Chibi: I decided it was about time to get my ass moving on this chapter
Chibi: I decided it was about time to get my ass moving on this chapter. I hope to be wrapping KCA up soon…but that's not going to happen unless I shorten the cruise…which isn't going to happen…uh…letsee….oh kami….10 more chapters….at the least…oh wait…including this one…unless I add an epiologue…I think it's safe to say KCA isn't going to be complete for a WHILE. Then…I might put a poll up for a sequel to this….
Disclaimer: I no own Naruto.
In the previous chapter of Konoha Coast Academy: "Sai is joining us. He's from KCA as well. Tsunade put in a special request for him." Kakashi bragged. When he didn't see much of a response or reaction from the ANBU in training, he gave a sigh. "Okay. Be here tomorrow, same time, and let Sai join you for breakfast. Tomorrow we will cover the three man squads you'll be placed in, based on your bloodline. You'll recieve your weapons and also bring all the stuff we gave you back at Santa Monica Bay, we might have some time to begin training." Kakashi instructed. "You're dismissed for today."
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The next morning, Kin snuck around, showering and dressing quickly to avoid the little routine that had been planned out the day before. She slipped into converse, skinny jeans, and a simple black t-shirt, before sneaking out of the room. She pressed the glossy metal button for the elevator, and was stopped when a hand was set on her shoulder. She cringed, hoping it wasn't Ino, Naruto, or worse…her mother. She turned to see Rin.
"Early riser?" Rin asked, as the elevator doors opened welcomingly. Rin nodded slowly. "You know…" Rin started. "You really shouldn't be sneaking around the ship alone. With your mom on the loose and all.
Kin sighed. "I know." She pressed the button inside the freshly vacuumed elevator to send them up to the buffet floor. "But I'm not a little princess. I can stand up for myself you know."
Rin shook her head. "I know you'd like to think that, but you're not ready for your mom yet. She is a former ANBU Captain, but now a missing nin. Do you know how long it takes to achieve ANBU status? How skilled you have to be?"
Kin shook her head. "No. I'm just learning about this. It's all confusing, really." The doors opened to reveal the buffet.
Rin smiled. "I understand that. Just be careful." She noticed Sai already at the table. "Go talk to Sai. He'll watch over you."
Kin was reluctant, but nodded, and headed over to Sai. "Hi Sai." She greeted awkwardly.
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"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE IS?!" Naruto bellowed at a very frightened Ino. His fists were clenched, his eyes cold and wide with anger, and his lips in a snarl.
"I woke up and she was gone!" Ino cried, clearly scared at Naruto's reaction. "No note, NOTHING!" Her heart was beating fast out of pure fright, and she could feel her eyes watering slightly.
Naruto growled deeply at Ino's response, and turned on his heel sharply, exiting the room, and slamming the door behind him, making some of the loose contents in the bathroom rattle from the force he had used. Ino was literally shaking from fright, and had to sit down to be sure that she wouldn't fall over. She let a few tears escape from her timid state before composing herself and washing up.
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By the time Naruto had arrived, Neji, Kiba, Tenten, Hinata, Temari, Sakura, Kankuro, Shikamaru, Gaara, Sasuke, and Lee had joined Kin and Sai. All 13 teenagers were in a delightful side conversation while eating their breakfast. That was…until…
"Kin!" Naruto yelled. "Where the hell were you?!" The sudden yell made Kin jump slightly, and her eyes met Naruto's.
"I was…wandering around the ship…"she admitted, and getting a gasp from Hinata, before she fainted from even the slightest thought of her friend walking around a ship with her murderous mother on it.
"Alone?!" This seemed to enrage Naruto even more.
Kin was up and out of her seat, and she grabbed Naruto by the arm dragging him out to the deck so that they could talk in private.
After they had left, Ino arrived, a little more timid than her usual chatty self. She was still worked up from the rage Naruto had taken out on her verbally, and kept mostly to herself.
"What the hell was that back there?" Kin demanded, somewhat embarrassed at the little scene they had conjured up.
"Where were you this morning? You weren't in the room and Ino had no idea where you were!" Naruto's expression changed from anger to a sad, little pout face a five year old boy gets when his mother deprives him of one single piece of candy. "You have no idea how much I worry about you."
Kin sighed. "I…was going up to the buffet. That's the honest truth. I was with Rin san…and then I stayed at the table with Sai until the others came." She replied truthfully.
Naruto brought Kin into an embrace. "Next time at least tell Ino…" he whispered into her hair, closing his eyes and inhaling the sweet vanilla scent from her shampoo. "I'm sorry I snapped at you."
"It's okay." Kin took in the scent of his cologne, nuzzling his neck slightly before they broke away. "Let's head back there before they get suspicious."
Naruto grinned and grabbed her hand. The two returned into the dining hall, where Lee and Ino were the only that remained, engaging in small talk. "Hey guys…Ino…sorry…about earlier and all..." Naruto apologized.
"Oh! It's fine." Ino accepted the apology. "I know how much you care about her." She smiled at Kin. "By the way, Kakashi sensei came by after you guys left, it's time to go to training, but we have to grab all of the items he gave us." She stood up. "C'mon Kin. I promise I won't let her out of my sight Naruto."
Naruto released Kin's hand, to join his own room mate and leave. "See you Kin!"
Kin waved, as Ino grabbed her arm, and led her to the elevators waiting. As the two girls entered the elevator, Kin couldn't help but ask. "What did Naruto apologize for?" she was out of the loop on that one. "About him caring so much about me…"
"Oh…it was nothing." Ino waved it off dismissively. "He just freaked out when he couldn't find you and kinda took it out on me verbally." She watched the Oto girl's eyes widen in shock and horror.
"What did he say to you?!" Kin asked, horrified at what Ino had told her.
"Kin, it's fine. He was just worried. If I couldn't find Gaara, and some killer was after him, and he didn't have his sand, I would've done the same thing. Don't even sweat it." Ino grasped her friend by both shoulders and shook her lightly. "It's fine. Chill." The elevator door opened, releasing the girls to the floor their room was on.
Hinata looked around; only 11 of them were in the room, not including the senseis. She quickly figured out that it was Naruto, Lee, Ino, and Kin missing, and remembered the little commotion at breakfast. Then Ino and Kin entered, Kin had metal orb-like objects strapped to her waist, Ino had a large katana attached to her back. Naruto and Lee entered soon after wards, the four taking a seat with the others.
"Okay!" Anko was center stage, commanding everyone's attention. "Listen up!" She set her hands on her hips. "Now! Take out the little case of contacts Kakashi gave you." She watched all fifteen take out the case in record time. "Now! Quickly, put them in, unless you're a Hyuuga, or an Uchiha." she watched all the students perform the steps necessary, including breaking out the hand wipes so their hands were sanitary to put the solution onto, and put the contacts in. "Don't worry kids, this will only take a moment. Oi!" Anko's eye contact met Kin. "Tsuchi! Throw me one of the smoke bombs." Kin took one from her belt, and threw it to Anko, who caught it. "Nice throw." Anko smirked. "Now. I'm going to say this very simply. Hyuuga's, Uchiha, I think we gave you a little demo before this meeting on how to activate your Byukagon and Sharingan. Do so now."
She watched the three perform the hand signs. Neji and Hinata tensed, while Sasuke maintained his normal figure. "Do we even need our contacts?" Neji asked blankly.
"No. You can see through anything. Except clothes. So stop trying Hyuuga." Anko glared at Neji, who slightly flushed. "Now! I'm going to throw one of Tsuchi's smoke bombs. If nothing really happens to your vision, then you know the contacts work." Anko threw down the bomb, and to her, the entire room clouded up with black smoke. She performed a few hand signs, which sent the smoke back to the bomb, making it re-usable. "Okay kiddo's. Take the contacts out. Hyuuga's, Uchiha, drop your bloodline." She watched the fifteen, minus Sasuke, Hinata, and Neji, remove the contacts. "Now I'd like you to see why you should never forget those babies." She threw down the bomb, releasing the dark smoke, and making it difficult to see. A few people screamed before Anko cleared the smoke. Before she could say anything, Kakashi and Asuma pushed her off the stage.
"Okay. We obviously can't have you all attacking if we have more than one person attacking us, so we've split you up into groups of three. These groups are final, no we won't change them. We've split you up by ability and strength, so deal with it." Kakashi sighed. "Get up onto stage when you're name is called and stand with your group. Go ahead Asuma…"
Asuma took a clipboard from Rin, and read off names. "Cell One….Sai….Uzumaki, Naruto…..Tenten."
Naruto rose, along with Sai and Tenten, and jointed them up on stage right.
"Cell Two….Hyuuga, Neji….Tsuchi, Kin….Haruno, Sakura…."
Naruto's eyes widened slightly at the sound of Sakura and Kin in the same team… Kin gaped at Sakura, who gaped at her, as the two scowled and walked up to stage left.
"Cell Three….Kankuro…Rock, Lee…Hyuuga, Hinata…"
Hinata, Kankuro, and Lee went stage right.
"Cell Four….Inuzuka, Kiba…Yamanaka, Ino…Temari."
The brunette and blondes went up stage left.
"Last but not least…Cell Five…Uchiha, Sasuke…Gaara…Nara, Shikamaru…" Asuma finished, as the three boys walked up. "We've divided you're teams up by skill, if you don't believe us…we'll read off the names. The eight strongest: Temari (4)…Nara, Shikamaru (5)…Gaara (5) …Haruno, Sakura (2) …Hyuuga, Neji (2) …Uchiha, Sasuke (5) …and Rock Lee (3) . The seven average: Hyuuga, Hinata (3) …Tenten (1) … Inuzuka, Kiba (4)… Uzumaki, Naruto… (1)…Tsuchi, Kin (2)…Sai (1)… Yamanaka, Ino (4) …and Kankuro (3)."
Kakashi glanced down at his watch. "Ah…go sit in the audience with your group as we discuss training for next time." He watched the fifteen scatter into the audience with the groups. "Rin. This is where you come in."
Rin walked up to center stage as Asuma and Kakashi stepped out of her way. "Okay then! First off, specialty items. You've been given packets with visuals on how to conduct your chakra. We expect you to study that like it's your lifeline." She nodded. "And the weapons we've given you are not toys. They're lethal." She had a serious face. "But you each have what we like to call, specialty items. This is your specialty, and no one elses. For example, I specialize in medic, so I have the medic case. Uh…you…brown hair…."
"Kankuro." Kankuro sighed, when she kept pointing to him, but couldn't seem to remember his name.
"Ah! Kankuro! Yes. Kankuro here specializes in puppetry. It's just his special talent." Rin smiled. "Yes. So…we're just about to wrap the talking part of this meeting up. Remember, our next meeting is when we're in San Diego, Mission Bay. We'll drive you to La Jolla to shop at the mall there for combat clothing." She heard all of the girls scream in excitement and all the boys shrink back in fear. "I guess that means all of our ladies will make it…now, just talk with your groups for now." She left, leaving the teens to talk.
Sakura turned to Kin. "Look Kin…" she looked down as she spoke, her pink hair falling over her pale face. "I know…we've had some difficulties in the past…" Kin nodded. "But…I want to put all that behind us." Sakura looked up at Kin and gave a real genuine smile. "I…I really am sorry Kin. I mean…I feel horrible every day for what I've done, we could've been really good friends.." she looked down again.
Kin smirked at Sakura. "What do you mean 'could've' been good friends. We still can." She easily forgave the girl who had caused most of her first semester havoc.
"Really?" Sakura looked up hopfully.
"Really." Kin laughed.
Neji wasn't enjoying the little touchy moment his team was having.
Over with Cell One…Naruto was currently questioning Sai on his favorite kinds of ramen.
"What about miso?"
"Hn."
"Chicken?"
"Hn."
"Pork?"
"Damn it you mother fucking blonde. Do you even have a dick?" Sai finally spoke, causing Naruto to flush slightly and glance over at Kin to make sure she hadn't heard it.
"What?!" Naruto yelled, in a threatening tone. Tenten pretty much stayed out of this.
"Damn. It. You. Mother. Fucking. Blonde. DO. YOU. EVEN. HAVE. A. DICK." Sai repeated, significantly louder. Naruto could feel the entire room-minus the sensei's that were backstage somewhere-staring at him. Naruto's face heated up big time. He knew Kin had heard that time.
"Fuck you Sai!" Naruto lunged at Sai, but Tenten grabbed him, and forced the two apart.
"Enough already!" She growled. Seeing as Tenten was taking care of things, the groups went back to their chatter.
With Cell Three.
Hinata and Lee participated in small talk, while Kankuro acknowledged what they said at some times, but mostly watching Tenten to make sure that Sai person didn't hit on her.
"Would you mind explaining your theory on the concept of youth Lee?" Hinata asked timidly.
"Of course Hinata!" Lee cried jubilantly, receiving a glare from Sasuke, who was, at the moment, fairly overprotective of Hinata. Lee began to explain his concept.
With Cell Four.
"Kiba! For the last time! Flowers smell WAY better than WET DOGS!" Ino screeched.
"No way! I would know! Tsunade sama intensified my smell!" Kiba argued.
"OI! Hold on!" Temari broke up the fight. "One. Ino's right. Flowers smell a hell of a lot better than wet dogs. What kind of glue are you smelling Kiba?" Temari asked blankly. "Two. Don't fight. You're giving me a fucking migrane!"
With Cell Five.
"Hn."
"Troublesome."
"…"
Anko returned from behind the stage. "Oi! You're all dismissed. Get the hell out of here."
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Chibi: This chapter was fairly long. It was to compensate for the fact that I took so darn long to update! I swear its report after essay after project. And now STAR testing?! Ai yai yai! I hope you enjoyed!