Bloody Blossom

Konohagakure no Sato, Ninja Academy, 4:30 pm.

"Ne, Onii-chama?"

"Yes Cherry?"

"Why do you train so much?"

". . . Why I train?"

"Un!"

Chuckle.

"Cherry, let's head home its getting—

"LATE!-!" Naruto yelled for the umpteenth time as he paced around the room glancing at the clock that hung far on the wall.

The three newly dubbed genin were currently waiting for their jounin sensei in the class room seeing as the others were already picked up by their assigned instructors. Naruto was standing in front of the empty classroom ,save for his two companions, pacing around and ever so often peeking out the door checking for their very late sensei, cursing out every now and then, much to the annoyance of his new teammates. Sasuke had opted to sit on a desk situated near the door, his annoyance of Naruto grew every passing second as the blonde continue to rant about the tardiness of their new sensei, and his eyebrow twitched as he silently watched the blonde, mentally planning his death. Sakura on the other hand chose to sit on the farthest seat in the class, completely ignoring her two new teammates and was currently going through her weapon pouch, sharpening some of her dulled kunai.

"ARRGHH!" Naruto cried out pulling out his hair as he glared at the clock as another minute had passed.

Sasuke glared at the blonde in irritation muttering out. "Shut up dobe."

"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME TEME!-?" The blue eyed blonde growled returning the glare with as much hate.

Walking up to the raven haired teen who kept their gaze leveled, fist balled up in anticipation only to be stopped by the cold and calm voice that he oh so loved.

"Uzumaki-san, Uchiha-san If you make so much noise," she stopped her actions and brought a kunai up to eye level light reflecting from the sharp metallic object. "My hold on these newly kunai might slip and we will have some unwanted accidents. . ." She smirked as she picked up one of her poisonous senbon,

"So we should all wait quietly, ne?"

The two audibly gulped at the indirect threat.

With that sakura continued on sharpening her weapons.

"You still haven't told me Nii-chama!"

"Told you what?"

"Why you train everyday! You always go home really late and you don't even rest! Look you have bags under your eyes!"

…

"Fine! If you're not going to tell me then-! Then-!"

…

"Cherry?"

…

"What are you doing?" Sasuke glared at the blonde haired knuckle head as he dragged a chair over to the door an eraser in his hand, that mischievous grin he was known for plastered on his face.

"THIS WILL TEACH HIM FOR BEING LATE!"

Sasuke snorted as he watched the blonde close the door leaving enough space for the eraser. "Like a jounin would ever fall for that."

"Why do you even want to know?"

"Because!"

"Because?"

"Because! Because!"

Sigh.

"Alright,"

The genin perked up hearing the faint sound of footsteps echoed along the empty hallway.

"Let's put it this way, ninjas are like kunai"

A loud intake of breath was heard as a gloved hand peered out as the door was grabbed.

"If you don't sharpen it then it will become dull."

The door slid open and the inhabitants of the room watched as a figure entered the room and return back to the falling projectile situated on top of their supposedly new sensei's head.

"And to a Shinobi . . ."

Swish

THUNK

"What good is a dull kunai?"

All heads turned towards the silent pinkette who was slowly packing up her weapons with a blank look on her face, then to the kunai that had lodged itself on the wall of the academy hall, the eraser in question placed in between, as well as a few strands of silver hair. Naruto looked at the two back in forth in awe.

'SAKURA-CHAN IS SO COOL!'

Sasuke on the other hand glared at the pinkette who had calmly descended and was now standing beside him and Naruto waiting for further instructions.

'Tch, Show off. . .'

The silver headed jounin however stared at the three in deep thought.

'Orange, Pink, blue . . . what a horrible combination.'

"Meet me in the roof in 5 minutes." With that said he disappeared with a poof.

The three genin stood rooted at their spot staring at the place where their new sensei was last seen at.

Sakura being the first to snap out of their trance like state walked out of the room and towards the direction of the roof, but not before retrieving her kunai that was embed on the wall.

"Uzumaki-san, Uchiha-san." She called out to the two who immediately followed her all the while pushing each other.

"Well, I guess introductions are in order."

Team 7 and their newly appointed sensei were all out on the roof of the Academy. The genin situated themselves on the steps while their sensei opted to sit on the railings in front of them. Sasuke sitting on the right, his knees propped up with his elbows resting on them his fingers laced together hiding his mouth from view, Naruto sat in between the two legs apart with his hand on the ground, arms going though his legs to do so, while sakura sat on the left all the while distancing herself from her two teammates, her back touching the wall arms crossed over her chest.

"Introductions?" Naruto echoed his face twisting in confusion.

"You know the usual; Name, Age, likes and dislikes, your dreams," Their silver headed teacher shrugged. "Hobbies, the works…"

"Hn." Sasuke grunted out in understanding.

"Then why don't you start things off sensei?" Naruto suggested grinning like an idiot.

"Alright then," He cleared his throat eyes scanning over the three. "My name is Hatake Kakashi, The things I like and hate . . . I don't feel like telling you," He shrugged once more.

"Wha—?" Naruto was cut off, for Kakashi had started speaking once more.

"Dreams . . . never really thought about it," He said ignoring the looks he got from the three. "Hobbies, I have a few."

The three stared at the man in front of them incredulously.

"All we learned was your name!" Naruto yelled glaring at their supposed to be teacher who just shrugged once more.

"Well your turn, you go first Blondie." Kakashi pointed at Naruto.

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki! I like instant ramen, but I really, really like the ramen that Iruka-sensei gets me at Ichiraku's. I hate the three minutes that you have to wait for ramen to be done." He crossed his arms over his chest. "My hobbies are pranks, oh! And comparing different types of ramen flavors, and my dream for the future is to be the greatest Hokage this village has ever seen so people would stop disrespecting me and start treating me like I'm somebody!" He yelled pumping his fist in the air determination dancing in his eyes.

'Well he grew up nicely . . .' Kakashi smirked a little that was hidden beneath his mask. "You next emo-boy."

Sasuke glared but nonetheless introduced himself.

"My name is. . . Uchiha Sasuke," He started slowly. "I hate a lot of things, and I don't particularly like anything." His voice turned low and menacing at the next sentence, "My dream, no, it's more of an ambition which I will make a reality, and that is to restore my clan and kill a certain man." Everyone was silent, staring at the dark Uchiha.

'Just as I thought . . . now to the puzzle of the group.' Kakashi shifted his lone eye towards the pinkette who almost ruined his perfectly spiky hair.

"And last but not the least," He cleared his throat and all eyes turned to the silent girl.

"My name is Haruno Sakura" She started moving over to stand next to her teammates. "I like and hate a lot of things . . . things you have no need to know," Naruto deflated at that, "My hobbies are training, flower arrangement, katana." Sasuke continued to stare at her impassive face. "As for my dreams," Her usually cold and blank eyes turned soft, her lips quirked up at the sides indicating a small smile, her usual pale face acquired a small blush and the atmosphere, if described by a certain emotion felt, turned pink. "I just want to be with my onii-sama," Her eyes closed as her hand was brought up and clutched the symbol that hung around her neck.

Naruto stared wide eyed at the girl ,a blush engulfing his whole face, seeing her smile for the first time, 'SAKURA-CHAN IS SO CUTE!-!'

Sasuke on the other hand suddenly found the ground interesting.

Kakashi smiled as he watched the interaction between his new students. 'How fun, I get a knuckle-head who wants to be Hokage, An avenger who wants to kill of his brother and a pink haired orphan who is looking for her brother,' He smile turned into a smirk. 'I wonder on how they will fare on tomorrow's test.'

"Good all three of you are unique, different in all ways; Tomorrow we will have our first mission," Kakashi stated in his bored tone.

Naruto perked up at the word mission, "Mission? What kind of mission Kakashi-sensei?"

"It is a task that all four of us will be completing," With that said Sakura and Sasuke stared at Kakashi urging him to continue,

"What is it? Tell me already!" Naruto who was really getting impatient yelled out.

"Survival Training."

". . .Survival Training?" Naruto scratched his head in confusion.

"You said it was a mission," Sasuke asked glared, getting impatient with their odd sensei. "And we had plenty of training during out days in the Academy."

"This is no ordinary training," He smiled once again, his eyes crinkling.

"What is it then?" Sasuke hissed out trying to control his anger.

Kakashi chuckled in response.

Sakura arched one of her delicate brows looking at their sensei in confusion, "I fail to see what is so funny, Hatake-sensei."

"Well. . . you see, what I'm about to tell you is something you really wouldn't like," He taunted at the three who were openly glaring at him.

"Just get on with it!" Naruto yelled.

"Out of the twenty seven graduates who just came here, only nine will actually be accepted as Genin," He stated menacingly. "The other eighteen will be weeded out and sent back to the academy. In other words; this is a make it-break it, pass-fail test. And the chance that you'll fail is at least sixty six percent." Naruto's face twisted into a mixture of shock and fear. Sasuke just looked annoyed and utterly pissed off. Sakura remained impassive but in her eyes lied the hostility she felt towards their new jounin sensei.

Kakashi chuckled at their reactions, "I told you, you wouldn't like it."

"No way!" Naruto yelled standing up. "Then what was that final exam for huh? I went through a lot of trouble just to pass it!"

"Ahh, that?" Naruto nodded, "That was just to see if you were qualified to be genin."

"WHAT!-?" Sasuke and Sakura glared at the blonde who continued on yelling.

"So that is how it is, tomorrow I will decide whether you pass or fail, Be at the designated training spot tomorrow at 5 am, bring the necessary equipment." Kakashi ordered.

'Well I'm not gonna be weeded out! I've busted my ass just to get this far and I'm not going to let this stop me. People will look up to me someday and I will be Hokage! So I have to pass this test! BELIEVE IT!' Naruto's determined thought brought sparks into his eyes which made Kakashi smile. Sasuke who was silently clenching and unclenching his fists continued to glare at the floor. Sakura kept her eyes closed, her shoulders shook a little indicating her deep breaths, trying to cal herself.

"That is all, you are dismissed," Kakashi said motioning for them to leave. "Oh and don't eat breakfast tomorrow . . . you might throw up." And with a poof he left the three genin by themselves.

Naruto stood up and stretched and walked over to his two teammates. "Ne, you guys wanna go out for ramen?"

The two stared at him for a good minute before looking at each other.

"Uzumaki-san—"

"Sakura-chan! Call me Naruto-kun! Uzumaki-san makes me feel old!" Naruto whined hoping sakura wouldn't get his point.

"Sasuke." The two turned towards the dark Uchiha, "Call me Sasuke as well . . ."

Sakura blinked then nodded slowly, "Then, Naruto-san and Sasuke-san, ramen would be nice."

Naruto cheered and proceeded to lead the two towards his favorite ramen bar.

"To Ichiraku!"

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Author's rant:

yeah . . . so I'm having a hard time picturing some romance, but i promise there will be some! even though the genre clearly states romance and i had the balls to write this as multiple sakura- which it will be! just not gonna have a fast development.

oh and regarding my update schedule. . . which i do not have XD

i might be dead for a few days, months- kami knows how long seeing as school is just around the corner, gonna be busy learning how to write with a pen again . . . sigh -_-

anyways!

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