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This chapter is very boring and kind of pointless, trying to get the characters settled and have a flowing plot. So I award this chapter... "The Worst Chapter" Award -WOOO- This chapter is sort of OC centric.
Chapter 4: Er?
It was barely dawn when two figures walked lazily across the wet grass. Silence made its presence as shoes softly trampled the grass beneath them. The sun rose, emerging from the world, coloring the night sky with day. They entered the mouth of the forest and continued to walk until they stopped in front of a big old tree- the tree where team seven supposedly would meet a little later that morning.
"Is this too early in the day for you?"
Last Night...
"I found the other one, he was hiding in the kitchen." Kakashi led Sasuke and Naruto out.
Sakuya's eyes flashed back and forth at Sasuke and Naruto rapidly.
"I think I will head over to the Haruno's residence now." She said rather quickly and gathered her belongings. "Konbonwa," she bowed her head slightly towards Kakashi and threw a glance at Naruto and Sasuke and left.
"Ano sa, ano sa! Who was that?"
"Miyagi Sakuya, she's going to take place of Sakura." Kakashi summed up in one sentence.
"Ne Sasuke, that was the person who barged in on us right?"
"OH! HO! HO! HO..." Kakashi's eyes widened with glee and wriggled his eyebrows at Sasuke.
Spots of crimson fell unto Sasuke's face, partly from anger.
"I have to run an errand tomorrow morning, so I would appreciate it if you guys left."
"Eh?" Blond hair shook furiously back and forth from Sasuke to Kakashi not knowing what was going on.
The masked man managed to put up a serious face, "Anyways, don't forget we're having the team meets tomorrow."
"Hai! Sasuke do you want to eat ramen with me for breakfast?"
"I think it's better if he didn't, we don't want Sakuya to picture anymore distrubing images... hee hee hee…"
"Huh?"
"Although I don't mind at all... tell me Naruto... How is he?" Kakashi placed his hands under his chin and pointed at Sasuke.
Sasuke balled his hand into a fist. "Get... Out..."
While they were leaving Kakshi whispered to Naruto, "Since Sasuke must do some 'errands' tomorrow before we meet, why don't you pick up Sakuya and take her to our meeting spot?"
"YOSH! A mission!"
"Where I'm from people don't make 5:30 a.m. visits." Sakuya sat down crossed legged, with her cotton black kapris sliding up from her ankles to her calves. She looked up leaning back against the tree, trying to see past the thick leaves but only small spots of the sky were made out. It was a very green forest. Fall was coming and yet some leaves still had green in them, but the unfortunate began to change, crippling up and falling to its very death.
'Fall... this reminds me...'
"Sorry about that..." Naruto smiled sheepishly interrupting her thought. "On Mondays its 'Morning Madness! Buy Five (5)at Five (5:00 a.m.) and Get One Free!'" (Ramen)
"Sou ka..." She looked back up into the color changing leaves, her hair gently unframed her face exposing more of her flawless complexion. A weapon holster was still not insight, and again no forehead protector was worn.
'She looks too normal to be a ninja.' Naruto examined team 7's newest member.
"Ano… ah... er… um…" Naruto searched for the right words, he stood infront of the sitting girl and yelled, "ARE YOU REALLY A NINJA?"
A couple of birds flew off into the sky.
Only a glance was earned from that outburst. "Ah."
Blue eyes squinted with suspicion. "Are you ashamed of being one?"
"Iie."
Naruto's eye twiched. She was like the girl counterpart of Sasuke, answering questions with a 'yes' or 'no'. He opened his mouth to speak.
"I did not think we would need our weapons for a meeting, and I like to conceal my forehead protector." Sakuya rolled the left sleeve of her loose gray t-shirt up showing the metal plate on a navy band.
"Doshite?"
"Should I let the people I kill know I'm going to kill them? It's best if they don't suspect me of anything... Ninja's are looked down upon you know." Sakuya cocked her head to one side still keeping her eye on Naruto.
Sakuya faced forward, her gaze looking straight through Naruto's torso, her expression grim. "All they do is follow orders, you can't even question them. Attack, and you attack. Steal, and you steal. Kill, and you kill."
She then faced Naruto's face once again who was still standing, rather uncomfortably. "But the funny thing is, ninjas have a mind of their own. They have free will to obey or betray... What do you think Uzumaki-San?"
Naruto blinked out of shock and confusion. What was she asking him? And did she just treat Naruto with respect by calling him Uzumaki-SAN? Sakuya was the first person who hadnot looked down upon him, the first to treat him as an equal; the first… to treat him with respect and acknowledgement.
"Ano.. Just call me Naruto! We're friends now okay?" He smiled and placed his hands behind his head. "So um... what kind of missions have you done in the past? Any difficult ones?" Naruto wanted to change the subject- badly. Sure he knew ninjas had to follow orders whether it was to kill or not, but if you chose the ninja life you expected all this.
Silence.
Naruto sat down beside Sakuya, "Fail any missions?" He was surprised when she answered.
"There was one... It was to kill someone, to achieve something- no, steal something... but someone beat me to it." She brushed her hand through her hair, "What about you?"
"There's a lot of missions I would have failed if Sasuke wasn't there to help me out, or Sakura-Chan!" Naruto flashed a big smile at Sakuya and then remembered that it was she who barged in Sasuke's room last night. "Oh, so uh… Yeah you know Sasuke's the last soul survivor of the Uchiha clan? Yeah... he uh... like had a brother but he like disappeared a couple of years ago... but the funny thing is, that's when Sasuke went on a long term mission! I'm so glad he came back though…"
The blond kept bickering and Sakuya lost interest and began to faze in and out ofthe one-man conversation.
"…When we spar…."
'When is Hatake-San arriving?'
"…Not fair at all 'cause he uses his sharingan!"
This caught Sakuya's attention. 'The Sharingan!'
"That is…"
"You know what that is right? It's his blood line specialty! It can only be inherited, although it's not as good as the Hyuuga's byukagan it's still sooo amazing!"
'Inherit...?'
"…Do you like ramen? I can eat around thirteen bowls of ramen under five minutes…"
'It still lives... The sharingan.'
"...Then Sakura-Chan punched me..."
The exchange ninja couldn't handle his annoying loud constant bickering anymore.
"Do you wish to spar with me?" Sakuya stood up abruptly looking down at the blond.
"...Miso's the best but…- WHAT?"
"Let us spar and test our abilities; see what the water country has to offer."
"Gomen, demo…." Naruto scratched the back of his head, "I don't hit girls!"
Sakuya's face darkened a bit as she crouched down in front of Naruto on the ground, their knees touching. "We're your equal."
"I know but-"
"-How can you protect the people you love if gender gets in the way?" She stood up, "If a woman attacked your loved one, I doubt you would just let it happen… or would you?" A sarcastic sympathetic expression filled her face.
"NARUTOOO!" A shrill voice pierced through the forest. Sadly it was a grown mans voice.
"Gai-Sensai! Matte yo!"
"Lee... Neiji do something!"
"Hn."
Gai-Sensai ran towards Naruto to embrace him while his pupils followed behind. "My rival of mine has neglected you! It's okay, it's okay... you can cry..."
Naruto's head was buried inside Gai's chest and all he saw was green. "Gah! What are you talking about?" Naruto managed to push free from his teacher's rival.
"If he decides to abandon you, you may join my beautiful team! I will take you in as my own pupil!"
"Gai-Sensei you are so compassionate!" Tears flowed from Lee's round eyes.
"Ah! Who is this new face?" Gai's interest went over to Sakuya...
Naruto wobbled towards Neiji and TenTen, still seeing spots of green and fur. "What's your teacher talking about?"
"We saw Kakashi and Sasuke talking with Tsunade-Sama just a few minutes ago," TenTen answered.
"Then those idiots assumed Kakashi abandoned you and Sakura," Neiji muttered. "It seems that they were being assigned a mission."
"NANI! WITH OUT ME?"
Naruto grabbed Sakuya's wrist and dragged her away from the blundering teacher. "Ja ne!" At top speed Naruto ran as fast as he could to the Hokage's office.
"Where are we going?" Sakuya ran along beside Naruto, "And who were-"
"-You don't want to know."
"A 'B'-Rank mission okay for your team Kakashi?" Tsunade smirked. Even a 'D'-rank mission could be easily turned into an 'A'-Rank when Naruto took part.
"I'm sure we'll manage, Sakura isn't there for Naruto to be distracted anymore."
"I heard the exchange was a success, know anything about the new girl?"
"Not much, we didn't have a chance to chat." Kakashi looked at Sasuke who stood at the other end of the room arms crossed. "What do you think Sa-"
"GRANNY TSUNADE!"
Naruto burst open the door smashing who ever was behind it- oops, Sasuke. "How can you do this to me?"
"N-Naruto..." Sasuke rubbed the bridge of his nose with his middle and ring finger. A blood vein popping at the side of his forehead.
"AND YOU!" He pointed at his teacher. "Telling me to go to our meeting spot! You planned to leave me there! Didn't you? DIDN'T YOU!"
"I was going to get you but... a cat had to be saved from a tree and... one thing led to another." Kakashi was running out of excuses.
"DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I WAITED?"
"SHUT UP BRAT!"
All eyes turned to the Godaime, she cleared her throat."We were going to send you a messenger so you can head over here, but obviously we now don't have to." She flicked one of her pig tails over her shoulders. "We weren't going to leave you out of this mission brat, and you're being an embarrassment to Konoha." Tsunade nudged her head towards the door where Sakuya was left standing.
Next: A mission?
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