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Ch4
Tsunade looked up from her papers she was working on as she heard the knock on her door. "Come in." and placed the papers away when she saw who had entered her room. In came Sasuke and Izaki whom nodded as they came in front of the Hokage. "Sit." She ordered, pointing to the chairs in front of her.
Obediently, the two sat, looking at the Hokage, still silent. "Erm…Hokage-sama?" Izaki started. "Are you really going to place me in a rank?" She asked hesitantly. "Because…erm…I don't think I'm good enough. I've been thinking about this and well…" She stopped, soon as she saw Tsunade shake her head, a finger up.
"Is that what you truly think?" Tsunade asked, leaning forward to her. "Do you really think you aren't good enough?"
Izaki looked down at her feet, biting her bottom lip. "I don't know." She finally said after moments of silence. "It's just that when we were fighting, it felt natural to me to fight." She said, trying to explain it the best way she could. "But…it was just too comfortable. If that pain in my head didn't occur, maybe I would have killed the 4." She said, looking gloomily at the floor as she fiddled with her fingers. Sasuke watched this in silence, his eyes worried as he watched Izaki. "I wanted to, Tsunade-sama, I wanted to kill them for some reason. Something in my head told me to, it just…told me it was natural!" She yelled out that last word in frustration.
Tsunade looked at Sasuke, who was looking at his sister worriedly. Tsunade sighed, as she knelt in front of her. "Izaki, please listen. You did not kill them, remember? You just knocked them off their feet." She informed her. "Maybe you had the urge to, but you didn't. Right now, you know killing was something you might have done, and you fear it at this moment. That means that you know it is wrong to kill." She smiled softly at her.
Izaki shook her head. "It took all my force for me NOT to kill them." She said. "I'm sorry, if a girl like me ever became a ninja, I'll just be in your way and bring you trouble."
Tsunade took her hand. "No, you just need little more days with us, you'll see. I am placing you in Chuunin rank, Izaki, whether you like it or not, and that's final. You are to go on missions with Sasuke here, and he'll tell you how things are dealt here." She turned to Sasuke. "All right?" She asked him, her hands on her hips.
Sasuke nodded as he turned to look at Tsunade. Izaki looked up, and opened her mouth, but a bang and crash was heard, and the rest of the people came in.
"Gooood morning!" Naruto yelled out with his usual cheerful voice. Right after him came the others who followed closely behind, all bearing different expressions.
"Good morning, Izaki-san, Sasuke-kun, Tsuande-sama." Lee said, nodding to each person, especially to Izaki, who was sweat dropping.
As usual, Neji did not say a word, just walked in, with another Huuga right after him. She also had the white eyes, looking very similar to Neji. She looked at Izaki, and nodded in greeting. "He…hello, Izaki-san." She stuttered. "My name is Hinata."
Next, Kiba and his other quiet team mate, Shino came in. Shino nodded to her in greeting as Neji had done, saying nothing more. Kiba waved to her, smiling broadly. "Hey, Izaki!" He greeted. "Nice to see you up and not hurt! This bug boy's name is Shino by the way." He jerked his thumb at his companion and friend.
Then, Tenten came in with Gai. Izaki then had goose bumps, looking at Lee and Gai, Lee, Gai, Lee, Gai, until she became dizzy. Tenten smiled at her. "Ignore them, they are just…weird, that's all." She informed her. "My name is Tenten, nice to meet you. So you are the Uchiha..." She began, but Gai cut her off.
"What are you talking about, Tenten?" He asked, going over to Lee. "We are what people call…'Youth Power!' Right Lee?" He asked with his sparkling smile.
"Osu, Gai sensei!" Lee answered to him with a salute.
Izaki sweat dropped. Man, they are getting weirder and weirder. She thought. She then noticed more people coming into the room.
Next came a pink haired girl and the blonde haired girl. "Hello, so you are the one who kicked Naruto's but?" the pink haired one asked her with a friendly smile.
"Hey, she didn't kick my but!" Naruto pouted, crossing his arms in front of him. "I didn't get kicked. I was the one who stayed up till the last."
Kiba snorted. "Yeah, but she was about to kick your butt." Naruto glared at him.
Then the blonde butted in, "My name is Ino. The forehead girl over here," She jerked a thumb at Sakura. "Is Sakura."
"Shut up, Ino-Pig!" Sakura retorted. For a second, Izaki was sure she saw two horns and a white version of Sakura behind the pink haired one. The white (inner) Sakura seemed pretty mad.
"Geez, stop fighting, how troublesome." Said a man who just came in, looking bored as if the whole word was made out of nothing. "Shikamaru." He said plainly.
Next came Chouji, eating his chips. "Name is Chouji." He said between mouthfuls.
Izaki looked at all of them, mouth open. "Wow…" She said, looking at each face carefully.
"What's up?" Naruto asked her.
Izaki looked at Naruto. "It's just that I have never seen so many people of my age!" She told them. "And so many names to remember! I don't know if I even can remember." She smiled, looking over at Naruto.
'You'll remember me, though, right?" Naruto asked, grinning.
"Of course, Naruto-san." Izaki said, smiling. "I remember you from yesterday. How I almost kicked your butt!" She said, laughing, as everyone else laughed, even Naruto.
"Everyone here?" Tsunade asked looking around as she placed a sheet of paper away.
Sakura looked around, and shook her head. "No, one is missing." She told her. "You obviously know who it is." She shrugged.
Tsunade rolled her eyes. "Forget him now, Izaki, you can…" She trailed off, as the one that was missing came into the room.
"Yo." He said as he walked through the door.
Sakura's mouth dropped. "You are…you aren't late!" She said aloud, pointing accusing finger at her former teacher.
Kakashi shrugged. "Is it crime to come in on time?" He asked innocently as he turned to face Izaki. "Hmm…" He inspected her. "Yup, an Uchiha, you look just like him." He said, smiling, rubbing his chin.
"Erm…sir?" Izaki asked, uncertain. "Exactly who do I look like? Sauske-Oniichan?" She asked.
Kakashi straightened up. "Oh…Sasuke, of course." He said. He was about to say Obito, but he kept his name from anyone else. He didn't want questions now. "Izaki, right?" Kakashi asked, to which Izaki nodded to. "All right, Izaki-chan, if you need anything, come to me. I have a debt to the Uchiha." He said.
"A debt?" Sasuke asked curiously. "How come you never said that to me?"
"Because Sasuke, you are a guy." Naruto said simply. "Izaki-chan, stay away from this perverted fool as far as you can." He said, pointing his accusing finger to his former teacher. "He's just perverted. He reads Icha Icha Paradise. But he's not as perverted as Ero-Senin."
"Err…" Izaki trialed off. "Who?"
At this point, Tsunade stepped in. "All right, she's getting confused. Why don't you all say your names first again?" She told them.
Izaki shook her head. "Wait, I want to try to remember." She said. "And I think I know all of them." She grinned to which everyone raised an eyebrow. How could she remember in a fast pace?
Tsunade nodded. "All right, say everyone in order which you saw." She said. "Order, so I can test your memory."
Izaki nodded. 'First, it was Naruto-san. After Naruto-san, it was Lee-san. Then, Neji-san came in, with Hinata-san. Then, Kiba-san came in, with Shino-san. Then Tenten-san and Gai-san came in." She told them, without stopping. She seems to remember all correctly so far. "Erm…then Sakura-san and Ino-san came in. While they were talking, Shikamaru-san and Chouji-san came in." She ended. "Oh yes, and erm…" She looked at Kakashi. She didn't know his name; no one said his name aloud yet. "Mr. Perverted Fool?" She said, uncertainly as she said the nickname Naruto had given him.
At that, everyone started to laugh out loud, except for Kakashi who just smiled lightly. "Name's Kakashi." He told her. "Perverted Fool is what Naruto calls me."
"Sorry, Kakashi-san." Izaki said, smiling innocently. "I'll remember your name."
Naruto looked at Izaki. "Izaki-chan, earlier you said you won't be able to remember our names! You just practically said our entire name in a whole row, without a single mistake!" He said cheerfully. "I could use a memory like yours."
"Yes you could." Sasuke added to which Naruto sent a glare.
Tsunade was impressed, also. "Izaki, you are far better Ninja than I thought you were." She told her, as she went into her desk, and took out a ninja head band, with the Konoha symbol on it. "Here." She said, as she handed over to Izaki.
Izaki took it, examining it. "Tsunade-sama…" She trailed off, as she saw Tsunade shake her head. "Thank you." She said, as she tied it around her neck.
Tsunade turned to her ninjas. "All right, everyone, the reason I have you all here is to get Izaki here to blend in, and to tell you things I want and not want. I don't want other genins or civilians to know about anything. You can tell them that she was found, and nothing more. It'll cause trouble. I also don't want her in bad parts of places, and I want you all to keep her safe. What I want you all to do are to take a day off in what ever you have to do, and take her around this place. Sasuke, especially, you can take days off on missions. Your mission now is to get her comfortable here."
"Oh, can I show her around today!" Naruto yelled out, raising his hands up high as he jumped into the air.
Sakura punched him on the head. "She needs girls first, Naruto, right Ino, Tenten, and Hinata?" She asked, looking at the 3 girls who stood in the room. The girls nodded in reply.
"Girls with girls, right?" She said, going over to Izaki. Hinata and Tenten walked over to her as well, smiling.
"All right, so the girls can take her around first. Then, I want Lee and Gai. Then Kiba and Shino will show her around. Then I want Naruto and Neji, then Shikamaru and Chouji to see her next. Last, I want Kakashi to see her around, alone." Tsunade told them all. "Dismissed."
At that, everyone left, except for the girls, Tsunade, and Sasuke. Izaki was a little shy on this plan. "I'm sorry to take your time." She said, looking at the ground.
Ino slapped her back. "No problem!" She said, smiling as she slapped her back over and over again.
"Oww…Ino-san…" Izaki said, laughing.
"Oh, oops, my bad." Ino said, laughing. "Anyway Izaki, call me Ino. No sans, okay?" She said. "And no need to call Sakura here that, either. Call her forehead girl."
"What!" Sakura yelled.
Izaki laughed. "All right, Ino and Sakura." She said.
"Call me Tenten too, Izaki!" Tenten said, smiling.
Hinata piped in. "Me…too, Hinata is…is just fine."
Tsunade looked at them all, smiling. "Oh yes, Sasuke, I want you to fill out this form." She took out papers. "Now you girls go." She ordered them. "Izaki, here." She tossed her a bag that she fished from her drawer.
Izaki caught it, and looked inside of it and gasped. "But Tsunade-sama!" She tried to protest, but was pushed out.
"Take it, Izaki." She told her firmly. "And get yourself weapons and other necessary items. It'll be my fault if you don't have proper items in the missions, and well, then if you get hurt, it'll be my head." She said, jerking her thumb towards Sasuke.
The girls laughed and bowed. "Thank you." Izaki said, and her and the girls left to the village. .
"So, where do you want to go?" Sakura asked her new Uchiha friend. "Any where you particularly want to go? Clothing? Jewelry?"
Izaki shook her head. "Not really, can you just show me places you guys usually go to?" She asked. "I don't know what normal girls usually do." She shrugged, smiling crookedly.
Tenten grabbed her before Ino or Sakura did. "Oh no, we aren't following your schedule." She informed them. "Trust me; you will be staring at Sasuke half the day." She informed her newest friend. "That's what they do 24-7." She looked at Sakura and Ino.
"Sasuke-Oniichan?' Izaki asked, confused. "Why?" She frowned. "Why do you want to stare at him 24-7?"
"Because, he is he cutest guy in the Konoha village!" Ino said, with sparkles around her.
Sakura nodded. "You may not notice, but there are lots of fans of Sasuke around here." Sakura looked at Ino. "Like her."
"Hey, you used to like him too!" Ino said to her.
"Yeah, you too, used to." Sakura retorted. "We both gave up." She said. "I don't think Sasuke-kun is going to be in a relationship." She shrugged. "Of course, when he is looking for one, he'll come to me." She shot a look at Ino who returned it.
"Yeah right!" and with that, the two started to fight again.
"Sasuke-kun is mine!"
"No he's not! He's mine!"
"He doesn't like the people like you!"
"Oh, and he's going to like you!"
"Doesn't that mean that they aren't over him?" Izaki whispered to Tenten and Hinata, who giggled in reply.
"Yeah, they say they are over it, but they still like him." Tenten said, shrugging. "I don't know what's so great about him, right Hinata?" She looked over to the shy kunoichi.
"Oh, yes…yes." Hinata said, putting her index finger together as she always did when she was shy.
Tenten smiled as she whispered to Izaki, "She has a crush on someone else, but I don't know who, though." She told her. "I want to find out who it is, because I don't think Hinata can tell him how she feels herself." Tenten winked. "Anyway, I'll show you my routine. I usually go to the practice place to practice and sharpen my skills, but we'll skip that. Erm…" She then trailed off, naming shops and such, rambling on and on.
Finally, Izaki stopped her, by asking where the main shopping way was, to which, Tenten answered, and took her over to, with Hinata, Sakura and Ino following, who had stopped bickering, but was glaring at each other.
"Oh wow!" Izaki exclaimed as she saw the rows and rows of never-ending shops. "I have never seen so many shops!" She said, looking from one shop to another. There was light in her face, as she ran to each shop, examining what they had. Occasionally, she would comment on things, and see how much the merchandises were, but she didn't buy any yet.
"What are you gonna buy?" Ino asked, walking over to Izaki who was looking at a keychain.
Izaki shrugged, looking at another shop, then straightened, looking at her. "I don't know, most of these things here are fascinating, but I never bought anything for myself before, so I don't know where to start."
Everyone's jaws dropped. "Wait, did I hear correctly? Never!" Sakura asked, blinking at her.
Izaki nodded. "Yes, well…I don't know, I don't remember anything from my life after when I was 5 to now, so maybe I did, maybe I didn't." She shrugged. "Most likely not, because then I would be holding onto something other than Uchiha or battle related things."
"Wow! Okay then…I'll take you to places where you can find things that might interest you!" Ino said, looking around for shops. "Erm…"
"No wait, Ino, actually, can you take me to a weapon shop?" She asked. "My weapons, where ever I got them are ruined." She took out some kunai, which was stained in dark substance, proof to say that the kunai went through lots of battles. It was also chipped in places.
Tenten took them, and looked at it. "Yeah, you do need new weapons. Here, I'll show you were the weaponry is, I am a specialist in weapon using." She said as she led the group to the weaponry shop. She then handed her a ticket. "Here, show the man in the counter this, it'll give you discounts."
Izaki nodded. "Thank you." She smiled, and walked to the aisles and aisles of weapons. She examined each weapon carefully, handling all of them with care, and occasionally, she would practice with them for a second or two, and placed them back.
She then saw the claws. The claw was separated from each, and had a slit were you can slide your fingers into it. She picked it up, and examined the outer looks, and placed the claws onto her fingers. She stretched her hand and closed it, and picked up a kunai from her holder to see if she could take things out accurately.
"Wow!" Sakura said, walking to her. "I never saw that before!" She looked at the claws on her hand.
"Those are wolf claws. Well, they are designed to be wolf claws anyway." Tenten said, walking over to them. "I personally like that one as well. But I don't have it. I don't think I can ever use that."
Hinata checked the price. "Izaki-san, if you use the discount ticket Tenten-san gave you, you can buy it for half price."
"Hmm…" Izaki thought for a moment, closing the weapon and opening the weapon once more. "It is light weighted, and it is firm in my grips…" She trailed off, looking at it from corner to corner. "Yeah, I think this is a weapon for me." She smiled at her companions. "Something tells me I should buy it, especially because it's wolf."
"You like wolves?" Sakura asked, as she looked at another weapon.
Izaki nodded as she lifted her new found weapon. "Yup." She grinned. "I love them."
Ino then walked to them, carrying armful of kunai, shuriken, scrolls, and other usual kunoichi needs. "I got the main equipment, Izaki!" She said, as she walked over, and stopped as she saw the claw. "Are you getting THAT?" She asked.
Izaki nodded. "Yes, it fits me very well." She said, looking at the claw. "Plus, I like more of attacking position rather than back attack ninjutsu anyway."
"I thought Uchiha was specialized into fire techniques and other ninjutsu." Sakura asked as they walked over to the counter.
Izaki nodded. "Yes, and I can use katon jutsus, but…I don't know, attacking physically suites me." She shrugged. "I don't know why, don't ask." She added, reaching the counter.
As Izaki handed the claw, the holder, and Ino's stuff to the counter, the man looked at her. "So you are the one that came in. The 3rd to last Uchiha."
Izaki nodded. "Hello." She greeted as she reached for a wallet.
The man nodded back to her. "Well, I'll give you and extra discount, since your older brother is one of my special customers." He winked at her as he took her discount ticket and added his own discount to the price. He then told her the amount, and Izaki gave him the wanted amount to him. "Thank you, come again!" He called out, as they walked out of the shop.
After the weapon shop, the gang went to other shops that interested Izaki greatly. They walked around, until Ino looked up into the sky and exclaimed. "Oh wow! The sun's setting!" She said, as she looked at her clock. "Urg, we better head home. Let's walk her home." She suggested, to which the others agreed.
On the other hand, Izaki shook her head. "No, it's fine, I can walk home my self." She said. "I'll be fine."
"Nah, we'll walk you home." Sakura said. "Besides…I want to see…" She then blushed.
((AN: This story will NOT be sasusaku, or sasuino. Sasuke will not be with anyone!))
Tenten rolled her eyes as Hinata giggled. Izaki laughed. "Sasuke-Oniichan is funny and all, but not a person to be….well, a person to have a fan club for him."
Ino shook her head. "Tsk tsk tsk." She said, waving her finger. "No, Izaki, Sasuke-kun is…mysterious, cool, and…so hot!"
After that, they talked about random things, such as daily routine for the people of Konoha, how a mission goes, and such. After 10 minute or so of walking, they were in front of Sasuke's house.
Izaki bowed her head to them. "Thank you, you guys for today. I had so much fun!"
"So did we!" Sakura said, slapping her shoulder.
"We have to do this again!" Ino added.
Izaki nodded. "I would love to!"
"All right, better keep your promise!" Tenten said, as she laughed.
"I will, I promise!" Izaki said laughing as well.
"Good, all right, we better go home now, bye Izaki!" Ino said, as she turned away from her.
Tenten looked at her watch. "Yeah, I'll see you later! Oh and good luck tomorrow, it's Gai and Lee!" With that, she hopped onto a rooftop and disappeared.
Hinata nodded her good-bye. "Bye, Izaki-san." She said, and she too, disappeared.
Sakura smiled. "If you need anything, come to me, all right?" She asked as Izaki nodded. "Good, all right, I'm heading home now, bye Izaki! Have fun with Gai and Lee-san!" She too, disappeared after saying her last words.
Izaki smiled as she went into the house. "I'm home!" She called out. "Sasuke-Oniichan?" She asked as she heard no answer. She walked over to the kitchen, looking around. "Sasu…" She trailed off, as she entered the dining room, where she saw Sasuke. But that was not all she saw. She saw Naruto and Sasuke on the chairs, grinning. In front of them, there was a full course meal, with cake to top it off.
"Hey!" Naruto said with his trade mark fox grin.
"It's kind of late, but it's a welcome home thing." Sasuke said, as he pointed to the cake. It read: Welcome Home, Izaki.
Izaki looked from Naruto, to Sasuke. "Wa…" She trailed off, as tears swelled up into her eyes.
Naruto panicked. "What's wrong, Izaki-chan?" He asked, as he stood up. "Is something wrong?"
Izaki shook her head. "No, I'm just happy, happy that someone cares for me." She said, sniffing. "Thank you, you guys." She smiled at them.
"Sit." Sasuke ordered. "Since you left with the girls, Naruto and I went shopping."
"Oh, Sasuke-Oniichan, I forgot, I'm sorry!" Izaki said, worried. "I forgot!"
Sasuke waved it off. "Sit, it's all right, did you have fun?" He asked.
To that, Izaki nodded. "Loads." She smiled broadly as she told the two of her day, eating the delicious meal they had prepared for her, only for her.
Akanishi-san: Wow…this is like…the longest chapter I have ever written! Lol. Erm so yeah, next is Gai and Lee Tour! Lol. I think I'll squeeze in Kiba and Shino tour too, if I can, so prepare yourself for madness!
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