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I ended up getting to Ichiraku first, beating Naruto, so after we had our ramen, Naruto had to hop 15 laps on one foot around the village. During the whole thing I jogged next to him, and shouted encouraging words to him.

We got a lot of weird stares during the whole thing. But we didn't care, we were having fun.

It took awhile but Naruto finally made it. He was sweaty and panting.

I made a disgusted face. "Blah. You're gonna need a shower."

"Heh, yeah."

"So are you coming over for dinner tonight?" I asked, as we walked through the village.

"Of course!"

"I was also wondering if you wanted to walk to the academy with me tomorrow? I could meet you at your house, or you could meet me at mine?" I asked, looking over to him.

"Yeah. I could meet you at your house. I hope we get put on the same team, and then our third team member could be Sakura!"

I snorted and rolled my eyes.

"Do you have a crush on Sakura, Naruto?" I asked, teasing him.

His face turned red. "N-No! I just think she's really cool!" He defended weakly.

I laughed. "Mhm sure."

"Hotaru!" He whined.

I put my hands up in surrender, and laughed. "Alright, alright, I'm done."

"I wouldn't mind having Sakura on our team though, you know since she's my friend."

We continued to talk about teams, until we were at my house.

"I'm going to run by my house and get a shower. I'll be over after I'm done."

"Okay."

Naruto waved goodbye, and ran home.

"Lee I'm home, are you here?" I called out, as I stepped inside, and took my shoes off on the mat, next to the door.

"Yes, I am in the kitchen."

I walked in to see that he had already started dinner.

"Would you like any help?"

"If you would like. Is Naruto coming over?"

"Yeah, he just had to stop by his house first."

I became quiet as I helped Lee with dinner.

It took Naruto about 20 minutes before he came back over, and Lee and I had just finished dinner.

I opened the door. "Hey Naruto. Dinner just now got done."

"Oh, okay, would you like me to help you set up the table?"

"Sure."

Once the table was set and we got our plates we sat down.

"So, are you guys excited about tomorrow?" Lee asked, starting a conversation.

"Oh yeah! Me and Hotaru are definitely going to be on the same team! Believe it!"

"You must really like my sister, if you're so sure you're going to be on the same team together." Lee noted.

I nearly choked on my food.

Naruto cocked his head to the side. "Well yeah, of course, she's my best friend."

"That's not.."

"So Lee, how has your training been going." I asked cutting him off.

It was enough to avert his attention to me. "It's going very well! We actually have a mission tomorrow."

I tensed up, like I always do when he tells me he has a mission.

"Oh?"

"Yeah, it's a D rank escort mission. Gai sensei says it'll take about a week all together."

"Awee man that sounds so cool! I can't wait until we can go on missions." Naruto whined.

We talked some more about different missions Lee and his team went on, until we were done eating, and cleaning up.

"Want me to walk you home, Naruto?"

"Yeah, sure."

"I'll be back Lee."

Naruto and I left my house, and started walking to his.

"What if we don't get on the same team? We'll still be friends, right?" Naruto asked, looking a little panicked.

"Of course silly." I assured him, bumping my shoulder with his.

He sighed in relief. Walking the rest of the way in silence.

We stopped by his door.

"I'll see you tomorrow, Naruto. Goodnight."

"Goodnight Hotaru."

I took my time walking home. I had a lot to think about. Like what I would do if I didn't get put onto team 7. How would I be able to change things if I wasn't.

I sighed. I never had this issue in my old world, when I was 12. Everything was so simple there, but here. It was so different. You literally had to fight for your life. And if you were weak, you would die, and that was a lot to deal with.

Once home I went straight to my room. I was pretty sure Lee was already asleep. I wasn't sure what time he had to leave for his mission.

It didn't take me long to fall asleep, mostly because I refused to let myself think about tomorrow and make myself worried.

The next morning, a loud pounding woke me up.

"Hotaru, wake up! We're going to be late."

Late? I bolted out of bed. Oh my god I overslept!

I got dressed as quickly as I could, and bolted out of the door, nearly knocking poor Naruto over.

Since I overslept Naruto and I had to run to the academy.

We ran into the classroom, startling everyone. I noticed Iruka sensei wasn't even here yet. I sighed.

"Oversleep again Hotaru?" Kiba asked, smirking, like he already knew, but just wanted me to say it.

I gave him a dirty look and stuck out my tongue. So this wasn't exactly the first time I overslept since Lee became a ninja. He was pretty much my alarm clock.

I sat down next to choji, who was munching on chips. He held the bag out to me, and I grabbed a handful.

"Thanks Choji."

"No problem. It's important to eat breakfast." He said, digging through his bag, and pulling out another bag of chips, handing me the bag.

"Thanks!"

"Ugh Choji you're teaching Hotaru bad eating habits! Chips are not a breakfast food! You both need to be eating healthy!" Ino yelled.

"They are today." I retorted as I stuck a hand full of chips in my mouth.

Ino made a disgusted face, and Kiba laughed.

"Did you eat today Sasuke?" I heard Sakura ask.

I looked over to Ino and she looked ready to kill. Oh boy.

"Hn." Was his reply.

"See Sakura, Sasuke doesn't like you, so you should just give up." Ino said, looking smug.

Sakura looked livid. "He doesn't like you either, Ino pig!"

Ino looked horrified. "What did you just call me billboard brow?"

"Ino pig!"

I finally had enough, and I slammed my hands on the table.

"Would you guys stop it! He doesn't like either of you like that! Do you even know how you guys look fighting with each other over someone who has absolutely no romantic feelings for you what so ever? Have you ever thought, that maybe if you didn't try to force your love on him, and actually tried to have a normal conversation with him, that he would maybe give you the time of day? Of course not, because you're always to busy fighting with each other over him. Give it a rest!"

I sat back down and sighed. Ino and Sakura looked embarrased and horrified that I just yelled at them, but at that point I didn't care. They were supposed to be friends, and here they were fighting over a boy, who honestly could care less about them. Hopefully now they would calm down, and stop fighting.

Kiba whistled.

"Dang Hotaru, I didn't know you could get so angry, like that."

I glared at him, and turned my attention to Sasuke who gave me a grateful look.

At that time Iruka sensei decided to show up, and looked around because everyone was suspiciously quiet.

He shook his head. "Okay class, as of today you are ninjas. To get here you faced difficult trials and hardships. But that's nothing. What comes next will be far more difficult. Now you are only Genin, first level ninja's. All the Genin will be grouped into three man squads. Each squad will be lead by a jonin. An elite ninja. Okay, squad 1."

I drowned out Iruka sensei until he called my name.

"Squad 7. Lee, Hotaru, Uzumaki, Naruto, and Uchiha, Sasuke."

I blinked. I was on team 7?

"Oh yeah! I knew we'd be on the same team, Hotaru!" Naruto said loudly, jumping with excitement.

I smiled.

"It's too bad our third team member had to be Sasuke, and not Sakura though." Naruto said, loudly enough for Sasuke to hear.

I rolled my eyes. Here we go.

"Hn. You're lucky to have me as your team member, loser."

Iruka cleared his throat. Gaining our attention again.

"After lunch you will be meeting your jonin teachers. Until then, class dissmissed."

Everyone filed out of the room. I called for Sasuke before he could leave the room though.

"Hey, Sasuke."

He stopped.

"Would you like to eat lunch with me and Naruto? I packed enough for everyone."

He just stood there for a moment.

"Awee come on Hotaru, you shouldn't be sharing your food with a loser like Sasuke!" Naruto whined.

Sasuke tensed up, and turned around to face us.

"I would like that. Thank you."

I smiled, and Naruto groaned. I dragged them both outside.

We sat underneath a large tree, and I got my bento box out.

"I wasn't sure who my team members were going to be, so I packed a little bit of everything."

It was a pretty quiet lunch at first, until Sakura and Ino came over. They both looked hesitant.

"We uh, just wanted to apologize, for the way we've been acting. To you and Sasuke both Hotaru." Sakura started.

I stopped eating.

"Yeah, we were acting pretty childish, and we didn't realize how our actions made you feel, and we're sorry. I hope you can forgive us." Ino finished.

I was quiet for a moment as I thought about it.

"I just hate seeing you both constantly fighting with each other. You used to be best friends."

They hung their heads.

"We know. That's why we decided to stop fighting over Sasuke, because, we don't want to lose you as our friend." Ino added.

I nodded my head.

"I'm glad. And apology accepted. Would you like to eat with us?"

They both grinned and sat down. With Sakura and Ino now sitting with us, it was much chattier. Soon Ino dragged Choji and Shikamaru over, and Sakura dragged her two teammates over, who I knew as Akihiko Handa, and Daichi Iwasaki.

Luch was soon over though, and we had to go back to class to wait for our new sensei's. Though I knew Naruto, Sasuke, and I would be waiting for a long time, because we had Kakashi, the king of lateness.

Long after everyone else had gone we were still waiting for Kakashi. At some point Iruka sensei had to leave as well. Apparently having somewhere to be, so that left Naruto, Sasuke, and I waiting by ourselves.

To say it was boring was an understatement. But at least Sasuke and I weren't openly freaking out like Naruto. He kept looking outside, to see if our sensei was coming. It had me pretty annoyed, and I kind of wanted to tie him up and put tape over his mouth.

"Naruto, just sit down." I pleaded.

"How come our teacher is the only one late? I'm ready to roll. Believe it!"

I sighed. I'm ready to kill you. Believe it!

Naruto then grabbed a chalkboard eraser, and a chair, and stuck the eraser between the top of the door. I knew exactly what he was doing, but decided to ask anyways.

"Naruto, what are you doing?"

He laughed. "This is what he gets for coming late. Surprise!" He yelled the last part, jumping from the chair.

I sighed, and shook my head but said nothing. Sasuke raised an eyebrow.

"Cha. Our teachers a jonin. An elite ninja. You think he'd fall for that?" Sasuke asked, leaning his head onto his hands.

All three of us stopped when we heard the door start opening. The eraser landing right on Kakashi sensei's head.

We were all quiet, until Naruto burst out in laughter.

"I got him! He totally fell for it!"

Kakashi was quiet as he bent down to pick the eraser up.

"Hm. How can I put this. My first impression of this group. You're a bunch of idiots."

I shook my head. Already off to a bad start. This was going to be a headache and a half.

"Meet me on the roof" He said and then disappered.

"Nice going, idiot." Sasuke growled, as we made our way up to the roof.

"It's not my fault he fell for it! Right Hotaru?" He defended himself, and looked for me to back him up.

"It was a stupid thing to do Naruto." I admitted.

He looked like I just told him ramen was now banned. While Sasuke smirked.

"Awee come on Hotaru!" He whined.

We met Kakashi on the roof, a minute later. He was leaning on the edge of a metal railing.

"Alright, why don't you introduce yourselves. One at a time."

He looked like he wanted to be anywhere but here, but he probably didn't want to be here. Hell, I didn't even want to be here really.

"What would you like us to say?" I asked.

"Things you like. Things you hate. Dreams for the future. Hobbies. Things like that." He listed off.

I sighed.

"Why don't you tell us stuff first. I mean before we talk. Tell us about you so we can see how it's supposed to work." Naruto suggested.

"Me?" Kakashi asked, pointing to himself.

"I'm Kakashi Hatake. Things I like and things I hate. Eh, I don't feel like telling you that."

I smirked.

"My dreams for the future. Never really thought about it. As for my hobbies, I have lots of hobbies."

Yeah like reading porn books, and being late to everything, and making up terrible excuses for them.

"Okay. Your turn. You on the right. You first."

Naruto.

"Believe it. I'm Naruto Uzumaki. I like instant ramen in a cup, and I really like the ramen Iruka sensei got me at the ichiraku noodle shop. But I hate the three minutes you have to wait after you pour the water in the ramen cup. I also like having dinner at Hotaru's, with her and her brother. It's always so much fun . My hobbies are eating different kinds of ramen and comparing them. And my dream is, to be the gratest Hokage! Then the whole village will stop disrespecting me, and start treating me like I'm somebody. Somebody important."

I winched, and noticed Kakashi gave me a quick glance.

"Alright, next."

Me. Ughh.

I'm Hotaru Lee. I like training with my brother, and being around my friends. I hate when people argue, I hate bullies, and hate people who are mean to my friends. Other than training, I don't really have any hobbies. I don't really have a set dream right now."

"Last one."

"My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I hate a lot of things. And I don't partically like anything. What I have is not a dream. Because I will make it a reality. I'm going to restore my clan. And destroy a certain someone."

I shuddered. You could literally feel the dark aura surrounding him, and it was pretty alarming.

Everyone was quiet for a moment, and Kakashi sensei, was just curiously staring at Sasuke. Naruto actually looked a little scared. Probably thinking Sasuke had meant him.

Kakashi sensei finally broke the silence.

"Good. You're each unique, and you have your own ideas. We'll have our first mission tomorrow."

Naruto looked excited.

"What kind of mission will we have?" Naruto asked, getting excited.

Kakashi sensei crossed his arms.

"Its a task, that the four of us will do together."

"What, what, what, what?" Naruto said repeatedly.

"A survival excercise."

"Huh? Survival excercise?" Naruto asked, clearly confused.

"This is not like your previous training."

"So uh, what kinda training is it then?" Naruto asked, still confused.

Kakashi sensei laughed. Quite creepily if I must say, which made me visibly shudder.

"Hey, that's a normal question. what's so funny?" Naruto yelled.

"Well if I tell you the answer, you're not going to like it." Kakashi sensei admitted, still laughing.

"Heh?" Naruto was still so confused. I looked at Sasuke, and he seemed pretty confused as well.

"Of the 27 graduates, who just came here, only 9 will actually be accepted as Genin. The other 18 will be weeded out, and sent back to the academy. In other words, this is a make it or break it, pass, fail test. And the chance you'll fail is at least 66 percent."

Naruto looked shocked, Sasuke narrowed his eyes, and I was trying my best to keep it together. I knew very well there was a chance we wouldn't pass. I would have to get Naruto and Sasuke to work together with me as a team. That was probably going to be a problem in itself.

"See, didn't I tell you, you wouldn't like it."

Naruto finally got over his shock.

"That's crazy! We worked hard to get here! Believe it! What was that graduation test for anyways?" He yelled.

"Oh, that. That was just to select canidates, who might become Genin. Or not."

"What?" Naruto yelled again.

"That's how it is. I decide whether you pass or fail. Be at the designated training spot at 5 am. And bring your ninja gear."

Naruto was clearly upset.

"That's it, you're dismissed. Oh. Tomorrow you better skip breakfast. Or else, you'll puke." Kakashi sensei warned us.

Naruto's eyes widened, as Sasuke and I glared at him. I knew why he said that, but they didn't.

Kakashi sensei left immediately afterwards. Leaving us alone.

I sighed. Tomorrow was going to be rough.

Naruto growled. "We'll show him. We'll pass that test, no problem.

"Don't think he's going to go easy on us Naruto." I warned.

He stared at me in surprise. "Huh?"

I now had Sasuke's attention as well.

"The only way we're going to have a chance at all is by us working together. So whatever the test is, we've got to work together. Or else he is going to fail us. Do you both understand?" I asked seriously.

"If you say so."

"Hn"

"Okay, good. I think we should all go home and prepare for tomorrow. I'll see you guys tomorrow."

"Alright. Bye Hotaru. See you tomorrow."

We all parted ways. I really hoped that they would listen to what I said. Our caarers as ninja rely on that. I really was not looking forward to tomorrow.

Once home, I immediately went out back to work on my chakra thread. I could only hold it for about 30 seconds before it broke. I needed to be able to hold it longer. I stayed outside until around 10 working on the thread. I had been able to get it to hold for 43 seconds now. The more I practiced the better I would get. If only I had a teacher.