A/N: Heh, last chapter was really crappy to me, but at least one person reviewed, so I guess that means I should probably continue! Ok, enjoy this chapter!

The day after I graduated, I had to go get my picture taken at the Hokage residence. I had been expecting a line, but the place was deserted, save for the photographer and his camera. It didn't take more than a minute and one nice smile for me to be finished and sent on my to the academy so the Hokage could approve my picture.

I sat in the chair in front of the desk, awaiting for them to say something. Finally, grandpa did. "What a nice picture, Hikari. You smile just like your mother."

I scratched the back of my head and laughed sheepishly. "Thanks grandpa."

"Your picture has been approved." He said, giving me a small smile and a nod.

"Ok. Is it alright if I stay here and help out?"

"That would be very nice of you."

I grinned and walked over to stand next to him, checking the list of who was next. Just then, Naruto walked in, his picture in his hand. I was actually surprised, because I thought he failed. Perhaps he had done something else to pass…Hm. He walked over and handed the picture to grandpa before seating himself. I leaned over to look at the picture, my eyes going wide. He looked…ridiculous. He had painted his face and he looked really….creepy.

"Er…" I glanced over at him, and he scratched his head, laughing sheepishly.

"Hmm…" Poor grandpa was probably so shocked he couldn't figure out what he should say.

"At first, y'know I couldn't figure out exactly how to do it. It took me like 3 hours to work it out and stuff. But, finally, I got it. Like, an art project on my face, only cooler." Naruto explained to us, giving us a thumbs up.

"Take it again." Grandpa said as soon as Naruto finished explaining.

"Huh? NO WAY!"

"We can't accept this photo."

"Yeah? Well, I'm not doing it again!" Naruto stated, beginning to glare at grandpa. I sighed, shaking my head and ignoring the entire exchange they were having, until grandpa fell backwards in his chair from a nosebleed that Naruto had caused by transforming into a half naked girl. I sent him a glare as I helped grandpa up and gave him a tissue to wipe his nose with.

After telling Naruto to never use his 'sexy jutsu' again, he moved on to the topic of the whereabouts of Naruto's headband. "And where is your headband, Naruto? You're supposed to be wearing it."

Naruto played with the goggles on his head. "Oh, I'm not putting it on until the orientation. I don't wanna mess it up."

"So, you want your headband nice, but your photo, which is supposed to identify you makes you look like a clown," I couldn't help but laugh at that, "It's for ninja training and missions which is the key to your future. Look at this picture, you can't even tell who it is."

"Well, fine! How am I supposed to know all this complicated stuff anyway?"

Something caught everyone's attention, and it was the door opening, revealing Konohamaru, a ninja star in his hand. "Old man! I challenge you! I'm going to defeat you and become the Fifth Hokage! WAAHHH!" He didn't get very far because he tripped over air and face planted into the floor.

"How embarrassing…" I mumbled shaking my head as Konohamaru curled up and put his hands to his face, mumbling something incoherent, though I think he was actually crying.

"OWW!" Grandpa sighed, pulling his hat down a bit as Konohamaru sat up rubbed his face. I noticed that Ebisu-sensei had appeared, standing in the doorway and staring at Konohamaru in shock as he rubbed his head, growling a bit. "OOOOH! Something tripped me!"

"Are you okay, Honorable Grandson?" Ebisu-sensei asked worriedly, fixing his glasses, "And by the way, there's nothing here for you to trip on, it's pretty flat."

I crossed my arms across my chest and shot a glare at Konohamaru. "Konohamaru, ninja stars are not toys! You don't just go around trying to throw them at people, especially people like the Hokage!"

Of course, he ignored me and shot a glare at Naruto, getting up and standing in front of him, pointing an accusing finger at him. "Alright, you're the one who tripped me, aren't you?"

Naruto grabbed him by his scarf, looking like he was about to hit him. "You tripped over your own feet, dork!"

"Hey, you! Take your hands off of him right now!" Ebisu-sensei ordered, "He is the Honorable Grandson of the honorable Third Hokage and the younger brother of the honorable granddaughter!" He pointed at me and grandpa, and sighed, not really wanting to be dragged into this.

"What's the matter, huh? I thought you were gonna hit me, tough guy! Afraid 'cuz the Third Hokage is my grandfather?"

"I don't care if he's your grandmother!" Naruto shouted, hitting Konohamaru in the head. "So Believe it!"

Konohamaru fell face forward onto the ground again, and I sighed as Ebisu-sensei began to panic. I sighed, walking to the door. "I don't think I can take anymore of this. Bye, grandpa."

"Goodbye, Hikari."

"Oh, and Ebisu-sensei?"

"Yes, honorable granddaughter?"

"Be sure to lecture my little brother on the dangers of playing around with ninja stars. I better not hear from anyone about him pulling another stunt like that ever again." I stated, walking out and leaving the room.

Kari walked around the marketplace, a piece of paper in her hands. "Let's see…this weeks grocery list consists of 10 things. Um, we need more ramen, uh…Milk…flour, cereal, a tub of vanilla ice cream, apples, raspberries, tomatoes, lettuce, and carrots." She figured that was it, until she saw an arrow that was directing her to the back of the paper at the bottom. She flipped it over and read it. "100 packages of chocolate chip cookies…Heh, not in a billion years, Konohamaru…" Kari mumbled, moving farther into the marketplace and grabbing each of the following items she needed, stopping to pay for things from each stand before moving off to the next one.

After buying all the groceries she needed, she headed home, depositing each item in the kitchen. It was about several hours later that Konohamaru came home, Kari gesturing him to follow her into the kitchen.

"I'd like to talk about what you tried to do today. Now, one of the very first things that you learn at the academy about weapons is what?"

Konohamaru stared down at the floor. "They're not toys, and should only be used accordingly when needed."

"That's right. Someone could've gotten hurt today when you tried to throw that ninja star. And thinking that you can become Hokage-"

"There's no easy way to becoming Hokage." Konohamaru interrupted, Kari stopping and staring at him in surprise. "It takes a lot of ninja training and pratice to obtain the title of Hokage. But just 'cuz there's a bunch of work ahead of me, that doesn't mean I'm gonna back down! Besides, I have to show boss that I can beat him!"

Kari stared at him for a minute before bending down in front of him and smiling, patting his head. "Well, you've grown up some in the past 4 hours. And I'm sure that you'll become Hokage one day. I believe in you, little brother."

Konohamaru grinned widely. "Thanks, sis!"

Kari grinned back, hoping that he would at least retain the knowledge and maturity.

The next day~

"Sis, wake up!"

"Ugh, no…go away, ya pest…"

"But don't you have to go to school today for something?"

School today for something…CRAP!

"AHHHHH! ORIENTATION IS TODAY AND COMPLETELY FORGOT!"

"Uh…"

I grabbed him by the back of his shirt and threw him out into the hall. "OOOOUUUUUT!"

I quickly got dressed and brushed my hair and teeth, tying my headband onto my forehead quickly, running out of the house and to the academy. Thankfully, I still had time to get there, but things could happen along the way and I could be late somehow. Actually, I was in such a hurry to leave, I didn't even eat breakfast. I stopped along the way to buy an apple, but I had to wait a in a line for a few minutes. Finally, I bought my apple and ran to school, eating the apple along the way, throwing the core into some bushes before running inside the building and into the classroom.

Like usual, a whole bunch of girls were arguing over who should get to sit next to Sasuke, and poor Naruto, who must've already been there before all of them, was on the floor. I sighed and walked around them, taking the seat next to Sasuke and glancing over at the girls that were still clueless as to what was going on around them, their arguing beginning to get on my nerves. "Annoying pests…" I mumbled, letting my head fall onto the desk.

A loud thud caused me to lift my head back up, and I almost jumped when I saw Naruto crouching on top of the desk, getting right in Sasuke's face and glaring at him.

"Naruto! Hey, stop staring at Sasuke!" Sakura Haruno screamed, glaring daggers at Naruto like all the other girls were doing. I turned back to glance at the two boys, getting a bit freaked out when their glares intensified, like lighting hitting each other.

All those girls started scream, and I mentally groaned when I felt a headache coming on. I'm not really sure what exactly happened to cause the next event, but I think it had to do with the guy that was seated in front of Sasuke accidentally bumping into Naruto, which caused him to fall forward, and seeing as how he was all up in Sasuke's face…well, they kissed. And it made a lot of people mad. Sakura screamed as she watched before fainting, and I had to stifle my laughter as all the girls seemed to die a bit inside. I wasn't really sure who I pitied more: Sasuke, or Naruto. Probably Naruto because all the girls beat him up before Iruka-sensei came in.

"As of today, you're all ninja's. To get here, you faced difficult trials and hardships. But that's nothing. What comes next will be far more difficult. Now you're only Genin, first level ninjas. All the Genin will be grouped into three man squads, but since we have an odd number of students, one squad will have four people on it. Each squad will be led by a Jonin, an elite ninja."

"Joy…" I mumbled quietly.

"We want each squad to have a balance of strength and abilities, so that's how we set them up. I will now announce the squads."

Normal POV-

"Squad 7: Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha, and Hikari Sarutobi."

'Great, I'm stuck with Uchiha and one of his fan girls! I don't even wanna imagine how annoying it could get…Ok, Kari, just chill out…Breath. If you just try and block Sakura out when she goes on and on about Sasuke, then all will be well!'

"Next, Squad 8: Hinata Hyuga, Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame. Squad 10: Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara, and Choji Akimichi. Those are all the squads."

Naruto immediately stood up and pointed a finger at Sasuke, nearly hitting Kari in the face. "Iruka-sensei, why does a great ninja like me have to be in the same group with a slug like Sasuke?"

'Great, now Naruto is being an egotistical jerk…'

"Sasuke had the best scores of all the graduating students." Iruka explained, putting his hands on his hips and frowning at Naruto. "Naruto, you had the worst scores. To create a balanced group, we put the best student with the worst student."

"Just make sure you don't get in my way…Loser." Sasuke said quietly, the last part only fueling Naruto's anger.

"Hey, what'd you say?"

"Hard of hearing?"

"Knock it off, Naruto! Sit down!" Sakura ordered.

Kari was mentally crying inside. 'Of all the people here…why did I have to be grouped with these three? Sasuke's too quiet and he acts like a jerk, Sakura is bossy, and Naruto is…annoying. WHY?' Kari whimpered, letting her head fall down onto the desk with a thud.

"After lunch, you'll meet your new Jonin teachers. Until then, classed dismissed."

'Thank god! I'm not gonna stick around here. Those three pests might ask me to have lunch with them! Isn't being on the same team enough? Grrr, of all the people…'

Glancing around once she was outside, she hopped up into a tree and up onto the rooftops, getting far away enough before stopping and sitting down, pulling out a rice ball from her bag, taking a bite from it and smiling. "Ah, peace and quiet with just me, a juice box, and a delicious rice ball! Could it get any better?"

Kari glanced over to the building across from her, noticing a little yellow and orange blob moving across the wall. She sighed when she realized it was Naruto moving towards an open window, which was open, revealing Sasuke sitting inside, eating his lunch. She gasped when she saw Naruto jump in and tackle Sasuke, the shutter of the window shutting, only sounds of slamming and thuds coming from the inside.

'Great, and now Naruto is picking fights with one of our teammates…This won't be very fun if they're going to fight all the time, I mean, we're supposed to be a team…'

The shutter opened and Sasuke climbed out, moving away. Kari sighed, figuring that going to see if Naruto was okay was probably the smart and nice thing to do. She jumped over to the roof and moved over to the window, hopping inside. She was surprised to see not Naruto tied, but Sasuke, his mouth covered by tape, struggling to get free. She sighed, kneeling down next to him and shaking his shoulder, gaining his attention. She pulled a Kunai out from the pouch strapped on her leg and put it to the ropes that had bound Sasuke's hands, cutting them with ease before moving to the ones wrapped around his legs, making quick work of them as well. She reached forward to grab the tape, only to stop and glance at Sasuke with a sympathetic look. "I'm gonna be honest with you: This might hurt really bad." He grunted, and she reached forward and ripped it off, expecting a scream, but it didn't even faze him. He clenched his jaw, rubbing his mouth with his hand. "Well, that went well." Kari stated, standing back up and putting the Kunai back in its pouch.

"Stupid Naruto…" Sasuke mumbled under his breath heading out of the room, Kari fuming at him.

"A simple thank you would suffice!" Kari shouted, running after him when he didn't reply.

"How did you know I was in there tied up?"

Kari sighed, giving up on ever getting him to thank her. "Well, I was sitting on the roof across from this one, and I saw Naruto jump in and tackle you. And when he crawled out as you, I really figured you gave him beating, and I figured that since we're all on the same team now, I should make sure he was okay, and instead of finding Naruto, I found you. You're welcome, by the way."

"Hn."

'I give up…'

The two walked back to the main building, Kari walking behind Sasuke, while he led the way. Kari mentally groaned, wondering how one person could be so…not talkative. In Kari's view, Sasuke was actually…boring. "Stupid jerk…"

"You say something?" Sasuke asked, Kari smirking at him as he glanced over his shoulder at her.

She walked past him. "Why, you hard of hearing?" He glared at her back as she used the words he had used on Naruto earlier.

"Sasuke, you're back! Don't be so shy you bad boy." Sakura exclaimed, Sasuke and Kari glancing at her.

Kari mentally face palmed. 'Why? Of all the people to put on my team, they just had to put her on it?' Kari asked herself, continuing on until she reached the inside of the school, walking down a hall.

"Sasuke this, Sasuke that, Sasuke, Sasuke…I don't know if I can stand anymore about that stupid Uchiha." Kari grumbled, leaning her elbows on the railing and staring at the trees surrounding the school. The sound of a toilet flushing drew her attention to the bathrooms just in time to see Naruto run out. He didn't even acknowledge her presence as he ran past her, only to scream and stop when Sasuke was coming his way.

"Sasuke, what're you doing here? How did you get lose?"

Sasuke smirked as he explained. "I used the escape jutsu. No sweat, it's a very basic technique."

Naruto sweat dropped while Kari growled. 'LIES! LIES, LIES, LIES! He only escaped because of me! GRRR!'

"Why'd you do that? Transform into me?" Sasuke asked, his eyes narrowing at Naruto.

'"I thought it'd be fun to try out my moves on you, so I did!" Naruto explained, making several and signs, four more of him appearing.

"Shadow clones?" Kari mumbled, confused as to how Naruto had manage to perform a jutsu like that.

"Gah, the same technique again?" Sasuke asked, annoyed by the whole thing.

"This time you'll see what I can really do!"

"You're going down for the count!"

"Than you'll have to admit that I'm the best!"

"Get ready Sasuke!"

Just before anything could happen, Naruto and the clones fell out of the air and onto their feet, holding their stomachs, all of them complaining about something being back again before running off towards the bathroom. Kari moved to stand next to Sasuke, watching as the clones and the real Naruto all started to argue over he got to go first, Kari laughing slightly as she turned to walk away, Sasuke right behind her.

A/N: It was crappy, but I'm hoping that it will get better! So, leave a review please! LATER TATERS!