Undone
Chapter 2
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Everything belongs to Masashi Kishimoto.
Kakashi was greeted with a great variety of reactions as he walked into the classroom.
Nonchalantly plucking the eraser out of his hair and placing it back onto the blackboard, Kakashi turned to look at the group.
"You're two hours late!" Naruto exclaimed loudly, pointing at Kakashi and stomping on the ground to prove his point.
"Maa, I think it's one hour and fifty-nine minutes," Kakashi murmured as he turned to look at the clock.
Naruto opened his mouth to protest, but a hn from Sasuke interrupted him.
"He's right, usuratonkachi. Don't disregard the facts," the last Uchiha said evenly with his eyes closed.
Sakura turned to shoot a very affectionate look at the boy before turning to glare at Naruto.
"Listen to Sasuke-kun, you idiot," she said, clenching her right hand into a fist.
Kakashi sighed inwardly. They were exactly the same as the way they were.
Sasuke opened his eyes and turned to look Kakashi up and down, as if assessing him.
"Are you really a jōnin?" he asked with a raised eyebrow, looking as if his time was being wasted.
"I don't know. Am I?" Kakashi asked, holding out both of his arms and gesturing dramatically.
Naruto snorted, pointing to the fallen eraser on the ground.
Kakashi eyed the group with his one eye. A long silence followed.
"My first impression is that I don't like you guys."
Sasuke gave a dismissive hn. Sakura looked slightly down. Naruto, on the other hand, jumped out of his seat and was about to retort with something until Kakashi interrupted him.
"Roof. Three minutes," Kakashi commanded quietly before shunshining away with a puff.
"Me? I'm Hatake Kakashi. I like a lot of things. I dislike a lot of things. As for dreams of the future..." Kakashi trailed off as he leaned against the railing on the roof, glancing at his genin team.
The first few minutes he spent back together with his genin team for the first time in years, Kakashi instantly realized exactly how bratty they were. Naruto was just loud, Sasuke was way too arrogant for his liking, and Sakura was going to give him a headache if she uttered the words "Sasuke-kun" ever again for the rest of the day.
Still, it was pretty endearing and nostalgic just seeing them sitting together again.
Kakashi gave a small sigh before pointing at Sakura. "Why don't you start, young lady?"
Sakura perked up at this and brushed a strand of pink hair out of her face.
"I'm Haruno Sakura. I like..." she turned to sneak a glance at Sasuke before giggling.
"I dislike..." she turned around again, this time to look at the blond sitting on next to her with a scowl on her face.
"As for my dreams of the future..." she trailed off, turning around to look at Sasuke again.
Kakashi couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. For some reason, he had expected Sakura to be a little less obsessesd with Sasuke and a little more mature. Perhaps it was because he was so used to the sixteen-year old Sakura.
After all, the older version of her was much more capable and more helpful than this one. Sasuke leaving Konoha and Tsunade's training worked wonders.
"And you?" he asked, turning to look at Naruto.
"I'm Uzumaki Naruto. I like ramen. I dislike Sasuke-teme. My dream is to become the Hokage," Naruto said excitedly as he gestured around at the village, a giant grin on his face.
Kakashi nodded thoughtfully at this. Naruto was still Naruto. Naruto had always been Naruto. It was the way the universe worked. The blond would stay loud, but lovable his entire life, never ceasing to be optimistic and cheerful.
Turning to look at Sasuke, Kakashi frowned. Once an arrogant prick, always an arrogant prick. But then again, Kakashi himself had been an arrogant prick when he was a kid. Maybe he still was one?
"Uchiha Sasuke. I don't like a lot of things. I dislike many things. As for my dream, there's a certain somebody that I seek to kill."
"Mmm," Kakashi mused, fully aware that yes, Sasuke was going to achieve his dream. Well, that was if Kakashi even allowed it to happen this time.
Straightening up and getting off the railing, Kakashi crossed his arms and stared at the group with his good eye.
Much to his amusement, they squirmed under his gaze. This might actually be fun.
Kakashi smirked underneath his mask. Now came the moment when he drilled into them exactly who was in charge. A scolding every once in a while never hurt, especially if the people being scolded were these three.
"The one rule I'd like you three to keep in mind is 'A shinobi must follow their commander's instructions'. Now, Sasuke, would you care to explain exactly why that rule is so important?" Kakashi asked, tilting his head in the Uchiha's direction after he finished his question.
The last Uchiha scowled at this, shooting Kakashi a murderous look before answering.
"A commander knows what's best for the team. Not following your commander's orders can lead to failure of the mission and even the demise of the entire team."
"And?" Kakashi asked, a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.
"It's a matter of respect," Sasuke ground out through his clenched teeth, his eyes narrowing.
"Good answer. And have you been following this rule lately?" Kakashi continued, noticing the scowl on Sasuke's face intensify.
The prodigy hned before turning away from Kakashi.
"Uchiha Sasuke. Graduated at the top of the class in the ninja arts area, but failed miserably when it came to citizenship and participation. Some comments from your teachers include 'rotten attitude', 'failure to participate in class', and 'generally considering that everybody else is inferior to himself'," Kakashi stated evenly, ignoring the sound of Sasuke grinding his teeth together.
"Would it really hurt to just open up a little and communicate with your peers?" Kakashi continued, smiling behind his mask as Sasuke clenched his fists.
Sasuke actually stayed quiet for a while, his two fellow genin all staring at him while he glared at Kakashi.
Then the Uchiha snapped. Pulling a kunai out of his pouch, he lunged for Kakashi, muscles taut as he prepared to attack.
It happened in a blur.
The man simply knocked the kunai out of Sasuke's hand before grabbing the boy by the arm, slamming him into the ground.
Sasuke grunted in pain as Kakashi deftly caught the kunai that fell from the sky, holding it right next to Sasuke's neck.
"Yes, you have talent. But this thing called instinct requires training, battles, and maybe even a war or two to perfect."
Beside the Uchiha, Naruto snickered, muttering, "That's what you get, teme," under his breath.
"I do not approve of my students attacking me," Kakashi murmured quietly as Sasuke tried to squirm out of his grip. "And I also do not approve of my students being offensive towards others, especially their own teammates," Kakashi added, turning to glance at Naruto.
Naruto gulped, obviously caught off guard because he expected Kakashi to scold only Sasuke. Typical Naruto.
"At least Sasuke tried and put effort into his training and studies. While these two," Kakashi swept a hand in Sasuke and Sakura's direction, "actually took their classes seriously, you were running around pulling pranks and defacing Konoha's monuments."
Naruto's mouth dropped into an 'O' shape.
Then he furrowed his brows and quietly looked down at the ground, suddenly really interested in the cracks along the cement.
Satisfied, Kakashi turned away from Naruto and glanced in Sakura's direction.
The girl was shooting an I-told-you look at the blond, but Kakashi was aware that she had never even spoken nicely to him before, let alone actually take her precious time to lecture him.
"Haruno Sakura. Talented, intelligent, and gifted with chakra control," he began, noticing how Sakura smiled and gave a small nod.
"Talented, maybe. Intelligent, sort of. Yes, you are gifted with chakra control. But that doesn't mean anything if you can't hold your own in a melee battle. A shinobi doesn't simply stay in the shadows and fire long-range ninjutsu at the enemy."
Sakura visibly wilted at this, her smile quickly turning into a frown as Kakashi spoke.
"And if you stopped putting so much effort into getting this guy's attention," Kakashi added, jerking a finger at the snarling Uchiha, "you might actually be able to beat your opponents in a spar."
Sakura's lips quivered at this and she grabbed a strand of her hair, glancing at it with an apprehensive look before letting it go, sniffling.
"Hey! Why did you make Sakura cry?" Naruto immediately cried out, pointing a furious finger at Kakashi as tears welled up in her eyes.
"I just told her the facts," Kakashi replied simply despite the feeling of anxiety knowing away at his chest.
Perhaps he was being a little too harsh?
No, he decided. They needed somebody to knock some sense into their heads.
Kakashi glanced at the three genin, all of them bearing different expressions.
Sasuke was scowling, Naruto was angry, and Sakura had a tear trickling down her cheek.
Maybe he was being a little too harsh. Then again, Sasuke hadn't always been smiles and hugs anyways. As for Naruto, he was quick to recover. Sakura, well, she needed the scolding.
An angry hn from Sasuke brought him back to the three genin sitting in front of him.
"You're dismissed. I want you in Training Ground Three at seven o'clock sharp tomorrow morning. Don't eat breakfast," Kakashi commanded before shunshining away.
"How was the first meeting?" Sarutobi asked, blocked from Kakashi's view due to the pile of papers stacked on top of his desk.
"Disappointing," Kakashi replied as he stood in front of the Hokage's wooden desk.
"Are you going to fail them tomorrow?" Sarutobi asked, his pen pausing as he peered at Kakashi over the sheets of paper.
"That depends on their performance," Kakashi replied at the thought of the bell test.
"And if they do pass?" the Hokage asked, a smile tugging at the corner of his lips.
"I'll shape them into the strongest genin team Konoha has ever produced," Kakashi answered evenly, not a shred of apprehensiveness in his voice.
"That's not as easy as it sounds," the older man replied, turning back to his paperwork.
"I'll make it happen," Kakashi said firmly as Sarutobi waved a hand in his direction, indicating he was dismissed.
"I look forward to that," he said quietly as Kakashi left.
Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura stood with their arms crossed in the Third Training Ground of Konoha.
"He has approximately two minutes left. If he shows up even a second late this time, I'll beat the crap out of him!" Naruto exclaimed angrily, punching his fist into the air.
"Tch. Good luck with that," Sasuke muttered under his breath, sending a dismissive glance in the blond's direction.
"There's no need to beat me up. I'm already here," Kakashi drawled as he shunshined into the training ground.
Author's Notes
Well, it seems that judging from the reviews I'm not the only person who thinks Sasuke shouldn't learn Chidori. He tries killing his former comrades with it way too many times for my liking.
So no overly destructive/OP techniques for the last Uchiha. Even I feel slightly apprehensive at the thought of handing him something that can let him punch a hole through his comrades.
As for Kakashi's little 'lecture', Team 7 needed it. Sasuke kind of established his I-don't-respect-anybody-that-isn't-from-my-clan thing at the beginning of the series. Naruto does respect people, but he still is a little too far on the chummy side. Sakura, well, she needed somebody to criticize her about her Sasuke fangirling. Might as well have Kakashi do it.
And yes, Kakashi was on time.