Exhausted, she closed the door and placed the ramen in her small fridge.
Dekani threw the kunai that was in her sleeve back on her desk. Then, replacing the seal back on the envelope, she placed it in a secret compartment located in her floor. Dekani glanced at the time.
"8:30," She mumbled with distaste in the fact that she had to wake up early tomorrow. Then groggily changing into her night pajamas, Dekani flopped into her bed. The comfort was welcoming and she was out within minutes.
Again she was woken by the vexed noise of the new alarm clock she had bought the other day. Dekani cracked her eyes open, 4:45 am, she had to be there in fifteen minutes. With a loud groan and seemly much effort, she had a short shower and threw on her clothes. She grabbed a small bag and packed some snacks and a water bottle in it. Then, after adjusting her katana, she walked out into the morning air.
The air was a bit chilly. Dekani glanced up at the sky; the morning had apparently called for a slight overcast. The morning rays were pushing their way through the few grey clouds. She sighed and hopped of her porch to the streets below and started to run towards the training ground in the forest.
When Dekani arrived Naruto was sitting asleep on the grass. Sakura and Sasuke were standing apparently bored. She chuckled and went to join them. Sasuke glanced at her and made eye contact, he nodded. Dekani smiled and leaned up against a tree. Sakura's temper started to emit short grunts. Dekani smirked again, amused.
Minutes passed by slowly, no words were spoken between them, and there still was no sign of Kakashi. Sakura had sat down to join Naruto. Dekani could feel the annoyance build in the atmosphere. She flopped to the ground and started to play with her sword.
All of the sudden she heard a faint rustle behind her. Dekani placed her katana back in its sheath and turned to see Kakashi sauntering up the path.
"Good Morning!" He acknowledged them in a cheerful tone. Naruto and Sakura leapt to their feet in anger.
"You're late!" They both said shoving their finger in Kakashi's direction. The duo looked like they were about to kill him.
Kakashi waved his arms, "Well you see a black cat crossed my path and..." He stopped and looked at Sakura and Naruto who didn't seem to believe his excuse. Dekani chuckled. Kakashi sighed, "Well lets go." He pointed down a path next to the one he came from.
Dekani lazily pushed herself to her feet and started to walk behind the tired group. They stopped at stump that had an old fashion alarm clock sitting on it; there were two other stumps beside it. After they set their bags beside the dead tree, Kakashi pushed a button on the clock.
"Alarm is set for 12:00 p.m.!"
Dekani looked at him curiously as he grabbed three small bells out form his sack that rung softly when they smacked together.
"Today's topic is to get one of these bells from me," He instructed placing his had on his hip. Kakashi gave the bells a quick flick, taunting them with its rings. "Who ever can't, will not have any lunch!"
Sakura gave a small gasp. Dekani bit her lip to hold in a laugh.
Kakashi pointed to three stumps to the right of them. "I'm going to tie you there, and eat lunch in front of you!"
Dekani could hear Naruto's stomach rumble. She looked over to see that everyone bore a look of disgust and hunger; Dekani rolled her eyes.
"So that why he said..." She heard Sasuke mumble.
"...Don't eat breakfast." Sakura whimpered as she finished off Sasuke's comment. "But wait," Sakura suddenly stood up taller, "why is their only three bells?"
Dekani placed her hand on her forehead annoyed, she's smart. Dekani adjusted her stance into more of a comfortable position.
Kakashi's expression lit up with amusement. "Since there is only three bells at least one of you will have to be tied to the log. That person will fail since he failed to complete my mission." Kakashi once again started to shake the bells. "This person will go back to the academy."
Dekani smirked; she was expecting something like this. She looked at her teammates, they had apparently forgotten the lunch portion of the mission and now were looking more determined them ever. Dekani turned her attention back to Kakashi as he continued his explanation.
"It might be one, or all four. You can use your shuriken or whatever weapon you have." Indicating Dekani's katana. "You won't be able to get this unless you come at me to kill."
Sakura waved her arms in protest. "But that is to dangerous, Sensei!" Dekani cocked her head at Sakura's comment; she was underestimating him.
"Yeah," Naruto stated confidently, "You couldn't even dodge that chalk eraser!"
Dekani sighed and lowered her head; they didn't understand what power people like Kakashi truly possessed. She glanced over at the timer that was running; they were taking too much time for the explanation.
Kakashi turned towards Naruto. "In society, those who don't have many abilities tend to complain more." He paused, "Ignore the one with the lowest score."
Dekani chuckled at her teacher's humor, amusing. Naruto glared at Kakashi, who had turned to face the rest of the group.
"Okay, we are going to start after I say, 'Ready, start'."
She could feel Naruto starting to fume. He hadn't taken Kakashi's side remark too well. Suddenly, yet expectantly, Naruto whipped a Kunai out of his pouch and lunged towards Kakashi. With quick movements Kakashi had grabbed Naruto's hand that was holding the kunai and yanked it behind his back so the weapon was pointing at Naruto's head. The Sensei's other hand was holding onto Naruto's blonde hair. Again there was a small gasp from Sakura and a surprised grunt from Sasuke. Dekani calmly shifted her position.
"Don't get so hasty." Kakashi warned Naruto not letting go of him, "I didn't say start yet." Sasuke and Sakura started to back away from their teacher; Dekani continued to keep her original position. After a few more seconds Kakashi let go of Naruto, who stumbled away from him. Kakashi glance at her and narrowed his eyes. She heard him faintly mumble something to himself, then, he turned to the rest of them.
"But it looks like you have the will to kill me now." He said, causally resting on his heals. He laughed and looked at them with even more amusement. "We're going to start!"
Dekani grinned and bent her knee getting ready to jump, as did the others.
"Ready, start!" Kakashi shouted. Then all at once, then jumped away to find a hiding spot in the near by brush.