Okay, if things seem a little off this chapter it's because I'm seriously ticked off as I'm writing this because a fanfiction that I've been reading for the past two days ended it's latest chapter in a cliff hanger and I turn to typing stories up when I'm upset... So... Yeah...
Begun: 8:25PM 10/30/05
Finished: 6:03PM 11/04/05
LaDeDo - Yes, cliff hangers are evil, especially when you've been reading that fiction for almost two days straight and the thing that is going to happen next is really big!... Okay, sorry... Um... I'm glad you like it so far, just so you know, their sensei is going to be somebody already known, because I don't really feel like making up somebody new right now... Though it'll make it interesting.
Shang - Woah... Long review... Onto the Hinata thing, who said she was still unsure, once you start stuttering as a habit it's hard to get rid of (I know from personal experience... I still stutter even though I'm always sure of myself and confident and such.). And to the Shikamaru thing, he was just too lazy to enter the Jounin Exam (which will be explained later in this story)
I actually read your future fic on another account in the past and reviewed on it, just as a note, I have a future fic on my old account, also. I'll have to check for updates, though, since I haven't in a while.
You hardly know anything about Seishou yet, you'll see what she's truly like in later chapters, mostly in the Chuunin exams. Most bullies are usually acting different on the outside than they're feeling on the inside.
Heh, I'm glad you're enjoying this so far, but I should probably wrap this up since it's a whole half a page. I hope you'll like this next chapter, and yes, the only reason everybody is so old is I had to have some sort of explanation for all of the Uchiha children. If you do the math, they had Minku when they were 24, which is still pretty young. Eh, I hope I didn't bore any other people who bothered reading this!
Okay, that was long... Now time for the actual story!
Chapter 2: Teamwork, or Lack Thereof.
"Hey everybody!" Yamanaka Ino said, practically skipping into the room. All of the newly appointed Genin's jaws dropped at least a little bit. Their sensei just had to be somebody they already knew, didn't it. "This is going to be so awesome since Shikamaru-kun already had you guys, so I already know what you can do and such... And we don't need introductions..."
"Ino-sensei..." Lian said, standing up. "Please get to the point, I want to go home."
"Awww... Baby want's a nap?" Seishou said, smirking and crossing her arms.
"Like you should be talking... I'm still the same height as you." Lian said, sticking out her tongue in a child-like manner before turning away and sticking her nose up in the air.
That made Seishou snap, she jumped at Lian who just stepped out of the way, only to be jumped at again. The second time Ino stepped between them and stopped Seishou with one hand. "I can already tell that teamwork is going to be a problem for this team..." Ino sighed as she walked out of the room saying, "Follow me...".
Ino had lead her team to a training area with several different types of landscapes. There was even a small section of man-made mountains and a small desert portion. "Okay, if you three can land one hit on me each I'll let you actually become Genin, whoever doesn't land one hit on me by 3PM will go back to the academy for another year."
B-but, if I get separated f-from Torai-kun I'll n-never have a c-ch-chance at him! I need to make sure Lian doesn't pass though! Seishou though, looking at Ino with a horrified look.
Hn... If I don't pass this my family will never let me live this down, I have to become a Genin this year! Though you couldn't see it without looking at his eyes, Torai had flames burning in his eyes.
No problem, Seishou will probably try to keep me from landing a hit on Ino-sensei, but she's just a small stepping stone for my goal. Lian was standing there with a stoic expression, though there was the slightest bit of a smirk on her face.
"Ready, begin!" Ino said, the three Genin jumped away to find different hiding spots to plan.
(A/N: Okay, this is the third time I've had to start this last part over because my little brother just will randomly come up and close this and it doesn't save and I'm so sorry, but sorry for the late update. Eh-heh...)
Closing her eyes and counting to thirty Ino gave the kids a chance to hide. 29... 30! Ino opened her eyes and looked around, seeing that everybody had hid well. She couldn't even tell where each of them had gone. Might as well start with the most common area, the forest.
She walked into the forest area, though she didn't notice anything strange. A few minutes later a twig snapped behind her. Quickly spinning around she saw Lian standing there, but there wasn't a twig in sight.
"Sorry, akachan." Seishou stepped out from behind a tree with a piece of a broken twig in each of her hands, smirking.
"Don't call me a baby." Lian said, scowling at the older girl.
"What else would I call you?" She was still smirking, apparently they'd both forgotten about their own sensei just standing there watching them exchange insults.
"I don't know, but I know what I could call you, bakamono."
"Akachan."
"Dobe."
"Osanago"
"You know, girls. You could've been trying to attack me in the past five minutes instead of verbally insulting each other and possibly hitting me." Ino said, standing there with her arms crossed, somehow managing to look bored and amused at the same time.
Both scowled at their sensei before simultaneously rushing at her, though Seishou kicked Lian down about half way there, causing herself to lose her balance and tumble to the ground, landing right at their sensei's feet. "Itai..."
There was a sound of rustling leaves above the two, and Ino looked up to seen Lian trying to do a flying-kick of sorts. Ino jumped out of the way just in time, and Lian ended up kicking Seishou's head into the ground.
"DAMNIT! It's war now, akachan!" Seishou said, getting up from the ground with a bloody lip and a bit of a nose bleed. She launched herself at Lian, tackling her knees and causing her to fall down. Lian kicked Seishou in the stomach and she rolled off.
Lian still had a smirk on her face while she was taking out a kunai. "How can it be a war if we already know the winner?"
Seishou had also stood up and was holding her own kunai. "Arrogance will be your downfall, akachan." Both of them jumped at each other and were caught in a stalemate, neither of them being able to push the other back.
"Ninja handbook, section fifteen: Never underestimate your opponent!" Lian said, taking one of her hands and reaching behind her back, opening one of the scrolls attached to the belt that also held her kunai pouch slightly and using the blood from her thumb (which she'd cut on her own kunai) and summoning a wakizashi. Lian swung the blade around, Seishou just barely jumping back in time.
"What the hell! That's cheating, akachan!" Seishou already looked tired, and Lian was just as tired but was better at hiding it.
"No, it isn't. As I said, never underestimate your opponent. They might have a trick up their sleeve that could just be the end of you."
They heard a shout from about a yard away from them just as Lian had started running at Seishou, ready to strike. "Reikonseichuu no jutsu!" Both of their bodies froze at that moment and moved into a regular standing position. They could turn their heads, but basically nothing else.
"Look, you two. Since you can't settle your differences peacefully and actually bother to do what was assigned to you you're going to be sitting out for the rest of the test. Basically, you automatically fail and will be sent back to the academy. Seishou, I know you're father is going to be greatly disappointed, and both your mother and father, Lian." Both of them turned their heads to see their new sensei making an unfamiliar handseal.
Lian sighed and her Byakugan deactivated, Seishou's did also. (Remember, they're both part of the Hyuuga gene pool!) Ino started walking away and their bodies automatically started walking along also. "I'm dead... I'm so dead." Lian said, her wakizashi still in hand.
"You're lucky, your father isn't the freaking Hokage!" Seishou snapped at her, glaring.
"Yeah, but my chichiwa is the former head of the ANBU and my hahawa is the best weapons user in all of Konoha! They hold me to high standards!" Lian yelled back, really wishing she could just tear Seishou's lips of so she wouldn't talk back.
Thankfully she didn't, because they'd reached the starting spot for the test where three large stumps had appeared somehow. "I got this idea from when my best friend explained her sensei's first test to them. You'll both be tied to these logs until the test is over. I hope both of you know how to eat with your feet, because you'll have to if you want any lunch."
Both of them were tied to the tree, not fighting even though the jutsu their sensei had used had lifted, each of them were thinking of what the consequences might be for failing this.
"Got you!" A voice called as they heard their sensei make a scream of surprise behind them, thanks to their Byakugan's they each were able to look through the stumps they were tied to, and the sight was surprising.
Torai had snuck up behind their sensei on the way there, and had caught her by surprise, landing a kick right on her back. He was flung away easily, though he had got her. Ino sighed. "Well, you got me, since both of your former teammates have both already been disqualified the test is over, go and sit in front of that middle stump and wait while I get your lunches."
He walked around and sat down, while Ino walked and picked up three boxed lunches and sat one in front of each of her students along with some chopsticks. Torai easily opened up his lunch and started eating the rice that was in there.
Growls came from both Seishou and Lian's stomachs, causing all four of the people there to have large anime-style sweat drops on the back of their heads. "Well, I'll be back soon you three. Torai, no feeding those two no matter how much they beg or plead. Well, ja ne." She disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Lian started trying to get her sandals off so she could use her feet to use the chopsticks and eat her food. She eventually had gotten the lunch box open and had the chopsticks between her toes, but was having trouble grabbing anything. Seishou just watched trying not to laugh and Torai kept eating his lunch, though he looked like he was trying to not laugh.
"Shut up, at least I'm trying to eat something Seishou, I can hear your stomach growling from here." She had picked up a piece of sushi and switched the chopsticks from her foot to her hand and bent her elbow so she just needed to lean forward a little bit to get the sushi in her mouth. Right after she put the sushi in her mouth the chopsticks slipped out of her hand. "Damnit."
"Akachan, just give it up... Ne, Torai-kun, will you feed me? Onegai shimasu?" Seishou decided to try and beg, since her stomach was rumbling almost constantly.
Lian glared as Torai just sighed and nodded, crawling over there (since nobody really stands up after sitting down if they only need to move a few feet) and opening up her lunch box and grabbing the chopsticks, feeding her some of the rice. Seishou stuck out her tongue after the first bite while facing Lian before turning back to take another bite.
"'Ne, Torai-kun, will you feed me? Onegai shimasu?'" Lian imitated Seishou in a snobby nasal voice and 'hmph'ed afterwards, turning her face away from the other two. She hadn't realized that Torai had crawled over there after a few minutes until he forced the chopsticks with rice held between them into her mouth.
"The point of this whole thing is teamwork, we were supposed to work together, and now I'm helping to 'save' you by feeding you, like one should do on a mission while his or her teammate can't feed themself." Torai forced another bit of rice into her mouth. "The friend Ino-sensei was talking about was my mother, who was on the same team as my father when they were my age. My mother told me that Ino-sensei was planning to do this test, I didn't get a chance to tell you because you were fighting so much."
Though it sounded like he should say more, he didn't. As he turned to crawl back to where Seishou was Ino popped up looking really angry. "Torai! I told you not to feed them!"
"I'd explain what I just explained to Lian and Seishou again if I didn't know you'd already heard it, you were standing behind that tree behind us the whole time." He pointed to a tree that was really close to where they were, in easy hearing distance.
Her face stayed angry for another few seconds before breaking into a huge smile. "You all pass! Teamwork is one of the most important things on a mission, from the ones you'll take while still a Genin, to the missions that you'll take if any of you ever become ANBU."
"Wait, wait, wait, wait, WAIT! You mean we pass!" Seishou yelled, also smiling the huge smile that her father had practically made famous. There was even a small smile on both Lian and Torai's faces.
Ino nodded and continued, explaining what they were going to do. "Tomorrow you all need to be here at seven A.M. for your first mission. Though you won't be fighting anybody you'll still need your shinobi gear for different reasons that you'll find out tomorrow. You're all dismissed."
"Hai." They all replied simultaneously, even surprising their selves, before walking off for the entrance/exit of the training area and leaving, thinking about what would happen the next day.
... Gah, that's my third time having to type the last three fourths of this chapter. Oh well, I DID finish it now. I hope you all enjoy this chapter, despite it's late-ness. Here's a little Japanese dictionary thing for the japanese words I put into this chapter that aren't basic things like 'sensei' or 'hai'. There's also the techniques used after that.
Bakamono - fool
Itai - pain, used as 'ouch'
Akachan - baby
Osanago - baby/little kid
Wakizashi - short sword
Chichiwa - father
Hahawa - mother
Ja ne - See you later
Onegai shimasu - roughly translates as 'Pretty please?' -cough-
Reikonseichuu no Jutsu - Soul Control Technique (... an unintentional rhyme there)
Make sure you review, or I'll go Itachi on you! (Haha, I made another rhyme, a strange/funny one, too.)
You're strange rhyming authoress, Ao Hana.