Chapter 3
"Where is she!" shouted Tsunade, all the ANBU were assembled in front of her
"We don't know Tsunade-sama," said the squad leaders,
"Find her, do not come back until you find her!" she shouted banging the table and cracking it. The ANBU nodded and raced off to find their ex-team mate. The wind blew across the windows as Tsunade looked across Konoha. After an hour one squad returned. Then another and another. One was missing.
"Where's the last squad, I sent four out?" she asked, they shrugged and stayed quiet. Suddenly the fourth squad returned. In the arms of one of the bigger ANBU was Aiko slumped and looking close to death. She had a strange purple aura emanating from her and she was sweating. Tsunade rushed forward to her. She took the girl from the ANBU and dismissed them. Tsunade took her to the hospital and lay her down to be looked at. With the help of other medic ninja's she found the source. She stared at the girl's hand. There the three marks were swirling and glowing.
"Dammit," she cursed "Orochimaru got her," Shizune gasped and Tsunade got everything ready. "Shizune get Kakashi," she called laying Aiko in the center of the office. She didn't give a damn that she wasn't supposed to do it there. Minutes later and very tired Kakashi emerged from behind the door.
"What is it Tsunade-sama?" he asked and blinked when he saw Aiko lying on the ground. He looked around and saw the curse seal. "Another?" he asked
"Hai, I need you to seal it before it does get out of hand," she said, he nodded and got to work sealing it. When he started the sealing she screamed in her sleep and wriggled. Tsunade was straining her self will to not stop Kakashi from hurting her. She watched as he finished. She thanked him and took Aiko home. The next few months would be hard. She didn't know when she would wake up but she hoped it would be soon.
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Pain. Pain. Pain. Owww the light. I blinked and looked around. I was in my bed. Or I thought I was. I looked around and noticed I was on the couch in the Hokage's office. I saw Tsunade talking to Shizune.
"Hi," I called as I stood next to Shizune. She jumped and early had a heart attack from it. I grinned and watched what was happening. Tsunade stood up and hugged me tightly. I choked and she let go.
"How are you feeling?" she asked
"I have been better but I'm gonna kick Orochimaru's butt next time I see him," I said grinning she nodded and I looked around, "Do you have anything for me to do?" I asked
"In fact that's what I need to talk about, you are a jounin and along with many jounin I know they're taking on students, I was wondering-" she started
"If I'd take on students?" I finished, she nodded "Sure," I replied
"Really?" she asked looking shocked,
"Yeh sure, I mean I wouldn't want to end up like you," I said grinning cheekily, Tsunade stood up quickly and glared. I chuckled and sat down again.
"It would mean giving up fighting for a bit and it also means you can start controlling the curse seal. We sealed it again last night. The seal is only as strong as your will for it to stay sealed." She finished
"So who else will I be working with?" I asked
"Akimichi Chouji, Nara Shikamaru, Aburame Shino, Inuzuka Kiba and Yamanaka Ino." She said "The Hyuuga's, Sakura, Naruto, Lee and Tenten have all decided to wait a year before taking on students," she added. I nodded "Go to the classroom at three o'clock to pick up your team, I believe your taking on team two," she said. I nodded and turned,
"Later," I called
"Where are you going?" she asked me
"Grampa!" I called waving and vanishing. I grinned as I arrived at the ramen stall. Ramen my favorite food of all. The sweet, filling taste of it. Mmmmm, made my mouth water. As I sat down I saw Chouji, Ino and Shikamaru sitting eating as well.
"Hey guys!" I called over; they looked up and smiled, waving for me to come over.
"I heard your taking on students," said Shikamaru,
"Yeh same with you, but who? From what I heard, this year is supposed to be little annoying brats." Said Ino, I nodded; I had also heard the rumor. I wondered who I would get. I shook my head and sat next to Chouji who was munching away at his food.
"Hey guys," said another voice, I turned and saw Kiba, Hinata and Shino. Kiba sat next to Shikamaru and Hinata while Shino resorted to sitting next to me.
"Sorry, I didn't realize I was that bad," I muttered at him
"Yeh Bug Freak she isn't that bad," laughed Kiba, Shino glared at the grinning dog bog while Akamaru barked. I smiled at Shino and he just glared. My smile slowly faded and I turned away. I just tried being nice to him. I shrugged and ate my ramen.
"Guys what time is it?" I asked
"Around 2:30," said Shikamaru
"Okay, half an hour," I muttered "I'll see you guys later," I said
"Wait what's that on your hand?" said Ino, I remembered the curse seal
"Oh its n-nothing!" I called vanishing, I appeared in my room and stripped myself of my clothes and jumped into the shower. After refreshing myself I pulled out some clothes. I decided on my usual trousers, a vest, fishnet shirt and a long brown jacket, almost like Anko's. I wore my arm guards under the jacket and bandaged my hand and put my hand guards on. I was ready, finally. I tied my hair away in a low pony tail and tied my headband around my neck. I looked in the mirror. Hopefully I looked presentable. Wait what was I thinking, I'm meeting the people I'm training for like the next eternity. I sighed and looked at the clock. 3:05. SHIT! I quickly grabbed my hip bag and vanished quickly and re appeared outside the classroom. I saw Ino walking away with two girls and a boy. I walked into the classroom to be greeted by Iruka holding two boys by their scruffs and the girl looking really nervous. One boy had messy brown hair and looked slightly familiar. The other boy had white eyes. Hyuuga. Finally the girl had short white hair.
"Ano…Iruka," I called walking in, hey turned and stared. "Gomen for being late," I said
"It's fine, these are your students," he said letting them go, "I'll let you take over and greet them, god luck," he said before racing off.
"Okay right you little squirts I'm your teacher," I said, they looked up at me and their heads fell to the sides. "Come on we're going somewhere quiet. I grabbed them and 'poof'ed away from the classroom. I took them to the Hokage's heads and sat down near the edge.
"Why are we here?" whined one of the boys. I turned and sat down.
"Okay we're going to introduce ourselves. I'm Aiko, your new sensei. I am an ex-ANBU and come from Kusagakure." I finished "You can say other things I just don't want to tell you anything else," I added simply. They blinked and the boy with brown hair jumped up and down wanting to go. "Okay brownie you go," I said pointing to him.
"My name is Sarutobi Akane. My cousins Konohamaru! I want to be Hokage like my great uncle!" He cheered; the girl and boy sighed and shook their heads "I also like food and training!"
"O-kay," I muttered "Next,"
"My name is Hyuuga TaiKan," he said. I nodded. Interesting 'severe cold' wonder if he stands up to the name. "I hate most things but only because most things hate me. I'm Hyuuga branch," he finished. Yup he's gonna live up to it.
"Lastly you," I said pointing to the girl. She 'meep'ed and looked at me.
"My name is Yuki. I have no last name. I was an orphan and I was brought up by Iruka-sensei. I hope to live up to my name. I'm strongest in taijutsu. I can do Ninjutsu but prefer to do taijutsu. Ano….." she paused and looked down "Ano…..I'm a result of a kinjutsu." She said the last part quietly; I looked at her visibly shocked.
"Aiko-sensei, what's a kinjutsu?" asked Akane,
"It is a jutsu made that is too dangerous to use and is forbidden by Kages." I said, Yuki looked down and was about to cry. I stood up and went over to her and hugged her tightly.
"It is alright Yuki; there is nothing bad about it." I said smiling. She nodded and I stood up.
"All right little people, we're going to go train and see what your team work skills are like. I walked off into the forest. Underestimating the damage that would be done by the time we finished.
I was wrong about the damage. On a scale of one to ten. One being the lowest. I would have to say it about 50. Akane and TaiKan got into fights through out the training session, mainly Akane started them. I sighed at the end. Yuki was still practicing her taijutsu happily but Akane and TaiKan I had taken the worst and tied them to the training posts. In front of each other.
"What are you doing Aiko-sensei!" shouted Akane, breaking Yuki's concentration,
"I hate you," muttered TaiKan evilly. I grinned but turned serious.
"You have to work together. If one person fails then everyone fails. Everything must be done together. At the same time." I ordered, my ANBU training was coming through now, this was gonna get ugly. "I don't care the fact Akane is shorter then you TaiKan and the fact Yuki is better then all of you. I don't give a shit. You WILL work together and you WILL get on. Otherwise, there will be hell to pay. I am friends with Hinata, Neji AND Hiashi, TaiKan. Numerous times I've helped the Sarutobi family, Akane. Why can't you get on well and be nice like Yuki," I asked and explained. Yuki just stayed quiet. "Both of you are staying here tonight, unless you can find a way to escape. Yuki you will be staying with me and Tsunade-chan tonight so I know you won't help them." I finished. This may sound cruel to you but I had to go through all this in ANBU. I stood up and grabbed their bags and started walking away. It must have been nine at night when we got back to the Hokage' office. I explained and Tsunade almost had a fit until I said I was going back later to get them but Yuki had to stay here. She finally agreed and I set Yuki up in my room while I went and watched how they were doing.
In the morning I woke up and looked down and saw TaiKan and Akane lying asleep on the ground next to the training posts. I had miss them getting out but I now knew they could pass. I jumped down and stretched then got Yuki and woke up Akane and TaiKan.
"Come on lets go for breakfast," I said smiling, they groaned as I dragged them to the ramen stall. Too late. All the other genin teams were there. Ino was busy talking to her genin. Shikamaru looked like he had the quiet ground. Kiba was chatting to his genin as well. Chouji was in an eating contest with his and Shino was at the back trying to control his without letting them know about the kikai bugs. I walked to the back followed by mine.
"Hey Shino, need any help?" I said sitting down next to him. My students sat down next to me and stared at the genin who were fighting.
"No I'm fine," he said sternly, although I could see he was angry. I giggled slightly at him and turned to the others.
"Sit down," I ordered, they stopped and turned to me and stared. It was three boys he was looking after. I wonder where the girl went. I shrugged. "Listen to your sensei!" I added. They nodded and looked toward Shino. He glared at them and they sat down eating. My 'gang' ordered their food and ate quietly.
"So what are your names?" I asked the three boys.
"Kaito," said the black haired one on the left
"Isamu," said the middle one with brown hair,
"Kumo," said the last one on the right with blond hair. I nodded and carried on eating. I caught Shino staring at me. I slurped my noodles again before I turned to him.
"Quit staring its scaring me," I muttered to him, he snapped out of his daze and glared at me. There was suddenly a sharp pulsing through my hand. I with drew it quickly and stood up. "My students go home; we'll carry on training tomorrow at 12 near where we met yesterday, got it?" I asked
"Hai!" they cheered, oblivious to the pain I was enduring. My wrist jolted again and I ran out the ramen stall. Little did I know I was followed by Shino. He thought he found something weird and followed me. Just as I made it to the doors of the building of the Hokage's office I fell forwards. Expecting to hit the ground I was caught. The pain intensified and I blinked. The pain was numbing me and I looked at me hand.
"Aiko what's the matter?" asked Shino "You ran out the ramen store and you look like your gonna cry." He asked. I blinked again and took off my glove and bandage, to show his the curse mark swirling and glowing gain. He gasped slowly and helped me up. Jumping up the building to the Hokage's office. He crashed through the window and interrupted the Hokage's meeting with some of the Elders.
"What is the meaning of this Aburame!" shouted Tsunade as she looked at the scene.
"It's my fault!" I cried lifting my hand that was now glowing.
"Shit," I heard Tsunade mutter, "This meeting is being postponed," she announced. Some of the elders objected but Tsunade over ruled it and helped Shino through the doors to her house. I was placed onto my bed and a cold cloth on my head. I closed my eyes, about to give into it. But then a hand was holding mine and Tsunade's voice came into my head.
"Remember, the seal is as strong as your will," she said in a soothing voice. Softly she rubbed my cheek in a motherly way. Shino was still sitting next to me. I nodded and closed my eyes. I never give into it! I tried so hard to over come it. I was sweating as I pushed the increasing feeling of chakra coming from my hand. After 10 minutes or so I managed to stop it. I was exhausted and tired. I blinked and yawned and closed them. Not opening until the morning.
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The next morning Tsunade was sitting at her desk waiting for news about Aiko. In the past few weeks since she found out about Aiko being her niece she had grown fond of the young girl. She reminded her of her Grampa and her uncle. She smiled again then in came Izumo and Kotetsu.
"Hokage-sama, there are six genin outside! They say they want to see their sensei's!" said Izumo panting,
"Let them in," she said smiling. They nodded and Kotetsu opened the door only to be trampled by the six twelve year olds.
"We want to see Aiko-sensei!" shouted Akane as the group quieted down,
"We want Shino-sensei!" shouted Kumo as well. The Hokage grinned at them and stood up.
"Come on then but you have to be quiet when we go in, Aiko was ill last night and Shino is in with her," she explained, they nodded and waited eagerly to get in. She opened the door and let them in. All hell broke loose.
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I felt someone jumping on my bed and another person shaking me lightly. The noise came back and I heard people shouting at Shino. Shino. I blinked and saw him half asleep on a chair near me still holding my hand.
"Akane get off me," I said at the hyper boy, "You too TaiKan," I added, they nodded slowly and got up. Yuki just smiled at me and hugged me. I smiled back and turned to watch Shino deal with all three boys. They eventually calmed down and left the room when I said I needed to change. I was still weak from the seal so I had to ask an embarrassed Yuki to help me with my accessories not my clothes. It was quite embarrassing for me as well. I eventually made it out of the room to the office. I sat down ready to be bombarded by questions from my students.