Chapter Chapter 10 wooooooo! I sort of wanted to give up on this but seeing that I got 3 reviews on the last chapter Im renewing my hope for this story yay! Also its the weekend, and my birthday on sunday so thats put me in an awesome mood and ready for writing.
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The next week or so was spent repairing what we could of the village. Some of the building were past saving and would have to been completely taken down and rebuilt at a later date. Luckily for Sasuke and I the Uchiha estate was far enough out on the edge of the village to avoid any harm coming to it. I counted myself one of the lucky ones when I returned there after the assault on the village. Kakashi of course had accompanied me. Jiraya had planned to take Naruto with him to find Tsunade, who would become the new Hokage. I had made a firm decision after the death of the Hokage to resign from my position in the ANBU, it was too hard for me now. I instead returned to the old title of Jounin and would be taking on a team who had lost their sensei during the battle. I was almost nervous to meet them, I didnt want them to feel I was trying to take the place of their old sensei. They were a year or two older then Naruto and Sasuke and one of them had already achieved the Chuunin rank.
Kakashi being the idiot he was just told me 'You'll be fine.' Yeah. Thanks for that really reassured me. -_-
I had agreed to meet them near the west bridge, but got there alot earlier then the 2pm meeting time I had set. I sat ontop of the red frame that formed the bridge staring out at the village. It did feel awfully strange dressing in my Jounin uniform again. I had modified mine slightly, I kept my usual outfit instead of the dark blue trousers and undershirt like Kakashi. My green vest also had a custom Uchiha symbol beneath the red swirl. I was jolted from my village gazing as I noticed a young boy stroll onto the bridge and stop, he hadnt noticed me.
I took the time to inspect him, I remembered the information sheets which of my team he was.
Batora Yuzuki. Age 15, became a Chuunin two years ago. No kekkai genkai to speak off, generally skilled in all area's. Smart ass, very interligent and more of a strategist. He leant against the railing of the bridge allowing his grey eyes to adjust to his surroundings. His hair was fairly short, only falling a little over the left side of his head and was a dark shade of red. He must of been no taller then 5,7. Damm it one of the brats are already taller then me? The outfit he wore seemed to fit what I had gathered about his personality. Dark grey trousers, black ankle sandels, a black loose shirt with his head band around his waist. He kept a cool exterior as one of his other teammates joined him, this one seemed abit more my cup of tea.
He was brightly smiling as he waved toward his friend, reaching him and began talking. He had light brown hair which was neatly cut short and bright blue eyes which reminded me of Naruto. He was definantly Kiko Kaname. Age 14, still a genin. He wore his headband proudly across his forehead, a green fitted shirt, Navy blue knee length shorts and blue ankle sandels. In the pack I recieved he was described as slightly slow but hard working. Decent skills, but could improve in some area's and had some sort of tracking Kekkai Genkai which allowed him to find anyone by the pattern of their brain waves. Confused? Me too. All I know is it was known for being the ability of the Kiko clan, a small group that had migrated from the Hidden Rock a few decades ago. Luckily for me this kid seemed to be my height roughly, no doubt he would grow though.
Soon they were joined by their final member a young girl who seemed rather fragile at first glance. That would be Hizuma Sayori or 'Yori' as it said she prefered to be called. Age 14, still a genin like Kaname. No Kekkai Genkai, alright skills in all fields. Nothing too special, reasonablely intelligent. I had a feeling she would be the Sakura of the group. She wore her headband around her thigh over her white shorts, she had a yellow vest top with a loose black one over the top and black sandels. Her hair was fairly long and blonde while her eyes were an odd shade of amber. I had a feeling she liked yellow? She soon joined in the conversation with the other too and became very comfortable, looking less fragile then she had moments ago.
"When's our new Senei meant to be getting here? Im so bored!" Kaname excalimed jumping up onto the railing and sitting on it beside Yuzuki.
"She should be here by now." Yori whined, crossing her arms over her flat chest. I just sat watching them, this was my first little test. See who notices Sensei first wins the cookie.
"You idiots, no wonder you're still genin. Shes up there waiting for our attention." Yuzuki calmly answered looking up directly at me. The others turned with a slightly confused and shocked expression before I leaped down infront of them.
"Well done, you just earnt yourself an imaginary cookie." They gave me strange looks. I gave them all a once over before beginning my 'Sensei speech'
"Anyway, that was a small test to see how good your detection skills are. I barely covered my chakra yet only one of you noticed, we'll have to work on that." I announced, with their full attention on me.
"My name is Uchiha Riku, I will be the Sensei for Team 12 now. I dont take 'I cants' and 'Im tireds', you cannot give up on the battle field because you're 'tired' and you wont be doing that in my training. I already know who each of you are, no need for introductions. I would however like to see some live examples of your skills, written examples just wont do for me. Any questions?" I answered smiling at the trio who just looked at me almost worried. Yori raised her hand.
"Sensei? You said your name...Uchiha? You're the last female arnt you?" She asked nervously.
"Yes I am. Another little note, I dont mind answering questions just when its things like family I dont like going into details." I gave her a reassuring smile before she relaxed. Then Kaname excitedly blurted out.
"So you have the Sharingan? Can we see?" He almost yelled, I laughed and nodded.
"You can but not right now." His face fell. " I'll show you soon I promise, I just dont like to use it when it isnt needed." He nodded before we all headed off to one of the old training grounds, assessing them was key to who I would forcefully push and who I would only need to slightly push.
It was around 5 before I let them go home, I had made them spar each other in order to see their strengths and weakenesses. All of them had room for improvement in Taijutsu and Chakra control. Yuzuki just needed practise overall, he didnt need much focus from me. Kaname needed help with Detection, speed and techniques but he seemed to be the most enjoyable to teach. Yori required detection, techniques, speed and strategies. She attempted attacking Yuzuki flat out, ending up face first on the floor gentely. I strolled through through the village center just as the sun was setting, peacfully minding my own business when I noticed Kakashi heading toward me. I waved at him just before he reached me.
"How'd it go today?" He asked, falling into step beside me.
"It wasnt that bad, for the first team ive had in a few years they're a good bunch of kids." I smiled giving him a small nod. He returned it and we continued to walk quietly until reaching the Uchiha estate.
"Hey Riku?"
"Yeah?" I asked the white haired man. He looked slightly heisitant before rubbing the back of his head. Was he nervous?
"Never mind, I'll see you tomorrow." He answered, regaining his cool exterior and poofing away infront of me.
"That was strange." I mumbled before heading down the streets to the main house. I could see Sasuke's light on meaning he was home as I reached the front entrance. I slid in and headed for the kitchen to make us some dinner. I didnt really care if he had already eaten, I just felt like making a good meal. The table was soon filled with various rices and fish before Sasuke appeared from his man cave giving me a strange look.
"Whats wrong?" He asked seating himself at the table. I turned and shrugged before continuing to clean the mess.
"You only cook this amount when somethings bothering you." Sighing I sat down across the table infront of him, holding my head up with my hands.
"Have you ever thought that friends could be more then that? Hypothetically." I asked. After saying this however, I realised this is Sasuke. He has no emotions, or any people he would consider friends..maybe minus Naruto but I doubt either of them swung that way.
"I dont know why?" He answered raising an eyebrow at me.
"No reason just thinking out loud. Now eat before it goes cold." I ordered dumping various foods on the poor boys plate, its a wonder he isnt fat.
I woke up the next morning in an extremely bad mood with an odd feeling that something wasnt right. I checked the house, nothing was out of place. But I couldnt shake the feeling that something bad was about to happen. Sasuke left early morning, probably to train, leaving me alone once again. I showered and changed before heading out to see my team. It was our first official session today and I had no idea what I was going to teach them, they required different levels each. Damm children. Yuzuki was of course the first there, followed by Yori then about 15 minutes later Kaname showed up obviously having just gotten out of bed.
"Right today we will be working on detection and how to mask your own chakra. These are both key skills in order to succeed in infiltration and retrieval missions..." My lecture went on and on with the techniques we used until they were all practising it, leaving me sat under a tree watching. They were picking it up quicker then expected, I was impressed to say the least.
Riku-nee san come play with me!
Im a little busy at the moment, but how about after dinner?
My head began to feel like I had cracked it on a rock as I sat watching them train. Where had that come from? I didnt even notice Kaname come up to me.
"Riku Sensei, are you alright?" He asked crouching infront of me. I shook my head and smiled.
"Yeah im fine, just a migrane. I think ill call it for today." I answered, giving his hair a playful ruffle.
"You all did well today, feel free to take the rest of the day off." I announce before they all left me. It was around 12 when I decided to leave the grounds, might aswell go see Kakashi.
Ding ding ding.
I could here a small bell chime as I was nearing the river, where did I know that from? I turned around the corner to see Asuma, Kurenai and Kakashi standing infront of two men in black cloaks with red clouds. They must of been from the group 'Akatsuki' that Jiraya had told us about. Before I could do anything my eyes locked onto the small man. Raven Hair. Gentle face. Sharingan.
Itachi.
My mouth ran dry at the very sight of him. A feeling of rage, sickness and worry over came me as I sprinted towards the fighting group. The taller one was heading toward Asuma, brandishing a long broad sword. I leaped infront giving him a swift kick to the upper chest sending him back into the rivers railing, activating my sharingan at the same time. I looked toward Itachi who's face softened slightly as he stared back at me. It had been 5 years and he was still the same, just abit taller.
"Riku-nee.." His deep voice began.
"Why are you here?" I demanded cutting him off from spouting more lies.
"Hey Itachi-san who's the girl?" The blue, shark like man asked taking his place beside my brother.
"My older sister." He answered keeping his red eyes on me. "You are looking well." I snorted giving him a sour look.
"Like you care you murderous bastard. I should kill you where you stand after what you did!" I shouted, my anger obviously getting the better of me. Hell hath no fury like an Uchiha scorned. He frowned at me before I heard Kakashi collapse behind me. I turned and moved back towards him catching him as he fell.
"You will understand one day. Maybe sooner then you think. Kisame, we're leaving." And with that my baby brother disappeared again before my eyes. I hadnt even noticed Guy being there the entire time until he placed a hand on my shoulder.
"We need to get him to the hospital." I nodded and helped guy lift him up as we exited, along with Kurenai and Asuma in tow. Sasuke would have a field day if he found out.
Woo Itachi's grand appearance and the introduction of Team 12 all OC's of mine :) Hope you enjoyed the chapter and if you can please review they're always lovely to read (:
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