Chapter One

Starting Over

A/N: Well this a joint story between Lord Assassin and Starchii. So ummm…yeah…that's all I really have to say for now so just enjoy the story and please review.

Disclaimer: We definitely don't own Naruto…wouldn't it be cool if we did though…oh…right…I'm writing something…but we do own Haruko and Yutolio so ha ha and poo on you!

All you needed to see was the scowl on her face to know she wasn't someone you messed with. She kept her head held high as she walked maybe out of pride or maybe because she liked it that way no one ever dared approach her so we may never know. Her eyes glittered from the reflection of the sun and her long stick straight black hair shined in the light. Her name, though unknown to many, is Haruko. Haruko was definitely a strange name for the silent girl. It contradicted her in so many ways. Her name means spring while her face spelled winter. But how were her parents to know that when they named her. At the time all she knew how to do was smile it was as though hate was a foreign word to the happy little child. But that was definitely then and this is definitely now. Haruko walked calmly through the woods at a slow pace but keeping her guard up. She stopped at the edge of an entrance to what looked like a happy little village. The fifteen-year-old female stood in shock. Those memories bit at her mind like a rabid dog biting at a young child. Saying it seemed like it happened yesterday would be an understatement for her. To her it seems like it happened just a moment ago.

Flashback

A slightly younger and happier looking Haruko stood crouched behind a tree. She looked over to the tree next to her and looked at the fourteen-year-old boy standing there. He returned her look silently and nodded which she returned by nodding. Simultaneously they moved from their hiding places and moved forward quickly. Haruko's long black hair trailed behind her lifting in the wind. She looked over nervously at her teammate and he just glared back at her. Her abnormally colored golden eyes moved back to where she was going and she narrowly dodged an oncoming branch. The two teammates hadn't seen their third member for hours now and it was quickly beginning to worry them. Unfortunately for Haruko it was her fault he was gone. About three hours ago she had sent him off to retrieve something for her saying it was deathly urgent and she desperately needed it. Unfortunately for him all it really was her makeup kit that she had forgotten to grab before they set out on their mission. It was only their second C-ranked mission and she wanted to make a good impression on people she was to meet along the way. Fortunately for Haruko and Sounshiro (her not missing teammate) she could use a telepathic jutsu to sense peoples thoughts and he was still making brain waves so they could track him easier. Brainwaves were getting stronger and when they hit their peak she stopped and jumped from the tree she was in and landed silently on the ground behind a tree and turned off her jutsu. Sounshiro landed equally silent on the ground next to her with their sensei not far behind. She took a long intake of breath and sighed. Her two comrades stood glaring at her and that just made her sigh once more. Finally she worked up the courage to confront their missing teammate and say sorry for getting him lost. Unfortunately for her she never got to say sorry. She took a step around the tree and her eyes widened in shock. In front of her lay her missing teammate except instead of being alive and lost he was definitely dead. Many kunai and shuriken were sticking out of him and his legs and arms were oddly placed apparently broken. She hesitantly took a step forward and realized that his heart had been ripped out with a person's bare hand. She took another step forward and by now she was kneeling next to him. Haruko picked up his hand and placed it in her lap when something fell out of it. It looked like a folded up piece of parchment. She gently placed his hand back on the ground and grabbed the parchment by this time the others had come out and looked equally horrified. She vaguely heard her sensei say that he was going back to Kumogakure to tell the others of the incident and get help. Haruko silently unfolded the piece of parchment covered in blood spots and the letters smeared probably from tears and her eyes darted around the page reading frantically. Every word she read over was more heart breaking than the last.

Dear Haruko, Sounshiro, and Sensei,

If you are reading this than that means that my life probably has ended. I wrote this knowing that no one would come in time to help me and that is okay with me as long as you eventually find my body. Sensei and Sounshiro, you two were always there for me, always looking out for me, always encouraging me to try my hardest, which I always did. I appreciate both your efforts at attempting to better my life and your efforts did not go unrecognized. Haruko, you are a very interesting person to say the least but that still doesn't stop you from being the best and straining to keep up with Sounshiro and myself. Here are some helpful hints to you. One…try keeping to yourself more often it helps when you're a ninja because then the enemy can't always read you. Two…keep up with your training schedule not only is it healthy but I noticed during sparring that you were getting considerably stronger with it. And three…don't let Sounshiro get to you…he can be really intimidating sometimes but you're better than that. To all three of you I wish you the best of luck unfortunately I cannot tell you what happened to me for your safety but be grateful for a letter at all.

Your late friend,

Karino

Sounshiro slowly walked over to his crestfallen teammate. Haruko looked at him thoughtfully and handed him the letter but he just threw it to the ground and threw a small bag at her. She looked confused to the ground and saw that it was her makeup kit. Her eyes instantly welled up with tears and she began to cry with guilt. It was all her fault he wasn't next to her smiling and laughing with her. Sounshiro glared coldly at the crying form of Haruko.

"What are you crying about? It's your fault he's dead you might as well have put a gun to his head and had him pull the trigger!" Sounshiro shouted. The kunoichi snapped her head up her tears instantly forgotten.

"But, but…" Haruko stammered.

"Oh don't but me all girls are the same thinking of themselves before anyone else. Did you ever once think about what this would do to him? No you didn't you were thinking about your beloved makeup kit and how you would look," Sounshiro said with venom lacing every word.

"Are you saying that girls are useless?" Haruko said standing up with her anger growing.

"No, I'm saying that if I had had a proper team of three boys this probably wouldn't have happened!" Sounshiro said taking a step towards her. She replied by walking steadily toward him silently holding a kunai in her right hand.

End Flashback

Haruko shuddered. The rest had been a huge blur of screaming, blood, and shouting. The next thing she truly remembered was the head of the village exiling her from Kumogakure and taking away her headband for murder and betrayal. Now she stood quietly in front of another village dressed in black Capri's, that had tons of pockets for whatever she needed, a plain black tank top and black combat boots that came to just above her ankles. She cocked her head to the side in curiosity as though making a silent decision to try again and with that she took one step into her new life.

It was a bright sunny day. Yutolio was sleeping under the shade of a tall oak tree. The light poured through the openings in the tree's leaves making strange patterns on the ground. Yutolio awoke slowly struggling to remember where he was. He stood up and looked around. After getting his bearings straight he began walking.

Yutolio was 15 years old. He had brown hair and ungodly light blue eyes. He was wearing a gray sleeveless shirt and gray matabiki pants with a navy blue Dougi-Obi.

As he walked he thought back to why he was here, why he was running away. He thought of his dad and how he had pushed him to far trying to make him what he wanted him to be. He thought of how he had become a runaway shinobi to escape his father and his life in the Village Hidden in the Stars.

Flashback

Yutolio was standing in a barren field with his sister and dad. His dad was wearing the typical Jounin outfit. He had brown hair and blue eyes. His sister was 15 and had long straight black hair and the same blue eyes as her father. She was wearing a pair of black leather capri's that stopped just below her knee caps allowing room for her black taped sandals with the black tape wrapping around her leg to just below where her pants stopped. Around her pants she wore and black leather belt with a large silver clasp with several pouches hanging around it so she could hold whatever she might need. As a top she wore a black leather belly shirt that wrapped around her neck and had no sleeves exposing her bare arms until you got to the black gloves that were slipped around her hands carelessly that stopped at her elbows with places for her thumbs to stick out. Just at the small of her back hung two navy blue sheaths that looked small enough to fit a pair of shimmering silver daggers.

"Now attack me." His dad said "The right way this time."

Yutolio narrowed his eyes with anger but didn't waste any time. He rushed at his dad and launched a barrage of shuriken at him. His dad easily dodged the barrage by jumping over them. Yutolio jumped into the air and threw a punch at him, which his dad easily blocked and then countered by kicking him in the side and knocking him into the ground below where Yutolio quickly rolled out of the way and got up. When his dad landed Yutolio attacked him from behind but his father saw it coming and again dodged the blow and countered by kicking him in the head. Yutolio slowly got up and watched as his father shook his head.

"No, no, no. That's all wrong." His father yelled at him. "Akemi show him how it's done."

"Ok dad." Akemi said cheerily

Akemi rushed at her dad but instead of throwing a barrage of shuriken at him as Yutolio had, she did a summersault through the air and kicked her dad in the stomach with both feet. As he fell to the ground he put his hands out and did a back flip landing on his feet. Akemi kicked his feet and threw him off balance. She then grabbed him by the neck and flipped him over and smacked him into the ground. She then stepped back and waited.

"Very good" He said to Akemi as he got up.

His father then turned to Yutolio and angrily said "Your sister did it the right way. Why can't you?"

"Why should I have to do it your way when my way works better?" Yutolio answered equally as angry

I'm tired of being what you want me to be

Feeling so faithless lost under the surface

"Because your way is wrong!" His dad roared

Don't know what you're expecting of me

Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes

"Everything is wrong unless it's your way!" Yutolio yelled as he turned around and began to run away.

(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)

Every step that I take is another mistake to you.

(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)

He ran until he got tired and then he kept running. He knew his dad was following him.

I've become so numb I can't feel you there

I've become so tired so much more aware

I'm becoming this all I want to do

Is be more like me and be less like you

Yutolio finally stopped running and collapsed by an old building. His dad stopped behind him.

"Why can't you be more like your sister?" His dad asked still fuming with anger

Can't you see that you're smothering me

Holding too tightly afraid to lose control

Cause everything that you thought I would be

Has fallen apart right in front of you

"I'm different from you and Akemi. I do things my own way." Yutolio said slowly

(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)

Every step that I take is another mistake to you

(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)

And every second that I waste is more than I can take

"I see things differently than you and do what works best for me! Just because it isn't your way doesn't mean it's wrong!" Yutolio yelled

I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I've become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

"Why can't you just learn your place and leave me the hell alone!" Yutolio screamed as he launched himself at his dad.

And I know

I may end up failing too

But I know

You were just like me with someone disappointed in you

He threw a punch at his face. His dad dodged it and prepared to counter when Yutolio placed his other hand on the ground and spun on it kicking his dad in the side. Yutolio flipped forward and ran at his dad. He hit him square in the face knocking him back into the old buildings wall. His dad slowly regained focus and then prepared to attack.

I've become so numb I can't feel you there

I've become so tired so much more aware

I'm becoming this all I want to do

Is be more like me and be less like you

His dad charged him and threw a punch at him. Yutolio side stepped it and wrapped his arm around his dad's. He then flipped his dad over and elbowed him in the stomach.

I've become so numb I can't feel you there

I'm tired of being what you want me to be

I've become so numb I can't feel you there

I'm tired of being what you want me to be

Leaving his dad there Yutolio ran again, this time his dad didn't follow him and this time he didn't stop until he was far from the village, too far to be found.

End Flashback

Yutolio kept walking through the forest until he heard voices. He slowly walked in the direction of the voices until he came upon a large village, Konohagakure.

"Well I have to live somewhere. It might as well be here." Yutolio said to himself as he slowly entered the village.

Yutolio walked down the village streets looking at the buildings and the people staring at him. He bowed his head and thought 'Well this place is no Village Hidden in the Stars but it will have to do.' He continued to walk with his head down until he accidentally walked into someone.

Haruko felt someone slam into her back. She flipped around angry that someone would invade her personal space so rudely.

"Would you please watch where you're going!" Haruko said angrily.

"Sorry, I didn't see you there," Yutolio said apologetically.

She turned back around fuming with anger. "Geez, I just got here and I already hate it," Haruko said still seething with anger.

Yutolio stared at her with a questioning gaze. "What you just got here too?"

Haruko flipped back around staring in shock that he even bothered to reply. "Well yeah I guess so…and you…you're new too?" She asked in shock not really thinking before speaking.

"I just said that, didn't I?" Yutolio asked.

"Well if you're going to be rude about it I'll take my problems elsewhere," Haruko said annoyance clear in her voice.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you," Yutolio said, "Well you seem just as lost as I am."

"I am not lost…I am just choosing not to be found," Haruko said crossing her arms in front of her.

"…Ok…" Yutolio replied slowly. "We should try to find the head of the village first."

"Yes, I suppose…by the way do you have a name or am I going to have to call you 'the boy that so rudely invaded my personal space'?" Haruko asked innocently.

"Yes, my name is Yutolio…and you are?" He asked.

"Hn…Haruko, so how do you suppose we find this head of the village?" Haruko asked delicately raising one of her black eyebrows.

"Yes…well…um…I have no idea," Yutolio said dragging out every word.

Haruko narrowed her eyes in annoyance. "Well my suggestion is that we start with the giant tower over yonder," Haruko said matter-of-factly.

"It's as good a place as any," Yutolio said in an uncaring matter.

Haruko just nodded her head in reply and turned around and began walking expecting him to follow. They continued to walk until they were standing in front of two guards. The guards looked down at the two teens. "Do you have an appointment with the Hokage?"

"Good day gentlemen and yes we were sent here on word from the Hokage," Haruko said politely to the guards.

The two guards looked at each other and decided silently to let them pass. The two walked silently inside and began to ascend the stairs.

They walked into a large room and saw a very old man sitting behind a desk. "What business do you have here?" The Hokage asked politely.

Yutolio stepped forward and bowed politely. "I'm Ishigami Yutolio, a runaway shinobi. I was formerly a ninja in the Hidden Star Village."

Haruko copied his actions and took a step forward and bowed in respect. "My name is Shirasagi Haruko, an exiled shinobi from the Kumogakure."

The Hokage closed his eyes and appeared to be debating on what to do with the two shinobi. "So, you're both shinobi? Well before you can become shinobi here you must pass our test."

Haruko nodded her head silently deciding it might be good to start over. Yutolio also nodded his head deciding it was only fair.

The Hokage wrote something on a piece of paper. "Give this to the guards they will take you to Iruka. He'll tell you what to do."

Haruko took another step forward and took the piece of paper from him. "Thank you sir," she said politely before turning around and going back through the door without another word. Yutolio bowed again and followed Haruko out the door.

"So, Yutolio…what exactly possessed you to runaway?" Haruko asked making slight conversation.

"My father pushed me too far trying to make into what he wanted me to be," Yutolio said casually.

"O…k…loon," Haruko said cautiously.

Yutolio sighed. "Yes, I know it sounds crazy but that's the truth. So…why were you exiled?"

"I killed my living teammate," Haruko said matter-of-factly.

Yutolio was silent for a moment. "And I'm the crazy one?"

Haruko rolled her eyes in annoyance and clenched her fists unconsciously. She stormed off moving at a quicker pace to remove herself of him.

Yutolio walked a little faster to catch up with her. "So, why did you kill him?"

Haruko narrowed her eyes at the memory. "He insulted my gender and my position on 'his' team," Haruko said reluctantly.

"What did he think you shouldn't be a shinobi because you're a girl?" Yutolio asked eager to learn more. Haruko scoffed and pretended not to hear him. "I'll take that as a yes, In our village the girls are better than most of the boys." Yutolio finally said. A picture of his sister flashed through his mind as anger began to well up inside him.

Haruko smirked and walked down the last step and into the slightly clouded sunlight of the day handing the small paper to the guards. The guard took the paper. "Follow me," he said bluntly. They stalked slowly after the older man until they reached a building that appeared to be a school and went inside. The guard opened one of the many doors and allowed them to pass before entering himself.

The guard led them down a long hallway and opened a door. "Iruka we have two new shinobi that need to take the gennin exam." The guard then turned around and left without another word. The two teens walked in and the man the guard called Iruka greeted them and told them to take a seat.

"So you need to take the test. Which one of you wants to go first?" Iruka asked. Yutolio stood up and silently stepped forward. "Okay. Well all you need to do is make a clone of yourself," the man said.

Yutolio stared at him in disbelief. "That's it?" Yutolio asked shocked.

"Well…yes," Iruka said slowly.

Yutolio sighed and then making the appropriate hand signs he easily made six clones of himself. "So, now do you maybe want me to do something that will actually prove something?"

"Um…not really…"Iruka said. "Okay then…it's your turn," Iruka said pointing to Haruko.

"Didn't your mother teach you that it was impolite to point?" Haruko said sarcastically. She walked forward slowly and stood in front of the man.

"Okay now make a clone of yourself," Iruka said repeating the instructions.

"And here I thought you were joking," Haruko said. Then she also made the appropriate hand signs and made six perfect clones of herself. "Done…satisfied?" She asked quietly.

"Six clones for both of you. Not bad. You pass," the man said, "here are your hitai-ate's." Iruka said while taking them out of his desk.

"That was pointless," Yutolio said, "In my old village we actually had to prove something by beating the others and then only the top students were picked."

Haruko took her hitai-ate and wrapped the almost foreign object back in it's old home: around her waist as a belt. "Yah and where I come from we had to catch a bird and think of a creative way to kill it then find an unsuspecting village man or woman to eat it raw telling them it was cooked and prepared," Haruko said in all sincerity. Iruka just stared at her and blinked twice.

"Well, fortunately, that's not how we handle things here," Iruka said to Haruko.

'My God she's weird,' Yutolio thought to himself. Yutolio also took his hitai-ate while Haruko left without another word. Outside the clouds had finally won the battle against the sun and had poured out the water they had gathered so dutifully. Slowly tears began to crawl down Haruko's face but no one would ever know because of the rain concealing her sadness.

Yutolio walked out soon after. "Iruka says we have to go to some meeting tomorrow morning."

Haruko stiffened in shock and began to furiously wipe at her face. "Uh…um…here right?" Haruko asked trying to cover for her odd behavior.

"Yeah where else? Anyway he says we'll be staying in apartment C-7," Yutolio said casually.

"Uh…okay…lead the way," Haruko said uncertainly. Yutolio walked straight to it and opened the door. Haruko followed and went to one of the beds and collapsed on top and immediately fell asleep. Yutolio watched as she fell asleep and smiled to himself. He then went to the other room and fell asleep as well.

The Next Day! Splee! I'm So Excited!

Haruko awoke early, as usual, the next day and went to see if Yutolio was awake. Unfortunately, for her he wasn't in his room.

"Now where the hell did he go?" Haruko asked herself impatiently stressing the word now. She sighed and began walking to the front door silently deciding to get a head start to the school for the meeting. Just as she was about to open the door it opened and Yutolio walked through holding some form of food. "My God…I though you had left me!" Haruko yelled in aggravation.

"…No…I went to get us some breakfast," Yutolio explained handing her a milk carton and two rice balls.

"Oh…thanks…then…" Haruko said accepting the food and downing it all quickly.

"Well we should leave for the school then," Yutolio said after also finishing his food. Haruko nodded her mouth still full of food. They stood up and walked out of the apartment and set off towards the school. When they arrived they walked casually into the classroom like normal people but everyone stared at them anyways as they were taking their seats. As soon as they were sitting down everyone started to crowd around them. All the girls in the room minus a small girl with an almost navy blue colored hair began blushing and asking questions pushing all of the boys to the back of the crowd. One girl with long straight pink colored hair pushed Haruko from her seat and sat next to Yutolio wasting his time.

Yutolio stood from his seat and helped Haruko stand up. "You alright?" He asked her already knowing her answer would be yes. Haruko stood in what appeared to be a trance with her right eye twitching occasionally until she finally snapped and burst into flames.

"Who do you think you are! You don't even have a right to touch me let alone push me from my seat!" Haruko yelled leaning in on the poor pink haired girl. The girl turned to her about to protest when she noticed the fury and fire in Haruko's eyes. She slowly stood up and moved so Haruko could sit back down. Everyone else became quiet immediately except a girl with long blonde hair who was snickering and making fun of the pink-haired girl calling her names like 'Billboard Brow'.

"Hey! You can't talk you Sakura-chan like that!" Yelled a boy with spiky blonde hair from the back of the crowd slowly making his way towards them.

"And why not?" Yutolio asked. "She had no right to push Haruko like that," Yutolio said looking for the source of the voice. "Where are you?"

"Yeah you little weasel show your godforsaken face!" Haruko said with venom spilling from every word. The crowd parted with that comment and in front of them stood a very unhappy blonde boy.

"Hey you can't call me that! I'm going to be the greatest Hokage ever! Believe it!" The small blonde boy replied.

"You…be Hokage…" Yutolio said as he started to laugh uncontrollably. Haruko soon joined him in his giddiness.

"Hahahaha…that's rich kid," Haruko said in between fits of laughter.

"Naruto! You idiot!" The girl called Sakura said fuming while bashing him on the head.

"Naruto, you loser, sit down," said the only boy still sitting.

"Oh Sasuke, you always know what to do," Sakura said while floating over to him.

"Wow, these people are insane," Yutolio said quietly to Haruko.

"Yes…I must agree with you there," Haruko said calmly still not taking her eyes off of the Sakura girl.

Just then, Iruka decided to grace them with his presence. "Everyone please take a seat and be quiet," he said loudly over their chattering. Everyone obeyed his orders and found a place to sit and quietly waited for his next instruction. "Well now that you're all sitting we'll begin. You will now be placed in on evenly balanced team of three except for one team of two," Iruka explained. Everyone listened intently as his or her names were called for team. "The teams will consist of Team 7: Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, and Uchiha Sasuke; Team 8: Hyuuga Hinata, Aburame Shino, and Inuzuka Kiba; Team 10: Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, Akimichi Chouji; and the one team of two, Team 13: Shirasagi Haruko and Ishigami Yutolio. And now we'll take an extended lunch break." Everyone got up and left the room. They all headed outside and went their separate ways for lunch.

Yutolio looked around the crowd of leaving people for Haruko. When he finally spotted her long black hair and walked up to her. "How about that? We're on the team of two."

Haruko glanced at him and smirked. "Probably because we're the only ones that aren't incompetent fools," she said casually.

"Yeah, because the rest of these people had wimpy test scores and probably wimpy teachers," Yutolio said slowly.

"Hehe, yeah probably," Haruko said giggling like an actual schoolgirl.

"Yeah. Well want to get some lunch together then?" Yutolio asked casually.

"Yeah, we should probably get used to spending all our time together," Haruko said in reply.

"It might help," Yutolio said, "Where do you want to go?"

Haruko looked around noticing that all the other students had packed their lunches. "I think we missed the memo," Haruko said pointing to the others around her.

Yutolio shrugged in reply. "Oh well, we'll just have to buy something."

"Or we could ask one of these boneheads to share with us," Haruko said casually.

"Yeah, I'm sure one of the girls will help us out. Especially after you almost killed that pink haired one," Yutolio said starting to laugh.

"That's not funny, we'll ask someone that's not Sakura or Naruto…someone that like hates them," Haruko said getting aggravated.

"Well there's always that one um…I think his name is Sasuke kid," Yutolio said trying to remember his name.

"Maybe and then there's that blonde Ino girl," Haruko said adding to the list.

"Yeah there's her too. We could always ask Iruka too," Yutolio said.

"I'd rather not expose my stupidity to a teacher," Haruko said aggravated.

"Well it's not like that apartment he put us in has any food in it," Yutolio pointed out, "and we're new here."

"Yeah but I still don't want to go there if necessary," Haruko said to her new teammate.

"Okay well then shall we see what we can get?" Yutolio asked deciding it was best move on.

"Yeah and besides we should probably make some friends outside of each other," Haruko said casually.

"Yeah, we can't stay the new kids forever," Yutolio said agreeing with her.

"Okay then lets split up…I'll go to Ino and you go to Sasuke so we have someone to talk to within our own genders," Haruko said in a calculating tone.

Yutolio just nodded his head in agreement and then began to look around for Sasuke. Haruko sighed and went off to look for the tall blonde girl.

Yutolio walked around until he spotted the dark haired boy sitting in a building. "Hey! You mind if we share lunch. I'm new here and well, Iruka didn't leave any food on the apartment." Sasuke just glared at him for a moment before returning to his food. "Okay, I'll go elsewhere," Yutolio said turning around. He walked out of the building and spotted the boy, Shino, so he decided to try his luck with him. "Hey can we share a lunch? I don't have any." Shino just completely ignored him. "Well this is a lively bunch," Yutolio said sarcastically before walking away.

The next person her came to was Chouji who growled at him when he asked for food. Yutolio quickly abandoned that idea and left.

Haruko walked silently down a path looking for the blonde kunoichi named Ino. She finally found her on a bench sitting alone mumbling something about a certain pink haired girl. Haruko walked up to her cautiously.

"Um, I was wondering if you wouldn't mind sharing some of your food…the apartment Iruka gave us doesn't have any and I'm kind of short on funds," Haruko explained politely.

Ino snapped out of her daze and looked up to see Haruko standing before her looking expectantly at her. "Oh, hey you're the girl that told Sakura off right?" Ino asked her bluntly.

"Um, yeah…I'm sorry if she's your friend…" Haruko said seemingly casual.

"Who? Billboard Brow? No way! Awesome job! Here have a seat and take these," Ino said scooting over and handing Haruko an extra plate and a pair of chopsticks. Ino lightly loaded Haruko's plate with some of her food.

"Thanks this is really too kind of you," Haruko said politely.

"No problem any enemy of Sakura's is a friend of mine…as long as you don't like Sasuke," Ino said getting slightly suspicious.

"Him, oh no, if you like him I would never dream of liking him," Haruko said trying to fit the role of a caring friend. Ino smiled and they finished their lunch together chatting about a whole load of different things getting to know each other.

"Well we should probably go and meet/see our teams now," Haruko said reluctantly. Ino nodded and smiled as they said their goodbyes. Haruko slowly walked back to where they were meeting and found Yutolio sitting on the ground looking rather pathetic.

"Um, I take it you didn't find any food?" Haruko asked knowing the answer.

"What was your first clue?" Yutolio asked sarcastically. "Sasuke glared at me, Shino ignored me, and Chouji growled at me."

Haruko burst out laughing at the last part. "Well, how about you go ask her? She looks like she has too much food as it is," Haruko said pointing toward the shy girl named Hinata.

"You wouldn't be laughing if some fat kid growled at you," Yutolio said standing up. "Yeah I guess I could ask her, the girls here seem to like me enough," Yutolio added with a smirk.

"Oh yah just play it up," Haruko said sending him a glare. Yutolio smiled and walked over to Hinata.

"Looks like you have too much food there," Yutolio said to Hinata. Hinata just smiled and looked down at her food. "Mind if I have some? I'm new here and I wasn't given any food. I would buy some…but I'm poor," Yutolio said sadly. Hinata nodded her head and handed him some food. "Thanks I owe you one," Yutolio said graciously taking the food. 'Oh yeah this place is SO lively.' Yutolio thought to himself as he ate.

Haruko smirked at the sight…looked like she had another one to work on…but she quickly diminished that thought. 'That was the old me, caring, compassionate, a good person…the new me shouldn't even care.' "Hey, Yutolio! We better head inside!" Haruko shouted to him.

"Well thanks for the food. I'd better go. See yah around," Yutolio said as he got up to join his teammate. Hinata smiled to him and then looked down and began fidgeting and pressing her fingertips together. Haruko and Yutolio made their way inside and back to the classroom they were in previously. Most of the students were already inside waiting for their new sensei's.

"I hope ours comes soon," Haruko said while returning a wave to Ino. No sooner had they taken their seat that someone burst into the room. It was a woman in her early twenties she had wavy midnight blue hair and cloudy violet eyes. She was wearing a violet kimono top with a blue obi around her waist and a black pair of cargo Capri's with straw sandals on her feet.

"Hello all! My name is Kalu!" She shouted almost too enthusiastically.

"Alright Haruko and Yutolio please follow Miss Kalu. She will be your new sensei," Iruka said. Kalu smiled brightly and led them out the door.

"That was almost too soon," Haruko said to her teammate.

"Well at least we didn't have to wait forever," Yutolio said.

"I guess so…" Haruko said still in shock from their sensei's readiness.

Kalu continued to walk until they came to a cliff over-looking the vast ocean. "Well, no that we're here why don't we get started?" Kalu asked happily. "For starters I am Morino Kalu and I like just about everything and dislike bratty annoying gennin," Kalu stated happily shattering the nice girl appearance.

"I'm Ishigami Yutolio and I like training and becoming a stronger ninja. I dislike losing," Yutolio replied seriously.

"I am Shirasagi Haruko and I enjoy becoming stronger, proving people wrong, and birds. I dislike being insulted because I am a female shinobi," Haruko finished. Kalu stared at her gennin and blinked twice before bursting into a sunshine bright smile.

"Well then this should be fun!" Kalu exclaimed. Haruko went wide eyes with her right eye twitching occasionally. "Now that we're done with introductions, we'll move onto the test."

"We have to take another test? Will this one even prove anything?" Yutolio asked.

"Well I know you two are very strong. You ranked the highest. That's why you were put on the team of two," Kalu confessed, "So I'm trying to come up with a test that will challenge you."

"Oh I'm just a bundle of joy," Haruko said sarcastically.

"Well then you two can go and have fun with your friends or each other and meet me at the Hokage's tower tomorrow morning," Kalu said winking at the last part and then disappearing from their sight.

Yutolio stood and stretched out his limbs. "Well then let's go."

"Agreed…where do you want to go?" Haruko asked casually. Then she saw Ino walk by and looked at Yutolio apologetically before sprinting up to her and walking away with her apparent new found friend.

Yutolio watched as she ran off with Ino and thought 'I should make some friends too. Now where to start. Sasuke and Shino don't seem to like me and Choji scares me. I guess I could try Shikamaru and Hinata.' Yutolio then walked off toward the town in search of either of them. He finally found Hinata sitting by herself on a bench outside the school. Yutolio walked up to her and sat down.

"Hi." He said "Thanks for sharing your food with me earlier."

Hinata just smiled and looked down at her hands, which she began to press together.

"I was thinking maybe we could hang out for a while or something. I need to make some friends." Yutolio added after a while

Again Hinata just smiled and began pressing her fingers together. 'This is going to be more difficult than I thought it would be.' Yutolio thought 'I wonder what Haruko and Ino are doing.'

Meanwhile, somewhere quite a far distance from Yutolio and Hinata stood two girls staring each other down with smirks playing on their lips. The first to move was the tall girl with long black hair, Haruko. Haruko bent down and began spontaneously splashing her 'opponent'. The tall blonde, Ino, began laughing and counterattacking with splashes of her own. They were in a stream close to the Hokage's monument in the forest. Haruko quickly made a move while the water blocked Ino's view and sprint in behind her unsuspecting friend. Haruko silently dived in and tackled Ino into the stream.

"Pinned yah!" Haruko shouted from her place on top of her friend. They both burst out laughing and got into 'battle ready positions' once again.

"This time I won't go so easy on you," Ino said a smirk playing once again on her lips.

"Oh? And here I thought that you were giving it your all," Haruko said sarcastically before breaking into a grin of her own. Ino just rolled her eyes and got ready for her 'opponent' once again.

Yutolio and Hinata sat there not talking. Yutolio looked up at Hinata who was still looking down at her hands.

"Well I'm gonna go." Yutolio said to Hinata "Maybe we can hang out some other time when we can think of something to do."

"O...ok" Hinata stammered as she looked up and smiled at him.

"Well I'll see you around then." Yutolio said as he began to walk away.

Yutolio walked down the street towards the edge of town when he spotted Shikamaru sitting on a hill staring at the clouds. Yutolio walked up to him and sat down.

Shikamaru looked over at him and said. "Hey, you're that new kid Yutolio, the one on the team of two with that Haruko girl right?"

"Yeah. I need to make some friends." Yutolio confessed

"What a drag." Shikamaru complained "Well I guess we can hang out for a while."

"Thanks." Yutolio said with a smile "So what do you want to do?"

"Ever played Shogi before?" Shikamaru asked

"No." Yutolio said "I've heard of it but I've never actually played."

"Man what a drag, I'll just have to teach you then." Shikamaru said as he stood up "Follow me."

Yutolio instantly stood up and began following him. They came to a house and Shikamaru opened the door.

"This is my house." Shikamaru clarified as he opened another door "and this is my room."

Shikamaru picked up a board and set it down on a table between two chairs. Shikamaru then sat down and Yutolio did the same. Shikamaru went over the rules and then they began to play. Yutolio got the hang of it pretty fast but Shikamaru still crushed him.

"Good game." Shikamaru said politely "We'll have to play again some time when you've had more practice."

"Ok. Well I should probably be going now." Yutolio said as he stood up.

"Well I'll see you around then." Shikamaru said

"Ok. See ya." Yutolio said as he walked out the door.

Yutolio began walking home as he thought about what he was going to do for dinner. He pulled his money out and stopped at the store using the last of his money to buy two rice balls. He then walked straight to the apartment.

Haruko looked over to her blonde friend and smiled. The girls had finished the battle with no clear winner and had dried off and were now walking down the long dirt street of Konoha. They walked a little farther when Haruko stopped suddenly sensing another shinobi looking at them. She turned her head to the side and noticed a silent boy leaning on the wall. He had a long gray trenchcoat on that covered his mouth so you couldn't see his expression and a pair of black sunglasses hiding his eyes. Haruko furrowed her eyebrows in confusion searching for a name in her new list of people. Ino stopped a few steps away from Haruko finally noticing her friend's absence and turned around to see what had captured her attention. Ino looked at Haruko's new staring opponent and smiled while walking slowly back to her new friend.

"I see you've met Shino," Ino said to Haruko succeeding in snapping her out of her stupor. Haruko jumped almost unnoticeably in surprise apparently not expecting Ino to speak.

"Um...oh yeah...so that's the kid that ignored Yutolio today," Haruko said talking more to herself than to Ino.

Ino nodded slowly in response. "Yeah he's kind of creepy since bugs sort of just come to him but he's so quiet it's hard to have an opinion of him," Ino said trying to familiarize Haruko with the people of the village.

Haruko cocked her head to the side slightly trying to digest the new piece of information. "Bugs, eh? That's different...hm...I'll have to make a note of that," Haruko stated slowly. Ino looked at her curiously and then shrugged at her action. Haruko smiled to her slightly and unknown to Ino turned and Shino and smirked at him to. They continued walking until they made it to a familiar apartment building. "Well, this is my stop...I'll talk to you later!" Haruko said silently making a note to find food after Ino left.

"Oh! Okay! Yeah talk to you tomorrow! See yah later!" Ino said excitedly smiling brightly and waving happily to Haruko. Haruko nodded once and waved with a half grin of her own. Ino took her leave walking farther down the dirt path out of site. Haruko sighed heavily and walked inside the inviting apartment she now called home.

Yutolio who had been in his room doing absolutely nothing heard the door open and someone walk in. He left his room and went to greet Haruko.

"Here." He said handing her one of the rice balls. "It's not much but it's better than nothing."

Haruko stared at the food for a moment then laughed and took the rice ball. "You read my mind Yutolio," Haruko said kindly.

"No problem. I had enough money for two so I got you one." Yutolio said "But now I've got absolutely nothing left. We'll need to find a way to make money."

Haruko sighed. "Actually...I've been holding out...my family is sort of...you know...rich," Haruko said whispering the last word.

"But you're an exile remember." Yutolio said "it's not like you can just get money from them."

Haruko sank onto her bed and pulled out her wallet. The wallet was packed with unimaginable amounts of money her mother had left her. "I got the inheritance before I was exiled. My parents...well...let's just say they aren't exactly with the living," Haruko stated as calmly and collected as possible.

"Well then..." Yutolio started "I guess I need to make some money" Yutolio sighed

Haruko looked up to him slowly but immediately shot her head back down. She took a deep breath attempting to gather her bearings. "The least I could do was share my inheritance with my room mate and team mate," Haruko smiled behind her hair.

"Well thanks... but I'll settle for you buying food until I have a way of buying my own." Yutolio said kindly

Haruko nodded her head almost unnoticeably while her shoulders began to shake slightly.

"Something wrong" Yutolio asked concerned

Haruko stiffened and shook her head violently.

"What's wrong?" Yutolio asked getting worried

"Don't ask me such an irrelevant question!" Haruko shouted trying to cover up her emotions as was her way.

"How is that irrelevant? If I know what's wrong maybe I can help!" Yutolio yelled back

"No! You can't! People die! Everything that has a form eventually dies! There is nothing you or anyone else can do about it!" Haruko yelled standing up and shaking with rage.

"What?" Yutolio fell silent "What does this have to do with dying?"

"You weren't listening to me! If I'm not worth your attention then get out of my way!" Haruko said while side-stepping him and walking out the door.

Yutolio spun around and grabbed her wrist. "What the hell is wrong with you?" Yutolio asked, "I asked what's wrong and you start yelling about people dying"

Haruko narrowed her eyes at the contact and ripped her wrist away from his grip. "Why can't you just learn your place and leave me the hell alone," Haruko said a little calmer than before all the while still facing the door. She grabbed the door handle, sighed, and turned the knob.

Yutolio froze as he heard the words fall from her lips. "Why can't you just learn your place and leave me the hell alone." He had once told his Dad the very same thing. At the thought of this Yutolio was consumed with anger. He turned on his heel and went into his room slamming the door behind him.

Haruko cringed slightly at the sound of Yutolio's door and walked out the front door fuming with rage. She walked down the steps and out the apartment complex's front door and walked down the street with no intentions of sleeping.

Yutolio laid down on his bed and stared at the ceiling. His mind filled with thoughts of his sister and dad, each memory making him angrier than the last.

Yutolio finally snapped out of his thoughts and realized it had been an hour since Haruko left. 'I'd better see if I can find her' he thought to himself

He sighed and stood up leaving the apartment.

Haruko walked silently down the street looking down at the ground while unconsciously tracing the Konoha leaf on her hitai-ate. She walked slowly with no real destination finally she sighed and stood up straight and began walking towards the Ninja Academy. She silently reached her destination and sat down on the only swing that was in the courtyard.

Yutolio move quickly and quietly leaping from rooftop to rooftop. He scoured the streets but saw no trace of her. He came to the Academy and saw her on a swing. Slowly he approached her.

Haruko unconsciously pushed herself back and forth on the swing thinking and still glancing down to the ground. "What do you want?" Haruko said slowly

"I wanted to apologize..." Yutolio said sadly "When you told me to learn my place... well I once told my dad that, and I don't want to be anything like him."

"So I'm sorry." Yutolio said sincerely "If you want me to leave you alone I will..."

Haruko stopped on the swing and listened still keepin her back to him. "Yutolio, things for me have never been easy and I don't intend for things to start anytime soon but...right now...I really just need to be alone...although I accept your apology. You are a friend and I shouldn't have been disrespectful towards you," Haruko said politely in a mature manor. '"Please, Yutolio, I don't trust myself to be around anyone right now. Thank you for being so understanding," Haruko said before standing and turning to him her face devoid of anything close to emotions.

"Haruko things have never been easy for me either. I have my father to thank for that." Yutolio said painfully. "So I understand. I'll leave you alone, if you ever need anything just ask." and with that Yutolio turned and prepared to leave.

Haruko nodded finally showing Yutolio the exiled side of her. It was something she wanted to throw in the dust. She was winter unlike her name 'spring'. How contradicting. "Yutolio, someday...winter needs to clear," Haruko almost whispered before turning around again.

"It will." Yutolio said aloud before disappearing into the shroud of darkness

Haruko laughed almost menacingly and sat back down on the swing before turning her gaze to the night sky showered with lovely stars. "Winter...is here to stay," Haruko said calmly before closing her eyes and sighing sadly.

When Yutolio got back to the apartment he laid down on his bed and started at the ceiling again. He couldn't sleep.

The next day came too soon. Yutolio had gotten very little sleep and he didn't know if Haruko had come back or not. Rousing himself from bed he checked the other room only to find it empty.

Haruko sat at the kitchen table silently enjoying a glass of orange juice with her face still molded into a perfect emotionless facade.

"Oh so there you are." Yutolio said with quietly

Yutolio sat down across from her and poured himself a glass of Orange Juice.

Haruko glanced at him and nodded slightly before looking down at her half empty glass. "We are to meet with Kalu-sensei soon," Haruko said quietly.

"Yeah." Yutolio said as he took a drink "What kind of test do you think she came up with?"

Haruko looked up at him as though calculating what he would do or say next. "Not sure I truly want to know...that woman is insufferable at best," Haruko said quietly from her place at the table before glancing back down at the oak table.

Yutolio merely shook his head in agreement. "We should leave for the training grounds once your done." Yutolio said as he took one final drink of Orange Juice.

Haruko stared at him before smirking. "Actually, I was waiting for you," Haruko said before standing and going to the sink and placing her cup into it. Then she walked over to her teammate and glanced at him once before heading to the door.

Yutolio also placed his cup in the sink and then followed Haruko out the door.

Haruko and Yutolio walked in silence out the door and down the street heading straight to the meeting spot Kalu-sensei had told them to meet her at. Haruko looked over to Yutolio in the corner of her eye before quickly snapping back to the front and gave everyone around her the same emotionless look.

"Did you want something?" Yutolio asked dryly catching her glance

"No… winter never did want anything from fall," Haruko said dryly before gracefully continuing forward.

'She's acting very strange today.' Yutolio thought to himself

"I'm acting strangely because I am strange," Haruko said stopping and looking at him calmly.

"Well then your acting different than usual." Yutolio corrected himself "And how the hell did you know what I was thinking?"

"It's my secret jutsu...and since you're my teammate you're allowed to know...it allows me to check for energy levels and read minds that are within my direct vicinity...I've had it on since I woke up this morning," Haruko explained calmly before continuing her walk down the street.

"That's a pretty handy Jutsu, but why do you have it on? Are you expecting something?" Yutolio asked as an idea took form and a smile crossed his face. "Or are you planning to use it on Kalu-Sensei?"

Haruko smirked maliciously. "I turned it on that early because it needs to warm up a second before I can read minds clearly," Haruko explained calmly.

"So then you are going to use it on her." Yutolio said with a laugh "Good idea it'll give us the edge."

"For now," Haruko said, "hopefully she won't be able to detect me in her mind."

"Yeah hopefully." Yutolio agreed.

Haruko nodded and stopped when she reached a clearing with trees surrounding it. She sighed and looked around gathering information about her surroundings. "Well, we finally made it," Haruko said quietly while replacing her emotionless facade.

"It would appear so." Yutolio said emotionlessly "Now we just wait for Kalu"

Haruko sighed in clear annoyance. "She's coming...I can hear her retarded thoughts already...she has a high energy level," Haruko said impassively.

"Good." Yutolio said flatly "Then we can finally get this over with."

"Can you anything about what the test is going to be?" Yutolio added quickly

At that moment Kalu came bounding into the clearing skipping like a lunatic. "Hello my lovely genin's! It's so good to see you both again!" Kalu said energetically. Haruko sighed and shook her head at Yutolio.

Yutolio returned Haruko's sigh. "So what is our test going to be?" Yutolio asked impatiently

Haruko suddenly widened her eyes in shock and was suddenly blown back heading towards a near-by tree. She flipped around focusing chakra to her feet and landed safely on the tree before leaping off doing a front handspring to land beside Yutolio unharmed.

"H-how did you know I was in your mind...wait...more importantly how did you do that!" Haruko asked shakily. Kalu smirked before answering. "You think someone like me wouldn't be able to sense you! And I can't tell you how...a kunoichi never reveals her secrets. Now you better shut off that ridiculous jutsu before I do it for you," Kalu said energetically smiling at her genin.

"So much for that." Yutolio muttered

Haruko rubbed the back of her head but immediately turned off the Jutsu. Kalu smiled brightly. "Alright! Now that that's over with, I'll explain your test! All you two gotta do is get this bell from me...and the person who doesn't get the bell gets no lunch!" Kalu explained while taking out a small silver bell hanging from a string.

"Ok sounds easy enough." Yutolio stated

Haruko nodded. "So this basically puts us in a position that makes us enemies?" Haruko asked cocking her head curiously. Kalu rolled her eyes at Haruko, who didn't take the disrespect lightly. "Well, I suppose so...maybe? I don't know," Kalu said nonchalantly.

"Yeah one gets lunch and the other doesn't" Yutolio clarified "I don't intend to loose." Yutolio said turning to Haruko

Haruko glanced at him and smirked. "Luckily for me and you neither of us knows what the other can do," Haruko said before going back into 'poker mode' or in better terms turning back into an ice cube.

"That's what's going to make this interesting." Yutolio said with a smirk

Kalu smiled and watched the conversation in amusement "Yet! Well this is going to be fun! Okay! Get ready, and set, and begin!" Kalu exclaimed happily.

"Ladies first." Yutolio said with a smile

The Haruko next to him poofed into a log and the original Haruko was nowhere to be seen most likely hiding somewhere in the bushes or trees. Kalu looked mildly surprised before she shrieked in excitement. "Oh! I never even saw that coming!" Kalu exclaimed happily.

Yutolio smiled and then mimicked her.

"Yay! My genin are fun!" Kalu said and then ran into the clearing and sat down in the middle while humming elevator music to herself.

Yutolio watched from a tree as Kalu sat humming music, waiting for Haruko to make her move.

Haruko stood behind a tree staring blankly at her sensei. Then she smirked getting an idea. She did a few hand signs for her telepathic Jutsu and sent out a subtle wave of her mind to check for energy levels. Haruko quickly found where Yutolio was hiding and began making more plans in her mind.

'Hmmm, she must be planning something if she's taking this long.' Yutolio thought to himself 'I wonder what' Yutolio scanned the surroundings trying to find any differences or anything he could use to his advantage

Haruko quickly cancelled her Jutsu and crouched down on the branch and quickly took out a kunai. She quickly carved an H.S into the branch and smirked slightly afterwards. Haruko quickly stood up and bounded off into another tree all the while watching her sensei hum in the clearing.

'She must have something good planned' Yutolio thought resuming his train of thought. Yutolio then stealthily moved to another tree and went higher up to get a better view

Haruko quickly carved her initials in the tree again and stood once again bounding off once again to another tree and continuing the process all around the clearing.

'What in the world is she doing?' Yutolio thought as he watched her carve her initials into a tree.

Haruko looked over to see Yutolio looking at her. She smirked at him and jumped off onto her original starting branch.

'Looks like she's finally done. Now let's see what she has planned.' Yutolio thought excitedly

Haruko took a deep breath and just sat down on the branch expectantly.

Yutolio watched on curiously.

Haruko looked at him and mouthed the word, 'What?', before taking a deep breath and leaning back onto the stump of the tree.

'She must be waiting for me to make the first move.' Yutolio thought 'That's not going to happen'

Haruko took a deep breath and began to read a book that she pulled out of her pocket. She looked emotionlessly at the page in front of her and slowly turned the pages.

Yutolio shifted his attention to Kalu who was still humming elevator music.

Haruko continued to read with Kalu's elevator music making nice calming background music.

'I was hoping to see what those two could do before I attack, but it looks like I won't have that option' Yutolio thought to himself disappointed

Haruko finished her book silently and began filing her nails silently looking as bored as ever.

Yutolio made some hand signs and then disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

Haruko looked up from her nail filing and smirked putting her filer away. 'Finally,' Haruko thought calmly. She made a few hand signs and sent another subtle wave out to search for Yutolio and quickly found him.

Yutolio shot up out of the ground like a rocket heading straight for Kalu with a Kunai in hand.

Kalu yelled "Wheeee!" as she jumped backwards and right over Yutolio. Yutolio then tossed the Kunai at her with out looking. Kalu smirked happily and stared at the genin in front of her. "Finally! I was starting to worry!" Kalu said then got a bored expression as she caught the kunai in between her fingers.

'Perfect' Yutolio thought as the Kunai exploded. Haruko smirked from her spot. 'Good boy Yutolio, you keep her busy,' Haruko thought sadistically. Meanwhile, Kalu rolled her eyes as the kunai exploded. The smoke cleared and there stood Kalu completely unfazed.

Haruko looked shocked for a moment then remembered her plan.

'Idiot' Yutolio thought as the jumped through the smoke swung for her face. Kalu easily dodged this and jumped backwards.

Yutolio smirked as he thrust his hand into the ground and raised a ton of spikes up under her.

Haruko quickly began forming hand signs silently from her place. The initials she carved began glowing ominously as her eyes also began glowing a bright white color.

Yutolio burst into a puff of smoke and watched as Kalu did the same

Her hair began rising in the air slowly and a truly frightening grin was plastered on her face.

Kalu reappeared on the log. Yutolio reappeared inside of the spike pit where Kalu couldn't see him. He made some hand signs and thrust his hand into the ground again. The log Kalu was on shook violently and then before she could move it trapped her legs and bound her arms.

Suddenly, the glowing died down except for her eyes and the initials that were plastered on the tree moved their way towards her. They got to her and now all over her body was her initials. She smirked sadistically and jumped down from the tree she was on.

Yutolio appeared in front of Kalu and said "Well that was disappointing. I'll just take that bell now."

Her hair became a snow-white color as she crouched down to the ground and placed her now pale hand on the ground. Suddenly everything stopped. Time had stopped except for the people.

Haruko walked slowly walked into the clearing and looked up to the sky smirking. "Perfect," Haruko said calmly her eyes still glowing a bright white.

"This will most likely take the rest of my chakra," Haruko sighed, "Better make it worth it. Right, Yutolio?"

Yutolio reached out to take the bell and then stopped. 'That was too easy.' He thought as he searched his surroundings. Kalu then disappeared in a cloud of smoke

"A clone, just as I thought." Yutolio stated sadly

"Oh! Yutolio! What did you do to the place!" Kalu asked from a place in the tree pointing out the non-moving birds.

"That wasn't me." Yutolio said as he looked up and noticed with grim fascination that everything had stopped

Kalu looked at him questioningly. "Must have been Haruko then," Kalu said matter-of-factly.

"Well it couldn't very well be anyone else." Yutolio said mockingly

Meanwhile, Haruko made a few hand signs. "I hate this Jutsu," she muttered while finishing a long chain of hand seals.

'I've got to think of something fast.' Yutolio thought 'Earth Style didn't work. Maybe I can try Water Style.'

Yutolio continued pondering trying to come up with a back up plan. 'I've always got my Secret Technique... but I want to keep that a secret for now.' Yutolio continued to think

Haruko opened her glowing white eyes and smirked as she looked at the nearest kunai. It lifted off the ground and moved into a place far away from Haruko. Haruko raised her closed her fist and smirked as she opened it suddenly the kunai shot out of no where and straight at Kalu.

Kalu scoffed and dodged disappointed in Haruko's boring attack

' A Telekinetic attack.' Yutolio thought as he smiled 'So that's it...' Yutolio took this into account and began to formulate a new offensive

Haruko smirked at her teacher's unknowingness. She placed her hand on the ground her eyes still glowing bright. Tremors began to go through the ground knocking Kalu slightly off balance.

Yutolio scoffed and then placed his hand on the ground and steadied it. The tremors ceased instantly.

Kalu smiled at her genin thankfully while Haruko smirked disappearing silently.

Yutolio quickly made some hand signs and disappeared in a cloud of smoke putting his plan into action.

A/N (Starchii's part splee!): Hello all and I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter of our glorious new combined story! Do not fret for we shall both be keeping track of our own stories so there is no need to worry about that! Oh and by the way we are going to poll for pairs! Who do you all think that Haruko and Yutolio should end up with? Each other or someone else from the Naruto series! It's all up to you! Review for us and we'll update for you!

A/N (Lord Assassin's part) : Well my good friend here pretty much said all that needs to be said so yah. Please review.

Star: Well aren't you mister boring jeez!

Assassin: well what more needs to be said?

Star:...nothing...Leave me alone! -walks off crying and mumbling something about bad best friends-

Assassin : O.o what did I do! -runs after her-

Haruko: Well that was interesting...I guess that's it for now...stupid authoress...-walks away mumbling something about being created by a pathetic fool-

Yutolio : Well that's it everyone. They've all left me here so i'm gonna go now, but be sure to come back and see my awesome plan in action. -Walks away-

Star: -comes back still sniffeling, face red from the tears- GO AHEAD! REVIEW! PRESS THE PRETTY LAVENDER BUTTON IT LIKES YOU! AND DO NOT FORGET TO VOTE!