Disclaimer- I do not own Naruto or the characters. I own my characters and the plot. That's about it.
Team Mates and Strange Sensei's
The next day, I woke up early and ate breakfast quickly. I wanted to get my team and meet my sensei! I was very excited to say the least, and Jun was even eating his morning mouse eagerly. My dad laughed at us and practically shoved me out of the door.
"Have a great day! I hope you get a good team and Jounin sensei. I've gotta go on a mission today, and it might last 'til tomorrow. Love you." Dad told me as he walked Jun and me to the door. I nodded and hugged him.
"Love you more! See you later, I'll tell you all about my new team when you get back!" I replied. Then I slipped on my shoes and grabbed my boxed lunch from my dad and walked out the door with Jun on my shoulder.
I waited outside on the sidewalk for Chouji. He and I always walk to and from school together. Except for yesterday that is. I was so excited I left without waiting to see if he was still at the academy. All of a sudden I saw Chouji walk through his front door.
"Hi Chouji!" I called out to him, waving. He waved back and shut his door. He walked over and smiled.
"Hey Kiko." He said as he got closer. "Did you pass?" He asked me happily.
"Yup!" I answered, showing him my arm, where I had tied my Hitai-ate at. He grinned. "And obviously you did too!" I said, pointing at his head where he had tied it. We both laughed and started walking.
"Who do you think will be on your team?" I asked. Chouji shrugged.
"I hope I get Shikamaru. I think I would rather not be a shinobi if I got Ino on my team though." He said, turning up his nose at the last comment. I giggled.
"I know! Shikamaru would be a good team mate, except that he's always so lazy! But I think I'd rather be stuck with Ino than that mutt Kiba." I admitted laughing. Chouji grinned.
"I can't help but wonder who my sensei will be. I hope he's nice. I've already had enough of my Sensei's yell at me because of Jun." I told him with a frown.
"I hope mine doesn't mind my snacking. Ooh! I hope he treats us to lunch often!" I laughed. Then I remembered what I had in my bag.
"I almost forgot! I have something for you Chouji!" I told him, as I slung my bag off my back and rifled through it until I found what I was looking for. He looked at me curiously, but I handed him a bag of chips.
"They're you're favorite, barbequed pork. The bag's even twice as big then normal. I went out to get barbeque last night with my dad and it made me think of you. So I decided to get you something. I got Hinata and Shikamaru something too. I hope you like it. There's another one at my house, I'll give it to you after school." I stopped my rambling and smiled as he looked at the bag in awe.
"Thank you Kiko! It's awesome! I didn't get you anything though..." He looked at me worriedly. I giggled at him.
"Don't worry Chouji! You didn't have to." I gave him a big smile.
"Yo Chouji! Kiko!" I heard from behind us. We both turned around and saw Shikamaru walking towards us, slow as ever. I smiled at him as we waited for him to join us.
"Hey Shika, guess what Kiko got me!" Chouji said as he showed Shikamaru my present. I blushed.
"I got you one too, Shika." I told him, handing him a box. He took it curiously. "It's a box of chocolate shaped clouds. I thought it was funny and it made me think of you. Hope you like it." I told him while smiling.
"How troublesome. I didn't get you anything. I suppose this is for graduating?" He said, noticing my Hitai-ate. I laughed as I saw we put them in the same place. I nodded.
"Don't worry; I didn't expect anything in return. Oh look, we're here already." We walked inside and found our classroom. Almost everyone was there. Even Naruto had managed to pass! I'll go congratulate him later. I scowled as I heard an annoying yip from behind me.
"See you later guys." I told Shikamaru and Chouji. I was about to walk over to my seat when the person I wanted to see the least got in my way. Jun hooted in annoyance and Akamaru yipped.
"Get out of my way mutt." I snarled as I put my hands on my hips. He glared at me.
"How the hell did you manage to pass, Fowl girl?" That was everyone's nick name for me.
"It's actually quite simple, I'm smart. What, did they invite you here to show you what you'll never get?" I retorted, grinning evilly. He pushed his hood back a little to show me his Hitai-ate.
"I thought owls were supposed to have really good vision." He said, pointing at his headband. I rolled my eyes.
"Well if you hadn't dressed like a hobo, I would've seen it." I snapped. He opened his mouth to retort, but the door was flung open and Ino and Sakura charged in, out of breath.
"Goal!" They both yelled when they caught their breath. I turned back to Kiba and rolled my eyes. I pushed him aside, and walked to my desk.
"Out of my way mutt." I said snottily and smiled. He walked over to his own desk, grumbling.
"God what I'd give to teach you a lesson." He muttered.
"Same here mutt, you need some lessons for that under-developed brain of yours." I told him. I caught sight of Hinata and smiled, but then frowned. Her present! I walked over and sat next to her.
"Hey Hinata! I'm glad you passed! I got you a present." I told her and handed her what I had gotten her. She opened the little box and gasped.
"Oh it's too much I couldn't possibly accept it, and I don't even have anything for you in return!" She said, rushing as she clutched the camera. I giggled.
"It's nothing. It's my old one. I figured you'd like to take some pictures of a certain blonde ninja instead of just watching him. I didn't expect a gift in return, it's okay, I promise." I told her, putting a hand on her shoulder. She blushed.
"Thank you Kiko. It was very nice of you to give me this." She said, looking at me with her big eyes. She even gave me a small smile. I smiled back and patted her hand.
"Well class is about to start, I better get back to my seat. Ja ne!" I told her happily as I went back to my seat, but not before I saw Naruto accidentally kiss Sasuke. I giggled when Sakura, Ino, and all the other girls who love Sasuke get really pissed, but continued to my desk.
"What, I don't get a present too?" Kiba asked obnoxiously.
"What? Didn't you hear? No one cares about mutts." I told him as I watched Iruka sensei enter the classroom. He made his little speech and then started announcing teams.
"Team seven, Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, and Uchiha Sasuke." I giggled as Naruto looked happy, then depressed.
"Team eight, Hyuga Hinata, Inuzuka Kiba-" I was not happy. I glared at Kiba while he smirked. "- and Aburame Shino." I sighed.
"Team ten, Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, and Amikichi Chouji." I smiled, they might not be happy to have Ino on their team, but at least they were together. And that made me happy.
"Oh! I skipped team four! Sorry, the papers got mixed up. Team four consists of Kimura Tsukiko, Miura Kaito, and Shimizu Roka. Yosh! That's all for squad division. In the afternoon, I'll introduce you to your team leaders. You are dismissed." We all got up to leave, and I looked around for my new team mates. Their names sounded familiar, but I couldn't remember what they looked like.
Everyone flooded out with their new teams, and all that was left were two boys, me and Iruka. We all walked to the door.
"Hello, I'm Tsukiko. You can call me Kiko though." I said smiling. I looked at them, one of the boys was about my height and he had long silver hair that was up in a ponytail. He had pale blue eyes too; he looked kind of shy and scared. He kind of reminded me of Hinata. The other boy was tall and scrawny; he had a mop of sandy brown hair on top of his head, and his eyes were brown. He wouldn't sit still long enough for me to see what shade they were. He seemed like the type that couldn't sit still for very long.
"I'm Kaito. You can call me Kai if you want." The scrawny boy said in a semi-loud voice. I nodded with a smile.
"I-I'm Roka. People usually just call me Roka." The boy with silver hair said quietly. I smiled at them both.
"Well now that we're a team, why not eat together?" I suggested, and they both nodded. We walked outside, and Jun swooped out of a tree to land on my shoulder. Roka yelped and jumped back, looking scared. Kaito looked a little surprised too.
"Oh I'm so sorry! I'm so used to Jun that I forgot you two didn't know him. He's my owl. I'm sorry if he startled you, he won't hurt you." I told them anxiously. They went back to being relaxed. Well, I think Roka was relaxed; he still looked a little jumpy.
"Oh now I remember you! You're the girl whose dad trains all those birds right?" Kaito asked. I nodded.
"My dad usually trains Falcons, but we nurse sick birds back to health when we find them too." I told them. We spent the rest of lunch talking and eating. When we went back inside, we were all a lot more relaxed and excited over who are sensei would be.
As we entered the classroom, I saw my friends were already sitting with their teams. Shikamaru and Chouji waved, Chouji did it a bit more enthusiastically, while Shikamaru didn't even pick his head up and just rose his hand up, and back down again. I giggled and waved back. Hinata gave a small wave and smiled, and I waved back. Kiba glared at me from beside her. I glared straight back. He stuck his tongue out at me and I rolled my eyes.
My team and I went to sit at the front. A bunch of adults were standing at the front, our sensei's. I counted, and there were only nine. Where was the last one? Oh well. Just as long as ours was there.
"Alright everyone, listen up. These are your team leaders and your sensei's from now on." Iruka went on and assigned the first three teams, and then got to four.
"Team four, your leader is Takaki Hiroshi." We stood up as our leader stepped forward. He looked to be very excited, like he had just drunk eight super charged coffees or something. He had tan skin, and messy black hair that had electric blue highlights in it, it stuck up in every direction. His eyes were black, but warm. He kind of scared me.
"Onward team four! Follow me!" He shouted as he ran out the door like a six year old to a candy store. We all looked at each other and rushed out after him. We followed him until we were sitting under a tree at the back of the school, breathing hard. He grinned at us from where he stood in front of us.
"Well, I'm Hiroshi! I'm your new team leader. So tell me about yourselves. Your likes, dislikes, dreams, families, stuff like that!" He said happily with a huge grin on his face. "First, you'll start!" He said pointing at Kaito. Kaito just glared and sighed.
"I'm Kaito. I like my bed, I dislike sitting still for too long, and I have a mom and a dad and a little brat of a sister. And my dream is to become a jounin one day." Kaito said, pulling fistfuls of grass out of the ground.
"That's very good! Now you!" He said, pointing his finger at Roka. Roka flinched.
"Uh, I'm Roka. I like the sea, I dislike it when my friends argue, and I have a mom and an older brother. My dream is to do the best I can for my village. Whether that means I become a Chuunin or Jounin." Roka said timidly.
"Perfect! Now last but not least you!" He pointed his finger at me. I smiled and giggled.
"I'm Tsukiko, but you can call me Kiko. I like my owl Jun-" Jun hopped into my lap and I caressed his feathers. "-I dislike it when people make fun of other people and Kiba, and I have a dad. My dream is to become a Jounin too, and raise birds just like my dad does one day." I finished smiling.
"Yosh! Well it's been great getting to know you, but I gotta go! Meet me at training field six tomorrow at five in the morning, eat a good breakfast! Ja ne!" He told us, and was gone in a flash.
"Damn he's weird..." Kaito mumbled. Roka and I nodded in agreement.
Did ya like it? Well I hope so. After the next chapter you'll see that I'll be jumping a lot of time, just because the real story lies in the future *wiggles fingers mysteriously*. Well anyways, this chapter got loaded a lot faster than I thought. Two in the same night! The next one'll get uploaded either later today or tomorrow. Ja ne!
-Ashley