Shinzui: We're back!!!! And it's my turn to write first! Yay!! .

Ominias: Mhm. Now will you stop bugging me about it? -_- Haha. ^^x Well, anyways...*walks off to her secret dimension*

Shinzui: M'gonna disclaim now, yeah? And Warning!!!! We the people of ShinOmi don't like Sakura too much! Be prepared for minor bashing, yeah!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Is Disclaimed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shintokiri

Chapter 3: The Masked Pervert

Kenshin watched as the other academy students suddenly filtered away, being picked up by different Jonin, and, in one case, a very disgruntled Chunin.

Kenshin didn't ask. She was on her high. But soon enough, even her happiness was starting to wear away, as another hour passed with no sensei.

She had her knees up to her chest, and was sitting on a desk near the wall, watching as her new teammate, Uzumaki Naruto, tried to get Sakura's attention. Kenshin nearly gagged. She could see with the way that he held himself, and the way that his eyes were always hidden, that he wasn't truly
interested in the banshee. His reasons, however, were a complete mystery to her. And quite frankly, she didn't care for the pink haired girl, either.

'Rurouni....'

Kenshin perked up–Battousai had been unusually silent for the past couple of hours. 'Hai, Battousai?'

She could practically feel the Hitokiri smirk. 'Calm down, you're starting to act too much like Shishou.'

Kenshin blinked, a little peeved. 'You mean like you, Battousai. And it's not exactly sessha's fault, de gozaru. You know that.' She looked over to the quiet Uchiha. "Battousai is starting to effect sessha's head." she mumbled.

"Don't worry, Ken-chan! Having a voice in your head doesn't make you loopy!"

Kenshin nearly jumped a mile as a voice came for beside her. She spun to see a grinning orange clad ninja, his face inches from her own.

"Ororo.." she mumbled into her hand, steadying her rapidly beating heart. "Don't do that, de gozaru!" she exclaimed, glaring at the boy.

'Jeez, why didn't sessha notice him?'

'Ya gotta learn to be stealthy when you're wearing a glowing neon sign, baka.'

She was actually quite surprised when the boy flinched backwards slightly at her tone, and she cocked an eyebrow as he flushed, his eyes flicking to Sakura.

'Hehe, sorry, Ken-chan." Aww, Ken-chan, how cute! "I just heard you mumbling, and, well...yeah..." he trailed off, his hand scratching at the back of his neck. Kenshin couldn't help but smile.

"It's okay, Uzumaki-san! Sessha's fine with that, de gozaru yo!" she piped out, grinning widely at the blond.

Naruto smiled, his blue eyes averted towards the window. He plopped down beside Kenshin, and she had just opened her mouth when a scream ran through the room.

"YOU'RE LATE!!!!!!!!!"

Naruto spun around, looking suddenly murderous. Sakura was still panting with exertion, her face red from yelling. Sasuke had his head in his hands, his expression practically shouting death threats. Kenshin lightly fingered her sakabatou.

The masked man at the door leaned up against the frame, his one black eye looking at the four of them lazily. "My first impression of you guys is...." They all held their breath. "I hate you. Meet me on the roof in five." Then he disappeared. Bastard.

Kenshin shook her head, then she called to the boys, "Come on, de gozaru yo!" She grabbed the both of their hands, dragging them up the flight of stairs to the roof. Sakura followed as fast as she could. When the three of them arrived at the roof top before the pinkette, Kenshin and Naruto were
laughing, and Sasuke was scowling, trying (and failing) to hide the slight blush on his alabaster cheeks. He shook his hand from Kenshin's, turning to go sit on the cement.

Kakashi watched them talk, wondering just why in the seven hells did he agree to teach a genin team? Oh yeah, a funny little thing called blackmail, which wasn't quite so funny when your favorite ** series was threatened. Honestly, he hadn't known that Kurenai was that set on destroying them! He
sighed and leant against the railings, waiting for the other three genin to stop bickering and just sit beside the Uchiha brat.

The Uchiha.....funnily enough, he didn't look that impressive to Kakashi. He sighed again. To quote his friend Nara Shikaku, this was going to be troublesome.

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Finally, the group settled down, and sat on the cement step beside Sasuke. He cleared his throat.

"All right then. Why don't you all tell a little bit about yourselves."

"Hm? Like what?"

Kakashi crossed his arms. "You know, the usual. What you love, what you hate, hobbies, dreams, ambitions...that kind of stuff."

Naruto looked at him confused. "Well, why don't you show us how it's done?"

"Yeah....After all, you're a complete stranger to us...a mystery." Sakura chirped in.

"Oh, me? Well...My name is Hatake Kakashi. I'm the kind of person who doesn't like talking about his likes and dislikes! My dreams are none of your business, but anyway, I have a lot of hobbies..."

Kenshin sweatdropped. '...Well, that's one way of doing it.'

'Tch.'

"Alright, now it's your turn. Starting with you, on the right." That would be Naruto.

"Hi! My name's Uzumaki Naruto! What I like is cup ramen! What I like even better is when Iruka-sensei treats me to ramen at the Ichiraku Ramen Shop, dattebayo! What I hate is the three minute wait after I add in the boiling water. My dream is to one day be a better shinobi than the hokage! And then all the villagers will have to acknowledge me at last! My hobbies are pranks and practical jokes, I guess."

Kenshin looked at him, surprsied. 'Uzumaki-san...'

'Hmph. I've got a slightly new respect for the kid. Except for the ramen.'

'But-but...ramen's good!!!' Battousai rolled his eyes.

"Next!"

"My name is Uchiha Sasuke. There are plenty of thing I hate, but I don't see how it matters, since there is almost nothing I like, anyway. It seems pointless to talk about 'dreams'...it's just a word...But what I do have is determination. I plan to restore my clan, and there is someone I have to kill."

'…' Kenshin looked at him, sympathetic. She turned her head, so Sasuke missed her brief glance.

'...You can feel it, right, Rurouni? His ki...'

'It's full of killing intent. Wonder what has happened to him, de gozaru...But I won't pry.'

'Hmph.'

"Alright. Next, the young lady."

"I am Haruno Sakura. My favorite thing is...well, it's not a thing, it's a person...a boy... and that boy is..."

Sakura kept stealing glances at Sasuke. Kenshin felt the urge to bang her head on the cement. Hard. Said person being spoken about didn't notice or care about the obvious signs she was giving him.

"Uh...let's move onto my dream..."

Suddenly, she blushed, hard. Kenshin did actually start smacking her head off a nearby pole, causing odd stares in her direction. She recomposed herself and cleared her throat. Kakashi raised an eyebrow, but simply said, "And you over there."

"Sessha's name is Himura Kenshin, de gozaru. Sessha loves kenjutsu, and the mental dango that the person residing in sessha's head makes. Especially the white ones."

Kakashi butted in. "Mental dango? Person in your head?"

"Sessha's not crazy, de gozaru!" Kenshin retaliated, seeing the look he was giving her. Kakashi sighed.

"All right. Carry on."

"As sessha was saying. Sessha hates other's pain and suffering, suicidal people, and when Ba-...the person that lives in sessha's head rants on and on loudly, therefore giving sessha a migraine."

Everyone sweatdropped.

"Sessha's dream is to be the best kenjutsu master ever, and to save as many people possible from pain and suffering! Oh, and Ba-...the person that lives in sessha's head says that his dream is to find a way to get out of sessha's mind whenever he wants so he can smack sessha upside in the head...hey!" She protested to the entity in the mind. Everyone sweatdropped again.

"Are you alright?"

"Hai, sensei. Why wouldn't sessha be?"

Kakashi sighed. So he had to deal with a hyperactive blond, an emo Uchiha, a lovesick pinkette, and a mentally insane sword-happy girl? Why does he have to put up with this?! Oh yeah. Icha Icha Paradise. Stupid blackmail. He ran a hand through his hair.

"Alright, enough. I believe formal training begins tomorrow."

Suddenly, Naruto jumped up. "Yes, sir! What will our duties be?! Our first real shinobi mission!"

"Our first project involves only the members in this cell."

"What is it? What?!"

"Survival exercises."

'Oh...'

'Tch.'

'What is it, Battousai?'

'I can see where this guy is going...'

'Oro?'

'If he's anything like shisho, he's going to mess around with our heads, and end up beating us up, all the while humiliating us.'

Kenshin sweatdropped. '...Okaaay...Not good. Well, maybe sessha can practice Dou Ryu Sen on him, hehehe...'

'You're starting to sound like me.'

'Well that's what sessha said before, right? You're messing up sessha's head, de gozaru!' Battousai rolled his eyes.

"...has a- Hey! Are you listening to me?!" Kenshin jerked out of her thoughts.

"Oh, sensei, sessha's sorry. Sessha was talking to him, de gozaru yo."

Kakashi sighed. Yep, definitely crazy. "Him? The voice in your head?"

"Hai!"

"Alright then.....anyways, as I was saying, the test we are about to preform has a 66% chance of failure."

Kenshin sighed. "Guess you were right..."

"Hm? Did you say something?"

"Nothing, sensei."

'Ha! Told you.'

'I wonder how the famous Hitokiri Battousai came to such a level as gloating?'

'Did you say something, Rurouni?'

'Oh, nothing at all.'

'Che.' Battousai stalked off to a deeper part of her mind. Kenshin had a wide smirk plastered on her face.

'Ho hum.'

A hand brought her back to reality. "Ken-chan?"

"Oro? Sorry, Uzumaki-san."

"That's okay! By the way, sensei said to be at this place at five am, without eating breakfast so we won't throw up, dattebayo!" He said, handing her a paper.

"Arigato gozaimasu, Uzumaki-san!"

"Don't mention it!"

She smiled, and turned to her paper.

'...Why do I have a bad feeling about this?'

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Ominias: Well, I wrote most of it, again. Shinzui wrote the beginning though.

Shinzui: Yeah, I gave up at the page break! ^-^;; I can't write Sasuke, cuz technically, I hate him!!

Ominias: Hm. Read and review, please!

Shinzui: Yeah! Do so! Now!! Do it!! Go!!! .