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"Don't worry Kami, Standard surveillance mission. Be back in two or three days." Kami glanced around at the four, feet shifting under her. They stood right by the gates of the village and she had that urge to run again. "You'll be safe and looked after." Minato added in seeing how unease the girl was about the whole thing. For the last few days whenever you spotted Rin you know Kami was close behind. Rin had even started calling her by a nickname. Things were looking up, or so the older ninja hoped. Kami nodded slowly. "Be safe." She mumbled earning a look from Obito. Rin hesitated for a moment, "Can I hug you?" Her face twisted oddly, it was strange to say it out loud but she didn't want to risk anything by not asking first. Before Kami could finish nodding her head yes Rin pulled her in. It was warm and Kami didn't miss the opportunity to give her a small squeeze. "What about me?" Obito opened his arms and Kami couldn't help but shift slightly away. He sweat dropped when Rin punch him in his head. "We need to get moving." On their own her eyes moved to Kakashi. His face stern and stoic, still daunting. When his gaze met hers she flinched. Putting one finger up, she waved a small good bye while shifting her eyes away.

Kami sighed remembering the event from two days ago. They were due back today or tomorrow, she hoped for today. She didn't per say miss the bunch but it was better than being all alone. Glancing at her hands she amused herself by making her finger bones pop up and then pulling them back in repeatedly. "Hello my beautiful rose!" Kami eyes darted up, she knew that voice. She quickly shuffled her body back till she hit a tree. "Gai don't scare the poor girl."

"But sensei all I did was say hello." Gai frowned. He didn't understand how he had such bad luck with girl when they seemed to chase after Kakashi. Kami looked between the two. His sensei a large man with a round face and an equally large smile. "My name is Chōza Akimichi." She quickly stood up. This was the man the Hokage had told her about. She bowed her head respectively because even though she was scared she didn't want to get hit for being impolite. "The Hokage has told me some about your situation. I was assigned to train you for a little while if that's alright with you." The older man remembered the Hokage's words. She was shy and weary of people but he was sure she would be good for the village. Chōza was never one to question the Hokage and so he agreed without hesitation.

"Yes sir." She mumbled. Kami flinched when Gai had fallen to the floor. "Her voice is that of an angle sensei." Chōza shook his head; maybe it wasn't best to bring Gai in for the first meeting. Kami looked around puzzled. Rin had told her teams had three people and a sensei and she wondered when the others would show up. The idea tickled her spin, she wasn't sure she was ready for any one new. "Ok first I would like to assess your ability. Gai if you will." Instantly straightening up and saluted his sensei. "Yes sir. Kaminari are you ready?" She looked around now sure what she should be ready for.

She eyed Chōza-sensei when he stepped aside. "First let's see your taijustu and just how fast you are." The girl's eyes opened wide when he got into a fighting stance. Did he want to fight; Kami didn't want to fight the boy. She blinked and he was gone but she sensed his chakra behind her. She grunted when she fell forward and ate dirt. "Ahh Kaminari are you alright?!" Gai bent down and grabbed her arm to pull her up. Kami cheeks became red and her lips parted. The ninja was forced to separate from her when bones shot from her arm covering her like large clunky armor. She pushed herself up and wiped dirt off her face.

"Gai, be easy with her. We don't know how much training, if any she has." He nodded to his sensei before bowing down to the young girl. "I am truly sorry. Please forgive me." Kami eyed him as her bones sucked back in. "That is your Kekkei genkai, correct?" She nodded at the sensei. This was the second person to prove she was slow. And she wasn't a fan of it. "Alright again." He said. Kami watching Gai get ready yet again. This time he came for a frontal attack and much slower than before. He punched and she blocked, he wasn't as fast as before but still too fast for the girl to make any type of moves. All she could do was block, her arms sore from the contact. When he tried to swipe her legs with his foot she jumped taking the opportunity, "Digital Shrapnel. "She said forcing chakra to her finger tips shooting small bones down to the ninja in an attempt to pin him to the floor.

Kami felt stupid for even thinking she could catch a ninja as fast as Gai. He moved away dodging the attack and putting some distance between them. Kami took this moment to breathe. She had only ever practiced long range shots, more for fun than anything, like hitting bullseyes out in the forest. Focusing her chakra before he had a chance to get back inside her strike zone she pulled her palms back exposing her wrists. "Ulna burst." Using small stead bursts of chakra she was able to pump small dagger shaped bones from her wrists.

Gai started to move when the almost kunai shaped bones started. As he moved around her she twirled continuing the attack. She seemed to be worse at close combat so he need to get back in. He was just too fast for her. She could hit a bullseye behind a tree but that meant nothing if she couldn't hit a moving object. In an instant he was close again. To close for her to dodge anything, she was tired already. So she let him make contact to her left shoulder, it pushed her back softly. Pumping chakra she let her collar and shoulder bone grow on impact wrapping around the ninja's hand trapping it. He looked at his hand funny unsure of what to do next. Kami's breathing was heavy and she was huffing and puffing long before Gai even felt tired at all.

Glancing up at the ninja she took the moment to catch her breath. "Your ability is splendid." Gai looked intently at the bones wrapped around his hand. He tried to open his fist but it wouldn't budge. He watched as she sucked her bones back into her body. It was truly fascinating. He watched Kami fall back onto her butt. "Tired already?" His sensei laughed wondering if she had any training at all. "Have you had training back home?" Kami looked at the man and shook her head. It was painfully obvious that she didn't know how to be a ninja. "But you have good chakra control." She nodded her head, "Practice." She mumbled thinking back on all the tree climbing she did with her brother, and running around on the stream playing tag when they were sent to get water.

"What about weapons?" Her head tilted to the side and she lifted up her wrist and produced a dagger shaped bone. She handed it to the man and stood up. These were the only thing close to weapons she was familiar with. "Can you produce bones out of anywhere?" She shrugged her shoulders at Gai; she hadn't tried to produce out of everything just yet. "Can you aim?" she nodded her head that was one thing she was good at. "Bullseye is fun." She said remembering the game fondly. Her brother always placed them really well but the girl prided herself in getting them every time. "You can hit markers then?"

"Yes." She replied. "Gai set up some markers for her to hit on those trees." Making her way closer to the tree line she watched the ninja set up a few marks. They weren't difficult at all and Kami was much more comfortable aiming for those then any moving object. "Alright let's see what you got." Looking over at the five spots she cracked her neck, this was too easy, she could probably do it with her eyes closed. Pulling on her fingers to loosen the joints she pumped chakra to them. "Digital shrapnel." She flung her hands in one solid swipe taking care to push chakra through each digit at the right time. With five back to back thumps she hit every spot dead on.

"Wow that was great." Gai gave her a thumbs up and went to change the markers again. "That's a good skill to have Kaminari, you don't know it but this is something ninja train themselves to do and you can already do it." She glanced at the large man, not knowing that a silly game she played would be end up being useful to her. "Alright this time I made the markers harder. Let's see how you do." She glanced from Gai back over to the trees. She was able to see three marks but two seemed to be hidden. She walked back and forth for a moment judging where everything was. Once she was satisfied she cracked her wrist before pumping her chakra through them. "Ulna burst." She mumbled shooting five solid bone fragments, quickly with the other wrist she shot out two more that crashed into two of the previous ones changing their trajectory. The five loud successional thumps were calming to the girl.

"No way." Gai said running to the markers and looking behind the trees "She even got the ones back here." Chōza-sensei smiled at the girl, the Hokage was right she would be a great asset. "We really need to work on your speed though." She felt heat rush to her face; she was really slow which she never realized till she came here. She had always run pretty fast but that was always against the other children. These ninja were totally different.

"Sensei if I may speak!" She watched Gai get down on one knee. "Please leave her speed training to me. I will have her faster in two weeks; that's a promise." Kami frowned, she wasn't sure how she felt about the idea of being trained by this ninja but he was the fastest person she had ever met, maybe even faster then Kakashi. Chōza mulled the idea over in his head. Gai was an extremely talented ninja. "Okay but with my supervision and only if it's alright with Kaminari." He quickly got up and faced the girl. "Please let me prove myself to you." She inched back from him; it would be with sensei's supervision so it wouldn't be that bad. If she didn't like it she could always stop. Slowly Kami nodded her head.

She twitched when he jumped up, "This is great. Let's do a light 50 laps around the village!" The girl's eyes became wide, "Gai I think maybe she isn't ready for that just yet." The young ninja sweat dropped, "Sorry. How about 10?" She nodded her head slowly still thinking that ten was a lot. What else did she have to lose at this point?

Kami watched the sunrise from the roof of Rin's home. The team hadn't come back yesterday so today had to be the day. She decided she would wait by the gate for them to return once the sun was fully up. Grabbing an apple from inside Kami left the house and headed to where she thought the gates were. Her eyebrows rose as she walked and for a moment she stopped looking over to the left. She stared for a moment longer letting whoever was watching her today to know that she noticed them. This chakra was different. It was a new ninja. Shaking it off she continue to walk up until she found the gates.

She took a seat in the grass facing them and finished the rest of her apple. Two ninja guarding the gates eyed her for a moment but paid her no mind when she didn't move. The girl looked at the sky watching the large fluffy while clouds take there time crossing the sea of endless blue. It wasn't till high noon that one of the guards looked back over to here, "Are you just going to sit there all day?" She glanced at the man and shrugged her shoulders, maybe. He rolled his eyes and continued to his job. "Team Minato how was the mission?" Kami was up as the guard greeted them. They look just how they did when they left.

"Kami!" Rin approached the girl giving her a small hug. Kami was quick to eye her up and down for anything out of place but she seemed right as rain. "It's so good to see you. How was everything?" The girl hesitated for a moment as the others joined them. "Fine." She said softly. "We have to report to the Hokage and then want to go get some lunch?" Kami glanced at Obito and then back to Rin and nodded. It would be nice to get some food and not eat alone. "You'll come too right Kakashi?" Rin looked over to the silver haired boy and he shrugged his shoulders before walking passed them.

Rin glanced and Obito and Kami could see a silent exchange between them. What it was she wasn't sure. They started a slow and steady walk to the Hokage when Minato-sensei fell in step with Kaminari. "How was your first day of training?" She glanced over at the bright eyed man and shrugged her shoulders, "Alright." She was sore from running but she was sure that Gai hadn't pushed her nearly as much as he could have. The girl had weak ankles. "I'm slow." She added in, heat surrounding her ears. She hated that and hoped Gai would come through with his promise to make her faster. The blonde laughed at the girls comment. She was already coming out of her shell more and more every day. "Don't worry speed is something you will gain in time."

When they had arrived Kami decided she was going to wait outside, it was a beautiful day and truth be told those steps looked tiresome. To pass the time she traced circles on the floor with her foot. "Hello my Rose!" Kaminari flinch but instantly regretted it because of the pain in her legs. Her eyes found a familiar pair only this time he wasn't alone. She waved softly as the two approached her. "How are you feeling this youthful morning?" She glanced down to the floor. "Sore." She said truthfully. "Sore muscles are a sign of growth!" She nodded her head, he was right. Gai grunted when he received a nudge from the boy beside him, "Oh right, Kaminari this is my team mate. Genma Shiranui." The other ninja had a bandana on his head tied in the front. His jacket, baggy with the collar up and something pointy in his mouth.

"Nice to meet you. Gai doesn't stop talking about you." His lips spread into a grin and Kami noticed Gai's cheeks turning red. "Genma please." Gai straightened his stance a bit. Kami glanced up the stairs hoping the others would come soon. She still wasn't comfortable around others. Mostly she wanted to see Rin, her face calmed the girl even if only slightly. "Well you right about one thing, she is pretty. Not much of a talker though huh?" He flipped the object in his mouth as Kami glanced back at him, his hands firmly in his pockets. Gai coughed for a moment. It was Kami's turn to have red rise to her cheeks. "Well I guess we should get going." Gai said a bit forcefully. "But I was just getting to know the girl. Tell me something, anything? Gai says you have the voice of a thousand angels singing." He grunted when he got two fingers jabbed into his side.

"Ah, Kakashi my rival it's good to see you back. How about a game of rock, paper, scissors? Loser had to do 500 pushups." Kami moved so she was closer to Rin. Kakashi rolled his eyes a bit, "Fine." Obito leaned against the wall with a tired look on his face.

"Rock. Paper. Scissors. Shoot."

"Rock. Paper. Scissors. Shoot."

Kami watched Kakashi put his hand out and flat when Gai put his out in a fist. "It looks like luck is on your side today Kakashi." Gai beamed. "I should get started on those pushups." The ninja gave his classic thumbs up stance, "And I will see you for training tomorrow Kaminari." The girl nodded her head as he bowed . "It was great to meet you. Don't be a stranger." Genma was pushed hard by Gai so they could get going but not before the outspoken ninja could laugh and give the girl a wink. Kami couldn't help but grab onto Rin's shirt, red spreading to her from her cheeks to her neck. "Ugh. Genma." Obito muttered. "What's wrong with him?" Rin asked and the boy just looked her. "He just, I don't know. Sometimes." Kami cocked an eyebrow. She had no idea what he was saying.

"Lunch?" Rin asking trying to get on another subject. Kami was quick to nod yes. When she looked to see if the others were going as well she made the mistake of locking eyes with Kakashi and it made her skin crawl. His grey eyes hardened when they met with those green ones. The ninja watched her pupils grow into a doe like stare. Most of the mission was Rin and Obito talking about the girl and even though she wasn't there he couldn't get away from her. It was aggravating and now it seemed she was training with Gai and his sensei. Something about it made Kakashi's stomach clench.

"I'll pass." He said after a few moments of silence. He completely ignored the look on Rin's face. He wanted some alone time after missions and getting lunch last time proved to be a mission of his own. "Well alright, see you at training tomorrow." Rin said as Kakashi walked away. There was another moment or two of silence. Kami noticed the girl wasn't happy that the silver nin wasn't joining them but Kami was someone relieved. "Let's get ramen." Obito said actually excited to have a change to eat with the girls without Kakashi trying to make him look like a fool. "Ramen?" The girl asked causing Obito's mouth to fall into a O. "Let's go right now!" He said a bit forcefully. Rin sighed heavily. "Fine. Fine."