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The girl in the mirror look so much different than six years ago.

Her once long black hair was cut into chin-length. The girl swept her bang to the left, only for it to fall down between her honey-colored eyes. She let out of sigh of resignation, finally decided to brush it off her slightly tanned skin on her forehead and put a black hair clip for reassurance. She look at the mirror to check for a misplace things.

Black long pant, dark blue vest, simple just as the way she want.

The girl smile as she check her shuriken case on her right thigh and the weapon bag.

"That's about it?" She tugged on her finger-less glove, getting ready to go out, only to realized that she has forget the most important things

"Way to go, future Kunochi, you just about to forget your own forehead protector in the first day," The girl hit herself in the head, reaching out to the shiny head protector and tied it securely on her forehead.

"Only 7 years left, huh?"

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Walking down the street really help me to calm down the excitement boiling inside my head. To be honest, I wasn't so sure of myself whether I could pass off as a Kunochi or not, since I am not really good when its come to teamwork.

I stroll down the path, sensing the familiar chakra signal away from me. I smiled when I instantly know who it is.

I quietly tip toe to the source, finding the boy leaning on the wall, the same spot he has waited for her during six years of learning. My smile become wider when he still doesn't know that I am here.

Great.

I held my breathe and creep to his side. He was currently taken a interest in a unique pattern Kimono on the side-walk so he doesn't even know what I was about to do with him.

I lean into his ear and blow.

The next moment make me rolling with laughter inside my head.

The boy jump, his eyes are widen as if his eyes are going to pop out.

"Eieee!" The shock noise the boy make me want to laugh, it was even harder to maintain my composure when I saw his bright red face turn to me with a glare.

"You can't become a good shinobi if I could catch you off guard like that, Shinku-kun" I winked, grinning ear to ear.

Shinku furrow his eyebrow in embarrassment. His indigo hair was longer, almost covering his left eyes. His bloody eyes were sharper, and more less rounder than when he was a child. Six years pass and his twitching and fear has calm down. Although he has been shorter than me (which I always tease him about it,a lot), I have to admit he have become...manlier?

He was still my adorable childhood friend, though.

"D-Don't blow into my ear, Ayu-chan," He shudder slightly when he thought back, then hiss at me with low whisper "It was cheating. You were hiding your chakra signal."

And let's say, my habit of teasing Shinku... have worsen.

I laughed, and grin while feverishly mess up his hair "No can do with no practice, Shin-chan!"

He blushed and swap her hand away from his head, "Stop calling me that! I am not a kid anymore, you know."

"Right, right," I hummed, couldn't keep my happiness to myself. I start to walk to the academy, Shinku by my side. "But it is today, isn't it?"

The silence come for a moment, until Shinku smiled, "Yeah, it is our graduation day, afterall."

"Congratulation on passing the test everyone," Sensei (which I still didn't remember his name) smile, "This will be the first day you will all be consider as adult. We will divide each one of you in to group of three under a guidence of Jonin Instructor."

The whine and noise erupted from the whole class. I, in the meantime, was staring off the window.

I don't want to be in the class, it always remind me of my selfishness. My sin.

The seat on my right beside me was empty. I felt a hollow feeling inside me when I saw the layer of dust.

Shinku nudged my arm, whispering in his soft voice, "Stilling thinking of her, Ayu-chan?"

I moved my head to stared at Shinku, unable to voice anythings except giving him a sad smile.

"It was... an unfortunate situation. We couldn't do anything, Ayu-chan."

How wrong of you, Shinku.

I sighed before burying my head in my arm, patiently waiting for the teacher to finish his monologue.

Instead of moping with myself, I went to guessing what my team would be like.

I tired to calculate which team I could be on. Technically, I planned on being with Shinku since he have generally a average grade. The nervousness run down my spine when I imagine what its going to be in Lee and Neji's team. It would be a headache, I would never be able to handle Lee and Guy...cheeriness. I steal a glance at Tenten, the future female teammate of the two troublesome boys, and couldn't help but pity her.

Tenten appeared when the Uchiha masscares. When the student in the class decreased, the teacher combined two class together. That was the time Tenten have moved in. She was tomboyish type, but also like girly stuff like fortune telling. Not to mention she have a cute face.

Good luck with being the middle man, Tenten.

I give her an encouraging thought for a while, then go back on sleeping.

"We will then announce team to be assigned to each Jounin, please come in." I pause a little bit when I felt the large amount of chakra outside pouring in to the class, and finally found my energy to lift my head and look in front of the class.

And the first thing I see is the gravity defying white hair that stick out of the crowed.

Oh shit, isn't that Kakashi?

I merely able to contain my dying groan of thousand years of pain when I realized I overlook another important character.

Our favorite scare-crow.

Okay, he was not my favorite right now when he was completely an ass (for the time being), and acted like an old pervert geezer (like certain Sanin). So please, please don't let's me in his team. I love to see him in action, really, but truly not up-close, neither being in the same team as him (Only to fail us later).

The teacher coughed lightly to gain our attention, "I will be announcing the team to assigned to one of Jounin instructor here."

For the first time in forever, the class was quite I swear I could hear a sound of a pin dropping. Everyone in the class look nervous as hell. They twitch here and there, too nervous to say anything.

"Team one," The teacher looking to the paper, "Yamaguchi Aiko, Gouto Rei, Akimoto Makoto,"

One of the Jounin raise his hand lazily.

Still not Kakashi.

"Team two, Ryuuto, Hiroyuki Jun, Kiyo Izumi"

Female Jounin step up and smile.

I dig my nail into my skin.

Defenitely not Kakashi.

"Team three...Rock Lee, Tenten, Hyuuga Neji."

"How YOUTHFUL!" The loud shout (or scream? I don't know, but it's too loud) that made my eardrum hurt, erupted from the back of the class as a green light flicker in front of the class. It was so forceful that my scroll roll over because of the wind. The source of the voice yell 'dynamic entry!' in process.

And then came the sound.

Crash!

I winced a little the innocent desks in front of the classes took the damage and broken down. Maito Gai then turn and do the 'good guy pose'.

I can't help but shiver, almost unable to contain my laughter.

"Haha! I got my team first, my eternal rival Kakashi!" Maito Gai beamed to his 'supposedly' team, and shouted. "Just look at how YOUTHFUL they are!"

Kakashi just rolled his eyes, "Yes, yes, isn't that great?"

Than proceed to dig his nose into the book once more, much to Gai's disappointment.

I looked at the back of Gai's genin team.

Lee was staring at Gai with (I assume) a sparkling eyes, TenTen was shock with an expression like 'What the f*ck with him!', and Neji...

...was messaging his head as if he suddenly with a massive headache.

Yes, how youthful it is.

"So..." Our homeroom teacher coughed slightly, "Who is going to cover the desks' fee?"

In the end, I manage to escaped being in Kakashi team. It was lunch break and everyone went to eat with their respective teammate.

Bonding time shall it be.

I yawn and stretch while Shinku look as nervous as ever. Eiji Yuuma, our third team member, sit in front of the class. I took a peek in curiosity as I found him familiar. Exactly the same time when he turn his head and glare at Shinku.

Dressed in dull red attire, the boy name Eiji Yuuma was like a fire.

A fire, like in hot-head, and idiotic.

The boy beside me freeze and I felt him grabbing my hand for comfort under our desk. He was nervous, more nervous than I could tell. But what is he afraid of? I heard the boy in front grumble with his friend about how weak-looking the rest of his team are. Most of the part I didn't care, until he talk about the 'weird creepy eye kid'.

I should have known. He was an ass.

Shinku tighten his hand on this part as I narrowed my eyes. I thought I know now that why he was quite familiar. He was one of the boy that bully Shinku when I wasn't around.

"Don't be scared Shinku. You are strong, stronger than you yourself gave a credit for. Or else you wouldn't have pass the final exam, right?" I gave him a small reassure smile as I squeeze his hand back to remind him that I'm still with him.

"Yeah, it's just an old habit." Shinku gave me a dry smile, still have his hand over mine. At least he stop freezing. When he finally realize that he was still holding my hand. His face went beet red, letting go of my hand immediately. "S-sorry, I didn't mean to hold this long."

If I didn't know he was going through puberty, I would have thought he was very disgust in holding my hand, judging from how fast he let go.

I smirked slyly at him. "Huh? I rather like that though."

"Stop joking like that," He tried to act tough, but his cheek still paint with rosy color.

Ehehe, Shinku is so cute.

I tried not to laughed and pinch his cheek as I always do, because Shinku didn't really like being treat as such. He is in that age of being cool and tough.

He is going through puberty after all.

I don't mind passing through puberty again, since I really never took an interest in boys. I have too much responsibility than to took a day-off, looking and drooling at boys.

And please stop thinking of me as liking girls. I did enjoy looking at men's abs, thank you very much.

"Hey, hey, don't act like that. We are going to be a team after so would you mind-"

"Blah blah blah" Yuuma don't even attempt to listen to me. He just smirk and talk in arrogant tone. "Like I will need you, flat chest. Just go and become Iryo-nin or something. Isn't that what you girl only good at?"

I roll my eye.

Oh kami.

I have meet another bastard. This bastard who is a sexist of all people.

Someone up there must really hate me.

"You-You are wrong! Ayu-chan is strong." Shinku object in his nervous way. I admit that he has gut to say it out loud, although objecting to a boy like Yuuma make the situation get worse. I felt my pride swelling until the next sentence he said. "And about her chest, w-well, she is...still growing"

Zero. My admiration for Shinku has just drop to zero.

Hmm, It's good that you defend me, but I don't think you should talk women's chest in front of women, Shinku.

I mean, you shouldn't mention it in the first place.

"What is she growing, a second head? No way, she will be flat-chest for the rest of her live."

How do we end up discussing about my chest again?

And don't jinx, I still want to grow that feminine part of mine.

"I don't know why you are so concern about breast so much, Yuuma-kun. Is it that you have so much hidden affection toward women who has big boobs? and no, I don't think I can grow a second head, I doubt that it will make you stop being an ass and shut your foul stinky mouth" I don't know my anger is building until I speak to him with the widest, nicest smile I ever form. "Now, if you gentlemen stop arguing about my breast, could we go eat out and create our friendship bonding time or something?"

Six years of training with grandpa really paid off. I now can literary drag two child that is obviously bigger than me toward the training ground.

"Know your place, weakling! Why me, Yuuma-sama need to eat with you guys?!"

"Well, Yuuma-baka-san, you don't know the reason why sensei pick the time before lunch to announce the team?"

"Did you just call me an idiot?!"

"Oh, did I?" I fake an innocent face as Yuuma's face twisted in angry manner as Shinku start to pale...literally. "Now, back to the topic. Why? What do you think Yuuma-ba...-san?"

"Obviously, sensei

"Buzzz! Not quite. What do you think Shinku-kun?"

"M-Me?! W-well, If you ask me..." "I think that sensei want to us to prepare ourselves using the time in lunch break?"

Man, Shinku get in so quickly.

"That's correct!"

"Bullshit! what 'being prepared' got to do with anything?!"

"Just let me explain a bit before you go berserk, Yuu-baka-san." I quickly ignore Yuuma frown face. "Originally, the ninja will not stayed in the same team for long time. Once they are older and have enough experience, their team will naturally be disband. When they were set up with different people in their team, they need to try and get to know each other ability first before going out to do their mission."

"What benefit of doing that? Can't they just do the mission without wasting time."

"Yes, doing the mission is important, but having no clue about your teammate is dangerous. If I going to give example..." I close my eye trying to imagine the scenario. "Imagining yourself as a team leader. How could your know what is your subordinate good point? If you sent a genin with no experience in battle to the front line, isn't that a bit too much? Or someone with close combat ability but you put him in the supporting position, will he do any good?"

"...-caming from the person who have the lowest scores in class. Aren't you a bit arrogant, loser."

Clearly, he doesn't understand what's 'logic' mean.

While I tired to explain the meaning-he brush it off like my explanation is a bunch of Bull-SHIT.

Can I fucking kill the shit out of him right now?!

My hand twitch while my face gleam darkly with pure satisfaction when I imagine Yuuma choking for air and I am the one causing it.

That will be amusing sight, really.

Ahem, please forgive my rudeness.

It will not help the situation if one teammate was missing if whoever sensei called us in, either me or him. And I don't want to repeat a year in academy again, it not that I hate the academy but the risk of encountering the canon-characters are way too high. Now, what does grandpa told me in this situation.

'If the someone is so strong head, or regularly called one-way idiot, use his belief and manipulate him'

Manipulate, huh? Heh, I don't really want to use this method, but he deserved it.

"Yuuma-sama" I smiled sweetly and politely, like a perfect lady-like this idiot view on women "I really envious your talent in gaining such a high score in class. My grade was nothing compare to yours."

"And you just realized realized my greatness."

"Yes, yes, that's right" I put all my might in making it to be the most genuine smile as I could, "You probably know that sensei want us to get to know each other when we were on the break right? Since, well, you are smarter than me after all."

Hyuuga Tokuma was our Jonin instructor.

He was a Hyuuga.

I sighed both in desperation and relieve. I should have known by now that I really could escape the clan thing since they're occupation was mainly ninja. It should be fortunate when I didn't get Kakashi as my sensei. I doubt with our 'teamwork' would make us fail and change the plot.

Now the problem doesn't lay on the plot-line anymore, but Hyuuga Tokuma especially.

I take out my notebook and flip to the page about Hyuuga clan.

I don't really have much information about Hyuuga Tokuma because he doesn't appeared in the anime much. I overlook him that some point when I watch the anime. Vaguely, I had seen him once on the Shinobi war. There are several detail about him have high level byakugan. I didn't know his habit, whether he was a main breach member or not, and what was his like or dislike. But if he has a byakugan, he must possess the trait Hyuuga clan have.

360 degree vision, x-ray eyes and long distance vision.

Not to mention Hyuuga Taijutsu style.

I let out a long sigh, massaging my forehead to lower down my stress.

I once have a free time and I sit to write about a scenario when I have to encounter a clan shinobi. The result make my head burn for a whole day. The difference between clan and no specialty civilian was huge. That's why ninja clans in Konoha were being respect and have their head held high for a reason. Each of the clan have their own strong point and weakness which they cover it up with 'tradition'.

In Hyuuga's, they could detect the long distance attack, and took down their enemy in close combat. For good sake, they could even detect our chakra pathway.

What am I dealing with, a monster?

Genjutsu won't work. Either we have to have more taijutsu skill or speed to fight head on with him, we could have a chance. But from my experience when I watch the anime somehow make it different. We can't match up with our Jonin instructor in anyway.

Except for number. And number of three fresh mingle genin whose just graduate from ninja academy doesn't really count.

I even have him caught on my true strength which I tried to desperately hidden for you know how long. And it was going to ended because of my stupid pride. I could lost an element of surprised when he found out.

Blame it on hormones.

But not using the tiny advantage we have seem ridiculous. I rubbed my chin thoughtfully, trying to craft a plan to counter the Jonin.

It will going to be messy tomorrow.

Waking up in the morning was hell.

I swear I was a sleep, eating my breakfast this the morning. My taste buds didn't feel any taste. I rubbed my eyes tiredly, stuffing two onigiri inside my bag. Staying up late really wasn't a good idea, but preparing for today's fight should be worth it.

I cannot fail.

The clock tick, and I glance at it.

5.30 am

Good.

I tugged a devilish smile on my face.

Don't call me a cheater, sensei.

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"My name is Hyuuga Tokuma. I will be your teacher from this day on."

And then there was silence. I, Shinku and Yuuma sit awkwardly on a bench while we watch our new 'sensei' sip his tea in a calm manner.

"...Okay?" I was the one who break the discomforting aura in the air, "So is that it?"

"Having no patience is the least suitable trait Shinobi could have,"

My vein throb, as my eyes narrow in most dangerous way. Tokuma seem to ignore my reaction while going back to his calm posture once more. I swear I could hear Yuuma snickering around in the background.

"Oi!"

I click my tongue and lean back on the bench, letting out a long sigh. My shoulder relax and I raised the corner of my mouth into a smile. "Please, Hyuuga-san, I am sure being a little chatty doesn't mean that person is lack of patience, is it?"

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Shinku swallow his saliva and tried to desperately solved the situation.

"I-I think we should maybe...Err, introducing ourselves? As in things we like or dislike, and maybe some plan in the future?"

"Okay! then I will start first!," Yuuma grin while standing up. "My name is Eiji Yuuma! I like to beat up bad guys. I am really good in Taijutus. I want to be the best ninja acknowledged, something people will say 'Oh, that's him! The legendary Yuuma!'."

"In addition, his nickname is Yuuka-chan,"

"Yes, my nickname is Yuu- What the heck?!"

"Nope, I didn't say anything (lol)"

:Extra:

Tokuma is a calm man. People describe him as a compose, quiet and polite.

But when under his command, he expect that his team to be efficient. Although he didn't expect to have team on his own, he really didn't want to guide on clueless children into battle.

Especially the 'leftover' team.

There was no clan children in his team. Only a clueless civilian kids that have a potential to be a ninja. The leftover team shouldn't be able to pass the average test that Jounin would be given. But this year have been different. Since there are less clan children than last year, there would be more leftover team than before.

His first impression on his new team isn't like that, it was quite the opposite, actually.

Eiji Yuuma, the one with brown hair and brown eyes, was looking like he was bored out of his mind. He seem like he doesn't know the importance of this meeting at all. Tokuma had read his file, and find him to be capable of high score in Taijutsu, mid-score in Weapon test and low score in Genjutsu. He was noted that he also lack of strategy in dealing with difficult situation.

Tokuma move to stare at Masaki Shinku, the boy with indigo hair and bloody red eyes. He keep looking at the ground, stealing glance in his way now and then. His hunch shoulder show how he was self-conscious of himself. Lack of self confidence, in other word. Tokuma remembered that the boy show his talent in Genjutsu and his logical thinking. His score in weapon is above average. The only thing he was lack of was Taijutsu.

He sip his tea once, finally introduced his name.

"My name is Hyuuga Tokuma. I will be your teacher from this day on."

There are silence as his (not fully) student look at each other, and Tokuma said nothing else.

He wonder who was going to speak first?

"...Okay, so is that it?" Surprisingly, it was the only girl in the team that spoke first.

His eyes stared into hers.

The last member, Nakashima Ayumu, was completely civilian. Short black hair and honey colored eyes with average face. Her skill ranked above average in Taijutsu, average score in Genjutsu, logical thinking, weapon using, and other. She swing her leg absently, meeting his eyes while raising one of her eyebrow in questioning manner. Tokuma mentally dismiss her as ordinary girl. She look like a native girl, so innocent and childish.

He sigh and sip his tea again.

Maybe he need to do a little test.

"Having no patience is the least suitable trait Shinobi could have."

He want to rile up and cause commotion, starting from the girl. People did show their true nature when they are angry and lost their cool after all.

That's when the girl face twisted.

Tokuma have to admit that he was a bit taken back when the girl's face flash a feral expression, and a second later, it went blank as she pulled herself to lean on the bench, sighing in process. She smiled at him, tilting head to the side, and watching him.

"Please, Hyuuga-san, I am sure being a little chatty doesn't mean that person is lack of patience, is it?"

It was a challenge.

Tokuma look at the girl in new light. He know that Academy record could not record with accuracy, if someone want to hid their ability. But there have not been a problem before, mainly because children want to show off in any possible way. So this kid in front of him must be different. Tokuma ignore the truant easily, but his mind already took an interest in the girl.

He could never imagine he would found something interesting in this mop of children.

I accepted your challenge.

A/N: There are some are some good(?) new for many people.

I am going to closed down this work.

I repeat,

"I will closed it."

Since last chapter, the total number of review was about 43 reviews. And about one-third of them complained about my horrible grammar and Error. So, I guess I want to try to rewrite this work or something. If it doesn't work out, well...yeah, that's it?

I feel frustrated at myself because of my carelessness and stubbornness of continuing this story when many people pointed out that this story 'suck'.

Umm, they didn't really write that, just saying that "You should find a Beta reader", "Your grammar is jumpy", etc.

I am not angry, just disappointed that I can't show off Ayumu because of my horrible grammar. Either way, I will decided after ten day of updating this chapter of what I am going to do with this work.

Rewrite it, or closed it.

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