Author's Note: YES!  The Sensei's!!  I'll start it off with the Third Hokage.  Though he's not a sensei, he was.  Okay, okay, fine, I just wrote his piece and I didn't know where to put him.  ^^;  I like Kakashi's piece (I know—stupid, liking your own stuff); it came so naturally to me that I wrote it in less time than the others.  On the other hand, Asuma's piece trapped me in a writer's block for two weeks and I'm still not satisfied with it.

"The 3rd Hokage Sarutobi"

I have watched this village for all of my life

Years too many to count or remember

An image of strength and intellect

A general of an army and a college professor

Chosen to carry on the will of the pillar

The founding fathers of this village

A beautiful place overgrown with curled green leaves

People—not soldiers—striving to live a life of peace

I don't fight for anything else but to protect this peace

I don't die for anything else but for my love

Of the people who lived here, of everyone

Call me sentimental old man

But this was my true calling from the start

Because I wasn't given this name to be the strongest

I loved this village the most, and that was my greatest power

"Sarutobi Asuma"

A man like me can't go without his smoke

It gives me the image of self-assurance

I hate using those unwieldy things like swords

So I go the manly way with metal fists

Though my power doesn't reach as far as to match the scarecrow

My talent is respected in the village as one of the elite

I lead my own team of brats

And I can't deny my pride of their feats

I've got a lazy-ass whose intellect exceeds all expectations

A hot-tempered girl with exceptional talents and skills

A chubby eater who wouldn't fail to cooperate in serious situations

They can hold out on their own very well (if they'd wanted to)

Failing is an impossible option for them (though escaping is not)

But I guess I'm just a man with a soft heart

Always appearing in the nick of time to save them from danger


"Yuuhi Kurenai"

Illusions surround you in a cold embrace

Invisible strings wound around nimble fingers

Slipping through the shadows like water in a stream

Icy cold, fluid, and unattainable

Warm, profound, and encompassing

Deadly as the dagger in the dark

This is the way of the shadow mistress

I am the contradiction to all presumptions

Uncompromising and unwavering in my goals

Do not take me lightly like the other females

I am the strictest teacher and the most compassionate

Especially when I see one of my kind

Struggling to free herself from the cage of hesitation 

Her wings a different color from the rest, imperfect

But they are still wings—and they can still fly

"Maito Gai"

O how I love the youth!

A springtime in life where dreams were vivid

Blooming, alive, and never doubted

I cherish these three beautiful leaves

Guiding them with a warm and loving hand

One of them a son I never had the chance to have

Looking at me with his admirable and admiring gaze

Believing in my words earnestly and strongly

"Hard work can match and even surpass a natural genius."

He never failed exceeding my expectations

Earning a respect far greater and deeper than any other

Reminding me of the olden days, the "eternal rivalry"

How I sought to match the power of his prodigious talents

And succeeded to become an accepted equal

But this boy will surpass all geniuses—and me—one day

"Umino Iruka"

A teacher who aims to transcend

The boundaries between student and mentor

To make a difference in their lives

Mind them when they're no longer yours to care

And become a father they never had

Long gone was the pity I had for the boy

The jokester, the orphan, the loner

I love him as well as if he was my own son

Though I could be over protective like any parent

Letting him go and grow is the way of life

Acknowledging him to be an exceptional student

Knowing that he will become an exceptional man

My pride of him will never fall or hide

Doesn't matter if he surpasses me one day

Because he already had in my own eyes

"Hatake Kakashi"

You know me so well

Yet do you really know me?

A face hidden behind a mask

Is a face hiding many secrets

I am more than a mentor

I am a brother, father, comrade

Captain of the military team

A guide of three sprouting leaves

A man of insufferable composure

And tardiness, my team would add

I don't take my words back

I don't run from the truth

What the truth is— you figure it out

Twenty-six years aren't enough to stop walking the path

What awaits me there—well, that's for me to figure out