Chapter 1
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto but I do own the made-up characters.
"Haruka Kanata" playing in the background.
Sorry about the intro, it kinda sucked because it was soo short. I'll try to make it longer next time! This is just my first fanfic..
Alrite! On to da story!
"Yawn…. Damn kakashi-sensei… why does he always have to be so freaking late!" groaned Naruto.
"Oh shut up Naruto, you know Kakashi-sensei's a late-comer," yawned Sakura tiredly.
Sasuke leaned on the bridge railing, obviously brooding about something.
Exactly 30 minutes later, the silver-haired jounin appeared in a poof of smoke in front of them.
"Ohayo everyone!" greeted Kakashi-sensei with an invisible grin behind his mask. "Haha, sorry I was late, I lost my Icha Icha Paradise book this morning and I ….." he trailed off when he saw the angry faces on Sakura and Naruto's face.
"ENOUGH WITH THE STUPID LIES!" screamed both of them angrily.
"Ehem, lets get to the point shall we, today there is going to be a…" started Kakashi.
"What! What! What is happening today? Are we having a ramen party!" interrupted Naruto.
"No, actually, we're having a…"
"A VACATION?"
"Naruto, stop butting in…"
"AN S-RANKED MISSION?"
"Please Naruto, can you shut…."
"YOU ARE GOING TO TREAT US WITH RAMEN?"
"CAN YOU SHUT THE HELL UP AND LET KAKASHI-SENSEI CONTINUE!" yelled Sakura as she rained punches on Naruto.
"Ow... Ouch! Sakura-chan that hurts!" wined Naruto as Kakashi and Sasuke sweatdropped.
"Arigatou, Sakura-chan," replied Kakashi as he restrained Sakura from beating Naruto into a pulp, "Today theres a new kunoichi who will be training a while with us," continued Kakashi.
"New kunoichi?" wondered Sakura.
"Yes, she arrived in the Academy late, but she managed to catch up with you guys,"
"Really?" asked Naruto.
"Havent you heard what I said just now!" snapped Kakashi.
"Yeah, dweeb… quit being such a moron," sneered Sasuke coldly.
"Why you, Sasuke-teme…I'll…," growled Naruto.
"STOP FIGHTIIIIING!" yelled Sakura at the top of her voice. "Naruto stop acting like a kid!"
The silver-haired Jounin sighed inwardly and scratched his head as he saw Naruto and Sasuke shooting daggers with their eyes at each other while Sakura was fuming like a volcano that's about to erupt.
"Come on u guys, stop it," said Kakashi in a lousy attempt to stop them.
As usual, they ignored him.
"Fine then, this afternoon we'll meet together near the training grounds so I can introduce the new kunoichi to you brats, and remember to help her if she has any problems, got it?" replied Kakashi in a drowsy tone.
"Hai, Kakashi-sensei,"
Later that afternoon,
"Thump… Thump…" Naruto was banging his head on a tree. "I…" (Thump) "Am…" (Thump) "So…" (Thump) "Hungry…" (Thump) "Rameeen,"wined Naruto.
"Shut up Naruto, who asked you to spend the whole lunchtime in the toilet," scolded Sakura.
"But… but Sakura-chan, I forgot to see the expiry date of my milk again," groaned Naruto.
"That's your problem u dobe," muttered Sasuke coldly.
"I AM NOT A DOBE SASUKE-TEME!"
"Whatever,"
"To make it worse, Kakashi-sensei is late AGAIN," sniffed Naruto.
"Its already becoming a habit for sensei," replied Sakura while she looked at her watch. One more minute left she thought.
Exactly after one minute, the perverted jounin appeared in a poof of smoke. "Sorry to keep you waiting guys," said Kakashi happily. "It's because I…"
"Cut the crap already," grumbled Sakura and Naruto.
"Haha… okay okay," Phew, good thing I didn't have to come up with an excuse again thought Kakashi peevishly.
"Where's the new kunoichi!" shouted Naruto who was trying to looking behind Kakashi.
"She'll be arriving shortly,"
After a few minutes, Kakashi saw a shadow walking towards them from a distance.
"Ah, here she comes!" said Kakashi.
Everybody rushed to get a better look at the kunoichi. Her eyes were as black as midnight and she was raven-haired. Just like Sasuke thought Sakura wonderingly. The girl wore a black tank-top and dark pants with a kunai holster strapped to her right thigh. Her hair was short with a braided tail at the back. Her forehead protector is tied around her waist and her right arm is covered with armor. The armor looked heavy but her movements made it look light.
I don't know why… but she is very disturbing thought Sasuke warily. There was something familiar about her face, she looks like someone… but who?
Her expression was steely, but her eyes were very disturbing. Her eyes had a distant look in them.
"Alright then, lets introduce ourselves," said Kakashi.
"HI! Nice to meet you! My name is Uzumaki Naruto, and I am going to be a Hokage in the future!"
"Nice to meet you, my name is Haruno Sakura," greeted Sakura in a light tone.
"I am Hatake Kakashi, your sensei, it's a pleasure to meet you,"
"And I am Uchiha Sasuke," muttered Sasuke coldly.
The girl's eyes widened when she heard his name, and there was a shocked look in her dark eyes. "Uchiha…." She whispered. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, as if unable to believe what she had heard.
Sasuke noticed her reaction, and he couldn't help to feel curious about this girl.
"And now its your turn," said Kakashi to her with an encouraging look in his eyes.
The girl sighed, as if reluctant to reveal her identity. She looked at the ground, her dark hair obscuring her eyes, trying to muster up the courage to say out her name.
Then, she looked up, her eyes glowing.
"My name… is… Uchiha Reiko," she whispered.
"Waaat?" uttered Sasuke with a shocked look in his face. Sakura and Naruto was rooted on the ground… trying to understand what she just said.
No! No! It couldn't be… I was the last who survived! Sasuke thought confusedly. Did she say something wrong? Did I hear her correctly?
Sakura noticed Sasuke's shocked face and tried to comfort him. "Are you okay, Sasuke-kun?" Sasuke pushed her away and shook his head, trying to clear away those confusing thoughts. I need to be somewhere alone now, I … I need to clear my mind thought Sasuke warily.
"I…. I have to go now, gomen," he said quietly as he walked back to Konoha.
"Wait! Sasuke-kun! Wait!" shouted Sakura and she tried to catch up to him, but he was already out of sight. "Sigh…"
"What's wrong with Sasuke? sensei…" asked Naruto.
"Oh, nothing, I am sure that Sasuke will be alright," replied Kakashi-sensei, fully knowing that Sasuke has some things on his mind. "I expect you to not bother him,"
"Huh… okay,"
"And… Reiko, I hope you are not surprised at Sasuke's reaction," Kakashi said.
"No… not at all, sensei…" she replied softly, her eyes staring into the distance.
"Great! And Sakura can you stop worrying about Sasuke, he's going to be fine,"
"Er… erm… okay," said Sakura… obviously still worrying about her Sasuke-kun.
"Sighs… Alright this meeting is dismissed,"
"YAY… FINALLY I AM ABLE TO EAT… Reiko-chan, do you want to come too?" yelled Naruto friendly.
"No, thanks,"
"Oh well… what about you Sakura-chan?"
"Fine, but don't ask me to treat you… If I did, I'd be broke," sulked Sakura.
"Okay! I'll treat then! Come on Reiko-chan, you can come with us! Pretty please!"
"Fine, whatever," Reiko replied unenthusiastically.
"And what about you, Kakash…"
The silver-haired jounin was gone. Naruto sweatdropped. I didn't see him leave he thought.
"Oh well, lets go!"
Meanwhile
(sadness and sorrow playing in the background)
Sasuke was trudging through Kohoha's dense forest, trying to make sense of what the Reiko girl just said. "Uchiha… Uchiha… No! No! It doesn't make sense!" said Sasuke angrily and he punched a tree.
"Itachi killed all of them except me… except ME!" he shouted, his mind hurt as past memories clawed through his mind. "He couldn't have… he couldn't have…"Sasuke was breathing heavily now as he knelt beside the river, looking at his reflection in the water. He closed his eyes, the pain, anger and hatred… flowing through his veins... seemed never-ending. He opened his eyes again, and saw his brother's reflection in the churning water, smirking at him with those Sharingan eyes of his…
Sasuke clenched his fist tightly, and his nails dug into his flesh. In his fury, he punched at his brother's reflection… watching it fade …. He remembered the past memories of his parents, and the thought of them was unbearable… he felt as if sharp claws were digging into his heart. Calm down Sasuke…calm down…he thought. He stood up slowly and began to walk back to Konoha.
At the Ichiraku Ramen
"YUM! ONE MORE BOWL PLEASE!" shouted Naruto as he finished his 30th bowl.
"Does he really eat that much?" whispered Reiko to Sakura after finishing her 2nd bowl.
"Yea… he has a weird (and I mean very weird) passion about ramen, just like gai-sensei and rock lee," muttered Sakura.
"Oh,"
"Hi Naruto!"shouted Kiba and Rock Lee.
"Oh great! You guys are here!" greeted Naruto. "Lets have a ramen competition!"
"Bring it on!" yelled Kiba as his dog, Akamaru barked loudly.
"I wanna join too!" shouted Rock Lee.
"Me too!" grunted Chouji.
"Great! The more the merrier!"
"How troublesome," muttered Shikamaru.
Damn, all the noisy guys are here thought Sakura darkly as she sweatdropped.
Reiko just looked at them uninterestedly and continued to look at her empty ramen bowl.
As the three boys were slurping loudly on their ramen, Ten Ten, Hyuuga Hinata , Sakura, and Ino started to cheer on the boys while Hyuuga Neji and Aburame Shino are having a glaring competition and Shikamaru was looking at the clouds…. Again.
After a while, Neji noticed the new girl sitting lonely at the corner and started to feel curious.
"Hey Naruto, is this your team's new recruit?" asked Neji, momentarily distracting Naruto from his ramen competition.
"Mmmp.. errrghhpp.." Naruto managed to spew out with a mouth full of ramen.
"God dammit Naruto don't talk with your mouth full,"
Naruto raised his hand in a peace sign and swallowed the ramen before continuing, "Er.. yes! She is the new kunoichi! Oh yeah, I forgot to introduce her to you guys,"
Reiko glanced up from her ramen and glared at the strangers.
"Hi, my name is Hyuuga Neji, one of the number 1 ninjas," said Neji proudly.
"Yea right, hi sweetie my name is Rock Lee," greeted a thick eyebrowed weirdo.
"Eww…Stop it Lee, my name is TenTen!" said a tough-looking girl with her hair that was tied into two buns.
"Er..er.. h.. hi… my n.. name.. is Hyuuga.. Hi.. Hinata," stuttered the girl with the same opalescent eyes as Neji's.
"Yo! My name is Inuzuka Kiba and my partner here is Akamaru!" barked Kiba loudly.
"…"
Everybody looked expectantly at the guy with weird round spectacles. "Erm… Shino.. It's your turn," explained Kiba.
"Fine, my name is Aburame Shino,"
"Nice to meet you, my name is Yamanaka Ino!" smiled a blond-haired girl.
"I.. am… Chouji…," grunted the plump ninja with a mouth full of crisps.
"Urgh, how troublesome, my name is Nara Shikamaru," said Shikamaru lazily.
"Now's your turn to introduce yourself!" said Naruto to Reiko.
Reiko glared at the ninjas darkly before saying, "My name.. is Uchiha Reiko,"
"Uchiha!" muttered the ninjas in shock.
"But..but.. I thought Sasuke is the last?" said Kiba unbelievingly.
Reiko looked down and started to walk away from the ninjas as they started to whisper among themselves.
"Hey! Reiko-chan! Where are you going?" asked Naruto.
"Home," muttered Reiko darkly. Reiko was in a bad mood today and she just wanted to be alone, I shouldn't have gone with Naruto she thought angrily. She sighed and remembered the Uchiha boy from just now, He looks like him, she thought.
Haa.. long chapter … hehe I hope u guys can review my story.. THANKS!
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