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Notes: Featuring Team Sakura, Ino, and Hinata. To AirSalad: You really have issues, why are you reviewing if you hate me? Sheesh…oh, yeah, one thing, um later on I'm going to need 6 sand chuunins so you guys can just send that to me via email: lilasianviolinistyahoo.com. Thankies, now, moving on, the girls are just gonna have a regular training/ sparring day. Sorry if I took a long time, this chapter was extremely hard to write because some of the personalities were exactly the same.
To Air-Salad: Me being a very civilized person, I am not going to say anything except that you have issues.
To LaZy hyuuGa: The review board does turn kinda like a war zone, and I didn't flame you on your fic, just to make that clear.
Missions, Pt. 3
"Sakura-sensei?" someone tapped her shoulder, "Can we begin now?"
She turned to face Ryuuchi Shikari and Yamamoto Akiko, "Err, where's Fei-chan?"
Shikari ran a hand through her waist-length black hair, which she had tied back with a wide ribbon, "Dunno, Fei's always late, even though she hates latecomers."
"But I think she'll be here soon enough." Akiko took out a comic from her matching pink knapsack and began to flip through it, "After all, it's, like, the first day of training."
Sakura studied the two genins closely, "So, all right then, we'll go as soon as she gets here." Sitting cross-legged on the grass, she added, "We'll be having an easy day today anyway."
Suddenly, Sasuke flew past, "Morning, Sakura."
"Morning, Sasuke-kun." She responded, eyebrows raised, for Sasuke never seemed to be flustered about anything at all.
"Hey, Sakura-sensei, didn't you use to like Sasuke-sama?" Akiko peered at her over the book. "He's good looking."
"Kind of." Sakura admitted, wishing her face wasn't burning, "But that was then."
"Why do you people always care so much about who's with who?" Shikari looked over at her sensei with a bored expression, "It's a waste of time, anyhow."
"Hey!" called a new voice.
"That would be Fei, all right." Shikari confirmed as a girl wearing a lavender knit top rushed up to them, to the newcomer, she said, "As usual, Fei, always the late one, aren't you?"
Fei, breathing hard, sank down to her knees next to Sakura, "S-sorry, Sensei, I overslept." She apologized.
"It's okay." Sakura patted the girl's shoulder comfortingly, "Let's go now."
Akiko stood up, smoothing down her light pink miniskirt as she did, "Where?"
"Into the forest," Sakura pointed east to the clump of trees.
Azuki Riku leaned against a tree and sighed; she twisted her thick braided hair into a bun on top of her head and let it fall, "Ino-sensei?"
"Yes?" Ino looked up into the little girl's bright violet eyes, "What?"
"Do you…"
"Hey, sensei, Riku-chan." Hyuga Rain, the oldest child in the Main House, followed by Uchiha Ayame made their way over to them. "So, what are we gonna do today, huh?"
"Damn this is boring." Ayame twirled her silver earrings and stared at Riku in undisguised disgust, "So, you actually finished doing your hair this morning, that's a first."
Riku felt her face flush, "Be quiet, Ayame."
"Make me," the older girl taunted, "You're so goddamn sexy that you forget how to fight."
"Son of a bitch!" Riku shot back, "I'll beat you any day."
"Shut up, both of you." Hyuga Rain stared at them with a jaded expression in her pale grey eyes, "This is annoying."
Ayame glared at Riku, but said nothing more, she was raised in Sasuke's charge, therefore acted like him, developing a dislike for girls who think too much of how they looked. "Whatever."
Rain, on the other hand, was Hanabi's oldest daughter, therefore now the heir of the Hyuga clan, Hinata had married an outsider (Naruto) so her son was cast out, because half-blood was considered impure. She was often seen clothed in a plain white shirt and black pants; only on occasions did she bother about her appearance.
"Oy! Ino!" it was Sakura, followed by her three genins.
"Hello, Sakura." Ino returned coolly, "What are you doing here?"
"We were going to train here," Sakura looked hard at the blonde, "Since you're not doing anything worthwhile here, leave."
"Ugly forehead." Ino scoffed, "Why the hell do I have to listen to you?"
"We were here first!" Riku stuck out her tongue at the newcomers.
"Gosh, people." Shikari said at last, "This is so first grade, why don't we all just train here, if it seems to be everyone's favorite spot?"
17 years ago, Hinata remembered being scared out of her wits during the night before the first day of training with Kurenai, but now she was a Jounin, a sensei, at that, time sure flew.
"Hinata-sensei, do you mind if we start now?" a voice pulled her back into the present. It was Inuzuka Nyoko, Kiba's oldest, and only daughter.
"Sorry," she said apologetically, "Is everyone here yet?"
"Nope, I haven't seen Kai-kun." Ketsueki Shinri shook her head, "But we should really start without him, by the time he gets here, it'll be night."
"Now, do you really want to repeat that to my face, Ketsueki-san?" a figure emerged behind her.
"Kai-kun," Shinri whirled around, "Since when did you…"
"I've been there." Kai was a boy gifted with deep eyes of midnight black, at least that was what everyone thought, for his left eye was covered by his waist-length hair, which was highlighted with natural streaks of blue and no one ever saw it.
As hard as she tried to keep her near-surfaced temper in check, Shinri hated being provoked, "You…" she balled her fingers tightly into a fist.
"Hey, um, guys…" Nyoko could feel the tension snapping between her two companions. "Not now, please?"
"Shut up, Nyoko." Shinri retorted, "Keep out of this."
"She's right," Hinata surprised herself by the commanding words that left her lips, "Stop it, now."
Both genins paid her no mind as they continued with their fierce stare down, neither moving, just watching the other.
Suddenly, Kai lashed out, grabbing Shinri's arm and twisted it behind her while extracting a kunai from his pouch; in doing so, revealing the thin snaking scar that encircled his wrist.
Hinata gasped, "You…Kai…"
But Nyoko had had enough, wrenching the struggling Shinri away from Kai, "You baka."
"Okay," Ayame looked to Sakura and then back to Ino, "I hope you plan something somewhat interesting."
"We're going to climb trees." Sakura and Ino announced at the same time after a moment's thought, "Hey, stop mimicking me!"
Akiko, who had sharp eyes, blurted out, "Hinata-sama's coming with her genins too!"
Ino and Sakura groaned in unison.
"I didn't realize we were going to have company." Kai commented dryly as he surveyed the scene.
"Kai-kun!" Akiko's eyes instantly lit up, "I didn't expect you to be here!"
Shinri just glared at everyone in general and shrank back behind a tree.
"Hey." Nyoko greeted her friends cheerfully, "Nice day, isn't it?"
Ino pulled Hinata and Sakura aside, "I was here first!" she planted her hands firmly on her hips, "So you two leave!"
"Really, Ino." Sakura eyed her 'friend' with a tired expression, "This field isn't related to Sasuke-kun."
"Since we're all here, why don't we just, you know, have our students spar against each other or something?" Hinata volunteered shyly, "That way…we would know their strong points and weak points…" her voice trailed off hopefully.
"Yeah…" Ino and Sakura nodded their agreement, "That would be useful…"
"What are you three whispering about?" Rain demanded.
"There's a change in the lesson plan today." Sakura, perhaps for the first time, grinned wickedly.
"WHAT??" everyone shouted at the same time, "WE are going to do WHAT???"
"Fight." Hinata repeated calmly, since this whole thing was her idea after all, Neji's attitude must've started to influence her too, "It will be a taste of the chuunin exam you guys will have to take."
"There's no way in hell I'm fighting a girl!" Kai complained, "Where's the rest of the guys?"
"You won't have to." Hinata shot him a penetrating gaze, "I will fight you."
"WHAT?" everyone gasped.
"But that's later." Ino cut in quickly, "Who's first, huh?"
Surprisingly, Hyuga Rain and Ayame both raised their hands. "We'll go." They got to their feet and faced each other on the wooded plain.
"Remember," Sakura voiced the rules, "No killing, and no cheating."
"This match will be interesting." Kai said quietly to himself, "They're pretty good, after all."
"Who do you think will win?" Akiko asked eagerly.
"I dunno, both have their advantages, after all."
"Shut up." Shinri shot them a cold glare.
"Begin." Ino commanded.
"Well, well." Ayame stared at her opponent, "If anything, I say this will be fun."
"Indeed." Rain assumed the well-known Hyuga stance, "Byukagan!" a flash of white.
"Sharingan!" a flash of red.
"Here!" Out of nowhere, Ayame hurled a giant shuriken toward Rain.
The Hyuga girl countered with three kunais of her own that knocked the weapon off course. "You're gonna have to fight harder than that, whore."
"Who are you calling whore?" Ayame demanded, "Shadow Wind Mill!"
"Fool." The Hyuga girl grinned to herself, "You're not the only one who can see." Stretching out her hand, Rain caught the shuriken, even though it scraped her hand badly. Wincing, she dropped the weapon and clutched her hand.
Ayame took this opportunity to charge, she ran straight at Rain, poised to strike. "Take this!"
The hit was aimed at the shoulder, and there was a sickening sucking sound."
Blood, their blood…
Ino looked to Hinata and Sakura, they both inclined their heads, "That will be enough."
Both were not seriously hurt, it always could've been worse, after applying ointment to their injuries, Hinata announced they would continue the mock exam, "Who's next?"
"I'll go!" Akiko waved her hand enthusiastically, eager to prove herself in front of Kai-kun.
"I will too!" Riku jumped to her feet.
"Hey, Azuki-san." Kai called to her lazily, "Just a word of advice, Yamamoto's attacks won't hurt if you move it."
'Wha—" Riku stared at him for a minute, "Thank you, Kai-san."
Akiko smoothed down her brunette pigtails as she fell gracefully into fighting stance, "You're Riku, right?"
Riku nodded stiffly. "Yeah, so?"
"I'm so gonna kick your ass without breaking a nail!"
"Begin." Ordered Sakura.
Tension just seemed to cackle in the air as always. "Kage Bunshin No Jutsu!" Riku cried suddenly, and five clones appeared beside her.
"Five times the defeat." Akiko sneered. "Katon: Housenka no Jutsu!"
A stream of fire shot out of her mouth aiming directly at Riku's stomach.
"Careful, Riku-chan." Called Ino worriedly. "There's shurikens!"
"Can we stop?" Shinri looked bored, "This is really retarded."
Nyoko glanced at her, "Geez, show a bit of cooperation, at least."
"Shut up." Shinri appeared vexed, "Really though, can't we do something worthwhile?"
"Ketsueki-san," Kai turned to her with a bemused expression in his eyes, "If you think fighting these chicks are below you, you can just fight me instead, and then it'll be worth your time, right?"
"Are you flirting with me, Kai-kun?" Shinri narrowed her eyes, "Quit it."
"Trust me, flirting with you is below me." Kai smirked.
The conversation ceased as a loud crash emitted from the battlefield. "What the—"
It seemed that the match was pretty much over with Akiko whole and Riku's arm twisted at a strange angle. Shikari was kneeling beside Riku with a worried expression, "Are you okay?"
"So it ends, isn't it?" Hinata surveyed the scene, using one of Neji's favorite lines. "Maybe this is a little dangerous."
"Hinata-san, isn't Neji starting rub off of you?" Ino asked with a sly grin.
"Uh, I mean, I guess this isn't the thing to do during our first mission, maybe we should've done something more something boring…" Hinata looked around uncertainly.
"Maybe we should send someone to get the genins missions, Kakashi says they've been piling up lately…" Sakura stared around and saw Fei skulking around behind a tree, "Hey, Fei-chan!"
"Wha--, I mean, are you talking to me, Sakura-sensei?" the girl turned, "What do I have to do?"
"I want you go and ask Hokage-sama for some missions, oh, and make sure they're D-ranked."
"Hey, Fei, if you're nervous I could go with you." Nyoko volunteered cheerfully, "Come on."
"If you don't mind, I'll tag along too." Akiko stood up.
"Missions, eh?" Kakashi looked mildly interested as he popped a handful of popcorn into his mouth and continued reading, "Welll…"
"Spit it out already, old man." Nyoko said half-jokingly, "Do we get missions or no?"
"Oh, yeah, take your pick, there's plenty of shit whatsoever." Kakashi gestured rather carelessly toward the pile of papers on his desk, "Take whatever you want to."
"Hm, lessee here…" Akiko shifted the papers and looked through them with interest, "We could go dog walking or something for Lee-san's cocker-spaniels.
"Just how many does he have that it requires a genin's service?" Nyoko asked, looking skeptical.
"Dunno, it says here about 12.it has all their names too…Hari, Hura, Haru, Hara…" Akiko droned on.
"Skip it." Fei yawned, as she too, picked up of piece of paper, "Hey, this one looks interesting, its about a kid that always get beat up at school."
"I'll do that one." Nyoko snatched the paper from her without any form of courtesy, "Kai'd like that after all, fighting's his special."
"Hey, are you alright, Riku-chan?" Shkari asked for like the millionth time.
"Fine, just fine, goddammit all." Riku grimaced, "Stop it." She grinned weakly, her eyes closed. "I'm fine, don't worry about me."
"How're you two?" Shikari turned to Ayame and Rain.
"Shit, Ryuuchi-san, you worry too much." Rain sighed.
"Speaking of which, I never got my fight…" Kai looked rather vexed.
"Why do you care so much about that, sheesh," Shinri smirked.
A/N: Okay, okay, finally over, yes I know, crappy chapter, I think a lot of you are gonna flame for this one, but give me some slack, this is hard. Next chapter's gonna be a humorous one I guess…