~Hey, guys! I realize I've been gone for a while again, so let me share this old bonus thingummy with you. People who reviewed chapter 18 of the main story have already read it.

This was inspired by an old poll I ran on genin teams and leaders.

Time: Hypothetical

Ninja Academy, Konoha. Day of Kana's graduation

". . . and Hatake Wakana. Uchiha Itachi."

I hate my life. "Kato," I hissed.

"Yes?"

"Look, I'll trick Itachi and you take him out with a lightning jutsu, got it? I can impersonate him until—" I frowned, turning to the random kid on my left. "What?" I said. "You'll probably collapse during an E-rank, anyway. Weren't you supposed to be finding Tsunade-san to fix that?"

The kid frowned right back. "What are you talking about? Do all teammates start out accusing like this?"

"Nice try," I hissed. "But I know your heartbeat."

"Sensei! Can I please be placed on a different team?"

". . . and Hatake Wakana. Uchiha Shisui."

I really hate my life.

"Let's go, small minions! Who wants to play tag?" The rest of the classroom stared in disbelief as my new team was swept out of the room by the one Uchiha that defied the clan's stereotype. Haha, no. Not happening.

"Teamwork!" the Uchiha tutted seconds later, snatching me out of a confused jumble of playing children. "It's okay to want to be alone, but you need to get to know your team first."

Was it wrong to wish the massacre had ended up happening?

". . . and Hatake Wakana. Nara Shikaku." Well, hey, that's not so . . . wait. This is a trap.

Shika glanced at me. "I'm sorry," he said.

"No, you're not. You encourage him to play me at shōgi, you traitor."

And sure enough, that was what happened. Three-on-one shōgi? Teammates that had no concept of the concept of strategy?

. . . And as it happened, Shadow Possession that wouldn't let me leave?

". . . and Hatake Wakana. Yamato."

(I love you. You're normal.)

"Okay, now for the first test I'm going to leave you in the Forest of Death tonight. Then, tomorrow—yes, Kana?"

I smiled. "Nothing." Eh, he would probably camp out overhead, anyway.

Still, it didn't sound that bad.

". . . and Hatake Wakana. Morino Ibiki."

Mission one: get into T&I. Fail and get left there.

". . . and Hatake Wakana. Shiranui Genma."

Must. Poison. Toothpick.

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Thanks for sticking around, all of you. I'm pretty overwhelmed right now. Give it a month and my schedule might allow more time to write. For right now, I have obligations and this thing called a professional future going on. Kinda need to focus on those things. At least until I get past some deadlines and so ons.