Chapter 11: First day in Konoha… part I
Itachi had rented a hotel that was in grass country, and it was very near the border of Konoha and Grass.
'So you want me to teach in Konoha for money?' she asked, raising an eyebrow. She sighed as he nodded.
'Do you have any complaints?' he asked. She shook her head.
'I doubt those weaklings could keep up with me, though,' she told him. Itachi didn't react, as he could care less what happened to them.
'If they die, well, then that's your problem and you'll have to deal with the hokage,' he told her, leaving. 'I… have a job to do, and'-
'I'm not joining Akatsuki, by the way,' she muttered as she disappeared.
'Crap,' he muttered. 'This is harder than I thought.' He then left and went to look for Kisame.
'Why the hell is everybody looking at me so weird?' Phire thought, walking towards the hokage-sama's place. Everybody was confused, and one strange kid in orange was, especially.
'Who is that? I sense a lot of chakra in her!' Naruto thought to himself. He thought that he could probably fight her to test his strength. Just then, Sakura bonked him on the head, and asked for her money back. Naruto paled, as he forgot about the money, and ran, trying to avoid Sakura, and bumped into Phire. Everybody gasped, as they thought that she would kill Naruto, but instead, she grabbed Sakura's wrist with one hand, and Naruto's head with the other.
'I'll pay for this kid,' she told Sakura, throwing Naruto into the ground, getting out some money, and forcefully putting it into Sakura's hand. Everybody was amazed, and Naruto now owed Phire money!
'Why did you do that! Do you know that he will never pay back!' Sakura yelled at Phire, but she shrugged.
'I don't care,' she told Sakura and started walking towards hokage-sama again. Naruto blinked, and grabbed her leg, thanking her and crying, and Sakura left, confused.
'Let go, bakayarou,' she growled. He did obediently, and got up.
'Who are you?' he asked. She sighed, and just continued walking. Naruto kept following her.
'I'm Uzumaki Naruto, and'-
'You will be hokage if you try,' she muttered, interrupting Naruto, and then teleported away from Naruto, and to the door of hokage-sama. Naruto blinked, and smiled.
'She… she believes that I will become hokage! She is so cool! She's… wait, what's her name!' He thought to himself, running towards hokage-sama's office. Maybe Tsunade-sama knew of her presence.
'Ah, so much work today,' Tsunade thought, looking through paperwork. She was about to finish one part of a lot of paper work, when Phire knocked on the door.
'Eh? I didn't sense anybody coming,' she thought, and shrugged it off, but not entirely.
'Come in!' she yelled. Phire opened the door, and went inside. She bowed a little to Tsunade.
'Hokage-sama,' she said, 'I wanted to work for Konoha. I am a Jounin, and'- Tsunade put her hand up, as well as raising her eyebrow, stopping the new person from speaking.
'Where are you from?' she asked. Phire worried a little, not showing it.
'Hidden Moon Village,' she lied, but Tsunade bought it.
'Do you… have a profile of yourself?' she asked. Phire blinked, pretending to look spaced out, and she looked into her side bag, and got out an envelope, which had her status as a Jounin from Hidden Moon village. Tsunade narrowed her eyes at the profile, and sighed, as she couldn't detect any flaws.
'I guess the Hidden Moon book hasn't been updated, eh?' Tsunade sighed, making a copy of the profile, and then putting it into the book.
'Oh, before you ask anything, I actually don't know about my childhood as I don't remember, so I don't have a Hidden Moon headband; it is different, and I believe that someone in Hidden Moon adopted me as their kid or something, so I grew up their,' Phire explained to Tsunade, who was about to ask Phire about the headband she noticed that was in Phire's hair, tied like a hair tie.
'Oh, okay,' Tsunade said, sighing, 'sorry, but I'm really tired today from all of the work, you know, being a kage and all.' Phire nodded.
'I see,' she told him. 'So, may I work for Konoha?' Tsunade was surprised that she came to Konoha in the first place, but then shrugged.
'Why not? I won't make you wear the Konoha headband, only because you seem to be much more stronger than all of the Jounins here,' she told her. Phire nodded.
'You see, since Hatake Kakashi is in the hospital, I'd like you to supervise that team in any training that you think is necessary, or else just sub in for him, if ya know what I mean, right?' she told Phire, smiling. Phire nodded.
'Well, you have my profile and the missions I've done, so if you need me'-
'Right, I'll call you if it is dangerous, or if I think you can do it yourself just because,' Tsunade interrupted. Phire smiled, and then Tsunade called Shizune to her side.
'Hai, Tsunade-sama?' Shizune asked. Tonton came running in. Tonton!
'Bring in Team 7,' she told Shizune. Shizune nodded, and left immediately. Phire waited patiently, and helped Tsunade in her work until then.
'Oh, thanks!' Tsunade thanked Phire. She nodded.
'I thought I'd get you to use less energy, so,' Phire explained. Tsunade smiled, and was mystified by Phire's behavior and amount of chakra.
'She did what I do in an hour in 2 minutes! Amazing, maybe she could be assistant hokage once I can trust her,' Tsunade thought. Phire heard her, but didn't say anything. Just then, Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura came in, as well as Shizune.
'Meet your temporary sensei, Phire,' Tsunade told them. 'Be good to her, or you'll regret losing Kakashi and having to have a new sensei for a little while.' Naruto widened his eyes, and exclaimed and ran around in joy. Sasuke sighed, and Sakura rubbed the back of her head.
'Tsunade baa-chan! Tsunade baa-chan!' Naruto exclaimed. 'She's the one who paid for me and said that I don't have to pay her back! She's cool!' Phire sighed. Sasuke raised an eyebrow.
'Why, Phire-sensei, would you do such a thing?' Sasuke asked, looking at her.
'One, don't call me sensei; all of you,' she told them. They blinked and were shocked.
'And two, Sasuke,' she continued, but looked directly at Sasuke, 'I knew that Naruto should have someone help him for once.' Sasuke shrugged, and then Naruto stopped.
'Hey! I wanted Ero-senin to train me!' Naruto complained. Tsunade sighed.
'Naruto-kun, if I defeated Jiraiya, would you let me sub for Kakashi?' Phire asked Naruto. Everybody looked at Phire weird, and Naruto nodded.
'Of course I would! I would want to see someone defeatthat pervertthat isn't a hokage or an S-ranked criminal!' Tsunade was about to interrupt, but then sighed, and knew at that moment, Phire was stronger than she assumed, and didn't stop her from going on and finding Jiraiya and defeating him.
'You defeating a sannin… I doubt you could,' Sasuke muttered, just to have a kunai go through his arm. Phire glared at him.
'I'm not your teacher yet, so I have the right to do that, so don't say anything, and just watch, okay Sasuke?' she told him, leaving. Sasuke yelped in pain, and Sakura was surprised; how could she do that! Shizune healed Sasuke's wound, which still pained a lot surprisingly, but he said that he'd be okay, and Sakura kept asking if he needed help.
'I'm fine, Sakura, really,' Sasuke rolled his eyes, tired of her. Naruto grumbled, and then Phire stopped.
'So you call Jiraiya "Ero-senin" because he created Icha Icha Paradise and is perverted?' Phire asked. Naruto blinked; he thought that she didn't know him.
'He also'-
'So I'll find him at a hot spring,' she interrupted Naruto, and he blinked. Sasuke and Sakura were just confused, and when they did go, they did see Jiraiya.
'She was right!' Sakura gasped. Sasuke rubbed his forehead, and Naruto called Jiraiya, but Phire was already gone by the time Jiraiya saw them.