AN: Okay, it's incredibly short, but next chapter will have the kids POVs!

CHAPTER THREE:

Forms

Sasuke was not a patient man naturally. It was true that he could be patient, especially if he was working towards something important to him. Just take his former goal to kill his brother. He'd waited years before he attempted it. He chose to ignore the beating he'd taken in Jiraiya and Naruto's hotel as his main reason for going was not, as many accused him, because Itachi was there (though it had been a contributing factor), but because his brother was after Sasuke's teammate. But though Sasuke could be patient it was not a natural state of being and thus he rarely afforded others, mostly those few he'd deemed worthy and were closest to him, the small patience he had.

Sasuke's new Genin Team were not in this select group of people.

And they were late.

By two hours.

Iruka's gentle requests from last night to be gentle with them, sense they were not in fact ANBU rookies like Sasuke was used to dealing with went out of his mind and he almost failed them on principle. Sasuke then realized that if he did that he wouldn't be able to avenge the slight by making his already difficult test into a thorough beating if he did. With that happy thought Sasuke waited and was rewarded when two of his students appeared, one scowling and the other with the devil in his eyes.

Seeing him Yamanaka froze, blue eyes going wide and spoke, so quietly if Sasuke hadn't been a Jonin and ANBU Captain he doubt he would have heard.

"Shit, I thought he'd be like his sensei."

The glare Yotsuki gave him was downright murderous and Sasuke, who was very adept at translating shy girl due to the ungodly amount of times he seemed to get paired with the Hyuuga Heiress on missions, recognized she was also deeply embarrassed. Sasuke decided then that he'd make the girl's beating a little less severe since she had the presence of mind to at least realize she'd done something wrong, while Yamanaka seemed to be actively trying to secure his place on Sasuke's shit-list by giving him a complete unapologetic smile.

Sasuke returned it with a dark smirk.

The boy's expression faltered, before he seemed to catch himself and his smile widened into something resembling Sai's moments before he said something that ensured Sakura was going to send him to the hospital.

"Sorry for being late sensei, it really was an accident. But I guess we're even now sensei." The last part came out as joking and Yamanaka gave him a kind repentant look to emphasis it, but the blatant lie made Sasuke decide then and there that Yamanaka would bear the brunt of his agitation, because the boy was shaping up to be worse than Ino. He would enjoy this.

Before his mind could conjure up too many images of what exactly he would do to them Baisotei came running towards them her green dress's cheap material ripped slightly, soaked through, and even worse for wear than it had been yesterday. The girl came to a panting stop in front of him and Sasuke realized she had what appeared to be the Waiver's he'd requested from Anko clutched in her hands. Her hair was even more of a mess than yesterday and if he wasn't mistaken she had what appeared to be an address scrawled on her left cheek.

"Sorry!" Baisotei said her expression instantly brightening as she looked them over, large smile over taking her face and revealing her dimples. "I hope you weren't waiting long! But I swear I've got a good reason! See I—"

Sensing a Kakashi worthy excuse coming Sasuke cut her off.

"I honestly don't care." He told her bluntly, bordering on rudely really. Baisotei looked taken aback by this and looked at him thoughtfully seeming to consider him carefully. Then she smiled again and handed him the papers, they were his waivers.

"Anko-san said to give these to you," Baisotei said serenely. "And Ibiki-san says next time to come get your paperwork yourself and that Anko-san is not considered a good babysitter for Genin."

Sasuke decided it was probably better for his sanity that he did not in fact know what exactly had occurred and quickly passed out the papers, which his students read over with varying expressions of disbelief.

"These are waivers in case of our deaths." Yamanaka said slowly, looking at Sasuke like he expected him of making some incredible mistake.

"Yes, they are." Sasuke commented, speaking as if Yamanaka was particularly slow and enjoying the flash of offense and dumbfounded shock on the boy's face. Yotsuki couldn't even look at him rereading her waiver again and again.

"As in death Uchiha-sensei. We're Genin." Yamanaka continued looking as if he was desperate for Sasuke to take it all back and not quite believing him still.

"Not yet, and you are the ones who want to be shinobi. Death is a part of that. Besides the Forty-Fourth Training Grounds is called the Forest of Death, anyone below Chunin level is required to sign a waiver before entering." Sasuke said calmly, but with more feeling this time. The children went silent, paling slightly and for a moment Sasuke thought he would lose them without having to bother with his test.

Then swallowing hard, Yamanaka spoke again, shaky though it was. "Do you have a pen I could borrow?"

Baisotei, who was busily signing her form, quickly handed her teammates a writing utensil and after finishing passed her signed waiver to Sasuke her eyes a stormy grey and filled with a stubborn determination that Sasuke recognized. He'd seen it on Naruto's face more times than he could count. Only the slight quiver in her hand revealed the girl's nerves. The other two quickly followed looking equally determined, though still fearful.

Sasuke estimation of them went up a little.