Chapter 2:

Our First Mission: Gotta get the bells!

"All right, why don't you introduce yourselves? One at a time," Kakashi told us. We were all outside, on the roof of some building. Kakashi sat near the edge of the roof, and the rest of us sat on stairs in front of him.

"What are we supposed to say?" Sakura asked.

"Things you like, things you hate...dreams for the future...hobbies, things like that," Kakashi replied.

"How about you go first? So we can see how to do it," Sakura suggested.

"Me? I'm Kakashi Hatake. Things I like and things I hate... I don't feel like telling you that," Kakashi said causing me to raise a brow, "My dreams for the future...never really thought about it... As for my hobbies, I have lots of hobbies."

How informative I thought slightly annoyed.

"Okay, you on the right," Kakashi said pointing to Naruto.

"Alright! Believe it! I'm Naruto Uzamaki!..."

He's so cool!!

Inner Sayuki: CHA! Naruto is too cool for school!!

"...I like instant Ramen in a cup and I like the Ramen Iruka-sensai got me at the noodle shop. But I hate the three minutes you have to wait after you pour the water in the ramen cup. My hobby is eating different kinds of ramen and comparing them. And my future dream is to be the greatest Hokage ever! Then the village will stop disrespecting me and start treating me like I'm somebody; somebody important!" Naruto announced.

Inner Sayuki: All right Naruto! ROCK ON!

"All right. Next?" Kakashi turned to Sakura.

"My name is Sakura Haruno. Things I like..." Sakura turned to Sasuke and started giggling, while she began to blush. "My hobbies are..." Pause. Giggling from Sakura. "My dreams are..." Pause. More giggling.

"And what do you hate?" Kakashi asked her.

"That's easy!" Sakura said, "NARUTO!"

Grrrrrrrr!! Stupid Sasuke fan girl! What does she know!? Naruto is awesome!!

"Okay...Next."

"My name is... Sasuke Uchiha. I hate a lot of things and don't particularly like anything," Sasuke looked at noone as he spoke, "What I have is not a dream, because I will make it a reality. I'm going to restore my clan and destroy a certain...someone."

All was silent for a few moments, until Kakshi spoke.

"Last one..." He, and the others looked over at me. I sat to the left of Sasuke, keeping as much distance as I could, while Sakura sat right next to Sasuke, and Naruto on the other side of her.

"I'm Sayuki Yama-," I paused. Oh man! What was the name again!? Yamalaka... Yamashaka ... Yama—? "Yamanaka!" I said a little loudly. Hey at least I remember the name! " I like singing, even though I suck at it, writing and reading and being crazy 'ol me! Oh, and I like martial ar- I mean practicing my moves. My dream...well I'd rather not say...My hobbies are writing poetry, fighting, and causing mischief," I snickered causing the others to look at me as if I were insane, "Heh heh heh... Anywho, I don't really hate anything, but my dislikes are stuck ups who think they are just so much better than everyone else, people who think the only way to solve problems is with violence...and Bugs! YUCK!" Was it just me or was my introduction a little longer than everyone else's? Oh well...

"Good. Your each unique," Kakashi glanced over at me when he said that. I just smiled proudly. ", and have your own idea's. We'll have our first mission tomorrow."

"A mission! What kind of mission?"

"It's a task all five of us will do together," Kakashi stated.

"What What What What??" Naruto asked anxiously. Kakashi threw his head back and began laughing.

I rolled my eyes. It wasn't exactly funny. So what point does he have in laughing!? "Would you quit laughing and please explain?" I asked getting annoyed.

"Fine," Kakashi stopped laughing and his face grew serious. "Of the 27 graduates that came here, only nine will actually be excepted as genin, the other 18 will be weeded out and sent back to the academy."

"So... If we fail we have to start all over again?" Sakura asked him.

"Yes, and the chance of failing is at least 66 percent," He said. I could swear he was smirking under that mask!

"That's crazy! We worked hard to get here! Believe it!" Naruto shouted out, "Then, what was that graduation test for anyway?"

"Oh that, that was just to select candidates who might become genin," Kakashi said casually, "Or not."

"WHAT!?"

"That's how it is," Kakashi continued. "I decide whether you pass or fail. Be at the training spot at 5 a.m. and bring your ninja gear. That's it, you're dismissed." We got up and were about to walk away when Kakashi added, "Oh, and you might want to skip breakfast tomorrow, or else...you'll puke."

I remember this part clear as day! LIAR! Your going to make us starve! What a mean teacher!!

"It's too early," I moaned while dragging my half asleep self to the spot where Kakashi had told us to meet.

I arrived at the spot and saw Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke. Kakashi had yet to arrived as always, well technically this was the first time he was late...Seeing as this is the first time team 7 has had a mission.

"Hola muchaho's!" I called over to Naruto and Sasuke. "Hola muchacha," I said turning to Sakura. They all looked at me as if I were insane. Apparently ninja's don't take second languages...at least not these ninja's.

"It means hi," I informed them.

"Oh... Hi!" Naruto greeted me. Sakura waved at me, and Sasuke just glared. Isn't he just a big bottle of friendliness!

My stomach growled followed by someone else's stomach growling. Though, I couldn't tell who's. I knew I should have eaten! But then that wouldn't have been fair...

"We're really going to regret not eating," I said just loud enough for the others to hear. They looked at me with questioning faces. Why do they always have to stare at me! Jeez!

"But Kakashi sensei said if we ate we'd puke..." Sakura stated.

Yeah well Kakashi's a liar! I shrugged to her statement.

After waiting a extremely long time, Kakashi finally showed up.

"Morning everyone, ready for your first day?" Kakashi asked.

"Took you long enough," I mumbled under my breath. Kakashi turned to look at me.

"Say something?" He asked me. I nodded a no.

"Hey! You're late!" Naruto shouted.

"Well, a black cat crossed my path so I had to take the long way," Kakashi told us.

If I could do that anime temple thingy right now I would! But I could swear I felt a sweat drop go down the side of my face...anime style of course!

"Well let's get started. Here we go," Kakashi said pulling out a small timer. "It's set for noon. Your assignment is very simple, you have to take these bells from me. That's all there is to it." Two silver bells dangled from strings on Kakashi's finger.

"If you can't get them by noon, you go without lunch," Kakashi said.

"Whaaaat??" Naruto whined.

"And I'll tie you to a stump and eat right in front of you!" Kakashi announced making my jaw drop.

He's torturing us! What a mean, mean person!

"How come there's only two bells when there are four of us?" Naruto asked.

Kakashi chuckled. "You only need one bell, and since there are only two bells, two of you will definitely fail, those two will go back to the academy. But then again all four of you could end up failing too. You may use your shurikans. If you don't come at me with the intent to kill, you won't get the bells."

"You will be in danger sensei! Especially since you couldn't dodge an eraser!" Naruto said with a slight laugh.

"Class clowns are usually the ones with no skills. You can safely ignore them," Kakashi stated.

What does he know!?

Inner Sayuki: CHA! Naruto is the best!

"When I say start you may begin," Kakashi told us. Naruto's face turned serious and angry. He charged forward at Kakshi with a kunai in hand aimed at our sensei. In the blink of a eye Kakashi was behind Naruto, holding the kunai Naruto once held, and pointing it at Naruto's head.

"Slow down," Kakashi ordered, "I didn't say start yet."

Sasuke slowly moved a step back, and Kakshi released Naruto.

"Well it seems you are ready to come at me with a attempt to kill. I'm beginning to like you guys. Ready...start." All at once us four genin all jumped in different directions. Sakura and Sasuke jumped into the thicket of tree's for cover, Naruto jumped behind Kakashi, and I ran behind a large rock not too far from Kakashi and Naruto.

"Okay, It's you and me, right now!" Naruto yelled from behind Kakashi gaining his attention.

Naruto charged for Kakashi again.

"Ninja battle techniques part one, taijutsu: the physical part," I could hear Kakashi say. Kakashi then reached into his pocket and pulled out a small orange book.

"What the...?" I heard Naruto say.

"What are you waiting for? Make your move." Kakashi said.

"But...Why are you reading that book?" Naruto asked confused.

"Why? To find out what happens next in the story, of course," Kakashi said not taking his eyes off the book. "Don't worry about it, with your weak attacks I could read or do whatever..."

Oh boy Naruto must be pretty mad about now...

"I'm going to crush you!!" Naruto screamed at Kakashi while once again charging at him.

I peeked out from behind the safety of the rock. I could see Naruto throwing multiple hits and kicks at Kakashi, but all to no avail. Kakashi dodged all of his attacks. Naruto tried again to punch Kakashi, but Kakashi disappeared before the punch was delivered to it's target. He then reappeared behind Naruto, and started to make a hand sign.

What happened at this part again? Hm... I thought about it for a moment and then it came to me. Oh no! Kakashi's going to use that sick jutsu!

Without thinking I ran over to Naruto and Kakashi. Kakashi was just about to put the jutsu to use when I plowed into Naruto, knocking him out of the way. We both went tumbling to the ground a few feet away from where Naruto once stood.

"HEY! What's the big idea!?" Naruto asked me sounding a little aggravated.

"Saving your butt...Literally! Kakashi was just about to pull a move on you! You gotta pay more attention," I informed him.

Naruto blushed slightly while pulling himself to his feet. "Oh...Thanks."

"Don't mention it," I said giving him a smile. I stood up and brushed the dirt off of me.

"HEY! Behind you!" I heard Naruto call to me. Too late. Kakashi was behind me with a kunai at my throat and his other arm rapped tightly around me, restraining my arms to my sides.

Darn it!!

"I'm amazed you saw how I was about to attack Naruto, but disappointed that you left your guard down so easily. Oh, and It was so nice of you to help Naruto like that," Kakashi said into my ear, "You wouldn't happen to have crush on him would you? I mean what other reason would you have in helping him out?"

I could feel my face turning red displaying the anger that was rising inside of me.

"No I do not have a crush on him! But I respect him and he's my team mate! So why wouldn't I want to help him!? I mean that's what this is all about right? Teamwork?" Kakashi's grip on me loosened ever so slightly. Ha! He wasn't expecting that!

I looked over at Naruto. He was staring at me in awe. So I guess he heard what I said... Then a big grin appeared on his face.

"Yeah! Believe it!" He shouted.

I could tell Kakashi was in thought. What to do... What to do? Then an idea came to me, causing me to grin evilly. I brought my leg up as hard as I could, and my heel slammed into Kakashi, right where it hurts!

Inner Sayuki: CHA! Girl Power!!

Kakashi let go of me and took a step back. I took this opportunity to run, making sure there was distance between me and the now in pain jounin. I laughed out loud at the look of discomfort on his face. I mean, it was hard to tell because of the mask, but it was obvious it had hurt him, if only a little bit. Kakashi sent me a death glare which only caused me to laugh harder. I went over to Naruto.

"We need to go find Sasuke and Sakura. Their somewhere over there in the tree's. Then maybe we can come up with a plan to get those bells. Time's almost up!" I said in a hushed voice so Kakashi wouldn't hear. Naruto nodded and did a hand-sign. Seconds later another Naruto appeared, and ran over to Kakashi. The clone began throwing multiple shurikan at Kakashi.

Perfect distraction Naruto! Who ever said you were the dumb one?

Me and Naruto ran over to the tree's Sasuke and Sakura were hiding in. Naruto and I split up, he went to find Sakura, while I went to find emo boy Sasuke. We stuck a kunai in a tree, that was the place where we were to meet up. It didn't take me long to find Sasuke, but convincing him to come with me to the meeting place was a different story. For some reason he didn't seem to trust me at all.

"Look, if you want any chance of getting a bell, then you've got to come on! The only way we'll get the bells is if we work as a team," I argued. He seemed to take what I had to say into consideration. He then stood up, nodded, and motioned for me to lead the way.

When we got the spot Sakura and Naruto were already there.

"Alright, so what are we going to do? We need those bells! Believe it!"

"Well I have a plan...But I'm not sure it's any good," I said speaking up.

"We don't have much time left so we need to hurry," Sasuke stated.

"Okay, listen closely. This is what we have to do..."

Author's Note: I'M SORRY! Yes, I know that this took me so long to update and I don't really have an excuse other than I'm lazy. Heh heh heh... I hope this was an okay chapter. I've been having trouble finding good reference to use, since I'm following the show...

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