stab really did catch me by surprise. Don't worry, I'm fine. And Ren, you went to save Lily even when you hate her to no end. That is true team spirit. Then you finally agreed at the end. There I am proud of you." She took a breath, "Though your camping skills suck. Your punishment for all your mistakes will be to camp out here the rest of the night. You will have to stand watches. I will come out to check on you, so don't mess around. Training will start late tomorrow, so get a good night's sleep. See you later" And with that, Kuroi poofed away.

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Ren had the first watch. She almost fell asleep then and there. But she stayed away her whole watch. When it was Lily's turn, Ren immediately fell asleep. Leaving Lily bored. Lily being bored wasn't very good. Especially when she has kunai. And when she hates a certain teammates messy hair. She looked around, then tested Ren's sleepiness. She stayed asleep during everything Lily did. Perfect. Lily took out a kunai. And started chopping some of the hair off; enough to show Ren's eyes. The eyes she thought were pretty.

When morning came, Lily found out Rin's eyes weren't a pretty shade of red. They were a hate filled color of blood red. Lily's blood.

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(1) Genjutsu. This jutsu changes the appearance of a nearby object or area.
(2) Tsuchikage is the Stone Villages' version of the "Hokage" If you didn't know this. If I can remember right, it means "Stone Shadow"
(3) They assume it is a guy.

Note from Lily's Owner: And somewhere an angel earned its wings... and then its halo turned to horns and it was thusly sent to hell D: Poor thing. If only they could've cooperated.

R&R Kthx