The Backside of the Rose

Chapter 4

Hey guys! How're you doing? It's GW, back again. I've promised I'd work on it and do two-three chapters this week alone, so be prepared XD

I'd like to note that all characters are not my own, something I haven't said yet, which could get me in trouble.

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"Hey, Loser! Let's go, wake up." Sasuke teased, awaiting Naruto's waking moment.

"Huh?" Naruto questioned, rubbing his eyes.

"It's morning. Now, come on, get ready, we're leaving soon." Sasuke informed ever so kindly.

"…Right, give me a second, I'll be there soon." Naruto grumbled as he lay down for a moment to continue resting.

"Now, let's go!" Sasuke barked.

"Alright then, I'm coming. Sheesh…" Naruto complained.

Naruto dressed and stretched for the day, which was followed by a medium-size breakfast. Naruto passed Kakashi-sensei and Sakura on his way to go brush his teeth, and of course, wash his face. He grinned and waved to them, signaling a 'Good-morning!' to them.

Meanwhile, Sasuke was eating his breakfast, while Kakashi and Sakura came to sit with him. They sat across from him, and started eating.

Sometime about mid-way through the meal, Kakashi broke the silence, asking "Sasuke, what's with you and Naruto? Is there a rivalry between you two?" He knew there obviously was one, but he wanted to see how they thought.

Naruto happened to come by, and sat down, grabbing some food.

And, of course, Sasuke and Naruto stared each other down with sparks in between.

Sakura naturally sighed. 'Pair of inconsiderate brats, those two! She thought to herself.

The meal continued in silence, most all of the quarto was exhausted. Kakashi was thinking about his new training regime, and how his team would handle it. Sakura thought about her appearance, more so her face.

Just keep telling yourself, you're NOT ugly! You have friends! ((1))

Sasuke was wondering when the hell Kakashi would teach him moves to counter the Sharingan, to impress his family during a sparring match.

Normally, Naruto would have thought about ramen, but he seemed slightly…different.

Instead, he was thinking about besting his whole team. He felt like showing everyone just why he graduated, and why 'dead-last' wasn't a fitting insult to him anymore. He also wanted to prove to everyone here that he, Naruto Uzumaki was the best, never to be underestimated. And… how to get his teammates attention with his incredible improvements. Everyone's thoughts this morning were a little off, for the most part.

Little did Kakashi know his team's capabilities.

Little did Sakura know of how clueless she was, and how much she could be changed.

Little did the young boys know, they're dreams would become whole sooner than later.

Little did the quarto know that they were a family, which was still developing.

"Right then, let's start." Kakashi stood up as he said this, and then took all his utensils, which were plastic, by the way. He crushed them into a ball, spilling excess orange juice and crumbs all over.

"What're you doing, Sensei?" Sasuke asked.

"Watch, you three. This is a very neat technique my sensei taught my when I was your age." Kakashi told them.

Then, he did something no one expected. H closed his eyes and everything in his hands, plus the crumbs and juice, lit aflame. With a flash a few seconds afterwards, all of it was gone, not a trace remained.

"Wow" Naruto and Sasuke grinned, before asking how he could do that.

"It's something like this, right?" Sakura answered, and tried the same. She crushed her meal together, and then instead of a quick burst of flame like Kakashi had done, a slow-growing blue-colored chakra appeared in her hands, followed by the same flash of light. She checked her hands; it was all gone, minus a few crumbs.

"Excellent, Sakura! You two should learn to pick things up as she does. It's half of how you develop jutsus, plus it gives you a better feel of Justus you'll learn later on. Not to mention how it plays a large role in developing techniques. I'll tell you about that later." Kakashi lectured, unaware nobody had listened, yet practiced together. He was interrupted by Naruto and Sasuke, during a new thing about 'developing efficient jutsus.

"Sensei, watch this" the boys commanded.

"The floor is yours" Kakashi told them, moving his visible eye to watch them.

They crushed their remaining meal, which was leftover from when they'd practiced a minute ago. Then, the boys' hands grew thick in blue chakra for them. With a flash, all was gone.

"What do you say to that, Sasuke?" Naruto high-fived him.

"Nice job, loser" Sasuke retorted with a smirk. Naruto showed his gratitude with a not-so-hurt-looking frown.

"You three have done very well. The technique you've mastered is the Wind Style: Matter dispersing technique."

"What's it used for, erasing your waste so you can't be found by enemies?" Sakura questioned.

"Precisely," Kakashi responded. "Now, we have training to do"

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This isn't so bad, Naruto thought to himself as the training regime was mid-way through.

"So, you've realized the easy part is finished?" Kakashi asked the three.

"Y-Yes." Sasuke admitted a little unnerved.

"You've done your warm-ups, so here we go. I asked Iruka-sensei for your markings throughout the academy.

Naruto visibly paled.

"I've read over your weaknesses, and there's much work to be done. With me and two clones, you all will receive an individual instructor. The clone, or me, will be teaching you for the rest of the week, hopefully it'll pay off." Kakashi informed them.

Each three of the children smiled a mile wide with this fact in hand.

"By the way, to prevent favoritism, I will not be telling you which one of you will receive the real me's training."

Kakashi summoned two clones. Each Kakashi, including the real one, took hand of a student, and performed the body-flicker technique to an isolated area.

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The week was a long one, the kids concluded.

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((1)) - - This was a joke my friends made with me, hopefully you can understand it X3

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Peace out,

Golden Warrior