Chapter 5

A Genin's squad

The next day

"Alright, get up." Mae said to Aiko as Aiko tried to push Mae away.

"Well then I guess you are going to miss the first day of class, as a Genin."

Karena said.

Aiko sprang up as she heard this. "Let's go!" Aiko said pulling her sisters out of her room.

'Aiko never ceases to amaze me.' Karena thought to herself, so that Aiko could not hear.

'Here it is - our new beginning.' Karena thought. "Let's go."

When they walked in all of the people in the room just stared, then everybody started to say hello to them.

"Hi Mae, Aiko and Karena, I knew you three would make it. You guys are so good!" said a girl in a pink shirt with two buns on her head.

"Tenten." Aiko said. "Hi!"

Aiko ran over to Tenten to greet her as well.

Naruto was already seated. Mae just looked around, and then sat down at an empty table.

Karena looked at her oldest sister, "Hm." Karena decided to sit by Naruto.

"So Naruto, you've become a Genin." Karena said with an angelic voice.

Naruto looked right at her, he blushed, but then tried to hide it by shouting, "Yep! I am a ninja!" he yelled putting his arms in the air, "I knew that you would become a Genin, you're strong, have excellent kunoichi skills, and you're pretty!" Naruto added.

Karena just stared at him. 'Well great.' Karena thought.

Just then a boy with raven black hair opened the door, "Sasuke!" All the girls shouted except for Mae, Karena , Aiko, and Hinata. All the girls found a seat to sit in, and made sure that there was an empty space next to them. Sasuke just walked past them all. Then he spotted Mae and Karena. He spotted Mae sitting next to Shino and Kiba who were blushing. Then he spotted Aiko next to Choji and Tenten, then Karena next to Naruto. Sakura and Ino were sitting a seat apart from each other.

"Hey Sasuke, come sit over here!" yelled Ino and Sakura. Sasuke paid no attention to them. He looked at Karena, she was sitting and her hands folded with her head on top of them. 'She's different. I guess I'll sit by her.'

'Oh no, he's coming to sit next to me. Great...This is not good.' Karena thought.

Karena looked at Mae who was looking at her, Karena then looked at Aiko who was smiling at her, 'Go for it!' Aiko thought. Sasuke then turned to sit by Karena. When he sat down, Karena got up, "Well Naruto, congratulations on becoming a Genin, as to you too Sasuke..." Karena said as she leaped over the table with elegance.

'She is different...'

Sakura then darted toward the seat.

"Hi Sasuke." she said smiling.

Sakura's reply was a "Hn." from Sasuke.

A few minutes after Karena found a new seat, next to Neji and Lee, Iruka came in.

"Well everybody we have decided to put you all in groups of 3. Except for three groups, they will have 4." The squads were named off and Mae ended up being paired with Hinata, Kiba, and Shino. Aiko is with Ino, Choji, and Shikamaru. And Karena was in the squad as Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke.

"All right, now all of you will go to your places to meet your new teacher." Iruka said after he sorted out who was going to be on which team.

'Great. I'm with the slacker and the pigs. At least you get a really cute one Karena.' Aiko thought sending her thoughts to Karena.

'I wouldn't count on that, Aiko.' Karena thought.

"Hey Sasuke, since we are on the same team I thought that we could have lunch together!" Sakura said to Sasuke as he was coming down the road.

"No." He said bluntly to her. Sakura was taken back the just looked down.

"Hey Sakura, since were on the same team, I thought that we could have lunch and get to know each other better." Naruto said chasing after Sakura.

"In your dreams Naruto..." Sakura said bluntly to him.

As Sasuke was walking down the road he passed Karena and Mae. Aiko was at the buffet with her new teacher Asuma. Mae was walking down to the park to meet her new teacher, and Karena was going to the school.

Naruto spotted Karena and yelled, "Hi Karena! Will you come have lunch with me?" Naruto asked loudly.

Karena just sighed. Mae looked at her, "I'll catch you up later."

Then Mae jumped and was gone.

Naruto came running over, "So will you? I already asked Sakura and she said no, and I don't want to have lunch with him, and I don't want to eat lunch alone."

Naruto said looking at her.

Karena sighed, "Alright lets go." Karena said at last.

Naruto had a big grin on his face. "Alright! Will you treat me to ramen?" Naruto kept on asking Karena as they walked toward the ramen bar.

'Naruto keeps babbling.' Karena thought.

As they were walking past Sasuke and Sakura, Sakura looked at Karena in surprise, and Sasuke was also surprised as well.

'Hm.' Sasuke thought. Karena stopped. Naruto was confused.

"Hey Naruto, can we have lunch another time?" Karena asked giving him some coins. "Go buy yourself some okay."

Karena handed him the money and he took off.

'What does she want? I'll pound her if she touches or even gets close to my Sasuke! CHA!' Inner Sakura thought.

"Are you really, Sakura?" Karena said turning towards her. "Are you really going to pound me?"

'What how did she do that? She can't read my mind!' Sakura thought.

Sasuke just stared at Sakura for a moment then at Karena.

"Don't waste your time, you won't be able to pound me, just for you I won't go near him, alright." Karena said turning and walking towards the school.

Sakura was shocked. Sasuke was as well but didn't show it.

'How did she do that?' Sasuke thought. As he watched Karena walk towards the school, he started walking to the school as well.

"Sasuke, wait up!" Sakura said running after him.

Sasuke just ignored her.

Karena was inside the classroom waiting.

"I wonder who are teacher is going to be." Karena said aloud.

Just then a puff of smoke appeared in front of her, it was a woman with purple hair in a ponytail.

"Lord Hokage would like to see you." She said.

Then she did a hand sign and puffed away again.

'I wonder what he wants.' Karena thought.

Karena did a few hand signs as well and went to the Hokage's office.

When Karena got there Mae and Aiko were there as well.

"Thank you for coming." The Hokage said. "I asked for you three to come here today because I have something to tell you." He continued. He paused for a moment then said, "You three are now Jonin."

Mae, Aiko, and Karena were surprised.

"Why? We just became Genin!" Aiko exclaimed.

"Because Iruka told me what you did the other day to become Genin. Aiko you used a series of wind techniques that are a Jonin level. Mae you used a powerful jutsu that created an explosion, and Karena used a secret jutsu only a Jonin could handle, you also did a soul retrieval jutsu that on medical specialist know. You also healed Ino from top to bottom. You three also showed incredible speed and strategies." Hokage said.

"That still does not mean that we can become Jonin." Aiko said.

"Well then let's test you out." The Hokage pointed at two men and a woman. "You three will battle these three. Only one of you at a time though. Mae you go fist since you're the oldest." Hokage said.

A man stepped up; the skin on his face was pulled so he had a scar on his nose. "Begin."

The man used incredible speed, he ran towards Mae. Mae just looked at him while he was charging. She took out a kunai and threw it at him carelessly, he dodged it losing speed, 'that's what I wanted you to do'. Mae thought. She jumped up in the air and pulled her demon wind shuriken out. She threw it at him and he dodged it, while he did this, she came down and hit him on the back with her foot, "Barrage of the rose!" Mae yelled.

The man went flying down, when he did the floor cracked. He fell and he didn't get up. Karena came over and put her hand on his heart, a green glow emitted.

"That was a skill of a Jonin." The Hokage said, "Alright Aiko your turn."

Aiko stepped up when they cleared the man from the floor. Aiko stepped up and so did a man with bushy brows.

"You must be Tentens teacher, Gai-sensei." Aiko said.

"Right you are." Gai said.

"Begin." Gai ran toward Aiko with super-human speed.

'I can't dodge this. So, I'll blow him away.' Aiko thought.

Aiko took out two fans then jumped in the air, "Raining needles!" Aiko shouted as millions of needles appeared and flew down at Gai. Aiko then used her speed to get behind Gai and stuck an acupuncture needle in his throat, then disappeared again at the top and blew the needles down ward. The needle's hit him. He wasn't hurt badly though. Aiko didn't use her full power to hit him.

"Another job well done - another Jonin, and lastly, Karena." The Hokage said.

Karena stepped up, as well as a woman with purple hair in a ponytail.

"My name is Anko." She said.

"Begin." said the Hokage.

Anko threw some kunai at Karena. Karena just side stepped with her eyes closed.

Anko put her arm out in front of her and said, "Striking shadow snake!" She said.

Mae, Aiko and Karena looked up as she said this.

'Where have I heard that before?' Karena thought.

"Okay Mae, the way to evade the 'striking shadow snake jutsu' is to grab the snakes when they are coming toward you and throw the snakes in the air. The person will go with it."

'I heard that before when Mae was training, but where?'

As the snakes were about to hit Karena, she side stepped and grabbed the 4 snake necks and swung them up in the air, Anko followed.

'What!? No one has ever blocked against this jutsu before! How did she know what to do?'

Anko hit the ceiling and started to come back down.

Karena did a few hands signs and said, "Fire dragon missile jutsu!"

A huge flaming dragon burst through the ground, it went towards Anko. It hit her directly. Anko fell to the floor as the dragon faded away. Karena came over to heal her.

"Very impressive, you see, you just beat three elite Jonin. You are now all Jonin. But you can still go to missions with the squad you were assigned to. You are dismissed." The Hokage said.

"Man, where is our new sensei!" Naruto said.

Sasuke was sitting down at a desk, Sakura was standing.

Naruto decided to plat a little trick.

"Naruto I don't think that an elite Jonin is going to fall for that old trick." Sakura said while Naruto was putting an eraser at the top of the door. Then Naruto ran away from the door giggling to himself.

"Naruto and your stupid tricks!"

"It's what he gets for making us wait." Naruto said.

"Grow up. I want no part in it." Sakura said. 'Stuff like this is the best!! Hee Hee!' Inner Sakura thought to herself.

"Hmph. No way could a superior shinobi be caught by such a simple booby trap!" Sasuke said. Then the door started to open, in came a girl who was about 12 with long, silky violet hair.

"Oh no! Karena look-" Naruto said while she was coming in. She put her hand up and it caught the eraser, before it hit her.

"Listen, Naruto, don't do that to your teacher, especially when you are about to meet the person." Karena said dropping the eraser.

"Wait a minute! Are you are new teacher?" Naruto said with a grin on his face.

"No. He is." Karena said as she stepped out of the way to let a man in. He had silver hair with a mask covering half of his face except for his eyes. But one of his eyes was covered up by his hitai-ate.

"Thank you, Karena." said the man. Karena just walked away to a corner by the door, folding her arms across her chest.

'Hm...I'll have to keep an eye on her'. The man thought.