"You are all here tonight as ANBU needs members, and I have found you all to be the best in your ranks, classes and among the most trusted. Although ANBU is a status of high honor and reputation, it is also the class where the most of the deaths happen. Missions are life-threatening of yourselves and friends. Hinata, Ino and Sakura are both trained as medical ninja, though Ino is much less…skilled." This comment earned the Hokage a glare from the blonde, "So Sakura and Ino will go as a team." Again the blonde leader earned himself another glare now from the blonde and the rose haired. "And over you will be the ANBU leader, the one of the surviving member of ANBU that is the most knowledgeable. He is not here tonight, though we know him quite well. Also, one of the members that will be on one of the teams is currently on a mission. She is due to return shortly."
Whispers ran through the group of jounins as Naruto described the teams. And the ANBU leader? What about the missing member? Tenten frowned in thought, though the Hokage soon started to talk again.
"Alright then, the teams." He pulled a scrap of paper, most likely a last minute scribbling knowing Naruto. "Shikamaru, you have a good long range fighting, that matches with Ino's mind control. Also Sakura's strength for taijutsu and healing, make for a good team." The glares strengthened from both women and a huge sigh emitted itself from Shikamaru. "How troublesome."
Ignoring the commentary from the new team he continued, "You will be Team 4. Now, the next team will consist of Hinata." The blue-haired ninja blushed and almost everyone sighed, Naruto could be so clueless even years later. "Hinata is very good at her sneaking abilities along with the basic medical training. Neji is a talented shinobi in every aspect and was extremely hard to place in a team. Lastly, Chouji with them as he is a good mid-long range fighter. You will be Team 5."
The comments from this group were fairly light so he continued, "Lastly, Tenten, who has power in all things metal." At this comment she sat up and crossed her arms defiantly, "Will be paired up with both Kuromei and Akakarei. Kuromei is young but skilled in stragiety like Shikamaru. Akakarei is of the Inuzuka, barely related to Kiba but slightly. I think his mother's sister's cousin's daughter or something like that. She has a dog, that's all I know. You will be Team 6." As he stopped, the ninja went to greet the new team members. Rolling her eyes, Tenten made her way towards the new girl.
"Tenten." She said, sticking a hand out. Kuromei looked up with icy blue eyes not bothering to take the outstretched hand, "Kuromei." Again the same heartless words! Frowning in her frustration Tenten sat next to her hoping for her teammate to warm up, "To be in ANBU is a hard thing. How old are you?"
"Fifteen." Was the reply, and Kuromei looked smug at Tenten's reaction. FIFTEEN!?! That's nearly impossible!! I became jonin at 19!! "Nearly. I have pretty good talent." She said, acting more and more like the dark-haired traitor, Sasuke then Sai. "What exactly would that be?" Tenten was able to scrap out, this girl truly was as annoying as Sai though. "Guess." She said, the blue eyes narrowed with their amusement.
"I guess I'll find out as we train then huh?" She managed to snap, holding her temper back. As the other teams chatted quietly, Naruto joining with Team 4, Tenten managed to study her new team-mates appearance. A little on the short side, not to pretty if you could see past her hair, but that hair sure was attractive, long and black locks that hung down to her back. Those cold eyes and frosty smile though was not, maybe to a snowflake, but definitely not to any shinobi she knew. She indeed wore mostly black, her undershirt consisted of a long-sleeved black shirt and mesh that hung off her shoulders to her thighs. She wore dark pants that stopped at her knees but from her knees to ankles there was tightly wrapped bandages. To pull it all off, she had her forehead protector sliding off her small hips.
Just looking at the girl was like seeing to the past. The cold, sarcastic natural. Dark clothes and hair. All she needed was the Uchiha symbol on her back and BAM! Sasuke in female form.
Before Tenten could make any snide remarks to Kuromei about her Sasuke like appearance, Naruto was there looking down on both of them. "You too look like your bonding well." "Yes Naruto, as well as oil and water." Tenten murmured under her breath but the blonde kept speaking. "Akakarei is out in the Sand Village right now, something about a plant malfunction. As well as having her dog, who never really liked me so I don't know it's name, she is a very good botanist. You guys know what that is?"
"Considering she's a genius fifteen-year-old and I'm a smart enough twenty-one-year-old. Yes, we do. Akakarei had to explain what a botanist is to you right Naruto?" Tenten said, sighing as the boy in front of her frowned with his own embarrassment. He simply went back to his desk and commanded attention again, "So, Teams 4 and 5 will be meeting in Area 16 at noon to train, the squad leader will meet you there. Team 6 will not join them there, but back here to meet back to greet Akakarei. Just know, that once you enter Area 16, you are ANBU members. You will never go back to being a normal shinobi and must keep this secret from every friend and all your family. Failure to do so would result in a most likely death. You have no choice, but to join. Dismissed."
The various ninja started filing out of the office but as Tenten started on her way out with Kuromei following silently behind her. "Shikamaru said something about you following him here, you know the way back from here right?" Tenten asked, as they came to the end of the stairs and looked at her team-mate. "I only followed him so I could be entertained on the way here. That's all." She said with a shrug and walked off. The square in front of the Hokage's office was soon emptied, Tenten leaving down the street towards her apartment a mile or so away.
Many questions fought there way to the front of her mind as she paced slowly along the abandoned road. What the heck was Kuromei's abilities? What did she remind her so much of Sasuke? What is this Akakarei like? Though she was deep in though, causing the small frown on her lips, she made her way home and found her bed. Throwing the headband to the side, and untying the buns she fell onto her bed. Tomorrow was going to be an extremely intresting day.