Hey! Combat here with the second chapter of Dance of An Eternal Lotus. Sorry I have not updated in awhile, but I'm just starting highschool so things are a bit...up in the air. Well I won't talk anymores, so please read and enjoy the chapter!

Disclaimer: Naruto...not mine. Azami, mine. Got it? Good!

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Chapter 2

A small, tired yawn came from Azami's lips as she laid in her blue covered bed. Her green eyes stared blankly up at her white ceiling of her temporary room. The morning rays of light shined softly through her transparent baby blue curtains. Azami let her eyes travel around her room for a moment before closing her eyes. Blue, it wasn't her favorite color but it wasn't her least. She always felt a calming feeling when she saw it though, it was the main reason she had chose the room, not for the space but for the color.

Reopening her eyes, Azami lazily pushed herself up and let out another yawn. She lifted a hand up as she rubbed her face. Shifting her body, Azami let her feet dangle over the side of the bed. She shivered slightly as her toes touched the cool wooden floor. Azami sat with her elbows on her legs for a moment trying to get herself to perk up. A small sigh came from her lips.

At that moment a loud knock came from her door, Azami lifted her head up. She smiled slightly as she recognized the chakra pattern. "Come in," she called.

Twisting the knob, Kado walked into Azami's room. He lifted his hand up in greeting as he leaned against a wall. "Ohayou," he murmured coolly. "How as your first night?"

Getting up from her bed Azami strode over to a side of her room. "It was alright," she answered smiling at Kado, "not the same as home though." The kunoichi stopped at a door and slid it over to the right revealing a closet. "What time is it?" Azami asked as she searched for her clothes.

Kado put his hands in his pockets as he looked out the window. His dark blue eyes narrowed slightly, "around eight," he murmured. Raising an eyebrow, Kado looked at the clothes Azami picked out. "Why are you wearing that?" he questioned.

Blinking, the silver-haired girl looked down at the clothes that were in her hand. She had a light purple, high collar shirt that came down to her waist. Attachable sleeves were on top of the shirt. The kunoichi also had loose white capris. Looking back at her teammate, Azami tilted her head. "What do you mean?" she asked.

Sighing, Kado shook his head. "We're not in the mountains anymore Azami," he said calmly. "Your clothes are made out of thick wool; don't you think you'll get too hot when we train today?"

Looking down at her clothes once more Azami shrugged slightly. "I guess, but it will be alright for a while," she said quietly. "I just have to go shopping, that's all."

"Which means you'll have to get money," Kado asked looking up at the ceiling. "How will you do that?"

Azami bit her bottom lips before looking at Kado, she smiled. "I'll figure something out," she spoke, "I just have to stay positive."

Kado stared at the kunoichi for a moment before nodding, "alright then," he murmured. Turning the genin walked towards the door, "oh, and breakfast is ready," Kado said over his shoulder. With that, the black-haired boy grabbed the knob and walked out. The door closed with a click behind him.

Azami smiled as she watched Kado walk out; even if the genin seemed cold he was always there to help her in some way. Turning away from the door, Azami stripped from her night clothes and changed into her training outfit. The teen walked over to her dresser and picked up a simple black brush. She pulled her head to the side as she ran the brush through her dark silver hair. Azami then picked up her hitai-ate and placed it against her neck. Tying the cloth securely, the kunoichi adjusted the front.

"I guess that will do," Azami said to herself as she turned and walked away from her dresser. The teen smiled as she strode over to her bed, her eyes were focused on the table next to her bed. Stopping in front of it, Azami looked down. She smiled as three faces smiled back at her. "I'm going to go train soon," the girl murmured, a sad look was in her eyes. Putting two fingers two her lips, Azami kissed them before laying them on the glass. "See you later, I love you" she spoke, with that Azami turned away from the table and walked over to her door; the lock clicked as she closed it.

Slightly skipping down the hall of her team's temporary one-story house, Azami hummed a small tune. Stopping quickly the kunoichi bent both of her legs before springing up. Turning on her left foot, she did a complete spin before placing her right foot on the ground. Azami stood still for a moment and let out a quiet breath through her lips. Straightened up, Azami continued walking towards her destination. Turning to the left, the kunoichi walked into a black and white tiled kitchen.

Steel gray eyes looked up as Azami entered the room, "I see you're awake," a baritone voice said. Sitting in a mahogany chair was a man about in his late twenties. He had very short spiky blond hair and tan skin. He wore a heavy flak jacket that went past his waist; it also had a dark sash across the beltline.

"Akio-sensei," Azami said bowing her head, the girl walked over and took a seat. She smiled as the older male pushed a bowl of rice and chopsticks in front of her. Azami held up the chopsticks and started picking at the rice. Putting some in her mouth, Azami chewed with a smile on her face. "You know sensei maybe you should give up being a shinobi," she said softly. "You would make an excellent cook."

Akio raised an eyebrow and looked at his youngest student, "right," he said sarcastically. "I'll do that once you give up a life of a kunoichi for the life of performing."

Azami pouted slightly as her sensei spoke, she put another ball of rice in her mouth. "If I could I probably would, maybe," she thought. Shaking her head, Azami pushed the bowl of half finished rice away. "I'm going to go for a walk," she said smiling as she jumped down from the chair.

Akio watched Azami with stern eyes; even if she tried to hide it, the girl was always quick to sadden. He watched as she made her way to the doorway, "Azami," Akio snapped, making the girl jump. "We have training in the afternoon, don't miss it."

Azami looked back at her sensei, for a moment her thought he was mad. "Of course Akio-sensei," the teen answered before walking out of the kitchen. Running her fingers through her hair, Azami listened to her steps as she walked down the hallway. "Even if I wanted to miss training I couldn't," she thought. "I only have a month to practice." The kunoichi thought of the main reason she was in the village of Konoha, "hopefully I'll do alright."

"And where do you think you're going?" a voice chimed.

Turning her head, Azami came face to face with Tanjiro. Her teammate stared at her with seemingly playful eyes. Azami lowered her gaze to the ground, "I-I'm going for a walk," she stuttered.

Tanjiro pouted slightly at the girl's stuttering, "Toughen up would you?" he barked. "You're stuttering for no reason." Tanjiro leaned against the wall next to the front door, "are you going to visit that fuzzy eyebrow creep from yesterday?" he questioned.

Azami looked up at Tanjiro, her eyes were slightly narrowed. "You shouldn't talk about Lee-san like that," she said coolly. The girl clenched her hand softly.

Tanjiro smirked as he moved off the wall and walked towards Azami. He stopped when they were both chest to chest. Looking down at her, he lifted a hand up and twisted strands of silver hair around his finger. "Who's going to stop me?" he asked. Brown eyes widened as Azami turned her head away from him; she was biting down on her lower lip. Tanjiro chuckled, "remember Azami-chan ­we're not here to make friends," he stated. "Besides in the end I-"

"Tanjiro leave her alone," a voice warned coolly.

Azami let out a grateful breath as Tanjiro backed away from her. Turning her head she looked at Kado who was sitting on a large couch in the living room. The nicely sized T.V. was on, but the male had a book in his hands. The kunoichi smiled as Kado gave her a small nod.

Tanjiro looked at Kado with narrowed eyes before clicking his tongue against his teeth. "Whatever," he muttered as he walked into the living room and sat down on a small chair. He glanced back at Azami for a moment before closing his eyes, "just be back for training," he mumbled.

Green eyed stared at Tanjiro for a moment before Azami sighed, "right," she said softly, giving a short wave as she slipped on her sandals and put a hand on the door knob. Turning it, Azami opened the door and walked out of the house. The teen walked down the steps of the house as she heard the door close behind her. Reaching the last step, Azami hopped down and looked up at the sky. It was a beautiful spring day, "maybe something good will happen today," she thought. With a happy thought in mind Azami started to walk down the street, a soft smiled graced her lips.

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"Come on Lee! Put your back into it!"

"Hai, Gai-sensei!"

Lee swung his leg against the trunk of a large tree with great enthusiasm. Training with his sensei watching made the teen work harder, even though he always worked hard when it came to training. He blocked out the sounds of different weapons being blocked as Neji and Tenten trained not far from him. Lee jumped on the leg he was currently using to kick the tree and switch to his other leg. He did not slow do his pace as he continued.

Hard breathing came from Tenten as Neji blocked another ten of her weapons. The girl let out a small sigh as she rested her hands on her legs. "Neji, can we take a break?" she called. It wasn't as if the kunoichi of team Gai didn't want to continued, it was just she felt like she couldn't move her arms. "Neji has been blocking my weapons sooner then usual," Tenten thought looking at her training partner.

Hyuuga Neji stared at the brunette for a moment, he deactivated his Byakugan. "Fine," he said.

Smiling, Tenten sat down where she stood. Her chocolate brown eyes gazed around at her weapons that were scattered every where. The weapon mistress sighed softly, more work for her. Feeling an unfamiliar chakra, Tenten turned her head to a clearing. Tilting her head, she looked at Neji. "Hey who is that?" she asked.

Neji glanced the way his teammate had been looking, his eyes narrowed as he saw a girl. "I don't know," he stated.

Lee, hearing the Hyuuga talk stopped in mid-kick and turned his head. His teeth sparkled as he grinned; Lee turned his body fully. "Azami-chan!" the Taijutsu yelled waving his hands wildly.

Azami's eyes brightened as she saw green cladded teen. The kunoichi had been afraid that she had come to the wrong part of the training grounds. Seeing Lee starting to make his way over to her, Azami did the same. "Ohayou Lee-san," she said waving, tilting her head Azami looked at three pairs of eyes staring back at her. "I'm sorry, am I interrupting something?" Azami asked softly.

Lee stopped in front of Azami and shook his head dramatically, "it's quite alright," he said brightly. "Just morning practice." Fuzzy eyebrows raised as an idea popped into Lee's mind, grabbing Azami's hand he started to lead her. "You must meet the rest of team Gai!" he said. Giving her no time to reply, Lee practically dragged the silver-haired girl over to his teammates.

"Why Lee! Who is this youthful flower?" a strong, but kind voice questioned.

Azami found herself hiding behind Lee with the tip of her nose resting on his shoulder. Her eyes held a confused looked at she gazed at the person who spoke. She saw bowl-cut hair, huge fuzzy eyebrows, a green jumpsuit and orange legs warmers. "He looks exactly like Lee," Azami thought. "Or is it the other way around?"

"Gai-sensei! This is my youthful friend Azami!" Lee said smiling. Putting a hand on the girl's back, Lee pushed Azami in front of him. "She came all the way from Kumogakure."

"What is she doing in Konoha then?" a stoic voice questioned.

Azami turned her attention to a long, brown-haired boy. She lowered her head as he stared at her yet, she still felt like his pearl eyes were boring into her skull. The teen tilted her head up slightly. He wore a tan shirt and black shorts, her eyes traveled to the bandages on his right leg and arm. Azami looked up more and connected with his eyes, her eyes widened slightly. "He's a Hyuuga," she thought mildly surprised.

"Neji that is no way to greet a friend," Gai scolded.

"No i-it's fine," Azami butted in nervously. "I mean in our village we would probably act the same way." Putting her hands behind her back, Azami held onto her wrists, she turned her gaze to the ground.

"Still though, we should treat other shinobi with kindness," a voice said. Looking up, Azami was faced with chocolate brown eyes and hair that was tied in two buns. Taking a small step back as she looked at the girl, Azami smiled slightly. She wore a pink Chinese styled shirt with blue pants. The girl put her hand out to Azami, "I'm Tenten," she said kindly. "It's nice to meet you Azami."

Putting her hand out, Azami shook Tenten's hand. "It's nice to meet you too," she said softly. A content feeling came to Azami as she continued to look at Tenten, she was happy there was another girl who seemed kind.

Neji looked at Azami with a hard gaze; "even so," he began. "The village wouldn't allow other village's shinobi to enter without a reason."

Azami turned her attention to Neji and nodded, she agreed with him. "That is true," she spoke. "Yet I thought you would already know already." Green eyes glanced in Gai's direction, "didn't you tell your team about the Chuunin Exams yet?"

Lee looked at Azami confused before looking at the other Green Beast, "Gai-sensei?" he said tilting his head

"Come around youthful students," Gai motioned as he sat down on the ground. The four genin sat around him. "I was planning on telling you guys later this week," He began, "but since Azami brought it up there's no point for waiting!" The jounin smiled at his students brightly, "you all will be entering the Chuunin Exams, which is a series of test that decides weather you'll move on to the next level of being a shinobi." Gai gave a thumbs up, "I'm sure your three are ready for the next step."

"Exactly when is the Chuunin Exams?" Neji questioned.

It was Azami who answered, "about a three weeks from now," she said softly, somewhat noticing the glare Neji was giving her.

Tenten looked at Azami curiously, "why are you here so early?" she questioned. "I haven't seen any shinobi from different villages yet."

"Well since Kumogakure is quite a ways off," Azami spoke softly, "my sensei decided to bring us early. Besides we didn't have any out of village missions for three weeks."

Lee nodded fiercely, "well that is acceptable answer," he said smiling. "Yet I do not know what I would do if we did not have youthful missions for three weeks!"

Azami giggled slightly at Lee's response, "I think I could say the same," she spoke. Green eyes blinked as the silver-haired girl thought, she almost forgot why she came here. "Oh, and Lee?" Azami said catching the genin's attention again, "I wanted to apologize for Tanjiro's actions to you yesterday," she said. "It wasn't right for him to do that."

Lee stared at Azami with confusion for a moment, before remembering. "It's fine, do not worry about it!" he said gleefully. "He's just full of youth!"

Azami smiled nervously as she rubbed the back of her neck, "well he full of something…" she thought.

Tenten watched Azami and Lee interact with a curious eye. The genin didn't seem bugged about her teammate's personality or appearance. The kunoichi turned her attention to Neji who was looking in the opposite direction; Tenten could see a hard look in his eyes. "Wonder what's wrong," she thought. Shaking her head Tenten got up from her place on the ground and held a hand out to Azami, "would you like to train with us?" she asked.

Lee jumped up with great speed, "yes Azami-chan train with us!" he said happily. "It would be a bout that would boost your spirits."

Azami looked at Tenten and took her hand, she pulled herself up. "Gomen nasai you guys but I can't," she said sadly. "I have to go train with my team." Silver hair shined as Azami looked up at the sky, the sun was shining brightly. "To tell you the truth I think I'm already late!" The kunoichi looked down at Gai, "but I would love to someday," Azami said bowing her head, "if I was aloud to I mean."

Gai's teeth sparkled brightly as he smiled, "of course Azami," he answered. "You're welcome here with us. The more the merrier!"

Azami smiled before turning her head to Neji, "is that alright with you Neji-san?" she questioned softly.

The Hyuuga raised an eyebrow at the honorific; his pearl eyes stared at Azami for a long moment. With a slight shrug, Neji crossed his arms and looked the other way.

Azami smile faltered for a moment, but it remained. She knew that answered the brown-haired boy gave her was sort of a yes, but she felt there was still a barrier. For some reason to her, Neji seemed angry. Coming out of her thoughts, Azami looked at Team Gai. "Well I'll take my leave now," she spoke. "It was nice to meet you all."

With that Azami took off across the field, her feet danced across the grass. She turned her head back to see most of Team Gai waving goodbye. Putting a hand up, Azami waved back to them, she couldn't stop herself from giggling slightly. "They seem like a close team," the silver-haired girl said to herself. The feeling of admiration swelled up inside of Azami, "maybe my team can be like that someday!" she thought as she continued running back to her house. "Maybe…"

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Well that's it, the second chapter! Sorry if it seems a bit boring, but I swear it will get better. Please review to tell me your opinions (comments, character development, ect.) They're always welcomed no matter what! So till next time, ta ta for now!

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Ohayou- Good Morning.