Behind These Jade Green Eyes Chapter 2

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And I want to tell you readers that this is kind of different from the manga. Besides, I wouldn't know much about it 'cause I haven't read any.

We were a team. Not just any team. We were the Team 7, famous for the former ANBU, Copy-nin Kakashi, the last surviving Uchiha prodigy, & the loudmouth Kyuubi bearer. Me? I was simply the weak, love struck female w/ a wide forehead. I was nothing then. I was smart. That was it. But it didn't help much because I was too busy ogling over Sasuke.

I didn't have any bloodline limit or special techniques. I was good at chakra control, but having a low stamina, there was nothing much I could do. I was the weak link of the team. I was always behind. I thought it was only a few steps, & that I'll catch up sooner or later. But I was wrong. I was far, far behind. I only realized that after I failed my first chuunin exams.

Then everything happened so fast. The attack of Sand & Sound, the Sandaime's death, Sasuke joining the enemy, & then Naruto leaving to train after failing to retrieve him.

I was alone. Kakashi-sensei was needed in high-class missions & was forced to rejoin ANBU. Naruto came back after a few months & we had an entirely different team. Other than Naruto & I, there was a new member, Sai, & a substitute sensei, Yamato.

Then Naruto had to leave again after staying for only over a month. And soon, Yamato-sensei was also needed in missions due to lack of ninjas. And Sai vanished somewhere.

I was alone again. And to be strong, I needed someone. Someone, who can really teach me something. And that's where Tsunade-sama came in. She helped me w/ my stamina, trained me in taijutsu, ninjutsu, genjutsu & helped me better my chakra control until I could crush a rock w/ my bare hands.

She also gave me medical training. That's where I excelled. I became a medic in few years' time. I was a good ninja, but it will never be enough for me. I had to be as strong as my teammates. But Tsunade was Hokage, she was always busy & could only teach me as much.

I was put in different teams for half a year. I was in Gai-sensei's team, in Asuma-sensei's, & Kurenai-sensei's. It was fun, & I learned a lot. But I was just an extra. I was never really one of them. And finally, to better my genjutsu skills, I approached Kurenai-sensei. She trained me until I was good enough to surpass even her.

I trained w/ Anko, who taught me a lot of techniques I had never heard of before, & also trained me in weaponry. W/ Ibiki even. He taught me what to do in certain situations, taught me how to play mind games, taught me how to make the enemy give out information.

I trained w/ the best & improved a lot. I excelled in every aspect of being a ninja. I had no bloodline limit, no special techniques, or had come from a clan of ninjas. But I became the best, the number one kunoichi in the whole village.

Taijutsu, ninjutsu, genjutsu, & medical jutsu, I was the whole package. I could heal as well as I could kill. I am a top jounin, ANBU, & medic. I was smart & as good a strategist as Shikamaru. And I did all that for them, my team. I had spent 5 years to become someone.

And then my wait had ended. I had just turned 17 then, when they returned. But whom I found were only strangers who looked like my teammates. And now, I'm almost 19. Though almost 2 years have passed, they are still strangers to me.

I wonder if things will return to the way it once was. Everything has changed. The two men I previously cared & loved so much are now the two who flares my anger. The reason? I'm not sure why. But I do know one thing. Things will never be the same.

This wasn't supposed to be the 2nd chap. This was supposed to be about the mission I was talking about in the 1st chapter. But I'll have to put it in the next one. That is, if I suddenlydon't start writing something else.