DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN NARUTO…. ONLY MY OC CHARACTERS!
CHAPTER 4: Teams
today was the day. Five years of being in the academy and now it was time to become a gennin and live for the village. A 13-year-old Katsumi was seen looking at herself in the body mirror in her rundown apartment. Her hair was up in a high bun being hold black bun holder, while her bangs frame her face little, along it hair pins, her outfit to which Neji and Ichirou had bought her for her birthday was a black qipao dress, sleeveless showing off her snake tattoos, with both sides cut up to her thighs, a zipper and golden snakes, bandages under the dress along with a shuriken holster around her left thigh, blue sandals. Once she was done getting ready she took off.
as she was coming down her stairs she noticed her two best friends waiting for her. Neji Hyuga, some would call him a genius, others a prodigy. He has long black hair, that was in a loose ponytail, he also has bandages around his forehead indicating that he had received the cage bird seal. He was wearing a beige- color shirt, a black shirt underneath, and mesh armor beneath that, dark brown shorts, blue sandals, and wrapped bandages around his right arm, chest and his left leg. Ichirou was wearing a black T- shirt with red stripes in the middle of the sleeves, leather straps around his back and chest, dark pants and blue shinobi sandals. The three walked towards the academy. Katsumi was nervous about today. Her two best friends were genius, heck they both have fan girls like you wouldn't believe it. Now don't get her wrong she was also a hard worker, but she feels like she's the weakest one out of them two.
'Katsumi don't worry those two boys need you in their lives. Without you they wouldn't be as hard worker or brave. Thanks to you. Thank you for being their friends.' Hana Hyuga and Hitomi Ichimaru said smiling on her birthday.
Katsumi smiled at that memory for it was the day where her two best friends were blushing on giving her present to her. "you ready Katsumi?" Neji asked mockingly. Neji was like a younger brother to her. While only Neji knows but Katsumi had this biggest crush on Ichirou. Neji remembered when his friends found him acting like one of the main branches Hyuga that he hated so much. It was the day his father was killed for not protecting the heir.
(FLASHBACK)
Hinata Hyuga was born on December 27. She was a beautiful child with indigo hair and lavender eyes. When she was 3 years old, Kumo came to make an alliance. Now Konoha and Kumo weren't on good terms, far from it but the third wanted peace. So, came their alliance. Everyone was throwing a party in celebration. However, when night time came around it was different. Not the Kumo secretary ambassador, it wasn't even Kumo shinobi. It was her uncle trying to give Hinata to a missing-nin. And guess who was the one to find them? That's right it was Neji.
"Father? Why are you doing this?" Neji shouted grabbing Hinata from him. "you wouldn't understand Neji, I was doing this for you." His father sneered. Now Neji didn't know what to do. He was confused. Thiers one where he can let the heir be taken and use as a breeding machine. Or he could stop his father and save the princess. Neji shook his head this was supposed to be easy. Put the village first, protect the heir. Neji put Hinata behind him laying her down as he got into the gentle fist style. Neji father glared at his son as he also goes into the stance. Neji had activated the Byakugan without any hand signs making his father proud only for a moment. Neji ran towards his father shouting "Eight trigrams, two palms!
Four palms! Eight palms, sixteen palms." Before Neji could finish the attack, his father hit him making him slide back. "while that was good shots your still too slow." His father said as Neji glared at him. Neji calmed down as he remember what Ichigo had told him during practice. 'when fighting a stronger opponent, you must first analyses his weakness. He may be stronger but if you know his weakness you'll at least have a chance of him underestimating you.' Neji took deep breathes and started to analyses his father. Neji noticed how he favors the right side leaving his left open when he attacks. Neji decided to wait until his father was the one to make the first move. As his father was getting ready to use Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four palms. Neji moved to the left where his father was open at. Neji had open his hand and arm tenketsu aiming at his father rib cage. Once Neji made contact his father was pushed back coughing up blood. Neji father was coughing as he glared at his son. Since it was forbidden for the branch families to learn the seal for the cage bird he couldn't use that on his son. As he was trying to catch his breath Neji had came up to him completing the Eight trigrams sixty-four palms, and although he didn't hit all the tenketsu points he still did damage to his father as the first hit connected to his lungs and majority of his tenketsu closed around it, making it hard for him to breath. Neji was huffing as his chakra was below normal. Doing that jutsu twice had put a lot of strain on him but he fighting to stand tall as he watch his father struggle to get up.
"why?" Neji asked still demanding on finding out why. "why indeed, now that's a question that I can not answer… Neji my son you've grown strong." As that was his father last words. Neji watched as he saw his father cage bird seal disappeared indicating that he had died. Neji was about to fall to the ground he was caught, he looked to see that it was his uncle Hiashi the clan head. "you did a good job Neji." Hiashi said as Neji smiled before passing out from exhaustion.
After that it took Neji three weeks to go back to normal, of course it was because of his female friend who kept fighting him trying to get that stick out of his ass. Every time Neji had started to preach about fate Katsumi was them to hit him. Ichirou was the same way. Those two would gang up on him until he stopped, especially when he was mean to little Hinata. But enough of the past.
As the three were entering the academy already the fan girls started to harass Neji. however, that's not what made Katsumi angry. It was a female with brown hair and two red triangles going down her cheeks coming on to Ichirou. Katsumi had intentionally released a bit of killing intent that even her snakes on her body Shinso and Kyoka started to react and move around her body. The Inuzuka didn't know what hit her as her partner was whimpering. "back off bitch." Katsumi hissed angrily as the girl nodded running to the bathroom. Everyone stared at Katsumi for a while as they now feared the sweet, kind girl. Their instructor came in to see that everyone was in their seat quietly.
"alright lets begin." He said as he stared to call students in one by one. "Neji Hyuga." Neji headed towards the door as his friends wished him good luck. "Katsumi Matsumoto." Their sensei said. Katsumi left as Ichirou wished her good luck. Ichirou was the last one of the group as he took his test. After he finished he received his hitai-ate, he put his on his arm.
He walked out to see Neji wearing his around his neck and Katsumi wearing hers around her neck. "Let's go eat." Katsumi said smiling as her friends smirked.
Katsumi was wearing the same thing only difference is this time she was wearing the hitai-ate. She ran towards the Academy where she met her friends. They were both waiting for her along with Ichirou mother, who wanted to get a picture. Katsumi was in the middle as each boys were on each side, however Katsumi snakes wanted to get in the picture so they moved from her body and wrapped around everyone. Hitomi smiled at them as she let a tear slide down. She watched them walk inside as she headed home with a huge smile. "alright, I would like to congratulate all of you. The rookie of the year has come down to a tie. Neji Hyuga and Ichirou Ichimaru for the boys. The girl rookie of the year was Katsumi Matsumoto… now on to the teams." Their sensei said as he started to list off the teams. "team three with the jounnin sensei being Hayate Gekko… the genins are Katsumi Matsumoto… Neji Huyga… and Ichirou Ichimaru." Katsumi was happy as she shouted 'yes'. Saku Haruno frown, all through the academy he has been ignored by Katsumi.
Hayate Gekko was surprised when he found out he was getting a team, if he was honest with himself he was happy. He wonders if one of them will become an kenjutsu expert like he is. He already knew how he was going to test them and if they passed he already had their training regime prepared.