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'blahblah' Kakashi's thoughts

"blahblah" talking

blahblah emphisis

Disclaimer: I don't own the charecters of Naruto.Some of the charectersmight/willbe OOC, 'cause I wrote this the way I like it thus the reason it's a fanfiction.

Chapter 2 - The Team
Kakashi felt ready to scream, but he opted for mentally banging his head on a hard, VERY HARD, brick wall.

He reviewed his day so far.

He'd woken up, had breakfast, and completed his normal morning routine.

He'd gone to the memorial and honored his fallen comrades.

He'd found out that he was assigned a genin team. That's when the day had started to go done the drain.

He'd met his team. Nothing too special … or so he'd thought. After that meeting he'd ended up with a lump on his head from the eraser and a big jumble of questions: what is his team trying to hide? Why? What are their real personas like? Do they really fight as much as they seem to? Should I even try and see if they pass?

Then he'd gone to the roof to have a little "get to know your teammates" time. He'd thought that through the simple ideas of favorite things, most hated things, dreams, hobbies, ambitions, and interests, he'd be able to find out more about them, and maybe piece together some of the puzzle behind them. Unfortunately, that plan failed. Miserably.

Flashback

Kakashi had just finished explaining with the help of his let-me-talk-for-a-bit-and-pretend-to-give-you-information-about-myself-when-in-reality-I-only-telling-you-my-name speech (which they seemed a bit annoyed by, if Sakura's reaction had been any indication), to the three kids in front of him what it was he wanted them to do. Naruto went first.

As the Kyuubi's vessel went through his list of things, Kakashi mentally sweatdropped. 'Great. I've been stuck with a kid that thinks about nothing but ramen. What did I do to deserve this?' He snapped out of his thoughts when Naruto's voice took on a determination that it was lacking before.

"My dream is to one day be a better shinobi than Lord Hokage! And then all the villagers will have to acknowledge my existence at last!"

Kakashi looked at the other two in the group. Sasuke hadn't changed his expression from his earlier glare, save for the raised eyebrow. Sakura had an expression of disbelief on her face, but her eyes held a pride that you'd expect to find in a mother whose child has just declared they … that they… click … that they will be the best at something. But both members of the team replaced their masks in a second. Yet all Kakashi needed was a second. 'Interesting, Sakura and Naruto at least are not the enemies that they lead you to believe. No enemy would show that much pride in a rival's dream. I want to learn more about this.'

After Naruto finished, Sasuke started. Kakashi, his head drooping slightly, smirked at his response. 'Almost got the no-info-but-the-name speech down, kid.' His head snapped up when the feeling of chakra around him changed. No longer was it the cool, calm feeling that the three kids had been putting out before while everything was normal. Now, it was hot instead of cool, and had a violence about it that only comes with anger.

Sasuke's voice was cold as Kakashi listened to the last bit of his introduction, "There's someone I have sworn to kill."

Trying to gauge the reactions of Sakura and Naruto, Kakashi was disappointed to see that they both had turned their faces away from him and the shadows fell completely across both their faces, shielding them from Kakashi. Both were stiff, but that could have come from any number of reasons: fear, agreement, memories. The list went on and on. Yet, he still gained something from them. The chakra change was too intense to be only one person, it had to be at least two. 'So Sasuke isn't the only one who wants to kill someone. Damnit Kakashi. You spaced out and didn't hear what he said before that. Damn you. You're better then letting untrained children get the better of you.'

It took a minute, but the chakra settled down, and Sakura started. Her's actually went along quite normally. No strange reactions, no flaring chakra. Nothing. Well, nothing if you didn't count her words. They all pertained to boys. Every last one of them. 'Damn, that was one of my last chances.'

End Flashback

They either suspected what he was trying to do, or they were damn good actors. Kakashi suspected that it was a little of both. None of them had backed down, either, when he told them about their work tomorrow.

Some of his colleagues would sugar coat the information that they gave their students. That was something Kakashi never did. He was of the opinion that a shinobi should never be babied. That could result in death. It was best that the future fighters of the Fire Country learned that lesson now, when it was less likely to matter, rather then when on a mission. If someone couldn't take the hard, cold truth, then they didn't deserve to pass, and Kakashi always made sure those graduates never passed under him no matter how talented they may be. His fellow jounin Kurenai and Asuma were of a similar mindset, if slightly less adamant.

'Well, they passed the first test. You've still got a chance, kids. Tomorrow we'll see if you can pass the second test as a team.'

As he handed out the instructions for the next part of the test, he observed the reactions of all three. Sasuke crumpled the paper without even looking at it, while both Sakura and Naruto looked it over. Of those two, Kakashi was surprised to find that it was Naruto that studied it and looked it over, while Sakura skimmed through it, then sat trembling. 'Must have concocted some wacky connection between this and her nonexistent love life. Heh.'

After they all had their assignments, Kakashi poofed out in a puff of smoke, but he didn't go far. In fact, he only went over the side of the building. Using his chakra he concentrated on his feet and literally stuck to the wall. He stuck and listened.

"His chakra is moving away." That was Sasuke.

"Man, why do we have to do survival exercises?" Always the complainer, Naruto.

"He could just want to test our skills. That's the most probable reason." Logical and thought out seemed to be Sakura's choice when answering.

"Remember, you can't survive on your own." Sasuke's voice was more distant now, by the sound of his voice and that of the three's footsteps, they were moving to the stairs.

"Right. Oniisan made sure we knew that." Sakura's voice was descending. 'They must have reached the stairs. I didn't think Sakura had an older brother.'

"Crap!"

"Naruto…" Warning was evident in Sakura's voice.

"Sorry, Sakura-chan, but I'm late."

"For what?"

"I promised Niisan that have ramen with him after classes today, and I'm already half an hour late."

"Then get going." One set of footsteps picked up and started running. "And tell him hi for us." Sakura had to yell the last part.

"I best get going, too, Sasuke-kun. See you tomorrow."

Another set of footsteps ran off. The last, Sasuke's, kept to the walk they'd been at the whole time. Kakashi was about to leave when he heard something that caught his attention. A chuckle. He listened. Another chuckle came, faint and getting fainter, but it clicked. Uchiha, the ice prince Sasuke, was laughing, and not the laugh that Kakashi would have expected from the boy. It was a nice laugh, sincere and happy even.

"I'm glad I know those two. I really am." The words were nearly lost to Kakashi since Sasuke was so far down the stairs, but he heard them, and they only served to increase his curiosity about the team he was assigned.

To be continued ...
That's all for this chappy! I hope to get the next one up in a week or two.

Any guesses on who Naruto's 'Niisan' is?

You'll find out in chappy seven. An' I'm not gonna tell you till then

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