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"I wanted to hit her again, to see if I could bring her back to reality, or at least bring her into reality for the first time. She has no heart for anyone except for her "Precious" Sasuke-kun who doesn't return her feelings. She should really notice that Sasuke doesn't like her and move on. She's gonna get herself killed on a mission one day because she was drooling over him," I said, "I don't think this team is gonna work out...I really thought I could get along with them, but I guess not all together."
"Maybe...your Sensei can turn this team around?" Choji said.
"It'll take a miracle," I told him.
We walked around the corner and found a vending machine.
"Finally!" I exclaimed, pulling out some change.
"Maybe...you should be a little less harsh on Sakura. I'm not saying she didn't deserve that lecture, she probably doesn't know any better," Shikamaru told me.
"What is she, five? According to her, since she has parents, she's well behaved, obedient, and won't do anything that would upset her parents or others," I said in a mockingly girly tone.
I inserted the coins, pressed the buttons, and the machine dropped a water bottle for me.
He chuckled, "She probably said all of that cause she was around Sasuke. You know the weird stuff that they say when they're around Sasuke."
"Yeah," I sighed, taking gulps of water.
"You know, Sakura was bullied when she was really little, until Ino helped her. I know you were bullied too, so you could relate to her,"Shikamaru told me.
'More than you think,' I thought.
We heard Iruka calling us back to meet our new Sensei. We all looked at each other and shrugged, and walked back to class together.
One by one, we saw Jounin come in and take their teams. I took in account which Jounin was with which team.
I was talking with Shikamaru while waiting.
"I have a bad feeling," I said.
"You really think it's gonna be him?" Shikamaru asked.
"That's the feeling I'm getting," I groaned, my head on the tabled, covered by my arms.
"Well, at least there's the festival to look forward to," Shikamaru told me.
"The one I don't wanna go to?" I questioned.
"...right," he said, "Well...we can go together."
"I guess," I shrugged, "Better than wandering alone by myself."
"You could give a bit more excitement than that," He chuckled.
"I'm not Sakura or Ino," I told him.
Soon, Shikamaru's Jounin came and he left.
Its been hours...and I was dreading for the moment our Jounin comes in.
From who had already came in, I had a feeling I knew who our Jounin was.
I completely pushed my guess out of my thoughts. Well, tried to. For once, I didn't wanna be right.
"Where is he?" Naruto asked, he was pacing back and forth in front if the classroom.
"Naruto, be patient," Sakura told him.
"How can I? All the other teams are gone with their Sensei and we're still here! Even Iruka Sensei left!" Naruto exclaimed.
I was sitting beside the Uchiha. I didn't to anyone after lunch, I was still pretty pissed off. My eyes wondered around the classroom. For some reason, it landed on the Uchiha's hair. I looked at it curiously. Sasuke noticed me looking at him.
"What are you looking at?" He asked.
"Your hair," I answered, "How did you do that?" I asked.
"...do what?" He asked back.
"It's just spiked up like that, like it's natural, it's like..." I thought for a moment.
"Like...?: Sasuke waited for me to finish.
"Like...a duck's rear end.." I finished.
He gave me a weird look. I ignored it and touched one of the spikes of his raven hair. My eye's lit up.
"Whoa, it's so soft," I said, playing with his hair, "It's almost as soft as mine."
The Uchiha's face was a little pink, but disappeared as he tried to maintain his usual stoic look.
"Naruto, what are you doing?" I stopped to see what was going on.
Sasuke looked up too. Naruto was on a chair, placing a chalkboard eraser between the wall and the door.
"This is what he gets for being late," Naruto chuckled, jumping off the chair, "When he opens the door, surprise!"
"You're gonna get in trouble. He's Jounin, an elite ninja, he wouldn't fall for a stupid kids prank like this," Sakura said.
I looked at Sakura.
'It's pretty obvious that you're gonna love this prank, if it works, that is,' I thought, looking at Sakura.
"Actually," I started, all eyes were on me, "As Sakura said, this is a childish, immature, joke. But, since he's a Jounin, he wouldn't expect something like this from Genins. He'd think we would be mature or something, or somewhere along the lines of mature, wouldn't expect something like this, so he may fall for it," I explained.
"Immaturity at it's fullest," Naruto grinned, looking at the door.
We then heard footsteps coming towards the classroom. We held our breathes to see if my theory was true. A hand, wearing a dark blue ninja glove opened the door. The eraser fell onto the man's silver hair, and fell onto the ground.
'...I was right,' I thought, from the moment I saw his hair, '...it makes sense that he fell for it...stupid.'
"AHAHA! He fell for it!" Naruto laughed.
'Is this guy really a Jounin?' Sasuke wondered.
"I'm so sorry, Sensei! I tried to stop him! I would never do something like that!" Sakura said in an innocent voice.
"Kiss up," I muttered.
Sasuke smirked, since he was the only one to hear me.
"Hmm, my first impression of you guys..." Kakashi paused, "You're all idiots."
"I can't believe my guess was correct," I sighed, "Kakashi, not our fault you fell for it. You were probably informed about who was in this team already by the Hokage. You should have known that Naruto would have done something like that," I told him.
"Meet me on the roof," Kakashi told us, ignoring me.
He disappeared with a 'Poof', leaving us behind with a cloud of smoke.
"Eh? Kyoko, you know him?" Naruto asked.
"Unfortunately," I groaned.
'Why is Kakashi my sensei? Why is HE my sensei? If the Hokage did this because Kakashi is my brother, he's gonna hear from me, Hokage or not,' I sighed.
I noticed Naruto already disappeared, probably sprinting up the stairs to the roof.
"...he does realize we can go through the window, right?" I asked, hearing Naruto's footsteps.
"Leave him be, he's probably gonna ask how we got to the roof so quick," Sasuke joked.
"Probably," I agreed as we went through the window, after Sakura went.
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We all sat on some stairs that were on the roof. I sat next to Sasuke, who was next to Sakura. We saw Naruto run towards us.
"Whoa, how'd you guys get here before me?" Naruto asked.
Sasuke leaned over to my ear, "Called it."
"Window, Naruto," I told the yellow haired ninja.
"Oh," was all he said.
He sat down next to Sakura. Kakashi was across from us, leaning against the railings that were placed on the edges of the roof.
"Alright, why don't you guys introduce yourselves, one at a time," Kakashi said, not giving us any options.
"Introduce ourselves? What are we suppose to say?" Sakura asked.
"Say things you like, things you dislike, dreams for the future, hobbies, things like that," Kakashi explained lazily.
"Why don't you g first, Sensei? So we know how it goes," Naruto asked.
"Me?" Kakashi asked, pointing at himself.
"Well," Kakashi started, "I'm Hatake Kakashi. My likes and dislikes? I don't feel like telling you."
"Huh?" Naruto and Sakura said at the same time, looking at our Sensei questionably.
"My dreams...I don't feel like telling you either. And for my hobbies...I have lots of hobbies," Kakashi said, ending his introduction.
"All we learned was his name," Sakura muttered, Naruto nodded in agreement.
"Alright, your turn, you first," Kakashi said, pointing to Naruto.
"My name is Uzumaki Naruto, believe it!" Naruto exclaimed.
His likes, dislikes, and hobbies were all about ramen.
'Does this guy eat anything else?' I wondered.
"My dream, is to become Hokage! So no one would look down on me or disrespect me," Naruto said, eyes full of determination.
'He's grown in an interesting way,' Kakashi thought.
"Alright, next," Kakashi said, moving onto Sakura.
"O-oh, uh I-I'm Haruno Sakura, and what I like is, well the person I like is..." Sakura looked over at Sasuke and squealed in delight.
'Should've expected that,' I sighed, knowing this would all be about Sasuke.
"She likes Sasuke, her hobbies are probably stalking Sasuke, and thinking of ways to make Sasuke hers, and her dream is to marry and make lots of kids with him," I muttered silently, so no one would hear.
But the Uchiha who was beside he had heard what I said.
He slightly inched away from Sakura.
"...and what do you hate?" Kakashi asked, tired of Sakura's hint of her love for Sasuke.
"Naruto!" She yelled angrily.
"Eh?" Naruto made a questionable sound.
'Seems like most girls in her age care more about boys than actual training,' Kakashi sighed.
He looked over to the Uchiha. Sasuke got the hint.
"My name, is Uchiha Sasuke. I have many dislikes, and I don't particularly like anything," He said in a mono-toned voice.
Sakura frowned when he was talking about his likes.
'Please don't tell me you were expecting him to say he had 'Undying love' for you,' I sighed at the pink-haired ninja.
"My dream, I will make into a reality, to restore my clan, and..." Sasuke's stoic expression turned darker, "To kill a certain someone."
The mood dropped like an anchor.
'Poor Ita-kun...well, Sasuke too, he has to train like hell to become strong enough to defeat Itachi,' I thought to myself.
Naruto started freaking out.
'I hope he's not talking about me,' Naruto though, eyeing the Uchiha.
Sakura looked at him with eyes that blocked out reality.
'Wow, Sasuke-kun is so cool!' Sakura gushed.
I eyed Kakashi, it looked like he knew something.
'Just as I thought,' Kakashi didn't change his expression for the whole time.
He looked over at me.
"This is stupid, do I have to do this?" I sighed.
Naruto and Sakura looked at me with shock.
"Kyoko! This is our Sensei! Show some respect! It's already enough that Naruto made him think we're idiots," Sakura told me in a hushed voice.
"Why do you think this is stupid?" Kakashi asked.
"Just introducing our names, that's alright, but there's no need to go on about our dislikes, likes, and hobbies and such. That's useless, and personal information," I explained, "And you know me already."
"Just do it," Kakashi sighed.
"My name Hatake Kyoko," I lazily introduced.
They waited for me to continue.
"There's nothing else you guys need to know," I told them.
"Should I introduce you myself?" Kakashi asked.
"What do you mean? I already did, plus you would probably get everything wrong," I told him.
"How are you suppose to do that, Sensei? You just met us," Sakura asked Kakashi.
"Yes, but she lives with me," Kakashi pointed at me.
"...eh?" Sakura and Naruto looked at me.
"Yup," I said simply.
"I noticed they had the same name, but I wasn't sure," Sakura said.
"How come Sasuke isn't freaked out like us?" Naruto asked.
"Because I already know," Sasuke told him, "We were childhood friends," He elaborated so no one would ask.
"Kyoko," Kakashi said, walking over to me, "Is my adorable little sister."
He ruffled my hair.
"Not biological," I clarified, while making him stop.
"Are you gonna introduce yourself or not, we're wasting time, the festival's gonna start in a couple hours," Kakashi told me.
"If you weren't late, we would have plenty of time," I told him.
"Just say your likes at stuff, or we'll all be late for the festival," Kakashi told me.
'Aren't you going with the Nara boy? You don't wanna be late for your date, now do you?' Fuzen chuckled.
'What? It's not a date,' I told them.
I sighed, "I'm Hatake Kyoko. I hate everything and everyone, and what I would like is for this to be over," I said.
Kakashi hit the back of my head.
"Be nice, this is your team," Kakashi reminded.
"Fine. My likes...cats...I guess. Dislikes...people...children...fan girls..." I said, "I don't have any hobbies," Kakashi eyed me, "Unless you count training and studying."
"And?" Kakashi said.
"...and?" I said, confused.
"You bake," He said.
"Right! You made all those desserts," Sakura said.
"Oh yeah! They were really good!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Shut up," I said, embarrassed.
"You also play the violin," Kakashi continued.
"You do?" Naruto asked.
"M-Maybe," I said.
"And your dream?" Kakashi asked.
"My dream?..I don't actually know..."I thought for a moment.
'...repaying Kakashi for taking care of me and giving me a second chance at life,' I thought.
I looked up, Kakashi looking at me curiously, and my teammates looking at me with the same expression.
"Um..maybe to...I dunno...find my place in this world? But that's pretty much everyone's goal...I guess not to die until I achieve the skill of ANBU...?" I made up on the spot, not looking at any of them.
"Alright, you guys are pretty unique, all different in your own ways," Kakashi told us, "We're gonna have our first mission tomorrow," He told us.
"A mission? What kind of mission?!" Naruto asked in excitement.
"A task that the five of us will do together," Kakashi said.
"What is it? What are we gonna do?!" Naruto asked, practically jumping up and down.
"A survival exercise," He told us.
Naruto's excitement quickly dropped.
"A survival exercise?" Naruto echoed.
"I thought we were suppose to do a real mission, not more training," Sakura pouted, "We already did this at the academy, that's how we got here."
"This isn't like your previous training," Kakashi told us.
"So, uh, what kind of training us this?" Naruto asked.
Kakashi started to chuckle darkly, Sakura and Naruto looked at him oddly.
"Hey, that was a normal question, what's so funny?" Sakura leered.
"If I tell you, you're not gonna like it," Kakashi teased, waving his hand before placing it on his masked face, shadows sharpening his features, "Of the twenty-seven, in this case, twenty-eight, graduates who passed, only nine or ten will be accepted as Genin. The other eighteen or nineteen will be sent back to the academy," He explained.
"So, in other words, this is a make it or break it, pass-fail test," I said bluntly.
"Yes, and the chance that you'll fail is at least 66%," He told us.
Naruto looked like he just saw Death.
'I can't fail this, I have to pass this! Believe it!' Naruto mentally supported himself.
Sakura looked extremely worried.
'If I fail, I'll be separated from Sasuke!' The Haruno thought.
Sasuke had an expression of determination and focus.
'...so...how hard did he make this test where none of the teams he had passed?' I thought nervously.
"Didn't I tell you, you wouldn't like it?" Kakashi told us.
"WHAT?! That's crazy! I worked hard to get all the way here! BELIEVE IT! What was the graduation test for then?" Naruto freaked.
"Oh, that? That was just to select eligible candidates who might become Genin," Kakashi explained.
"WHAT?!" Naruto yelled, again.
"That's how it is, I decided whether or not you pass or fail. To go back to the academy or to become a Genin, " Kakashi told us.
"Tomorrow we'll meet at the training grounds at 5 am in the morning, bring your ninja gear" Kakashi told us.
Naruto trembled in anger.
'I'm not gonna be weeded out, people are going to look up to me one day! I can't fail this test! B-believe it!' Naruto supported himself.
'Oh no! No! No! No! I can't fail or else I won't be with Sasuke! This is a trail...a trial of true love!' Sakura thought worriedly.
Sasuke's eyes were filled with anger, he clenched his fists till the knuckles became white.
I bit my lip nervously.
"Why so early? We have a festival tonight!" Sakura complained.
"Because I said so, and it's possible. You're all dismissed," Kakashi said, "Oh, and don't eat breakfast tomorrow, or you'll puke."
Sakura and Naruto looked at him with shocked faces. I looked at Sasuke, his knuckles still clenched. I put my hand over his knuckles. He looked at my hand, then me. I gave him an assuring smile, even though I wasn't sure for myself. He smirked back. I pulled my hand away.
"Don't worry, we'll be fine," I said quietly.
"By the way," Kakashi looked at me, "It's Kyoko's birthday."
With that, Kakashi left.
"Kakashi!" I stood up, yelling at him.
"Eh? It's your birthday Kyoko-chan?!" Naruto asked me.
Sakura also looked at me with a bit of surprise.
"Aha...yeah," I said.
"We should celebrate!" Naruto told me.
"Don't, it's fine. I'll see you guys later," I told them, and quickly left, looking for the famous Copy Ninja of the Leaf.
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I tailed Kakashi on the rooftops.
'Where is he?' I wondered, looking around.
I went by one of the training grounds and spotted him.
'There he is,' I hid in a bush.
I peeked out from the bush. He was at the memorial stone, the K.I.A stone.
'...what's he doing over there?' I wondered.
I quietly went closer, making sure I was still unseen. I looked up again.
'...what the hell? Where is he?' I wondered.
"What are you doing?" I jumped at the voice.
"Oh, Kakashi! W-What are you doing here?" I said nervously.
"What are you doing following me?" He asked me.
I calmed myself down.
'I needed to talk to him anyways,' I stood up and brushed myself off.
"First off, you told them it was my birthday. Second, I needed to ask you something," I told him, "Is it tru-"
"You're gonna be late for the festival," He interrupted.
"I don't care, just listen," I told him.
"Oh, I actually have another birthday present for you," Kakashi said.
"But-"
"It's at home, I'll meet you there," He told him, disappearing.
I stared off at the space where my Sensei was.
"Kakashi!" I yelled angrily.
"Ugh, what a coward," I muttered profanities as I rushed home.
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I went into my house and went into my room.
"Ta da!" Kakashi said, holding up a bigger box.
"...Kakashi..." I sighed, "I appreciate it, I really do. But please listen," I said, sitting on my bed.
He sat next to me, handing me the box, "You don't like your team?" He guessed.
"A little more than just that," I told him.
I explained to him what happened to me earlier in the day, with Sakura.
"She's...different," Kakashi said, "Give it time, she'll understand."
"How can I?" I asked, "Kakashi, how hard do you make this test to the point where you passed nobody?"
"You'll have to find out tomorrow," Kakashi told me.
"How am I suppose to pass with...with...her?" I asked angrily.
"Kyoko," Kakashi said sternly, "You, and everyone else, has been tested at the Academy to see if you're eligible to become Genin. Sakura passed and is eligible," He told me, "If I don't find that she's able to become Genin, then she gets sent back. But-"
He paused.
"...try to work with her," Kakashi said, "If you want this to work, try to work with her."
"..." I didn't say anything.
I stared at the box in my hands. I opened it.
It was a light blue coloured Yukata, turning darker as you travelled lower down the dress. It had red koi fish around the bottom of it. The obi was the same red colour as the fish.
My eyes widened, "Kakashi..."
"You like it?" He asked.
"...how...how do I put it on?" I asked, looking at him.
We stared in silence.
"...not too sure," He told me.
"Kakashi!" I scolded, "How am I suppose to wear this?"
"Well maybe you can ask Sakura-"
"I really don't wanna talk to her at this moment!" I told him.
Before he could say anything, we heard a knock at the door.
Kakashi stood up to opened the door. I followed behind with the box in hand.
"Oh, hello, Shikamaru," Kakashi greeted.
"Hey," Shikamaru said.
He was wearing a gray/blue Yukata with the Nara Clan symbol on the back. He kept his headband on his arm like normal.
He noticed me, "Ready?"
"Hey..." I looked at the box and looked at him, "Help me put this thing on?" I held up the Yukata.
"...uh..?" Shikamaru blushed.
"Let's ask Yoshino," Kakashi told me.
"That's a very good idea," Shikamaru agreed.
I gave them a weird look before realizing what I had just asked, making me blush a little.
"R-Right, okay."
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"Ah! Kyoko-chan!" Yoshino beamed, as me, Kakashi, and Shikamaru walked in.
"Hi, Yoshino-san," I greeted.
She came up to me a pinched my cheeks.
"So good to see your adorable face again!" Yoshino gushed, "You aren't dressed up yet?"
"That's why we came here," Kakashi told her, "I gave her a new Yukata for her birthday and...neither of us knows how to put it on her."
"Oh! Well, Happy Birthday, Kyoko!" Yoshino smiled, "Kakashi...you should know better."
"So...can you help me?" I asked.
'I don't really wanna go, but I don't wanna waste Kakashi's money,' I thought.
"Of course!" Yoshino said, "Come with me."
I followed her into another room.
"We'll wait in the living room," Shikamaru told me.
Yoshino closed the door and pulled the Yukata out of the box.
"Oh, this is so beautiful," She said, "Kakashi did a good job picking."
She started helping me put it on. Well, I just stood there while she dressed me up like a doll. I took note on what she did so if I needed to wear this again, I wouldn't need to ask for help.
"Times like these makes me wish Shikamaru was a girl," Yoshino told me, tying the obi securely.
I stifled a laugh.
"Shikamaru's alright," I said.
She sat me down. She started brushing through my hair. She started to curl my hair. She started tying my hair into a pony tail, leaving my bangs.
"But I can't do these things with Shikamaru, now can I?" She asked, tying up my hair into a bun, leaving two curled strands to frame my face.
"Your hair's a bit short now, isn't it?" She asked.
Parts of my hair in the bun stuck out like a porcupine.
"Yeah, I cut it not too long ago," I said.
"Are you okay with makeup?" She asked.
"Uh, just a little," I said.
'She looks like she's having fun, I don't wanna ruin it for her by saying no,' I thought.
She put on eyeliner, mascara, and a bit of blush.
"Hmm," Yoshino looked at me for a moment.
She walked out of the room and came back with a kanzashi hair stick with a red flower. She added it and smiled at her work.
"There you go, honey," She told me.
"Thank you," I thanked the older women.
"It's no problem, you look so cute!" She gushed, "No wonder Shikamaru likes you!"
"Ah, Shikamaru on his first date," Yoshino grinned.
"I-It's not a date," I said, a bit embarrassed.
"That's what Shikamaru said too," She told me, "But me and Shikaku know what's going on."
"It's anything but a date," I told her.
She patted my head lightly.
"Sure it is."
I walked out of the room with Yoshino.
"Shikamaru! Kyoko's ready for your date!" Yoshino shouted.
"Mom, it's not a date!" I heard Shikamaru yell from the living room.
I walked into the living room to see Shikamaru sitting on the couch.
"Okay, let's go to the stupid festival," I told him.
He looked at me and blushed.
"Wow, you loo-"
"Kyoko, you gotten even cuter!" Kakashi told me, "Yoshino, you did a wonderful job."
"Thank you! I'd love to borrow her and dress her up some more," Yoshino told him, "Oh! Let's get a photo with you two."
"Really, mom?" Shikamaru sighed.
"Don't talk back to your mother," Yoshino scolded, "Come on, stand next to each other."
Shikamaru complied, and stood next to me. Yoshino snapped a photo and smiled.
"I'll be sure to make a copy for you too, Kyoko," Yoshino promised.
I sighed.
"Already tired?" Shikamaru asked.
"Your mom knows how to tie an obi," I said, "I'll have good posture for the rest of the day."
He snickered, "You do look really pretty in that."
"O-oh," I said, surprised, "L-Let's just go to the stupid festival."
"Alright, lets go," He said, holding the door open for me.
"Have fun you two!" Yoshino shouted as we left.
Yoshino turned to Kakashi, "Kyoko really has changed."
"More than you think," Kakashi told her.
"Are you gonna be attending the festival?" Yoshino asked.
"I have some things to discuss with the Hokage beforehand," Kakashi told her, "Thanks for helping Kyoko."
With that, he left.
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A little "date" between the two
Hope you all enjoyed!
Signing off,
BlueBirb