A Path to a Shinobi's Ambition

Chapter 03: The Meeting Written by: Koizumi Tsukiyo

A/N: I'm SOO sorry for the long delay! It's just that I've been busy with school and everything. A warning though is that my grammar is STILL bad and will never improve! If there are a lot of errors in here, then I'm sorry! Please R/R!

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                "You see these two, Shizune?" enquired Tsunade, throwing two folders onto the table and gave a large grin, "Two boys...actually tied for being number one rookies this year."

                "Tied?" Shizune asked curiously, taking a look at the picture of Hoshi and Kometto from the folders, "This is the first. But...Tsunade...these boys..."

                "Compare them to the other number one rookies many years before them, yes, their special abilities from their linage are a bit low," Tsunade said, scratching her head in thoughts.

                Shizune sweat-dropped, "Kometto-kun had a spy-technique ability that's pretty common to some people but Hoshi-kun..."

                "No abilities at all, ne?"

                "None."

                "Hoshi, surprisingly, is equally skilled with Kometto without a problem. He can charm his way through almost anything but the boy never shows it. And Kometto doesn't brag about himself either."

                 "The file said here that Hoshi works best when partnered with Andou Ohito."

                "I know," Tsunade's face scrunched in annoyances, "Now that kid reminded me too MUCH of those two, all three had the biggest mouth ever and I don't even know which is worse than the other."

                Shizune smiled knowingly, "Thinking of Jiraiya and Naruto?"

                "Don't remind me..."

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                "This...is...LAME!! Where in the HELL is that Kakashi?!" Ohito shouted to himself in irritation, all the students waiting for practically more than a few hours for their missing teacher as Iruka sat quietly in front of the class. Hearing no answer, Ohito turned to look at his thinking friend, "Hoshi?"

                Hoshi blinked, raising his eyes to his, "I just remembered something…Kurenai-obasan had mention before that Kakashi-sensei is always late for every occasions."

                The corner of Ohito's eyes twitches, "Every single one…?"

                "Yep."

                "How late can he ever get?"

                "His record so far…by not appearing at all."

                "YOU'RE SERIOUS?!" Ohito shouted in surprised, before shutting his mouth when the door suddenly open, emerging to the class is the waving Kakashi.

                He smiled cheerfully, "Konnichiwa!"

                "YOU'RE LATE!!" Both Iruka and Ohito shouted in fury at the same time as they stood. Hoshi reached up and grabbed onto Ohito, pulling him back down to his seat.

                "Sorry, I got lost," Kakashi said, scratching behind his head sheepishly, walking to the front of the class.

                "All their waiting Senseis are probably very angry by now," Iruka noted, pointing to the Genins. "They had missed their break and still hadn't learned anything that was changed yet."

                Kakashi waved it away, "Then skip the introduction and tell them their group numbers, they'll learn about it somehow. It's obvious that it will be their room number as well where they will be meeting their Senseis anyways."

                "Right," Iruka muttered under his breath, holding up a long list and began loudly, looking to the anxious student. Ohito stared at him in excitement, sitting at the edge of his seat, waiting for his name to be called.

                "Team seven will be Andou Ohito…"

                Finally! Ohito cried in his thoughts, emerald eyes widen for the names of his other teammates.

                "Hino Hoshi…"

                HA! He grinned widely, looking over at the smiling Hoshi.

                "And Yagami Tenko."

                EH?! Ohito thought, gazing at the lonely girl in the corner of the room with her snow leopard, Her?

                "Interesting...Kakashi-sensei's own niece." Hoshi whispered to him during the presentation.

                Ohito blinked, "You know her?"

                "Not exactly, just overhearing what Kurenai-obasan told to the other Senseis when I'm with her," Hoshi replied, "I had heard Tenko-chan been living with Kakashi-sensei just two years ago…she had a very sad life."

                Ohito rolled his eyes to the heaven, "Doesn't everybody? From those many earrings she has on with a tattoo on her back, if I remembered seeing it, she appears to be a wild girl."

                "She's far from it actually," Hoshi whispered, looking up to see everyone leaving as he stood, "Seems like it's over; let us go the Class Seven were our Senseis would be. I think we'll be having two Senseis."

                "I wonder who they might be," Ohito said excitedly, both walking out the classroom, "Hopefully, they'll the cool ones!"

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                "Cool ones…I doubt it," Kakashi said, watching the boys go with a sigh, "I'm sorry to say but that boy, Ohito, is a complete opposite than his uncle."

                "No one would say they'll be alike in personalities, though Ohito does look like a younger version of him," Iruka replied, slumping onto his chair, "He acts more like…"

                "Naruto? But with a big mouth worse than him that'll make Jiraiya proud," Kakashi answered, shaking his head, "This will be very interesting…"

                "Is that why you placed him under Naruto and Sakura?"

                "Maybe…"

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                "Room seven, found it!" Ohito exclaimed, pointing to the closed room eagerly, "That wasn't so hard!"

                Hoshi nodded, before facing around and smiled in greeting at the person behind him, "It's great having you in our team, Tenko-chan."

                "Eh?" Ohito looked over his shoulder and stared upwards at the girl, I didn't even notice she was right behind us…Damn! When was she ever this tall?

                "Same here, Hoshi-kun," Tenko said in return, looking over at Ohito with silent honey-gold eyes in acknowledgment, flickering her silver hair that was tied in a high ponytail over her shoulders, petting the small mammal on her shoulder.

                "If anyone said that Tenko and Kometto are related cause of their boring attitude, then I'll fully believe them." Ohito mumbled to himself, turning around towards the door.

                The snow leopard gave a small growl, looking over at Tenko as their eyes met, "Is that what he said?" Tenko asked her, adjusting the Leaf protector that was around her neck, "Ignore him, Naryu."

                Hoshi looked over at them, Figures…Tenko-chan can communicate with her pet. Very different than Kakashi-sensei…

                "Are you two going to just stand there or come inside?" Ohito asked them impatiently, practically sliding the door open to the side. Suddenly, a puff of smoke with the smell of chalk from an eraser was smacked onto his face as he gave a loud yelp, falling onto the ground in pure shock.

                "Ohito!" Hoshi called, helping him stood until he was on his feet. Ohito began wiping the powdery chalk from his face, only to look up at the laughing blond Sensei.

                "HA-HA-HA!" Naruto laughed, pointing at the angry Ohito, "They were even caught by that same old trick! Did you see that, Sakura-chan? And they called themselves Genin!"

                "Naruto," Sakura murmured in annoyances, "That wasn't very nice. Playing on your own pupils."

                "That's what they get for being late!"

                "They would be our Senseis?" Ohito asked to Hoshi bitterly, finish wiping his face, "I can't believe this!"

                "Are you alright?" The question was asked from Sakura as Ohito looked up to only stare at the most beautiful angel he'd ever seen. Naruto raised an eyebrow, looking down at the blushing boy with a frown.

                "I-I'm f-f-fine…"

                Naruto snorted, "Since you had took your time coming here, had you three learn that we'll be joining with another team?"

                Hoshi gave him a kind bow, "We did not come late on purpose, Sensei."

                "Don't tell me…" He trailed off; giving a knowing look, "Let me guess, Kakashi was the one who came late because he had lost on his way on a road of life."

                "He's only late, Sensei," Tenko suddenly spoke in a defensive tone.

                "We'll talk later," Sakura said with a smile, leading them out the door, "Right now, we should be meeting with the other team."

                Hoshi frowned, "I remember you'd mention about it earlier, why is that?"

                "To improve for our upcoming future," Naruto answered, his voice raised very highly that matches poorly of Tsunade, "Even if we're a team but they'll still be our rivals."

                "Who will they be?"

                "In here," Sakura answered, slowly sliding the door open from another room as the three Genins, with an exception for Ohito, waited patiently to see their faces.

                It was Ohito's first cry that rang through their ears once the door fully open, "YOU?! WHY IN THE HELL COULD IT BE YOU?!"

                Kometto looked at him dully, "Should I be asking the same question, Ohito?"

                "Not the best of term, are they?" Naruto asked in a mere whisper to the sweat-dropping Hoshi.

                "It's Ohito that doesn't get along with him," Hoshi replied with a heavy sigh, "Kometto never really done anything wrong to him."

                "This may prove to be very interesting, yet, difficult at the same time," Ikazuchi said to Sakura, watching the two continuing fighting, "Do you think Iruka and Kakashi went a little too far teaming them up?"

                "This is UNBELIEVEABLE?!" Ohito hollowed, throwing his arms into the air.

                Kometto shrugged, "I believe this to be an absurd idea as well."

                "I think you meant as a rival team, Ikazuchi-kun," Sakura corrected him, looking up curiously when the fourth quiet Sensei beside Ikazuchi suddenly moved from his spot.

                "You, boy," Kama spoken severely, pointing to Ohito's face with narrowed dark brown eyes, "I want you quiet until I allow you to talk or you could leave."

                Ohito gave him a fierce look, crossing his arms stubbornly.

                "Now, shall we begin with our introduction?" Ikazuchi asked to the group with a smile, "Just give us your names, relatives, goals, any of that so we could know each other better. Kama! You can start first!"

                Kama looks over at him.

                "Go on!"

                "Ankokuno Kama," He said in a low scowl, "Any relatives are none of your concern. Goals…it's not like any of you would even care or remembers."

                Naruto's eyebrow twitches, whispering over to Sakura, "Remind you of Kakashi in the past?"

                She nodded, "Yeah…"

                "I guess I'm next, Sabakino Ikazuchi is my name," Ikazuchi said with a nod, "The Special Jounin for the Second Test in the Chuunin Exam is my step-sister and goals? Hmmm…it's undecided, I suppose. Next!"

                "Sakura…Haruno Sakura," Sakura introduced herself as she closes her eyes, "The only relatives I have would be my parents and my goals…my future…I don't have one anymore."

                Ohito gave a sad frown, deeply worried for his female Sensei while looking curiously at the golden ring around her finger.

                "Uzumaki Naruto!" He began with a wide grin on his lips, a hand on Sakura's shoulder, "Relatives…don't have one. But my Goals is to become the Hokage of the Leaf where everyone will acknowledge me and if anyone even thinks of becoming one right now, you'll answer to me. Got that!"

                …Silences…

                "Fairano Kometto…you all know my uncle, Kamizuki Izumo-"

                Naruto muttered, "Very well, actually…"

                "-and I don't like expressing my goals to any of you."

                "Okami Junpaku," A shy girl said right after, looking up at them with nervous light-brown eyes, unable to continue.

                "That's enough, Junpaku-chan," Ikazuchi smiled, noticing how uncomfortable she is while nudging at the boy beside her.

                "Oh, sorry, Dorino Taitan, glad to meet you," A tall boy said, running his hand through his bright yellow and orange hair, looking at them all curiously with blue eyes, "Who's next?"

                Ikazuchi sighed, "What happen to the rest of it, Taitan?"

                "It's getting kind of boring and I want to get this over with."

                "Yagami Tenko and this here is Naryu," Tenko said, patting the snow leopard's head on her shoulder, "Kakashi-ojisan is the only relative I had-"

                "Excuse me?!" Naruto interrupted, eyes widen in surprised as his jaws dropped.

                "-and my goal…is to become strong as my mother." She finished silently.

                "Hino Hoshi…youngest nephew of Kurenai-obasan and wishes to be a great Sensei as her."

                "Kurenai?" Sakura asked in amazement as he nodded proudly.

                "I guess I'll be the last one, if I can talk now," Ohito grumbles, seeing Kama nodded, "Andou Ohito! My dream is to become the greatest ninja of all-"

                SMACK!!

                "ITAI!" Ohito cried out in pain, glaring at Naruto, who had interrupted him with a slap upside in his head. "WHAT IS THAT FOR?!"

                "What did I tell you about becoming a Hokage?"

                "Who the hell wants too?!"

                Naruto forcefully shoved his face to the ground in anger, "Finish it kid…any interesting relatives that we might know of?"

                Ohito stopped struggling from the ground as all the Genins watches him in dead silences.

                "Naruto, let him go," Sakura ordered with a frown, helping the boy stood while putting a hand on his shoulders, "Ohito-kun…you don't have to-"

                "My uncle was a very proud ninja," Ohito whispered, his face totally shadowed. "The best out of all the Leaf…that's what I believe."

                "Well? Go ahead, Ohito," Naruto said with annoyance. "What's his name? I'll like to talk to this proud ninja."

                "Hayate…Gekkou Hayate…"

                All the Senseis froze, staring down at the boy in disbelief. Naruto's face softens sadly while reaching out and placed a hand on his head. Ohito could only look up in confusion.

                Naruto gave a grin, "Be proud, Ohito, that's what makes you the best. And I'm saying this to all five of you Genins. To be proud is what makes you the best ninja."

                A smile grows on Ohito's lips as Sakura looked at Naruto warmly with a smile. Kama only stares out the window in boredom, but nodded in agreement. As everyone would say...typical Naruto.

                "Well! Since it's already late," Ikazuchi said, bending a little to look at them, "Naruto and I had agreed that doing missions would be nothing for you. We'll start with his special training by tomorrow."

                "That's right!" Naruto continued with a mischievous smirk, "I want you all not to eat anything for tomorrow, in case you might throw up your food during training. Come to the training ground in the forest where the Memorial is held by dawn. All of you got that?"

                As the six Genins nodded, Sakura took the time to judge their expressions and held back her laugher. Ohito raised his hand, "How about not? It's too early."

                "And why is that?"

                "You really don't want to see me in the morning..."

                "Like I give a damn! Now leave, go rest or do whatever you want," Naruto concluded, shooing them out of the class, giving a small wave once they disappeared down the hallway. "Now I'll be able to have the chance to know what it feels like to eat in front of the hungry Genins."

                 "Not going to happen, Naruto."

                "Eh? Why not, Sakura-chan?"

                "From that look you just gave them, they don't trust you at all," Sakura replied with a giggle as Naruto's eyes widen. "Tenko-chan probably knows, surprising enough to be Kakashi's niece and the others are smarter than they appears to be."

                Ikazuchi chuckled, "You gave it all away so easily."

                "A very well done, Naruto," Kama scowled from behind him.

                "AWWW! Come on you guys! I just couldn't resist! It's not MY fault, you know! Maybe one or two of them didn't know about it!"

                Sakura lowered her gaze, "Yes...maybe one doesn't."

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obasan: Aunt

ojisan: Uncle

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