Hey all, it's been awhile since I've posted, but I'm back now, writing this chapter was hard for me and idk why, I'll try and be faster next time! Enjoy~
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Chapter 2
Sakura scooted up next to Sasuke. They sat on a grey staircase, waiting for their leader, Kakashi sensei to arrive. Sakura blushed a bit and looked over at Sasuke, who kept his eyes forward, acting as if she wasn't even beside him. Sakura was about to say something when the new ninja walked up to both of them. She scowled, inner Sakura losing her shit as this new girl ruined the moment between Sakura and her lover.
Vitalani kept her distance, leaning against a nearby fence that stood behind the two ninja. Soon after Naruto came running after them, panting loudly as he caught up with his team.
"What's the big idea leaving me behind huh?! That's not cool you know!"
Sasuke just rolled his eyes at the young blond, while Sakura gave him an annoyed look.
"Be quite Naruto, your giving me a headache!"
Naruto pouted, and plopped down next down to Sakura. He slowly glanced back at the brown hair ninja, seeing her playing with the tips of a strand of hair. He noticed that in the sun her hair wasn't quite brown, but red...
"Hey Vitalani, did you used to live here?"
The brown hair girl was shocked by the question, quickly tucking her hair back into her hood. She then placed her hands in her pockets and looked away from Naruto.
"You heard Iruka sensei, my past is up to me to share."
Naruto just pouted at this, and he stood up, walking towards the female ninja. She raised an eyebrow at him, unable to keep a giggle held in. This shocked Naruto, which caused her to giggle more.
"I-I'm sorry... But your making the funniest face..."
Naruto raised an eyebrow himself, placing a hand on his cheek.
"This is my normal face..."
Suddenly the grey haired ninja appeared. He stood in front of Sasuke and Sakura, a small orange book in his hand as he read it intently. Sasuke grumbled, scowling at his teacher for reading something so dirty in front of his students. Kakashi then looked up at his students, giving them a sly laugh.
"Ehe.. Sorry I'm late guys, you know how busy I can be."
Naruto then turned towards the sensei, an annoyed look on his face, just like the look that was on Sakura's and Sasuke's face.
"Can we just get started already!"
Naruto yelled out, stomping around like a spoiled kid. Sasuke sighed, standing up and sticking his hands in his pockets. Sakura looked back at Naruto and growled, giving him a hard punch, which caused the young ninja to fall flat on his face. Kakashi stared at his team and sighed, rubbing his hand over his face. He was about to tell his team about their mission when he noticed the girl standing against the fence. She looked right back at him with a blank look. He narrowed his one visible eye, finally speaking out.
"So, your the new ninja. Vitalani."
The three kids turned to face the girl, who nodded in response to the remark. She took a step forward, letting out a soft sigh.
"Yes sensei."
Kakashi kept his eye on the girl, standing up straight and crossing his arms.
"Well, Vitalani, I know what my team can do, now I wanna see what you can do."
Sasuke narrowed his eyes at the girl, who stayed completely calm at the mans remark. It's like she wasn't nervous to fight someone more superior than her, which made him annoyed. Sakura just sat there. She already didn't like the girl very much, maybe getting her butt kicked by Kakashi sensei would put some sense into her. Inner Sakura roared at that comment, cheering on for the death of the girl. Naruto was the only one who spoke up, raising an eyebrow at Kakashi.
"Your going to make her fight.. By herself?"
Kakashi didn't say anything, he just started at the browned haired girl In front of him, which Naruto took as a yes.
Vitalani smiled softly. Time to show this village what she was worth. She jumped and within an instant was gone. The three young shinobi were shocked, looking around for the young girl. Kakashi stayed calm, pulling a kunai out of his ninja bag as he held it in front of him.
In a blur of yellow, the girl was in front of the white haired male, throwing up a kick directly for his stomach, but Kakashi was ready, he caught the kick, ready to lift the girl off her feet and throw her away. She smirked placing her hands on the ground and kicking up with her other leg, which caught Kakashi off guard. He wasn't hit, he just jumped back, narrowing his eyes.
"So far so good, I see you have advanced genjutsu under your belt."
The girl didn't say a word, rather she started to run towards the man, making quick hand signs in front of her, she suddenly placed to fingers in front of her lips and puffed out her cheeks, a motion Sasuke knew all too well. He stared shocked at the girl as she screamed out;
"Fire style, Fire ball jutsu!"
A large ball of fire came from the girls lips, and the explosion went far, causing the three ninja who were watching to cover their faces from the bright blow. Through the madness of fire the older male jumped, easily avoiding the fire. But the girl just smirked at his moves, creating more hand signs. This time she trusted her palms outwards towards the ball of fire.
"Wind style! Raging blow!"
The sudden amount of air added to the fire, it blew up like a bomb, heading straight towards the ninja who was up in the air. The three younger ninja all gasped, Naruto standing up and yelling up at his sensei.
"Kakashi watch out!"
Soon the flames engulfed the teacher, his body coming down in a bundle of flames. The girls lip twitched, watching the mans body curl up into ash. She quickly turned away, bile rising up into her stomach. Did she kill.. Again..
The three young shinobi stared at the girl in awe. Her moves and styles were incredible for someone their age, better than they had ever seen. Naruto was about to speak up when suddenly the white haired sensei appeared behind Vitalani, holding a kunai up to her neck. She sucked in a breath of air as the blade came close to her neck, biting down on her lip as she realized her first mistake.
"Rule of the shinobi, never turn your back on your opponent. Very well done Vitalani"
The girl let out a sigh as the blade was removed from her neck. She nodded at the elder man and moved beside her fellow teammates. They were still all in awe at the jutsus she was able to pull off. She looked over at the team of three, but looked away quickly when she found that they were staring.
"You guys have some serious competition."
Kakashi said with a small chuckle.
"Anyway team, we have a mission today. We have been assigned to escort a man back to his village."
Naruto let out a groan, falling back so he was laying on his back.
"Ugh, that sounds so boring!"
"Well Naruto, will you find it boring when you figure out this is an A ranked mission?"
The group of kids widened their eyes at the their sensei's statement. An A ranked mission? But the team was made up of young ninja? They weren't prepared for the battles that lay before them on an A ranked mission. Sakura was the first to speak up, dear evident in her voice as she spoke out to the tall make in front of them.
"Kakashi sensei.. But... I don't think we're capable to do an A ranked mission."
Kakashi tsked at the girls tone, turning away from his students with his arms crossed in front of him.
"The village is running low on capable ninja for this task. So the job is now being handed down to us. I know exactly what you kids are capable of, and I believe we have the power to do so."
At this a certain blond haired boy smirked, the playful smile curling up on his lips, which caused the whiskers on his cheeks to squish up while he smiled. He raised s fist in the air, letting out a determined shout.
"Yea! I believe it! We got this mission in the bag!"
Kakashi gave his team a small smile through his mask and chuckled, pulling naughty book back out from his pocket so he could yet again read it.
"That's the spirit! Meet at the Konoha gates 8 o'clock sharp, there we will meet the man we are escorting. I expect you all to be there, including you, Vitalani."
The young ninja nodded at his statement, but of course Sakura had to fight back, her inner self raging at the sensei's words.
"Uh! Kakashi sensei.. Vitalani actually switches between teams! So technically she wouldn't-"
"Don't you worry Sakura, I've spoken with the third, and Iruka, she will be joining the mission."
Sakura scowled, keeping her eyes away from the female as she tucked a piece of her luscious pink hair behind her ear. Kakashi nodded at this, and with over, he vanished, leaving the students free with the day off to do as they pleased. Sasuke let out a small grunt, walking away towards the training grounds, a place he always went to on his days off. Sakura noticed this and let out a small gasp.
"Wait up~ Sasuke-kun~"
She shrieked out happily, running up right beside the raven-haired boy. He never took his eyes off the path in front of him, not even acknowledging the pink haired beauty that stood beside him giving him the puppy dog eyes. His black orbs were narrowed in thought, as different thoughts raced through his mind, most of them going back to his new teammate, and how advanced her techniques were. He now had someone, a true appoint, to face his powers up against.
Meanwhile Naruto called out for his teammates, telling them to wait for him when he stopped mid-sentence. He realized that the mysterious new girl turned away from the pack, heading in the opposite direction of the training grounds. Naruto glanced at his friends, who were now quiet a distance away, before turning around and running after the female.
"Hey Vit~!"
Said happily, the nickname just rolling off his tongue, he caught up to her and gave her a goofy grin, which caused the female to smile.
"Yes, Naruto?"
"Well... Why aren't ya joining us for training? After all, you apart of this team now!"
Naruto proclaimed this out happily, raising his arms up and folding them nearly behind his head as the two walked side by side. The girls glanced over at the boy and smile. My, had he changed, his confidence basically bubbled out of him, much more than it from when they were just children.
"I have to go home... I have some catching up to do for the academy, you know, since I haven't really been here."
She gave him a kind smile, and for the first time since she had been back to her home village, Vitalani felt comfortable in the presence of another ninja. It was the first genuine smile she gave out. Naruto looked at her, and blush covered his features. Yes he knew that his heart belonged to Sakura (since he has always had a crush on her) but something about this girls smile made him feel something, it made him feel.. As if he belonged. He quickly shock off the thought, scowling at himself for blushing in front of the girl, which caused her to giggle at him. He was about to retort, but was cut off when the girl stopped suddenly. Naruto hadn't realized how far they walked, because now they stood in front of a small stone pathway, that lead into a small forest. He raised an eyebrow at this, and then watched as the girl beside him turned her back to him, starting to slowly walk up the pathway.
"Well... Thanks for walking me home Naruto, come again tomorrow."
When she spoke this she turned around to face him, her dark blue eyes shinning a bit from the setting sun, she gave him a small smile and a wave. Naruto eyes widened at this, as the image before changed slightly, now instead of the teenage girl standing before him, a young girl did. She was about the age of 6, and her brown hair hung freely and wavy over her shoulder, the bright red tips shining in the light of the sun. She gave Naruto the warmest of smiles, laughing softly as she ran up the pathway, her eyes beaming with glee.
Naruto blinked, the warm image disappearing from his mind. He was about to speak out to the girl for answers, but she already disappeared down the path, the forest shielding her place from Naruto's eyes. He furrowed his eyebrows in confusion, slowly walking back towards the training grounds.
"So... She did used to live here..."