Italics = Hitori thinking

"Hey!" "Hey!" (two different people speaking at the same time)

Kakashi, Part 1

"He's late." Naruto said as he peeked out the door of the classroom. Sakura and Sasuke were sitting at the desks, while Hitori was nowhere to be seen.

"Naruto, stay still." Sakura scolded.

"Why's it that only our squad's teacher is late? The other squads have gone off somewhere with their new teachers. And Iruka-sensei's also left!"

"Don't look at me… Hey, what're you doing, Naruto?" Sakura asked the blond boy as he pushed an eraser into the crevice about the door. "Hey!"

"It'll be his fault because he's late!" Naruto laughed. Sasuke let out a small sigh and placed his hands under his chin. He hated being in Team 7 already, and it had only been a day since they were assigned. Not only that, but he was getting mad that Hitori was already slacking off.

"Man! You're asking for it!"

"Hm, a Jonin wouldn't get caught in such a weak booby trap." Sasuke scoffed from his seat, not bothering to hide the boredom in his voice.

"That's right. You're such an idiot..!" Sakura froze as a gloved hand was placed on the door. The door opened and the eraser fell on top of a man's spiky hair. Naruto was silent at first, but then broke out laughing. Sakura blushed and bowed slightly.

"I-I'm sorry, sir. I tried to stop him, but Naruto did it on his own…" Sasuke frowned in the background as he saw the Jonin fall for the trap.

"Hmmm, how can I put this?" The man said as he picked up the fallen eraser. "As for my first impression of you guys..? Well, I hate you."

A line of depression fell on the students just as Hitori walked in, her ruby eyes staring numbly at her teammates.

"Well…. Looks like I missed something fun."

~On The Roof~

"Let's see. First off, let me have you guys introduce yourselves." The Jonin said as he sat the railing that went around the top of a building. The students settled down on the steps, except for Hitori who sat under a nearby tree that was basking in the sun. (If you look in the anime, there are trees.)

"Introduce ourselves… What should we say?" Sakura piped up from her seat next to Sasuke.

"Your likes, dislikes, your future dream, hobbies, things like that!"

"Hey! Before that, please tell us about yourself."

"Me? My name's Kakashi Hatake. I don't feel like tell telling you guys about my likes and dislikes. I've never really thought about my future dream… As for my hobbies, I have many."

"Thank you, for telling us your boring-as-hell life story…" Hitori murmured sleepily from her tree. Kakashi glanced up at her before returning his gaze to the other three.

"Next is you guys. Let's start with you." Naruto twitched happily and started playing with his headband as Kakashi's gaze rested on him.

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki! I like instant ramen, but what I like even more is the ramen from Ichiraku that Iruka-sensei treats me to! What I dislike is the three minutes after pouring hot water in the instant ramen. My hobby is eating and comparing ramen! And my future dream… is to surpass the Hokage! And so I'm going to get the entire village to acknowledge my existence!" Kakashi's eye widened before he turned to Sakura.

"Okay, next."

"I'm Sakura Haruno. What I like… I mean, who I like is… And, my hobby is, I mean…My future dream is…" The pink-headed fan girl glanced at Sasuke before letting out a shriek.

"And? What about your dislikes?" Hitori let her ruby eyes drift to Sakura, knowing what she was going to say. Hitori's hand came up to pinch her brow as she let out a slow breath.

Thank you, Hangover-Gods…

"Hitori… And Naruto!" Naruto's face slipped into despair and Sakura kept on sneaking peeks at Sasuke. Kakashi looked at her unimpressed before turning to Sasuke.

"Alright, next!" Sakura stared eagerly at the raven-headed boy.

"My name's… Sasu-"

"Chicken-ass."

"… Sasuke Uchiha. I have lots of dislikes, but no likes in particular." Hitori stifled a laugh as Sakura's face dropped. "And… I don't feel like summing up my ambition just as a dream, but I do have an ambition! The ambition to restore my clan and without fail… to kill a certain man!" Naruto couldn't help but notice the almost existent pause at the end of his sentence and the fact that his onyx eyes almost flicked to Hitori. The air was silent until Hitori yawned loudly from her tree. She jumped down and plopped into the sunny spot next to Naruto, flicking her cherry bangs out of her face.

"Name's Hitori Nisshi. Like stuff, hate stuff. Hobbies, well I have them. Future dream? Nah, just goin' with the flow… Actually…" Hitori drifted off as she got up and walked away. Team 7 stared after her, expecting her to go get something. But to their surprise, she just sat down in the only sunny spot of the roof, at least ten feet away from where the rest of the team was.

"…Good! The four of you are very distinctive and interesting! We'll have a mission tomorrow!"

"Yes, sir! What kind of mission?" Naruto chirped eagerly.

"First, we'll do what we can do with just five people."

"What-what-what… what?"

"SHUT UP!" Hitori's angry yell came from behind them. Kakashi ignored her and continued talking.

"A survival exercise."

"Survival exercise?"

"Why are we doing an exercise even though this is supposed to be a mission?" "SHUT UP!" Hitori's voice overlapped Sakura's, making her shoot the cherry-headed girl a death glare. Sakura sighed, but continued.

"We've had more than our share of exercises in the Academy!"

"This is no simple exercise."

"Then…then what kind of exercise is it?" The blond raised his hand, gesturing to some unseen object. Kakashi let out a laugh.

"Hey! What's so funny, Sensei?" Sakura growled.

"Uh, well, if I tell you, I know you'll grow disenchanted. Of the 28 graduates, only ten will be recognized as Genin Ninjas. The remaining eighteen will be sent back to the academy. In other words, this exercise is an extremely difficult test with a failure rate of 66% or higher!" Shock crossed Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura's face. A flash of interest crossed Hitori's face.

"See, see! You'll get disenchanted!.." Kakashi trailed his words as a flash of red appeared next to him. He turned to see Hitori staring at him with her narrow eyes.

"I'm intrigued." He let out a weak laugh before a sweat drop rolled down his face. He was wondering how, and when she got there.

"That's crazy! To have suffered so much! Then what was the graduation test for?" Naruto shouted, his face tangled with madness and distress.

"Oh, that. It was just to select those who have the potential of becoming Genin. That's the way it is! I'll be determining whether you pass or fail. Bring your complete set of Ninja tools! We meet at five in the morning."

Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke's heads filled with thoughts about the test, at least one part of their body shaking with anticipation. Hitori gazed at the sky, not letting herself sink into the fear of failing the test.

"Okay! You're dismissed. Oh… And you'd best skip breakfast. You'll throw up."

Can I do it on Sasuke?

Author's Note:

Yay! Chapter 3! This is part 1 of 2. Thanks for reading and please review! BTW the joke at the end is Hitori wants to know if she can throw up on Sasuke.
Ahh Hitori! My little difficult story-child!... I should probably enter her in Alcoholics Anonymous... *Sighs*

Oh yea, I just finished the Hana Kimi series... IT WAS AMAZING! I had a heart attack when it ended though (from sadness... (I didn't really..)
But it was just so aweseommmmmmeeeeeeeeeeee!