Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Kishimoto-sensei
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11 years old Itachi was approaching Izumi and gave her the paper bag "Here, I bought them for you"
Izumi's eyes widened as she opened the bag "That's... ... ...a lot, you want to share with me?"
Itachi sat down and took one stick of dango from the bag.
They both sat on the lakeside, enjoying the dango.
"You'll be Chūnin next time" said Itachi.
Izumi looked at sky and heaved a sigh "It was stupid of me, shouldn't have fought an Akimichi using strength. Mai was smart, she fought Dan, a water-user who was our senior, using lava primarily, leading Dan into false security then defeated him with taijutsu. And Hana! Hana cornered her opponent, gave a chance to surrender before attacking him with her family's jutsu. I- I don't know what triggered me to fight an Akimichi like that" Izumi shook her head.
"So what'll happen to your team now?" asked Itachi.
"Hana, Mai and Izumi-sensei are going for a long-term mission on Border Patrol with one of Mai's nii-san's friends. They asked me, but I declined. I need to train more. So I'm joining another team now until the next Chūnin Exam" Izumi turned to Itachi "How's ANBU treating you?"
Itachi had a far-away look before answering "They are okay"
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THUMP! THUMP! SWOOOSH! THUMP! THUMP!
"Good! Good! Now prepare for a farewell kick!" shouted Gai as he somersaulted and aimed a high-speed kick onto Mai.
"Lava wall!" blocked Mai. Gai grabbed a kunai and jammed it on the ground as a break, before backflipping and landed on his feet.
"THAT-" Gai fighting back a tear "WAS GOOD MAI!" following by thumb up pose to a beaming Mai. He hugged her and said "When you got back, I'll teach you how to open your gate"
"Thank you nii-san!" Mai hugged Gai again and took off for her mission.
Gai looked at Mai until she's gone before said "You can come out now".
Izumi appeared and bowed in front of Gai "Gai-san, please train me"
Gai was ecstatic.
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Kakashi was on the way back from training with his ANBU team when he saw something that made him turned his head twice.
Gai, running with Izumi, both wearing green jumpsuit.
"Oh dear God, Nooooo!" screamed Kakashi inwardly.
Meanwhile Itachi's eyes widened 'I know she spoke of training, I didn't know she would go this extreme'
'I guess that's meant, she's being serious. All the best, Izumi' Itachi cheered on Izumi in his heart.
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End
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Omake
The sounds of footsteps can be heard.
"Come Mei, come" 22 years old Mina urged her 4-years old niece to run.
They had heard of it, the rumours.
But it was so outlandish that they decided not to believe it.
Someone up there wanted to purge those with Kekkei Genkai.
Now they are paying the price.
Mina herself was not a shinobi, but her brother was and her niece appeared to possess two Kekkei Genkai.
Mei's father stayed behind to delayed their attackers while Mina and Mei ran to safety.
'"Don't think you can run forever!" shouted a voice.
Mina cried while running and now carrying Mei, that voice meant that nii-san had died.
She reached a cliff, she turned and saw the masked shinobi, Hunter-nin.
Hugging Mei tightly, she jumped and prayed in her heart that Mei will survive.
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"Mei!" Mina opened her eyes and saw that she was in a hut.
She turned and saw a man, wearing some weird clothes-
-she scrambled to-
"Wait! Wait! Wait! Don't worry, I'm not here to harm you!" said the man.
Mina paused, she looked at the person cautiously.
"I found you two weeks ago by the beach. This hut belongs to a doctor that I've known for a while...you are safe now" said the man.
"You- found me alone?" asked Mina.
The guy nodded his head.
Mina wept quietly 'Mei, I hope you made it to safety.
"Are you... ... ...alright?" asked the person.
Mina nodded as she wiped her tears "I'm sorry, I forgot to thank you- er..."
"My name is Maito Dai" said the person with a thumb up and a toothy smile-
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"...and that's how I first met your tō-chan" said Mina to a 3-years old Mai.
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A/N: Sorry for the omake format. I've fixed them but they revert back to centralize.
