Split and Strike
by DoomaWriter
Author's notes: That's right! Contrary to public belief and popular demand, I'm not dead! And to celebrate my living to see another day, I present to you another Naruto fic. Sorry for the delay though. I wrote it a lot sooner but..um, I had to travel around the world to find myself. *Nudges Kakashi with his elbow*
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Chapter 4: What a Way to Start! Asuma Team's Task.
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While Team 7 were busy with their introductory training program, some distance across the village, Sakura was sitting with her new partners. She was thankful that Tenten was sitting in the middle, keeping Lee at a somewhat distance. The pink-haired girl was still recovering from the fact that she was leaving Sasuke alone with Ino (Kiba didn't exist to her at the moment).
"Cheer up, Sakura-san," Lee said. He turned to her with a big smile, branded a thumb's up and added, "Though we can't replace your comrades, I'm sure you'll grow to love this team!" To seal the deal, he winked at her and a floating heart rushed towards her.
In a panic, Sakura grabbed the closest thing she could find to block the oncoming projectile. The closest thing happening to be Tenten. Thinking quickly, Tenten lifted a small sickle from her pouch and sliced the projectile in half. "Watch where you're aiming those things!" both girls warned. Lee sighed and hung his head.
Shortly afterwards, Asuma came sauntering by with a lit cigarette in his mouth. He studied his new students before putting a hand on Lee's shoulder. "Looks like you hit the jackpot, eh?" he said with a smile. Before Lee could ask what that comment meant, his new teacher introduced himself.
"I'm Asuma. And for today, I want everyone to get to know each other. To start things off, I'll see if I've got your names down." He pointed to one of the girls, "Pink-hair, you're name's Haruno Sakura, right?" When his target nodded in agreement, he moved his finger passed Tenten and said, "You with the eyebrows - you're Rock Lee?" Lee answered with an annoyed frown. Then Asuma moved on to his center target. "And you're...um...That's odd. Do you live in this village?"
"My name's Tenten from Gai-sensei's team," Tenten said.
"Hmm..." Asuma said to himself as he scratched his head. "Sorry, I guess I don't notice filler characters that well."
"Filler!?"
"Anyway, two out of three isn't bad," Asuma said, addressing the whole team. "Now, spend the rest of the day getting acquainted. Talk about likes, dislikes, whatever. If you need me, I'll be in a hammock over-"
"Wait a second!" Lee interrupted. "I already know everything about Sakura- san and Tenten!"
Asuma closed his eyes and chuckled lightly. "You weren't on Sakura's team were you? I'm sure there's something you don't know about her."
Upon hearing this challenge, the genin in green whipped out a small notebook and flipped a few pages. "Name: Haruno Sakura. Hair: Pink. Eyes: Green. Team Number: Seven. Chakra Control: Exceptional. Unique Jutsu: ....Hmm, I have this part blank." He turned to Sakura and asked, "What is your unique jutsu?"
Still creeped out by the log Lee was keeping, Sakura turned away and pouted to herself. Asuma exhaled another puff and then excepted defeat. "Well congratulations, kid. You've got today off then. But I still want Sakura and Renren to-"
"It's Tenten!" Lee's partner complained.
"This isn't much of a professional way to start, " Lee grumbled to himself.
Overhearing, Asuma grew a little agitated. "Hey, it's this or you can run laps. It's your choice."
"Really!?" Lee asked happily.
Misinterpreting the reply, the smoker said, "Keep making me mad and I'll have you run ten laps around the village."
Lee frowned. "Only ten? I suppose it'll have to do."
"You want me to raise it to twenty?"
"Yes." Lee admitted seriously.
Biting through his cigarette, Asuma said, "You've just won yourself forty laps, wise guy! Do you have anything else you'd like to say!?"
"Well, can you please not give me second-hand smoke? It's a bad habit which can lead to cancer in the lungs, mouth-"
"A hundred laps!" Asuma shouted. "I want to see you do a hundred!"
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Diligently doing his duties as a teacher, Asuma rested lazily while his new pupils were off. "I can't believe I actually let that kid get to me," he said while becoming more and more drowsy. "It may be tougher than I thought to withstand being with those two for a month."
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A few hours went by and the young, female nins were cursing how large Konoha was. Every time she went by them, Sakura would glance over at the other teams to see how they were holding up. Of course the only one she cared about was the one with Sasuke in it. She picked up bits of the conversation while passing once and it seemed that Kakashi had finished giving some lecture on teamwork.
All three sat on the grass and none of them seemed to of taken the speech very seriously. Kiba rested on his back while Akamaru went off to sniff some of the nearby trees. Focusing her attention elsewhere, Sakura saw Ino speaking to Sasuke and began running a little closer to the two.
"Hey, Sasuke-kun," Ino said. "I couldn't help but notice earlier that your skin was very soft. Softer than mine. What type of lotion do you use?"
Kiba didn't try to hide his laughing at all while Sasuke turned his face while blushing. Sakura, wondering how Ino came in contact with Sasuke's body didn't notice how close she was running and tripped over Kiba, her knee coming in contact with his cheek.
"Oi, oi! Watch what your doing!" Kiba complained as he got back up and rubbed his face.
"Ino-pig!" Sakura shouted. "What have you been doing to Sasuke-kun!?"
Ino smirked, closed her eyes, and said, "What this team does is no concern of you or your forehead." Pretending Sakura wasn't there, she turned to Sasuke and asked, "Some people are such paranoid nuisances, ne, Sasuke- kun?" Opening her eyes, Ino spotted Sasuke running in the distance. "Oi, Sasuke-kun! Where are you going? Wait for me!"
"Don't follow me!" Sasuke yelled while picking up the pace. Ino stood up, brushed a few leaves from her backside and gave chase. Sakura wasn't far behind as she forgot about both her training punishment and the fact that she was supposed to be suffering from fatigue.
"Why do they keep ignoring me?" Kiba asked. His fateful pet consoled him with a lick on the nose.
"I don't think she's coming back," Tenten said as Lee ran beside her. She noticed that his breathing didn't show any signs of tiring. "Gee, Lee, it looks like you won't break a sweat by the time you finish your laps."
"The laps?" Lee repeated. "I finished my first one hundred long ago. Now I'm aiming for five-hundred!"
Nearly falling down, Tenten said, "Even without Gai-sensei, you're still crazy."
"If I don't finish five-hundred laps, then Sakura-san'll finally return my love!" Lee said, gripping his fist.
"Did she tell you that?"
"No, but I'm sure she'll love me when I tell her!"
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The sun had set and the three partners met up once again. Asuma stretched his arms and gave out a long yawn. "So everyone finished their hundred?"
"I finished five hundred!" Lee said with a big grin.
Asuma's eyebrows shot up. "Good work, Lee." He began to wonder what the hell did Gai do to this one.
"It was hard but I finished," Tenten said.
"Good work......you."
Sakura began to sweat. "Er...I....didn't really finish my laps. I stopped somewhere in the twenties."
Asuma shrugged. "Eh, good enough." As soon as he finished speaking, Tenten fell to the floor.
"I did four-hundred more," Lee explained as if someone had asked, "for Sakura-san!"
"Five-hundred laps..." Sakura began. "That's just unnecessarily insane."
Lee let out a heavy sigh. "I should've known..."
To be continued...
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Author's notes: All right, how about a deal? Since I like you readers so much, I'll let you decide which new team the next chapter will focus on. Your choices are Kurenai's team (Neji, Hinata, Choji) and Gai's team (Naruto, Shikamaru, Shino). We'll get back to the others later. So, it's up to you, choose carefully...Or recklessly, whichever works for you.
Author's notes: That's right! Contrary to public belief and popular demand, I'm not dead! And to celebrate my living to see another day, I present to you another Naruto fic. Sorry for the delay though. I wrote it a lot sooner but..um, I had to travel around the world to find myself. *Nudges Kakashi with his elbow*
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Chapter 4: What a Way to Start! Asuma Team's Task.
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While Team 7 were busy with their introductory training program, some distance across the village, Sakura was sitting with her new partners. She was thankful that Tenten was sitting in the middle, keeping Lee at a somewhat distance. The pink-haired girl was still recovering from the fact that she was leaving Sasuke alone with Ino (Kiba didn't exist to her at the moment).
"Cheer up, Sakura-san," Lee said. He turned to her with a big smile, branded a thumb's up and added, "Though we can't replace your comrades, I'm sure you'll grow to love this team!" To seal the deal, he winked at her and a floating heart rushed towards her.
In a panic, Sakura grabbed the closest thing she could find to block the oncoming projectile. The closest thing happening to be Tenten. Thinking quickly, Tenten lifted a small sickle from her pouch and sliced the projectile in half. "Watch where you're aiming those things!" both girls warned. Lee sighed and hung his head.
Shortly afterwards, Asuma came sauntering by with a lit cigarette in his mouth. He studied his new students before putting a hand on Lee's shoulder. "Looks like you hit the jackpot, eh?" he said with a smile. Before Lee could ask what that comment meant, his new teacher introduced himself.
"I'm Asuma. And for today, I want everyone to get to know each other. To start things off, I'll see if I've got your names down." He pointed to one of the girls, "Pink-hair, you're name's Haruno Sakura, right?" When his target nodded in agreement, he moved his finger passed Tenten and said, "You with the eyebrows - you're Rock Lee?" Lee answered with an annoyed frown. Then Asuma moved on to his center target. "And you're...um...That's odd. Do you live in this village?"
"My name's Tenten from Gai-sensei's team," Tenten said.
"Hmm..." Asuma said to himself as he scratched his head. "Sorry, I guess I don't notice filler characters that well."
"Filler!?"
"Anyway, two out of three isn't bad," Asuma said, addressing the whole team. "Now, spend the rest of the day getting acquainted. Talk about likes, dislikes, whatever. If you need me, I'll be in a hammock over-"
"Wait a second!" Lee interrupted. "I already know everything about Sakura- san and Tenten!"
Asuma closed his eyes and chuckled lightly. "You weren't on Sakura's team were you? I'm sure there's something you don't know about her."
Upon hearing this challenge, the genin in green whipped out a small notebook and flipped a few pages. "Name: Haruno Sakura. Hair: Pink. Eyes: Green. Team Number: Seven. Chakra Control: Exceptional. Unique Jutsu: ....Hmm, I have this part blank." He turned to Sakura and asked, "What is your unique jutsu?"
Still creeped out by the log Lee was keeping, Sakura turned away and pouted to herself. Asuma exhaled another puff and then excepted defeat. "Well congratulations, kid. You've got today off then. But I still want Sakura and Renren to-"
"It's Tenten!" Lee's partner complained.
"This isn't much of a professional way to start, " Lee grumbled to himself.
Overhearing, Asuma grew a little agitated. "Hey, it's this or you can run laps. It's your choice."
"Really!?" Lee asked happily.
Misinterpreting the reply, the smoker said, "Keep making me mad and I'll have you run ten laps around the village."
Lee frowned. "Only ten? I suppose it'll have to do."
"You want me to raise it to twenty?"
"Yes." Lee admitted seriously.
Biting through his cigarette, Asuma said, "You've just won yourself forty laps, wise guy! Do you have anything else you'd like to say!?"
"Well, can you please not give me second-hand smoke? It's a bad habit which can lead to cancer in the lungs, mouth-"
"A hundred laps!" Asuma shouted. "I want to see you do a hundred!"
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Diligently doing his duties as a teacher, Asuma rested lazily while his new pupils were off. "I can't believe I actually let that kid get to me," he said while becoming more and more drowsy. "It may be tougher than I thought to withstand being with those two for a month."
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A few hours went by and the young, female nins were cursing how large Konoha was. Every time she went by them, Sakura would glance over at the other teams to see how they were holding up. Of course the only one she cared about was the one with Sasuke in it. She picked up bits of the conversation while passing once and it seemed that Kakashi had finished giving some lecture on teamwork.
All three sat on the grass and none of them seemed to of taken the speech very seriously. Kiba rested on his back while Akamaru went off to sniff some of the nearby trees. Focusing her attention elsewhere, Sakura saw Ino speaking to Sasuke and began running a little closer to the two.
"Hey, Sasuke-kun," Ino said. "I couldn't help but notice earlier that your skin was very soft. Softer than mine. What type of lotion do you use?"
Kiba didn't try to hide his laughing at all while Sasuke turned his face while blushing. Sakura, wondering how Ino came in contact with Sasuke's body didn't notice how close she was running and tripped over Kiba, her knee coming in contact with his cheek.
"Oi, oi! Watch what your doing!" Kiba complained as he got back up and rubbed his face.
"Ino-pig!" Sakura shouted. "What have you been doing to Sasuke-kun!?"
Ino smirked, closed her eyes, and said, "What this team does is no concern of you or your forehead." Pretending Sakura wasn't there, she turned to Sasuke and asked, "Some people are such paranoid nuisances, ne, Sasuke- kun?" Opening her eyes, Ino spotted Sasuke running in the distance. "Oi, Sasuke-kun! Where are you going? Wait for me!"
"Don't follow me!" Sasuke yelled while picking up the pace. Ino stood up, brushed a few leaves from her backside and gave chase. Sakura wasn't far behind as she forgot about both her training punishment and the fact that she was supposed to be suffering from fatigue.
"Why do they keep ignoring me?" Kiba asked. His fateful pet consoled him with a lick on the nose.
"I don't think she's coming back," Tenten said as Lee ran beside her. She noticed that his breathing didn't show any signs of tiring. "Gee, Lee, it looks like you won't break a sweat by the time you finish your laps."
"The laps?" Lee repeated. "I finished my first one hundred long ago. Now I'm aiming for five-hundred!"
Nearly falling down, Tenten said, "Even without Gai-sensei, you're still crazy."
"If I don't finish five-hundred laps, then Sakura-san'll finally return my love!" Lee said, gripping his fist.
"Did she tell you that?"
"No, but I'm sure she'll love me when I tell her!"
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The sun had set and the three partners met up once again. Asuma stretched his arms and gave out a long yawn. "So everyone finished their hundred?"
"I finished five hundred!" Lee said with a big grin.
Asuma's eyebrows shot up. "Good work, Lee." He began to wonder what the hell did Gai do to this one.
"It was hard but I finished," Tenten said.
"Good work......you."
Sakura began to sweat. "Er...I....didn't really finish my laps. I stopped somewhere in the twenties."
Asuma shrugged. "Eh, good enough." As soon as he finished speaking, Tenten fell to the floor.
"I did four-hundred more," Lee explained as if someone had asked, "for Sakura-san!"
"Five-hundred laps..." Sakura began. "That's just unnecessarily insane."
Lee let out a heavy sigh. "I should've known..."
To be continued...
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Author's notes: All right, how about a deal? Since I like you readers so much, I'll let you decide which new team the next chapter will focus on. Your choices are Kurenai's team (Neji, Hinata, Choji) and Gai's team (Naruto, Shikamaru, Shino). We'll get back to the others later. So, it's up to you, choose carefully...Or recklessly, whichever works for you.