Naruto: Children of the Ninja
By Hikari Dohjutsu
A/N: Next chappie!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, as you all very well know by now, but I do own the o.c's and the plot of this story
Dusk was starting to fall upon the heavily forested training ground. The cool air enhanced the scent of the pine and a certain navy-haired girl was still out training.
Haruka glared at the pole in front of her as though it had done her a great personal wrong. Haruka's glares usually sent even the strongest of Chunin running and screaming to their mommies but the pole stood staunchly at the center of the training ground. The pupil-less eyed female struck the pole at a furious speed, jets of blue chakra expelling from her finger tips.
The same accursed thought kept running through her head. Why wasn't she strong enough? Why did she keep freezing?
It was the same during every mission, when it was critical that she do her part she froze. The top of the graduating class would freeze in real world situations. It angered her. It angered her a lot.
She trained hard everyday, so why did she freeze? Hotaka and Daichi were doing spectacularly, even she had to, however grudgingly, admit it.
"Umm…Haruka?" Hotaka questioned her, surprisingly gentle, Tai sitting atop his mop of brown hair. Daichi, ever the silent one, stood stock still next to him.
"Haruka, it's time to go home." Hotaka urged.
Haruka didn't turn around.
"Why do I keep freezing," she questioned her voice barely above a whisper.
Hotaka and Daichi's eyes widened. They stood in awkward silence.
"If I challenged you to a battle right now, I would kick both of your butts in five minutes flat!"
Hotaka was about to argue otherwise, but Daichi stopped him, putting his hand up to halt him.
"Why can't I do better!" she yelled angrily pushing her hand toward the training pole and causing it to shatter into a million pieces.
Daichi and Hotaka jumped back to avoid flying chunks of debris. Haruka stood silently for a minute. She then abruptly turned around, her customary blank expression conveniently plastered to her face. She very calmly started strolling home. "I'll bring a new training pole tomorrow," She jumped up atop the delicate limb of a tree and expertly disappeared from sight.
"Oi, Daichi," Hotaka called out, his brow furrowed, "Why does she freeze during missions?"
Daichi knelt down to inspect a particularly fascinating insect, "I suppose she's under a bit of stress, worried about her father I guess,"
Daichi looked at the remains of what used to be their training pole. "Girls are weird,"
"I must agree with you on that," Daichi straightened up, and walked briskly away from the training ground.
Hotaka stood there for a second, and then suddenly he jumped up, "HEY YOU ALL JUST LEFT ME HERE!"
And with that he stomped home, Taiji trotting up behind him.
A/N: Yes I know that this chapter wasn't very interesting but it was essential to the development of the characters. And yes I know it was short, we now have about 3-4 chapters on Haku's team next. Thanks to those that reviewed!
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