Yōso no josei.
Chapter 2: Bells pt1.
A/N: Welcome back! Here's chapter 2 for you peeps!
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Natsumi and Hinata sat on their knees as they enjoyed their supper in silence. Sitting in front of them is Hanabi Hyūga, Hinata's younger sister and Hiashi Hyūga, Hinata's father and the head of the Hyūga clan.
"How did the examination go?" Hiashi asked as he finished his meal.
Natsumi noticed that Hinata struggled to answer, she seemed uncertain of how to respond to her father's question so she saved the girl the trouble and spoke up instead.
"It was nothing we couldn't handle, Hinata performed with extraordinary skill. She aced all the tests and took down the Inuzuka with relative ease." Natsumi praised, Hanabi tilted her head as she gazed at her sister with a hint of respect before going back to her meal.
"Excellent, and what of you Natsumi?" The stoic man asked.
"I performed more or less the same as Hinata, I bested the Uchiha in our Taijutsu match." She responded and Hiashi let out a snort…well the Hyūga equivalent of a snort.
"If Fugaku still walked the earth he would be seething in fury." He said, looking down at the two girls. One shook under his gaze, while the other unfazed.
"I am proud of you…both of you, and I await the time you both shall showcase what the Hyūga clan is." Hiashi said with a small smile, Natsumi bowed with Hinata.
"Hai." They both responded.
1 Week later.
Sasuke hasn't been able to find Natsumi for the whole week, he thought such a person would be easy to find but it was impossible. She questioned everyone that would talk to him and none of them knew where she could be, so he unwillingly opted to wait until he sees her again during the team placements. So here he was in the class stalking the girl again, he noticed that the two inseparable girls had their Hitai-ate wrapped around their necks in similar fashion.
He ignored the bickering between Sakura and Ino, as they fought each other besides him. He would never entertain them like they wanted, never. Iruka walked in and everyone kept quiet afraid they would have their ears blown by Iruka's devastating shouts.
"Wow, that's a first." Iruka muttered before clearing his throat.
Sasuke tuned out Iruka's speech and went through the events of the previous week, at first Natsumi was just a small mystery but now she was his second objective besides Itachi, the girl had an air of anonymity surrounding her.
He left his realm of thoughts as his name was called out.
"Team 7; Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Natsumi, Haruno Sakura and your Jonin instructor is Hatake Kakashi." As soon as Iruka announced this the entire Sasuke fan-club groaned, while Sakura exclaimed in joy. Sasuke on the other hand glanced at Natsumi who shook her head.
'Wait this makes no sense, the top two of the class are always paired with the dead last…so I must have been announced as top male rookie of the year while Natsumi the female rookie of the year…and Sakura must be the dead last…but she's smart, I guess. That means she just didn't do well in the other subjects that didn't involve book smarts.'
'Must everything be so annoying.' Natsumi thought with a sigh.
It's been 3 hours since everyone else was picked up by their instructors, but not team 7. No team 7 has been sitting in the classroom for the past 3 hours waiting for this Kakashi character, at first it was just hilarious that a ninja can be late but now they just wanted to murder him.
'I'll make sure to inflict momentous pain on him…I do wonder if he has ever experienced frostbite?' an evil thought ran through the regal Natsumi.
'What's taking him so long!?' Sasuke has become so impatient he has been gritting his teeth for three hours and he was certain they were wearing away.
"His LATE!" Sakura exclaimed as she tapped her foot on the ground.
"We are quite aware of that." Natsumi pointed out and Sakura's eye twitched.
"You've gotta problem with me!?" Sakura questioned as she marched towards the short girl.
"Yes…but if I were to list all the problems I have with you, Hatake would have arrived 5 days too early." Natsumi mocked and Sakura lost her temper and attacked the fragile girl.
However the pink haired Genin did not get far, as she crashed into a row of tables. She groaned as she tried to sit up, and glare at the petite girl.
"I would suggest that you don't ever try that ever again." Natsumi stated as she glared back at the taller girl.
"Hn, stop your bickering you two." Sasuke demanded as he glared at Sakura, he believed the pink haired girl was at fault.
"Hmph, keep her on a leash." Natsumi said, but before Sakura could retort the door opened revealing a man with gravity defying silver hair.
"…Looks like I came at a bad time." he commented with a chuckle.
"You are Hatake, no?" Natsumi asked as she rose from her seat, the man tilted his head to the side.
'She's smaller up close.' He thought.
"Yes, yes I am…follow me." He said walking away with the team following him albeit with some animosity amongst them.
"I am Kakashi Hatake, I will be your Jonin instructor for the time being. Now my cute little Genin let's get to know each other, tell me your likes, dislikes, hobbies and dreams for the future."
"Why don't you go first sensei, so we get the feel of it." Sakura suggested and Kakashi sighed.
"Fine, . I have no desire to tell you my likes and dislikes… My dreams for the future… Hmm… As for my hobbies… I have lots of hobbies…"
'All we got to learn was his name?' was the mutual thought between the three Genin.
"Now, you with eternal scowl." Kakashi said pointing at Sasuke who frowned.
"Hn, My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I hate a lot of things, and I don't particularly like anything. What I have is not a dream, because I will make it a reality. I'm going to restore my clan, and kill a certain someone." There was a tense silence between the four.
"Well done with ruining the mood." Until Natsumi spoke up.
"Hn." Sasuke replied with a grunt.
"I believe grunting is not a good social implication." Natsumi mocked and Sasuke just ignored her, she might be interesting but she can be annoying as well.
"Right moving on, the pink one." Kakashi said referring to Sakura.
"I am Haruno Sakura, I like…my hobbies include…my dreams for the future are…" with each pause she would stare at Sasuke sending shivers down the Uchiha's spine.
"And dislikes?"
"Ino-pig and this small brat!" she growled out glaring at Natsumi who waved her off.
"Delusions give you a sense of pleasure, I shall not take that away from you by stating that your words mean nothing to me." Natsumi said and her words cut through Sakura like an ice dagger.
"…Anyways, last but not least…chibi." Kakashi said and as soon as those words left his mouth he felt as though he has doomed himself.
"Ever call me that again and I shall castrate you by dipping your genitals in a bucket of liquid nitrogen, and I'll serve them to you as a frozen treat…do you understand me?" The tone she had used made Kakashi shiver as he gulped, for one who did not know the context of the conversation they would find the scene of Natsumi pulling Kakashi by his collar comical.
"Y-Yes ma'am." Kakashi replied with a gulp.
"Good." Natsumi responded as he released the grown man who let out a breath he didn't know he was holding.
'Just like her mother…but worse.' Kakashi thought.
'Note to self; do not call her a chibi.' Sasuke thought.
'You got that right.' IS said with a nod.
'S-she just threatened Kakashi-sensei…and he agreed, I'll force her to teach me how to do that, Cha!' Sakura thought.
"My name is Natsumi Uzumaki. I like cinnamon buns, dango and pocky as well as the Hyūga clan. I dislike ill-mannered fools, untidiness and sour treats. My dream for the future is to watch Hina-chan rise through the ranks. My hobbies…well my hobbies, I'd rather not say." Natsumi said and they all raised a brow at her evasiveness involving her hobbies.
"Now that we know each other, I can tell you about your Genin test." He started off.
"WHAT!? We just had a test!" Sakura screeched.
"Sakura dear, you might want to practice control over your vocal chords that was too much of a high pitch." Natsumi suggested and Sakura blushed as she covered her mouth.
"Thank you Natsumi. Now as I was saying, the exam you did last week was just to root out those who were not ready from the ones who are. This test will be supervised by me your sensei, if you pass this test you become a real Genin, if you fail well than you're back to the academy for another year." Kakashi explained.
'I knew it couldn't be that easy.' Sasuke thought.
"We will be meeting at training ground 7 tomorrow at 08h00 hours, bring all your equipment and I would suggest you don't eat breakfast…unless you want to puke of course." He said with all to giddy tone.
"Anyways, get some rest." Were Kakashi's bidding words before he vanished in a swirl of leaves.
As Sasuke turned his head to face Natsumi, she was already gone leaving behind no trace.
'What the? Where did she go?'
"Sasuke-kun would you like to go on a date?" Sakura asked with a blush only to be giving the silent treatment by her crush who walked away.
Sasuke glared at the path ahead of him, he was not excited about the test that they will be taking this morning. He raised a brow as he spotted a small red bridge over a small stream, sitting on the railing is none other than Natsumi.
'She's early.' Sasuke thought as he picked up the pace, this might be the only time he can get to know his teammate a little better without Sakura or Kakashi disturbing them. He stopped some feet away from her and leaned against the railing.
"Morning." He greeted and Natsumi turned to face the raven haired teen.
"Greetings." She replied with a nod before going back to gazing at the sky.
"So Natsumi…who taught you how to fight?" He asked, he was expecting some cold response but Natsumi seemed to be in a good mood today.
"Mostly I taught myself, that is before Hiashi-san took me in." she replied with a small smile.
'So she lives with the Hyūga's no wonder she's so close to Hinata.' Sasuke thought, so now he knew something about the smallest Genin of their year.
"And I believe you did the same hmm, Sasuke-san. That was some extraordinary skill with your kunai and shuriken, but next time do not too much power into the throw as it may be too much and the projectiles might knock each other out of the air." She suggested.
Sasuke stared at her in realization, she had been watching his take on the test and had just given him a pointer. At least now he knew that he had grabbed her attention at least once. Alas all good things must come to an end, and that end for Sasuke's good mood is a pink haired female by the name of Sakura.
"Morning Sasuke-kun…and you too…twerp." She greeted her crush with a bright smile, but directed a frown at the small girl.
"How charming." Natsumi remarked waving off the pink haired girl.
Sakura did not pay any attention to her rather she opted to provide her crush with all of her focus.
"How are you Sasuke-kun? Did you sleep well?" she questioned the raven haired teen who felt like shoving a damn scroll in the pinkette's mouth and sealing it.
'Don't you just wish that you could sweep Natsumi off her feet and run off with her to some secret location *cough* your room *cough*.' Just when he thought things couldn't get any worse, the annoying figment of his imagination appeared.
'One of these days…you'll see.' He thought letting out a barely audible growl, but apparently Natsumi had a good sense of hearing as she had picked up the sound of his snarl.
"What? Hungry Sasuke-san?" she asked teasingly, a smug smirk gracing her elegant features. This of course caught Sasuke off guard as he jumped in shock and glared at the small framed teen.
"What's it to you? I'm sure you didn't eat as well." He said shooting an arrogant smirk at Natsumi who looked stunned at first, but was that a giggle that escaped her lips? Indeed it was, a giggle filled the air as Natsumi hovered her hand in front of her face.
"Forgive my lack of manners, but what you said was quite hilarious my deary. I for one did not fall for Hatake's attempt at trickery. I ate a full breakfast, and enjoyed my tea." She said gazing upon both Sakura and Sasuke who looked shocked.
"Y-you ate? But Kakashi-sensei said we shouldn't you baka!" Sakura screeched and Natsumi couldn't help but let out a snort.
"He didn't say we shouldn't, he suggested that we shouldn't. There is a difference my ignorant child, now you pay for your inability to listen." Natsumi was enjoying herself, picking on her teammates was so much fun.
'…I…I fell for it. Me. An Uchiha. I fell for such a thing.' Sasuke thought in shock though his face did not betray him. He grit his teeth as his stomach played against him and growled in hunger. All eyes were on him as the belly of the Uchiha let the world know that it was hungry.
"And the first piglet went oink." Natsumi sang with a smirk, Sasuke glared at her…suddenly he was starting to hate her.
'You know you lover her.' I.S teased while drawing an imaginary heart with Sasuke's and Natsumi's initials in it.
Sakura was about to defend her eternal lover, when her stomach followed and let out an even more terrifying growl. She blushed as she saw the look Sasuke sent her.
"And then the second piglet roared like a beast." Sakura resisted the tempting urge to lunge at the girl, and opted to glare at her.
"As much fun as your hunger provides me, I cannot have you lagging during the test." Natsumi pulled out a scroll from the wide sleeves of her lavender kimono and unsealed the contents.
"Be honored not many can say they have tasted the bliss that is Junko-san's delicacies." Natsumi said revealing to them bento boxes filled with mouth-watering food.
"Eat up my naïve teammates, eat." She handed them the meals and watched in both disgust and amusement as they scuffed down the food to the last grain.
3 hours later.
Kakashi appeared on a branch in puff of smoke with his ever so present eye smile.
"Yo." He greeted raising up a hand to his maybe-students.
"YOU'RE LATE!" Sakura screamed out in anger at the white haired Jonin who scratched back of his head sheepishly.
"Now, now Sakura. I have a reasonable explanation." His students waited for this so called reasonable explanation, "I was lost on the road of life." They all faltered at his lame excuse.
"Now, who's ready for some fun teacher-student bonding?" Kakashi asked with an all too giddy tone.
End of chapter 2.
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