Let this chapter unfold…

In front of the Academy…

It took a while for the father and daughter to talk to the Academy, but they didn't care. The Academy was always the spot that Sakura had her team meet up at and Kakashi did the same.

Sakura was already there. As for Kakashi's team… well, none of them were there. He sighed but found that was an opportunity to read. "Hey Sakura. I'm glad you're going well. How's everyone else? I haven't heard from them in a while." Kakashi smiled at her.

"Same to you Kakashi-Sensei! We all have ginins to take care of, so we're all just a bit busy, but otherwise we're all in good health!" Sakura proudly said.

"That's good to hear. Well, I'm off!" Kakashi winked and poofed away to who knows where.

It took Sakura a moment to realize what was going on. "Wait… was that really Kakashi-Sensei? He was never this early!" Sakura gasped.

"Ah ha, well, he's trying to be early for this team. I guess he doesn't need to be. No one is here yet." Taya shrugged.

"KEEEEEE! KAKASHI-SENSEI!" Sakura punched the ground and it shook and left a huge dent. All Taya could do was stare with her mouth open.

"Are we no one, Taya?" All of a sudden the rest of the team jumped out of the trees.

"Yo Kado, Rinji. Sorry about that, I wasn't talking about you," Taya nodded at the two boys. Kado's hair was spiky green and to match his eyes. His was known sly as a fox. Rinji had his hair the same way but in a brown color and had eyes as blue as the ocean. He was naturally brave. Those two were best friends since they were little. This made Taya the calm one in the group.

"Are you saying that you knew we were here?" Rinji asked.

"You got that right." Taya smirked.

"We can never fool you, huh?" Kado smiled at her. She didn't have the time to respond. She heard the laughing of three young students (if you were wondering, two girls and a guy who seemed really annoyed with all the laughing) walking towards them. Behind them was Kakashi, reading his book. They all stopped right in front of Taya.

"Like, ew, who did your hair?" a preppy girl ninja said.

"That's not of your business." Taya glared at her. The freighted girl took a small step back.

"Her hair is Ino's style… I never had the guts to say it, but I liked her hair…" Sakura thought.

"Taya, we'll be going now. I'll be back as soon as I can." Kakashi said without looking up from his book. After that was said, the team left.

"Well then. I guess we'll be on our way too. Let's go!" Sakura said gleefully. Her team ran up the trees and jumped from branch to branch until they reached the deepest park of the woods. This was their training area since no one else could find there way to the spot.

In the Forest…

Sakura clasped her hands together with glee. "So, today's lesson is kunai target practice. As you can see I've set up three stations for you to practice at. Begin when you're ready. If you perfectly mastered throwing, I'll teach you a new jutsu!" Kado, Rinji, and Taya stepped up to the 50 meter mark and took out their kunai knives.

(Flashback: "Anyway, trust Sakura. She's taking her time, but she'll teach you everything that I didn't teach you.") "Is Sakura taking it too slow? We learned this in our first lesson years ago..." Taya thought to herself. She didn't think about it anymore as she stared at the target, closed her eyes, and released her knife. When she opened her eyes, the knife had landed in the center of the target. Normally that would be a good thing, but the knife was on fire.

"What's this!" Sakura screamed as she put the flames out. "What happened? Did you two see it!"

"Sorry Sakura-Sensei, we didn't," Kado blinked. Taya turned her hand palm side up to see what was happening. It was glowing in a shade of red.

"There's nothing I can do. I haven't read this anywhere before. I'll have to make sure to ask Kakashi-Sensei when he comes back." Sakura took note of it in her head but didn't take any action and let her students continue training. "I'm going to end today's lesson now. See you all tomorrow." Sakura poofed out of the forest and left her students where they were.

Taya was about to leave when she felt someone grasp her wrist. It was Rinji with a worried look on his face. "Do you know what's going on? Out of no where your kunai knives just gain elemental powers!"

"I'm not sure…" Taya looked away. Rinji let go of his grip letting Taya dash out of the forest. Rinji turned to look at Kado, who just shrugged and gathered the knives and left.

Two days later at home…

"So, from what I heard from Sakura, you lit a kunai knife on fire." Kakashi had gotten back from his mission unharmed.

"Yeah. I'm not so sure how I did it. All I did was close my eyes and let it fly…"

"Hm… this is so odd… oh wait… I have a seal for this one." He thought to himself as he rested his chin on his hand with his elbow on the table. "Head outside and I'll teach you something new." Taya did as she was told and brought her kunai knives with her.

"I want you to watch the seals closely. These seals might be short, but it's worth learning." Kakashi began the jutsu. "Here's the fire one. Uma, Ousu-buta, Tora! (Horse, Boar, Tiger)" as she said each word, he did the hand seal for each animal. Right after he finished, he took out a kunai knife. It lit up red as it crashed into the land. "This one is lightning. Ryu, Usagi, Tori! (Dragon, Hare, Bird)" He did the same thing, but this time to light up in yellow and sparked the moment it hit the ground. "Finally for ice. Inu, O-ushi, O-hitsuji! (Dog, Ox, Ram)" It froze before it even smashed into the earth. "The more you use it, the faster the element will combine with the knife. Got it?" He turned to make sure that Taya was watching and listening.

"Taya…" Kakashi's body began to shake.

This chapter… it ends here…