Luku Kolme

Katsumi stared at the past Team 7 with a sense of déjà vu. It was almost a repeat of her team, minus her being a fan girl for the stoic team member. Obito was like Naruto in every way except looks and Kakashi was like Sasuke.

"W-What happened, sensei?" Rin asked as she tried to hide her smile behind her hand.

"Sweet kami, this is rich! Who is responsible for this?!" Obito crowed, pounding the ground with his fist from his position curled up on the ground.

Kakashi just stared impassively, arms crossed over his chest.

"That would be me!" Katsumi stated proudly, striking a pose with her hands on her hips.

"Why?" Rin asked.

"I don't care. Let's practice." Kakashi interrupted blandly.

Minato let a smirk grace his face as he stared at his students and sister with eyes that promised pain.

"Yes. Let's." He then began to cackle evilly.

"We're dead." Rin and Obito said simultaneously.

(?)

"Y-You monster!" Katsumi gasped. She was lying on her back trying to catch her breath. It had only been an hour but that was the most intense training she had ever received in her life. Not even her Kakashi had trained them that hard.

"Who me?" Minato cooed with an innocent smile, pointing to himself. "Never."

"You are the devil incarnate!" Obito accused. The young boy was lying on the ground a few feet from Katsumi. He looked like had been through the Forest Death for a full week; his jacket was lost somewhere amongst the trees and half of his left pants leg was missing. Let's not forget the multiple bruises acquired either. He was sore to boot too and if they had to do on more thing…

"I believe it's time for another impromptu spar." Minato announced seriously.

"AHHH!" Obito screamed in anger, tiredness, and frustration. "I refuse! I'm not moving another muscle for the next week!"

"Is that so?" Minato asked lightly though there was an edge to his voice. Even with his oddly colored self he appeared threatening.

Katsumi shivered. Not even Sasuke had managed to pull that off so well. He usually just sounded…deranged if she were to be honest.

"Obito didn't mean it, s-sensei!" Rin denied while kicking her teammate in the ribs hard enough to cause him to grin in pain when he looked to argue.

"Great! Now, first it's going to be Obito vs. Kakashi."

Obito bemoaned his fate as he dragged himself to his feet. Sweat ran down his brow that he wiped away with the back of his dirty hand. Kakashi stood opposite him, looking like nothing was wrong except for the subtle droop of his eyes and a slight slouch to his stance. Obito scowled at the so-called prodigy. Today would be the day that the Hatake bastard would get his ass handed to him.

Minato stood in the center, looking them both in the eye, as he explained the rules. "For this spar, you are to only use taijutsu. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes, sensei."

"Good." He raised his arm in the air. Obito fought not to snicker at the glaring contrast between his jounin shirt and the orange of his skin. "Begin!" He brought his arm down in a fast motion and then leapt back to where the girls were.

(Keep in mind that I'm not too good at fight scenes :) )

Kakashi and Obito stared each other down. Kakashi was the picture of calm while it was clear that Obito was becoming impatient. His fingers twitched every now and then and he had sunk lower to the ground. Finally, it seemed he couldn't take it anymore because he sped far with a war cry. He pulled his hand back for a punch that Kakashi easily dodged all the while planting a knee in the boy's stomach. Obito let out a little wheeze but didn't let it faze him. He grabbed Kakashi's leg and swung the boy around and away from him. Kakashi simply back flipped and landed on his feet unharmed.

"Show off!" Obito scoffed as he rushed at him again. Kakashi shifted his leg back before bringing it forward in a kick aimed for Obito's ribs. The young Uchiha ducked down and pushed himself upward for an uppercut. Kakashi shunshined behind him, grabbed the arm still thrust in the air, and twisted it rather painfully behind his back. He then shoved him to the ground and pushed his knee into his spine.

"Yield." Kakashi commanded.

"Yea right, bast- Yield!"

"Winner of this match: Kakashi!" Minato announced. "Good job, you two. Obito, you need to work on your taijutsu. Next, Rin v. Katsumi."

"Uh, nii-chan?" Katsumi had a hand raised in the air with a nervous grin on her face. "Isn't that a bit…unfair considering I'm older than her?"

"Nonsense." He waved off her concerns. "She needs the experiencing. Not everyone she faces is going to be on her level or even her age."

Katsumi shot a look at the young girl and shrugged her shoulders.

"It's fine…he's right.."

Gosh, she reminded her of Sakura before she grew a back bone. She wished the pink haired girl were here now to help her with that but, alas, she wasn't.

Both girls walked to the middle of the clearing, sinking into their stances.

"Begin!"

Before Rin could even blink, Katsumi had seemingly disappeared from her sight. Fear laced her veins but she forced herself to keep a clear head. She stretched out her chakra in time to feel Katsumi's on bright one appear behind her. On instinct, Rin dropped to the ground and swung her right leg out behind her. Katsumi easily jumped over it, front flipping to land in front of her with a grin on her face.

"Not bad." She commented before she disappeared again. This time, Rin had no time to react when the teen was in front of her, sending a barrage of punches and kicks that the pre-teen could barely keep up with it. It was a wonder her head hadn't been taken off yet. An uppercut to the chin cut her off guard and sent her skidding a couple of feet. She pushed herself back up wiping the blood off her lip, and rushing at the girl. She dodged to the left to escape the kick and then spun to the right as a fist just barely missed her face. Rin called forth her meager chakra reserves to form a chakra scalpel on her hands. She made a swipe at the girl's elbow, managing to make her forearm unavailable to her.

"Huh…" Katsumi stared at her arm in surprise. "Well, aren't you full of surprises? Don't think this will hold me back."

"Actually, I forfeit. That was pretty much all the chakra I had. If is use anymore, I'll go into chakra exhaustion." Rin explained as she settled onto her backside rather heavily.

"Winner by default is Katsumi!"

"That's great and all, but what about my arm?" Katsumi asked.

"Well, I guess practice is over. Rin, I would suggest you do some exercises to build your reserves." Minato said. "Perhaps that will be in our next training session."

"Yes, sensei."

"You all get home. Obito, walk Rin home will you? Come on, Katsumi."

Katsumi yelped when her dad grabbed her wrist and forcibly dragged her behind him.

"I can walk myself, you know!"

He just ignored her.

(?)

Katsumi sighed as she once again got feeling back into her arm. It was a weird feeling knowing your arm was there and not being able to move it. She wondered how the people who actually lost limbs felt…she shuddered. She'd rather not think about that.

"Were you serious about this taking a week?" Minato asked as they walked to Naruto and Sasuke's room.

"Yep! Now you know not to make fun of my cooking!" She chirped.

"I don't see why you get offended when you know it's the truth."

"Shut it, Naruto-chan." Katsumi bit out, flinging her bangs out of her eyes. She would need to buy a new clip or she was going to go crazy.

"I'm sixteen, Kat-chan."

"Bah! Do I look like I care?"

"It's hard to tell with that ugly mug you're sporting."

"I can't hear you from way down there, shrimp."

"I'm only an inch shorter!"

"Are you two done acting like children?"

"Quiet, Sasuke!" The twins barked in tandem.

Minato sweat dropped at his younger siblings. He sure hoped they didn't act like this all the time.

"So, did they release you yet, Naruto?"

"No! These bastards think I'm going to keel over and won't believe me when I tell them that I'm healed already!"

"So, why not just leave? S'not like you haven't before."

"He tried." Sasuke input. "They caught him and put chakra restrains on him. If he tries to jump out of a window this high, he'll die."

Both Katsumi and Naruto winced.

"Poor brother. I'll bring you some ramen tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?! That's so long away!"

"Tough luck, bro."

"You suck."

Before Katsumi replied, Minato cut in.

"As fun as this is," he stated dryly, "I would like to get home so I can shower, eat, and go to sleep."

"Fine. See you later, Naruto…asshole-Ow!"

"No cursing." Minato ordered sternly.

"What the fuck ever…" she muttered under her breath.

"Did you say something?"

"N-Nothing at all." She avoided his gaze as she laughed nervously.

(?)

Later that night, Katsumi lay in her bed staring up at the ceiling with a serious expression on her face. While she had been behaving in a carefree manner, she knew that the delicate position her team was in required her seriousness.

After all, time travel was a serious/delicate manner. Who knew how much she had changed just by being here? Who knew how long they were going to be there? Or even worse, if they were to be born at all. The burning question was why they were back in time? Were they too truly to change the future? And who was to say that it would be for the better? For all she knew, this Konoha could be heading down a dark path sixteen years, or however many years, early. Gosh, how she wished she could talk to the fox. He had been strangely quiet of late, and while being a giant mass of asshole-ness, he was quite knowledgeable considering how old he was. If he didn't know, they were all doomed.

Man, her head hurt. She rolled over onto her side, pulled her pillow over her head, and went into a restless sleep.


Another day another chapter! My head hurts from staring at the screen for sooooo looong! T.T But it was worth! I believe this was a good chapter! Anyway, time for a...

RANDOM FACT! (Educating the world on fact at at time!):

Racism and homophobia is linked to having a lower IQ. (Hmm...that makes so much sense!)