Ramenlvr14: Well, here we are again-

Noriko: Finally! Do you know how long I've been waiting for this?!

Ramenlvr14: (sweatdrops) hehe...well I may have gotten a tad sidetracked with Costumes and Candy and well...real life

Noriko: Whatever, just bring on the disclaimer already!

Ramenlvr14: I think I liked the Hinata-ish side of you better...

Noriko: Say it!!!

Disclaimer: The day I own Naruto is the day that Kissame stops being a fish.

"First day of training…first day of training…"Noriko hummed absently to herself as she tied her brown hair into two little pigtails. She quickly brushed her teeth before packing her small pouch full of scrolls, kunai, shuriken, and several other pointy ninja tools. She meandered out of her room and grabbed an apple before heading out the door.

Noriko was so excited she ran all the way there ducking around the few much taller adults. The two Uchiha boys were already there. She smiled at them. Shisui smiled back and Itachi only nodded but it was enough for her.

She sat down on the soft grass next to them and listened to them talk for a while. Just listening was good enough and she didn't have anything to add so she remained silent as the conversation progressed from topics involving their clan to Itachi's little brother Sasuke.

"Well, you three can stop sitting around anytime now so we can get started!" Yoshiko-sensei said suddenly appearing out of nowhere and taking them all by surprise except for Itachi who remained completely unphased. "Tell me a little about yourselves."

"What do you mean?" Noriko asked looking confused.

"Look at that she does talk!" Shisui smirked and the girl shut her mouth tightly in embarrassment but he took notice. "I'm just kidding Noriko-san."

She still remained quiet and with a sigh, the red-haired man went on to explain. "Your strengths and weaknesses, that way I'll know what you need to work on."

"Oh well then all you need to do is take care of Itachi-kun's ego and teach Noriko-san to shut up!" joked the older boy. Noriko giggled almost to herself. He's kind of funny…

"Then I have the perfect solution," Yoshiko said. "Shisui can go run laps and I'll talk to these two since they're obviously more mature."

Shisui sweat dropped and laughed nervously, "Ehehe…I'll just stop talking then…"

"Well, now that we've got that settled, Noriko, how about you first?" The squad leader asked. The expression on her face told everyone that she would rather jump off a cliff than have to go first but she did anyway.

"Um… I'm really good with genjutsu…and I can do a little bit of ninjutsu but I'm not very good at taijutsu I don't think…or with shuriken…" she answered quietly as she stopped to think if there was anything else.

"Right, well, what about Itachi?" he questioned to keep things moving.

"I could get better in my genjustu, but that's really it…"

That was kind of bragging… No…I shouldn't think that way about my teammates…

"Sure, you make me go last," sighed Shisui brushing his black and red tinted hair out of his eyes. "Well, I guess I could work on my genjutsu and ninjutsu but Tomah-sensei said my taijutsu was excellent."

"Good, well then, we'll start with sparring. Each of you against the other."

Noriko gulped. She could barely throw a kunai and with in three minutes of hand to hand combat, she'd definitely get knocked out. The only thing she was particularly skilled at was her genjutsu.

I'm not sure I could trick two Uchihas into genjutsu…

I'm screwed, I'm screwed, I'm screwed, I'm screwed!!!!

"Whenever you're ready," sighed Yoshiko-sensei, looking extremely bored.

"Meep!" Noriko squeaked diving behind a bush. Just in time to as a huge flame enveloped the space she had just been standing in.

Deep calming breaths….in, out, in, out…Good!

Genjutsu, use the genjutsu. She reminded herself, taking out a scroll she fumbled through the hand seals. When she was finished, she quickly peered through the slightly charred bush to watch happily as her two teammates began to attack trees. Noriko crawled out from her hiding place to watch. She giggled quietly to herself, who wouldn't when you're watching to people trying to assassinate plants?

"Sharingan!" both boys declared and Noriko's face went white when they stopped killing trees and turned to look at her. Each took one glance back at said trees and then back at Noriko.

Her brain went fuzzy and she suddenly couldn't think straight. The poor girl was so terrified, she grabbed a large stick and held it in front of her defensively as she let out a fearful, high pitched scream.

Before she could say "Pickle juice" Shishui's foot connected with the side of her head and everything went black.

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"Oh, look, I think she's waking up!" someone said hopefully.

"Well, she wouldn't have been unconscious if you hadn't kicked her so hard," Yoshiko answered dully.

My head hurts.

"Nn…" Noriko groaned lifting her head slightly off the ground.

"ARE YOU OKAY?! I DIDN'T MEAN TO HURT YOU- WELL, I DID, BUT NOT THAT BAD!!!!" Shishui shouted – right in her ear.

I have a headache, baka!Inner Noriko continued to go on to call Shishui several, unrepeatable words…

"I'm okay, I guess," said Noriko quietly still a bit dazed, "I think I'm going to go to some ramen and eat my house now."

Shishui grinned sheepishly. "Um, have fun with that." Yoshiko-sensei gave him an evil glare and the young ninja quickly added, " I mean, I'll make sure you make it to your house."

Me: Finally, another chapter done! Poor, Noriko, she got her back all talkwards! Anyway! Have a peanutbutter cookie!

Noriko: Look, a flying potato.

Me:Uh, the next chapter should be up once I get Nori-chan some medical attention... Hopefully it'll be soon but you never know...