To Love A Shinobi:
Momo's Story
Chapter Two
Naruto sat in his desk, staring at the ground. He was obviously not very happy. Anyone who made him wait this long deserved a slug in the face! All the other Genin students had left with their Jounin instructors already. Maybe he could kick Sasuke's ass while he were waiting. Swinging his head around in Sasuke's direction he about lifted his fist, then noticed Sakura stare down at her desk sadly. Geez, what's wrong with her? Naruto lowered his fist and zipped around Sasuke to sit down on the other side of Sakura.
"Gee, why the long face Sakura-chan? Don't worry, when the instructor comes we can kick his ass for being late." Naruto grinned widely and cracked his knuckles, "Nihehehe.."
"It's not that, Naruto," she began scooting further away from him, though slowly, "..Maybe since we're the worst team we got the worst instructor."
"And who do you think that is?" Sasuke butted in, looking over at them with a cool stare. He didn't seem really interested in alot of things and he didn't look very bothered at the instructor being late. Sakura stared back at him and blushed, looking back down at the desk. She tried to use her bangs to cover her face. What if he saw her blushing?
"..Well what I'm trying to say is," her eyes danced about the desk as Naruto got closer, listening in. "Maybe we never got an instructor."
"What?!" Naruto jumped up, appearing very angry in the face. He could feel himself turning red with rage as he got away from his seat and walked over to the door. In his hand he had a chalk erasor, stepping on a chair and lifting it above the door, ready to set the booby-trap. "..That's crazy, Sakura-chan. I refuse to believe that. They wouldn't do that to us! If we were the worst we wouldn't have even graduated!"
Sasuke just rolled his eyes with a small snort, watching Naruto. "Do you really think a Jounin will fall for that trap?" he asked, watching his teammate sit back down with that evil grin again. "You idiot, it's a simple chalk-erasor trap. If he knows you're going to be his student then he'll be ready for any of your stupid pranks.."
Sakura sighed, staring down at her desk. She wondered who their instructor was and what he was like. Already had she forgotten his name. Iruka-sensei told them his name once or twice but it just wasn't coming to her. Who was this man and why the hell was he so late?
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Outside the academy where our three heroes are waiting, it began to rain. Meanwhile, outside of the village in the forest was a figure walking around. It seemed to be walking around with wobbly legs, climbing over various roots and avoiding anything that represented a challenge before them. Holding the the sling close to her chest, she shivered, watching the rain causing the earth beneath her feet to become muddy. The cloak in which she wore was a light tan, though becoming brown due to water. Her breath was raggedy and sharp. Each inhale felt like icy death, cutting away at the back of her throat and lungs.
Lying her hand against a tree, she could feel the wet bark against her palm. She stared down, the cloak covering her face. As she tried to catch her breath she felt something within her chest began to melt. Suddenly her hand began feeling very hot. The heat rushed down her arm through her wrist an made her palm burn against the tree.
With a gasp, she jerked her arm away and stared down at her palm. She blew at it a bit, seeing it were burnt. The black began to wash away with the rain hitting it. The girl watched a symbol begin engraving into her palm. When it was finished, she traced the outlines with her fingertip. Every noise around her began to silence. All she could hear was the misty rush of rain through her ears and then nothing.
"..Where have I seen that symbol before?" she muttered to herself, hearing a branch break. In surprise, she whirled around to see a man in a tree above her. Had he been watching her? As they made eye contact it seemed his gaze caused her hood to drop, revealing her face and hair. The rain had caused her hair to matt down against her skin, making herself barely recognizeable as a princess.
She clenched her hand together, so he wouldn't see it. Holding it to her chest, he looked her up and down. She didn't seem like anyone he knew. The man wore a strange uniform. Could it have been the uniforms she'd read about in her textbook? They sure seemed similar.
Oh! She knew he had to be a ninja just by seeing the hitai-ate band on his forehead. It covered one of his eyes and the mask covered the rest of his face. She understood that he needed to keep his identity secret but why the band over his eye? Perhaps he had a deformity..?
The girl didn't seem like a threat so he turned away and leaped into another tree, disappearing in the rain. Momo blinked again, unsure of what to make of that. Seeing which direction he went, she began to follow. He must've been heading towards a hidden village if he were a ninja--right?
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Hurrying down the hall, Kakashi tried to brush the water from his hair. His first impression on his students mattered most to him. Too bad he didn't know he was an hour late. The water dripped on the ground as he took each step. Reaching out for the doorhandle he stopped for a moment, rubbing the water out of his eyes. Kakashi pushed the door open hurriedly and the chalk-eraser fell from the door straight onto his head. It bounced off of his hair and hit his shoulder, landing on the ground.
He sighed. He wasn't surprised by the prank, but then again, he wasn't expecting it either. Naruto bursted out laughing, pointing at Kakashi. Ha! He was wet too!
"Nihehehe! I got you!" The young boy grinned widely, looking proud. Sasuke looked at Kakashi and rolled his eyes. Sitting in her desk, Sakura had her hand over her mouth giggling lightly, though Inner Sakura was rolling around in hysterical laughter. She too, pointed at him.
"Y-You..hehe..You have chalk stains on your.." Sakura couldn't hold it in any longer. She lied her head in her arms and busted out laughing. Her pink hair was covering the area around the desk, and her shoulders were shuddering in amusement. Yes, Kakashi did have chalk stains on him. Some in his hair and most of it on his shoulder and vest. Again, he sighed, holding the doorhandle.
The students settled down and watched him, grinning. Sasuke didn't look impressed at all.
"Where the hell have you been?" Sasuke asked, frowning.
"I was hired on a last-minute notice and the person I was assigned to wasn't even there."
"..Assigned?" Sakura looked at Naruto. The blond boy just grinned, running a hand through his hair.
"Who were ya supposed to assassinate??" Naruto pryed.
"..Now that," Kakashi picked up the eraser and put it in its proper place. "is none of your business."
Sasuke got out of his seat and walked toward the door and stopped next to Kakashi, pushing the door open even wider. "Can we just get on with this?" He said coldly, walking out of the classroom. Sakura frowned, not liking to see Sasuke-kun frustrated but she supposed that's just how he was. Getting up from her own seat she followed Sasuke out, Naruto following soon after. Kakashi sighed, scratching his head.
"...This is going to take longer than I expected." He said, walking out himself.
Momo's Story
Chapter Two
Naruto sat in his desk, staring at the ground. He was obviously not very happy. Anyone who made him wait this long deserved a slug in the face! All the other Genin students had left with their Jounin instructors already. Maybe he could kick Sasuke's ass while he were waiting. Swinging his head around in Sasuke's direction he about lifted his fist, then noticed Sakura stare down at her desk sadly. Geez, what's wrong with her? Naruto lowered his fist and zipped around Sasuke to sit down on the other side of Sakura.
"Gee, why the long face Sakura-chan? Don't worry, when the instructor comes we can kick his ass for being late." Naruto grinned widely and cracked his knuckles, "Nihehehe.."
"It's not that, Naruto," she began scooting further away from him, though slowly, "..Maybe since we're the worst team we got the worst instructor."
"And who do you think that is?" Sasuke butted in, looking over at them with a cool stare. He didn't seem really interested in alot of things and he didn't look very bothered at the instructor being late. Sakura stared back at him and blushed, looking back down at the desk. She tried to use her bangs to cover her face. What if he saw her blushing?
"..Well what I'm trying to say is," her eyes danced about the desk as Naruto got closer, listening in. "Maybe we never got an instructor."
"What?!" Naruto jumped up, appearing very angry in the face. He could feel himself turning red with rage as he got away from his seat and walked over to the door. In his hand he had a chalk erasor, stepping on a chair and lifting it above the door, ready to set the booby-trap. "..That's crazy, Sakura-chan. I refuse to believe that. They wouldn't do that to us! If we were the worst we wouldn't have even graduated!"
Sasuke just rolled his eyes with a small snort, watching Naruto. "Do you really think a Jounin will fall for that trap?" he asked, watching his teammate sit back down with that evil grin again. "You idiot, it's a simple chalk-erasor trap. If he knows you're going to be his student then he'll be ready for any of your stupid pranks.."
Sakura sighed, staring down at her desk. She wondered who their instructor was and what he was like. Already had she forgotten his name. Iruka-sensei told them his name once or twice but it just wasn't coming to her. Who was this man and why the hell was he so late?
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Outside the academy where our three heroes are waiting, it began to rain. Meanwhile, outside of the village in the forest was a figure walking around. It seemed to be walking around with wobbly legs, climbing over various roots and avoiding anything that represented a challenge before them. Holding the the sling close to her chest, she shivered, watching the rain causing the earth beneath her feet to become muddy. The cloak in which she wore was a light tan, though becoming brown due to water. Her breath was raggedy and sharp. Each inhale felt like icy death, cutting away at the back of her throat and lungs.
Lying her hand against a tree, she could feel the wet bark against her palm. She stared down, the cloak covering her face. As she tried to catch her breath she felt something within her chest began to melt. Suddenly her hand began feeling very hot. The heat rushed down her arm through her wrist an made her palm burn against the tree.
With a gasp, she jerked her arm away and stared down at her palm. She blew at it a bit, seeing it were burnt. The black began to wash away with the rain hitting it. The girl watched a symbol begin engraving into her palm. When it was finished, she traced the outlines with her fingertip. Every noise around her began to silence. All she could hear was the misty rush of rain through her ears and then nothing.
"..Where have I seen that symbol before?" she muttered to herself, hearing a branch break. In surprise, she whirled around to see a man in a tree above her. Had he been watching her? As they made eye contact it seemed his gaze caused her hood to drop, revealing her face and hair. The rain had caused her hair to matt down against her skin, making herself barely recognizeable as a princess.
She clenched her hand together, so he wouldn't see it. Holding it to her chest, he looked her up and down. She didn't seem like anyone he knew. The man wore a strange uniform. Could it have been the uniforms she'd read about in her textbook? They sure seemed similar.
Oh! She knew he had to be a ninja just by seeing the hitai-ate band on his forehead. It covered one of his eyes and the mask covered the rest of his face. She understood that he needed to keep his identity secret but why the band over his eye? Perhaps he had a deformity..?
The girl didn't seem like a threat so he turned away and leaped into another tree, disappearing in the rain. Momo blinked again, unsure of what to make of that. Seeing which direction he went, she began to follow. He must've been heading towards a hidden village if he were a ninja--right?
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Hurrying down the hall, Kakashi tried to brush the water from his hair. His first impression on his students mattered most to him. Too bad he didn't know he was an hour late. The water dripped on the ground as he took each step. Reaching out for the doorhandle he stopped for a moment, rubbing the water out of his eyes. Kakashi pushed the door open hurriedly and the chalk-eraser fell from the door straight onto his head. It bounced off of his hair and hit his shoulder, landing on the ground.
He sighed. He wasn't surprised by the prank, but then again, he wasn't expecting it either. Naruto bursted out laughing, pointing at Kakashi. Ha! He was wet too!
"Nihehehe! I got you!" The young boy grinned widely, looking proud. Sasuke looked at Kakashi and rolled his eyes. Sitting in her desk, Sakura had her hand over her mouth giggling lightly, though Inner Sakura was rolling around in hysterical laughter. She too, pointed at him.
"Y-You..hehe..You have chalk stains on your.." Sakura couldn't hold it in any longer. She lied her head in her arms and busted out laughing. Her pink hair was covering the area around the desk, and her shoulders were shuddering in amusement. Yes, Kakashi did have chalk stains on him. Some in his hair and most of it on his shoulder and vest. Again, he sighed, holding the doorhandle.
The students settled down and watched him, grinning. Sasuke didn't look impressed at all.
"Where the hell have you been?" Sasuke asked, frowning.
"I was hired on a last-minute notice and the person I was assigned to wasn't even there."
"..Assigned?" Sakura looked at Naruto. The blond boy just grinned, running a hand through his hair.
"Who were ya supposed to assassinate??" Naruto pryed.
"..Now that," Kakashi picked up the eraser and put it in its proper place. "is none of your business."
Sasuke got out of his seat and walked toward the door and stopped next to Kakashi, pushing the door open even wider. "Can we just get on with this?" He said coldly, walking out of the classroom. Sakura frowned, not liking to see Sasuke-kun frustrated but she supposed that's just how he was. Getting up from her own seat she followed Sasuke out, Naruto following soon after. Kakashi sighed, scratching his head.
"...This is going to take longer than I expected." He said, walking out himself.
