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Chapter 3: Introductions to a stranger
A knock came from Iruka's office door. However, Iruka didn't answer it. He was too busy sleeping on his desk to care. It had been three hours ago since he scheduled the appointment with Zeni's soon-to-be sensei.
Getting impatient, the man outside the door walked right in. The man was tall and looked to be in his mid-twenties. He wore his hitai-ate tilted to cover his left eye. He had a mask to cover his face, making him look very mysterious. He ruffled his messy silver hair and made his way to the Chuunin.
"Iruka," the man said, poking Iruka on the shoulder.
Iruka grunted in response.
Again, the man poked him in the shoulder, but this time, with more force, knocking Iruka out of his chair.
Iruka started. "What? Huh?" He looked up. "Kakashi! What'd you do that for?!" he demanded.
Kakashi shrugged. "You were sleeping."
"Well, maybe if someone wasn't late all the time..." Iruka growled.
Kakashi rubbed the back of his head. "Well, you see, there was a little fish that was drowning in the river. Someone had to save him."
Iruka got up and put his arm out in front of Kakashi to silence him. "No time for excuses. Kakashi, do you know what happened to Team 49?"
Kakashi was struck with intreast. "I do. What about them?"
Iruka dug through his pocket and pulled out a picture. He handed it to Kakashi.
Kakashi took it. He looked at it with curiosity. "Is this the one that survived?"
Iruka nodded. "Yes. Her name is Kinieto Zeni."
Kakashi focused his attention back on Iruka. "What does this have to do with Team 7?"
"I must request for her to be put on your team."
Kakashi took a step back in surprise. "Put on my team?"
Iruka plucked the picture from Kakashi's hand. "Yes. Your team was picked randomly."
"But, doesn't she want to wait awhile before going back into training? Wouldn't that be hard on her?"
"That's what I thought. Either she likes to show off, or she's not telling us something. I suspect the latter out of her though. She's a really quiet child. She doesn't talk much."
Kakashi sighed. "You know, by putting her in, you disrupted all my training lessons."
Iruka smiled. "So, you accept her then?"
Kakashi nodded. "Where is she?"
Iruka walked out of his office. "In my classroom. Down the hall. Follow me."
Kakashi followed after him. "But, what about my students? They're expecting me to be at the training grounds!"
"Oh, yes. Well, they should be somewhere in my classroom. I directed them there about half an hour ago. They're there. Don't worry."
"I wonder who she is." a pink haired ninja wondered aloud as she stared at the sleeping girl. She looked up at a raven haired boy. "Ne, Sasuke-kun, is this the new member of our team?" she asked.
The boy called Sasuke leaned against a corner in the classroom. He didn't even glance up at her. "Seems to be. Iruka told us that she would be waiting in this same classroom," he continued to stare down at his feet. He took a quick glance at the new girl, and then turned back to his staring of his feet. "Another weakling," he muttered under his breath. "Great. That's all I need to get in my way now."
"I wonder if she'll like the gifts that we'll give her. What do you think, Naruto?" she asked a blonde ninja.
Naruto smiled at her. "Of course she will, Sakura-chan!"
"She looks frail," Sakura mentioned as she continued to examine the new girl. "She doesn't seem to be like the one that would want to become a ninja."
"Looks can be deceiving," a voice said behind her.
Sakura jumped. "Who-" She stopped at the sight of her sensei, Kakashi, behind him was her former teacher, Iruka. "You're late, again," she said giving him a flat stare.
Kakashi chuckled nervously. "So, is this her?" he asked, avoiding the question, as he walked up to the strange girl.
Iruka nodded. "That's her."
"Seems like she needs a wake up call," he said.
"Kakashi-sensei! Don't-" Sakura started.
"WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he shouted in the poor girl's ear.
Zeni jumped up in the air and landed on her tail bone. She groaned as she opened one of her eyes. "Who the heck are you?" she growled.
"You will address me as Kakashi-sensei from now on. Do I make myself clear?" the Jounin said.
When she heard this, Zeni blushed furiously and got up on her feet. "I'm so sorry," she said with a bow. "I promise! It'll never happen again! I'll-"
Kakashi waved her off. "I hear you want to be accepted on Team 7. Is this true?"
"Yes, sir," she said straightening.
Kakashi nodded. "Very good. Well, let's start off by introducing you to your new teammates. Sakura, you're up."
Zeni's POV
A pink haired kunochi skipped up to me, holding a small pink bundle in her hands. She handed it to me. "Hi! I'm Haruno Sakura! Nice to have another girl on the team," she gave me a big smile. "Please, enjoy the gift!"
I nodded slowly as I took the gift from her. "I'm Kinieto Zeni," I replied. "Thanks."
Sakura nodded. She skipped off to Kakashi and Iruka. I placed the gift to the desk next to me. I looked up and saw a boy that looked really familiar, come over to me. Wait, he was the kid that ate my ramen yesterday!
My cheeks burned with anger. The boy seemed to notice this. He hurried his pace until he was half an inch away from my ear. "Forget about yesterday," he whispered. He backed up a step and shoved a package of Top Ramen into my hands. I smiled. This kid didn't seem so bad after all...
"Uzumaki Naruto!" he announced loudly with pride in his voice. So this was the ramen boy Iruka-sensei was talking about.
I couldn't help but smile. "Kinieto Zeni. Thanks for the ramen. I can't wait to eat it!" Naruto gave me a cheesy grin and hurried to go over to Kakashi and the others.
I set Naruto's gift next to Sakura's gift. Curiosity seeped through me as my eyes wandered the room, trying to find a glimpse of Uchiha Sasuke, my other teammate. Something moved from the shadows.
A boy with raven black hair strode towards me, carrying a little box. His head was bowed as he fingered the package. At last, he finally came up to me. He raised his head.
A gasp escaped from me. I quickly put my hand to my mouth. I didn't mean to gasp. But, he looked so much like him...
The boy did notice. A tinge of red from embarrassment spread his face. He darted his eyes away from mine. "My name is Uchiha Sasuke," he said coldly, trying hard to ignore the gasp that came from me. He gave a slight nod, which I figured was his way of bowing.
I studied his eyes. His eyes weren't crimson, but they still had that deathly uncaring look. It couldn't be him...it just couldn't. Plus, he looked like he looked to be my age. The man that killed my father was probably around twenty. But, still...
Sasuke handed out his gift, waiting for me to take it. I didn't. After a moment's silence, he looked at me. "Take it," he said impatiently.
I wanted to run away, to get away from him as far as possible. But, my feet would not allow me to budge.
"Take it," he repeated.
Maybe, if I took it from him, he would leave me alone. I snatched it from him. "K-Kinieto Zeni," I stuttered.
He gave me a look that clearly said 'freak' all over it, and walked away.
I stared after him. How could he look just like him...?
My thoughts were disrupted as someone put their hand on my shoulder. I looked up, relieved. Kakashi-sensei looked down at me. A could tell that a smile came from under his mask. "Shall we start your training?" he asked.
I nodded.
Reviewer Responses:
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So, do you guys know who the killer is? I hope I threw in enough clues without totally giving it away. I know some of you only read the manga from Shonen Jump so you wouldn't know unless you've read fanfiction about him. I'm sure you heard of him before...if not, I'd appreciate it if you told me. That way, I can straighten things out.
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