OK, I decided to finally continue this, because I'd like to see how my story diverges from xXKuroTenshi666Xx
Hopefully it will be satisfying to both my readers and myself.
Note: I will be skipping scenes I find unnecessary to write, Such as the bell test, the cat mission, and a few fights.
Chapter Two: Drunks, Jutsus, and Missing Nin
"...And my goal is to revive my clan and kill a certain man."
As Sakura was visibly holding herself from squealing about how awesome her crush was, Sora held a palm to her face. Great... I have a fangirl with enough book smarts to kill a library, but about as much useful knowledge as the orange book One Eye reads, a brooding avenger so completely stuck on killing some guy that he's probably masturbated to thoughts of being covered in the guys blood, and then there is me, who hates both of them. This team will not work.
Sora stood, turned her head skywards, put her hands together like she was praying, and said, "God, uh, Sora here. I was just wondering, did I fuck your daughter or something in my last life? Because putting me on this team is just cruel and unusual punishment!"
Kakashi scowled heavily at the Uzumaki. How was he supposed to pass the Uchiha if he had that... girl on his team. Sakura could be dealt with, just let her oggle the Uchiha and she'd never know she lacked training. This girl would be troublesome to say the least.
Sasuke gave his biggest annoyance a growl and turned his head away from her, not going to even gift her with his gaze anymore.
Sakura took an angry swipe at the girl for insulting her and her Sasuke-kun, but Sora casually dodged the swipe and even made it look like she was simply sitting down.
After Sakura calmed down Kakashi explained the test for the next day. Sora complained that he could have let them take it today if he wasn't a tardy bastard, but she was ignored.
Kakashi poofed away, Sasuke walked off in a huff cursing his brother( who no doubt somehow had a hand in putting him on a team with two annoying, worthless girls), and Sakura chased after Sasuke. Sora watched what was supposed to be her team leave and sighed in depression.
She decided she might as well see if she could con the Hokage into giving her a jutsu scroll.
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Sora growled at the Hokage as he listed off chores he wanted her team to do. Walk dogs, babysit, deliver groceries, pick up trash, the list goes on.
"DAMN IT, NO!" Sora finally broke down and started yelling, "I'm not doing another God damn chore no matter how much you pay me! Give us something worthy of our positions as ninja of the Leaf!" Sora dodged the blow Sakura sent to her head for yelling at the Hokage by sitting down in a huff.
"Sora, these missions are meant to promote teamwork and you all still nee-"
"I don't give a bloody fuck what they're supposed to promote! I didn't want to be on this team in the first place! We only passed Ol' One Eye's bell test on a technicality! So give us a tougher mission already or send me back to the god damn academy cause I ain't doing any more chores!"
Sarutobi stared at the second loudest gennin Konoha had produced since Uchiha Obito with a calculating eye. He seriously thought about sending her back to the academy, but was reminded of the shit storm he recieved from the council when he told them he'd put her on Sasuke's team, only satisfying them by telling them with Sora he'd qualify for the Chuunin Exam. If he put her back now, they'd hold it over his head for who knows how long that he held back the Uchiha.
After a few more moments of contemplation, Sarutobi decided to go with it. It would shut up both Uzumaki and the council. He really did love the girl like his own granddaughter, but ever since the incident she became a little hard to deal with.
"Very well, I think I have something for you," Sarutobi picked up a scroll, " C-rank, Escort. Here to Wave Country then guarding over the client as he works. Iruka send in the client."
A couple seconds later an old man who smelled strongly of booze walked in.
"What? Why are these kids here? Where are my ninja guards?"
"These are the ninja that will escort you, Tazuna-san, they are gennin and are qualified to handle this mission," Iruka said.
"Bah, I would have hired Samurai if I'd have known ninja would rip me off. I mean just look at them. You're giving me an emo midget, a pink walking bilboard, and an orange eyesore."
"What's this?! I go from changing baby diapers to diapers for the geriatric?! I thought I said no more chores!"
Sarutobi pulled a hand down his face and said, "Just get out of here and do the damn mission."
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An hour later at the gate Sasuke and Sakura waited for their last two teammates to show up. The client, Tazuna was there already, mumbling about disrespectful brats and cheap ninja's taking more money than they were worth.
A couple minutes later Sora showed up. Sasuke and Sakura stared at the former blonde like she had a second head when they saw what she was wearing.
In the place of her usual orange jumpsuit was a dark blue jump suit. Not a major change for some, but for the orange wearing kunoichi it was right up there with getting a sex change. She also dyed her hair a deep, dark red that was almost black, like dried blood. They only recognized her by her eyes and whisker marks.
Sakura was now faking nervousness, checking her supplies for faulty equipment.
Sasuke just scoffed. He hadn't actually expected her to even change colors, he guessed hoping she's wear something more respectable than a jumpsuit was just too much for anyone to ask for in regards to the Uzumaki.
Sora glared at them both and lifted her middle finger for all to see, "Fuck you both, at least I made concessions to be more battle ready. I even dyed my hair so it wouldn't stand out in a dark place, which would be a good idea for you too, pinky. And Sasuke, you can fuck off, just because you have a trustfund you can draw from at any time doesn't mean everyone does. I have more important things to spend my money on than a bunch of flashy clothes that will rip apart in their first battle."
The former blonde turned away from them both and sat down by a tree with her arms crossed.
About fifteen minutes later Kakashi showed up, gave a mild nod of approval towards Sora for her change of appearance, and gave them a brief overview of the land they were traveling through and the dangers they could expect.
As they began the two day long trek to Wave Country, Tazuna started what might be considered a pleasant conversation with Sora.
"So why'd you dye your hair?"
"Because unlike some people," at that she glared at the fangirl of a Haruno, "I am dedicated enough to my work to change my appearance to suit it's needs whether or not I myself like the effects of the change." She sighed wistfully as she looked at a strand of her formerly blond hair. And Kiba had always said he liked her hair color.
"Well at least it got you out of that god awful jumpsuit you were wearing earlier," Tazuna mentioned with a slight grin.
Sora frowned and asked, "And what, pray tell, was wrong with that jumpsuit?"
"What do you mean what was wrong with it? I've never seen such an eye-blinding shade of orange. That's got to be the worst color ever discovered."
"What would you know, you old fool?!" Sora suddenly shouted, "Orange is a color of blended symbolisms. Yellow: The color of Loyalty, Friendship, and Determination. Red: the color of Passion, of Righteous fury, and of the very blood that connects all living, mobile beings. Orange, a mixture of both, is the color of the slow burning flame, symbolizes the unrivaled patience it takes to destroy all that oppose it, and, like the sleeping dragon, is never to be underestimated."
Tazuna stared her for a few second before reaching into his pocket and pulling out five hundred Ryo.
"Girl, I don't know what you're drinkin', but I have got to get me some. Will five hundred be enough?"
For the rest of the day Tazuna would walk with a limp and a bruised shin. Sora's teammates would either giggle, grunt, or eyesmile for a couple minutes after hearing her rant.
The next day was more boring than the first. No one really talked, though Sakura did still keep trying to get Sasuke to agree to being her boyfriend. They were kept at a rather slow pace with the old man complaining if they went too fast.
Sora's attention was eventually drawn to a puddle that should not be there. It hadn't rained in weeks, and unless someone was just randomly dumping a couple gallons of water along the road, then something was fishy. She assumed that the water was probably there for a water based jutsu, most likely the water bullet technique.
The real question was: Was the battle over or had it yet to start?
That question was answered not long after they had passed the puddle.
In the span of only a few seconds the Demon Brothers burst from the puddle, wrapped Kakashi in their bladed chain, cut him to itty bitty pieces and began a mad dash at the next highest chakra source.
Sora took in what happened almost as fast as it happened and prepared to attack back with a kunai. She prepared to throw it at the last second...
When that Uchiha bastard got in her way! Damn him! She growled under her breath before moving over to help Sakura guard Tazuna.
Sasuke did a good job defeating the two Chuunin level ninjas but Sora felt she could have done it better. After a few minutes the two managed to escape Sasuke and dashed at the two kunoichi and Tazuna.
"Sakura, guard up!" Sora barked at her teammate as she drew another kunai to deal with the two.
Kakashi chose that moment to appear again and took bother chuunin into a headlock and gave a sharp twist killing them both.
"Very good, Sasuke, Sakura," Kakashi began after he disposed of the bodies, "You did the Leaf proud. Sora, you howeve-"
"Bite me, fuck-stick! If Sasuke hadn't gotten in my way I'd have taken 'em out without letting 'em get past me!"
Kakashi frowned. He could see the truth. She was right. He had been hoping she wouldn't have been able to dispute his claim. Damn it!
"Well, moving on, we have more important things to talk about... don't we, Tazuna," Kakashi turned his scowl onto the bridge builder.
It didn't even take any killing intent to get Tazuna to spill the beans. Kakashi made a show of asking his team whether or not he wanted to continue, but really didn't think twice about bringing them on this mission.
"Forward," was the only thing Sasuke said.
Sakura was nervous, but nodded her agreement.
Sora grinned, "Like you even need to ask. I've been waitin' for this kind of thing ever since I started the ninja academy."
Kakashi grinned under his mask. At least if nothing else the... girl will divert their attention away from Sasuke.
Later that day, after crossing the waters controlled by the tyranical Gato, Team Seven was faced with a moral dilemma.
"And I don't give a damn what your opinion is! We are not gonna kill the bunny!" Sora was currently holding a white rabbit in her arms, glaring at her teammates. It was perhaps the only time that anyone on Team Seven could remember the girl acting like... well, a girl.
"The rabbit could have a tracking tag on it, Sora," Kakashi tried to reason, "We already know it's not natural for a rabbit to have that color of fur this time of year and I clearly felt the presence of a shinobi behind those bushes. Now the only way to be sure is to kill it."
When Kakashi made a grab for the critter Sora glared at him and stepped back.
"Fine! You wanna use logic? Great!" She held up the rabbit and seemed to inspect the fluffball for a second before putting it right back where it was in her protecting embrace, " There is no tracking tag. You know as well as I do that for there to be a tag on an animal it would have to be replaced often as a body naturally absorbs chakra. For the replacement tag the fur would have to be shaven and this guy doesn't have a single bald spot on him and no areas of thin fur. You're not killing him!"
Kakashi wanted so badly to glare at the girl, but she had a point.
But instead of making another argument about it or her insubordination he suddenly dove to the ground, taking Tazuna with him, and shouting, "Duck and cover!"
A split second after everyone had hit the deck a humongous sword flew over their heads, spinning like a buzzsaw blade. It hit a tree and seconds after that a person appeared, using the handle of the massive zanbatou to crouch on.
After a few seconds of silence, during which Zabuza debated with himself over how to properly intimidate the team of Konoha ninja before him, he said, "That's my rabbit."
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A/N: Well will you look at that, an actual update to a story not on my 'main' list. Enjoy.