Yes we're siblings. What's wrong with that[chapter two: Survival Training; man are these guys stupid or what?
I sighed, reading a book as the classroom felt empty. Everyone's teacher came and took their pupils…except for my team's teacher. I got bored and decided to meditate for a while. I heard shuffling and opened one eye and watched as the blonde wonder stuck an eraser in the door. Sasuke scoffed at the odds of the eraser hitting the sensei, and Sakura was being a worry wart. I shook my head at the scene and went back to my book. When will they learn that he won't listen? I moved to lay down across the seats. I heard the door open and the bonk of the eraser hitting something. Naruto at that point burst out laughing as Sakura tried to make excuses for herself.
"Hm…my first impression is…I hate all of you." I sat up and blinked. I smiled and glomped him.
"Kakashi!"
"Except for Tsuki-chan." I smiled. My big brother ruffled my hair. So my sensei is my brother. He's the only one I let my guard down around. "So let's go to the roof."
"Okay, let's introduce each other. Say your likes, dislikes, hobbies, and goals."
"Why don't you go first sensei? Show us how it's done."
"Fine. My name's Hatake Kakashi…my likes…hm…my dislikes...My hobbies…are none of your business…my goals…I haven't really given them much thought."
"All we learned was his name." I laughed and they looked at me.
"I could've told you that." I said. My brother turned to Naruto.
"Okay, you go first." Naruto got excited.
"My name's Uzumaki Naruto. I like ramen, especially when Iruka-sensei buys it. I dislike like the three minutes it take for ramen to warm up," ha, of course he's all about the ramen. Can't blame him; ramen is awesome. "My hobbies are training, and eating ramen, and my goal is to become Hokage, so everyone'll respect me!" Aniki nodded.
"Okay, next."
"Hm…My name's Uchiha Sasuke. I like very few things and I dislike many. My hobbies are training, and my goal is more like an ambition. I will kill a certain someone, and restore my clan." I bet I know who that is…
"You're next." Sakura smiled.
"My name is Haruno Sakura. My likes…" she turned to Sasuke and blushed. I gaped. Is it possible to die from hearing a fan girl talk? "And I hate Naruto and Tsuki-chan!" I blinked.
"What'd I do to you? I don't even know much about you."
"Yeah, well, I just do okay!"
"Tch, fine. You just hate me because I'm a girl. Don't worry I wouldn't dare compete for Uchiha's love. That's pointless and I don't care about guys right now. They'd only get in the way." She got a vein and I smirked. "I win." I say quietly and stare at the sky.
"Okay Tsuki since you feel talkative, it's your turn."
"I'm the last one any way," I muttered. I sighed. "Okay, my name's Hatake Tsuki. I like sweets, and other things. I dislike, fan girls, preppy people, people who hurt my friends, and some other stuff. My hobbies are reading, training, hiding my brother's books, and another thing which I shall not tell you. My goal…well I haven't really given that much thought. I guess for now I want to become the strongest kunoichi and medical ninja. For now at least."
"I'm sure you will Tsuki-chan." Aniki said smiling. I smiled back, then frowned and put a finger to my chin.
"But I'm confused. Why did they put me on your team aniki?" He shrugged.
"I don't know. I guess it's because of that thing." I nodded in understanding.
"Ah, that must be it. It's got to be because of that."
"Yep." He said. The others looked on confused.
"What thing?" I smiled sweetly.
"None of your business. That thing is for me and aniki to know. I might tell you guys, some day…eventually…" I drifted off as she sweat dropped.
"Okay then. Meet me at training ground ten tomorrow at eight. Oh and don't eat anything, unless you want to throw up that is." He smiled and poofed. I blinked.
"Hey…wait! Aniki! Get back here it's YOUR turn to go get the groceries! Geez, you always do this to me! Nii-san!" I jumped over the roof and landed on the ground. I took off as soon as I landed. "Aniki get back here!" I left a small trail of dust as I ran.
"Wow, she's fast." Sakura said as she watched Tsuki run.
"She's really fast." Naruto said, awed. Sasuke just got up and left.
'She's not that fast,' he thought, 'but what thing could they have been talking about? She's hiding something…why am I concerning myself with her? She's weak anyway.' He walked to his home.
Next day
I woke up and yawned. "What am I suppose to do…oh right." I went to the bathroom, changed, washed my face, and did all that good stuff. I sat on my bed as I put my sandals on and finally tied my medical bag around my waist. I had a feeling I might need it. I quickly drank a cup of lemon tea. I did one last check to make sure I had everything before I left and walked slowly to the training grounds. Knowing my brother, he won't be there for quite a while. I waved to a few people on the street. I often went grocery shopping for aniki since he kept conveniently forgetting to stop by. One of my favorite vendors was kind enough to give me an apple, which I took gratefully and ate it. Once I finished eating it, I buried it near a tree's roots to give the tree nourishment. I arrived at the training ground and found everyone there already.
"You're late Tsuki-chan." Naruto said and I half smiled.
"No, actually I'm relatively early compared to my brother. He'll be a while. I suggest you find a comfortable sitting position. I'll be over here." I went passed him and sat down, leaning against a post. The minutes ticked by and my brother still didn't appear.
"Gr…where is he?! Tsuki-chan do you…"
"Nope." I cut Sakura off. "Okay I'm bored out of my mind now." I sighed. I looked up as a breeze blew by me. "Five…four…three…two…one."
"Hey guys, sorry I'm late!" Aniki is here. "A black cat crossed my path and I had to go another way."
"You're late Kakashi-sensei! At least pretend like you're sorry!" Someone yelled at him.
"Save your breath." I muttered and closed my eyes. We gathered in front of him.
"Well…today's exercise is…you have to get one of these bells." He held out three bells, "You have until noon, and if you don't get one, you're going back to the academy." The others looked shocked while I just kept staring up at the clouds. He sweat dropped. "Tsuki-chan, could you at least pretend that you care." I sighed and shook my head.
"I saw it coming." I gave him a look and he nodded.
"That explains it."
"Eh? Can someone explain? I'm lost." I smiled.
"I'll tell you some other time guys. I'm not ready to let you know, and frankly, neither are you guys, so don't worry about it for now. I'll tell you when it's time for me to tell you."
"Vague much? Oh hey wait a minute, if there are three bells than one of us won't get one!"
"Yay, she can do math." I muttered to myself. "Obviously, one of us isn't going to make it, or all of us might not." Aniki just sweat dropped.
"Okay…anyway like I was saying you have until noon. You won't get these if you don't come at me with an intention to kill." Naruto blindly charged at him. Well, it didn't work. Kakashi stood behind him with his arm grabbed and kunai pointing to his back. I snickered a bit. "Be nice Tsuki-chan. I still remember when you were like this." I snorted.
"Yeah, five YEARS ago aniki!"
"True, now go!" I leaped into the trees and immediately created three clones. I sent them off in different directions, each with the same amount of chakra. I proceeded to watch as Naruto charged again. I watched as aniki dodged his attacks, while reading his perverted book. Honestly, just this once he should put the book down. I sighed and watched as Naruto's clones disappeared, along with my dear brother. He spotted a bell and I jumped in front of him.
"Baka! Don't take such an obvious bait! It could be a trap!"
"Yeah right, how do you know if it isn't?" He went to pick up the bell and I took a few steps back. Naruto went flying.
"…"
"Not a word Tsuki-chan." I just began to giggle.
"Word of advice, don't take the bait if it's obvious. A ninja must see through deception."
"Told you so." I made a few hand signs and more clones appeared. They attacked Kakashi while I turned to Naruto. "Naruto, get down, but be careful there might be another tra…" He cut himself loose and ended up getting caught again. I sighed and went up into the tree. I cut him loose again and we got down. "Hey Naruto, let's double team him!"
"Yeah! Good idea Tsuki-chan! Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" He made some clones and we charged. Nii-san dodged most of our attacks, and he did get rid of a few clones, but we were close to getting a bell! Actually all of the bells, but he managed to get away. Some shuriken came and hit him, but it was just a substitution jutsu.
"Way to go Uchiha." I said loudly. Naruto sat up.
"Hey…I got an idea! I'm gonna get the lunches." I looked at him in disbelief of his level of stupidity.
"Naruto, forget about food for a minute. We need to get those bells before time runs out! If that happens than it won't matter whether or not we eat."
"You worry too much Tsuki-chan." He didn't seem to really listen and instead went to get the lunches. I sighed. Okay, Naruto is off my list of help. Hm…maybe Sakura will help? If I bribe her or at least promise something she might just help. She's kinda smart, even if her abilities are limited. I set off to find her, one of my clones had disappeared. That one knew the location of Sakura. I found her after a bit. "Sakura, I need your help to get a bell."
"Where's Sasuke? I saw him dying!"
"No, Sakura, that wasn't him it was a genjutsu…" She went off running and making me look like an idiot. I sighed and went off to find Sasuke. Okay, this is a bit of a stretch, but I might as well try it. I could try to persuade him…maybe. I jumped through the trees and found him fighting my brother. That Uchiha is not half bad. He managed to touch a bell before he was thrown off by aniki. He did the Grand Fireball, which really impressed me, but aniki managed to dodge it. Uchiha looked around, not finding my brother.
"Uchiha, he's be-" I was cut off as aniki grabbed his ankles and put him into a head hunter jutsu. I sighed. "Why do I even bother?" I muttered to myself and jumped next to the body less Uchiha. I sat next to him. "Before you say anything I have a proposition for you." He just glared and ignored me. I stared at him. "It's obvious that one of us genin alone can't take on my brother, but we might have a chance if we team up." I looked at him out of the corner of my eye. I heard a shrill scream as Sakura fainted. My eye twitched. "Wow…she's completely useless. I never would've thought it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes." I shook my head, dug out the Uchiha, and proceeded to pour some water on her face. She woke up with a start and spotted Sasuke, immediately glomping him. I shook my head. "So Uchiha, what do you think of my proposition?"
"No. I'll get one on my own." I raised an eyebrow.
"Top ranked genin you may be, but Jounin you are not. There's only one way then. Sorry aniki." I sighed and disappeared. I reappeared and smiled. "Konnichi wa aniki!" He smiled as he read his book. "No one wants to help me, so I guess I'll have to take you on and hope for the best."
"Alright Tsuki. It'll be nice to see how much you've grown."
"Some." I adjusted my gloves as he came down and stood a few feet in front of me.
"When you're ready." I nod, and quickly throw some shuriken at him. He dodges, but doesn't see my clone, which grabs his feet. I quickly snatch his book as he kicks my clone, only to be grabbed by another one from below. I sprint and grab the bells. I grin at him as he is now waist deep in the ground.
"Thank you aniki, now I have to go find my team." I jumped and tried to find a sign of Sakura or Sasuke. I had just spotted them ahead, when the bell rang. I silently cursed as they went away. I ran to the three posts and kept scolding myself. "Sorry guys, I let you down." I sat down. Aniki smiled as the other three were confused.
"No Tsuki-chan, you didn't let anyone down. In fact, none of you fail." I stared at him. With him there's usually a catch involved. "No, you should just give up trying to become ninjas." Well, there's the catch, and boy does it sting. We looked at him wide eyed.
"Eh? Okay, so we didn't get the bells, but why do we have to quit being ninjas?"
"Because the three of you are a bunch of brats." Angry, Sasuke charged at him, only to have his face pushed to the ground with my brother on top of him. Aniki pulled out a kunai and held it to his throat. "Have you even considered why you were divided into teams?"
"Teamwork." I said.
"Out of you four, only Tsuki-chan was able to figure it out."
"Actually I just wanted to get the bells the fastest and easiest way so that I could go home, take my medicine and sleep. It also seemed logical that a genin recently graduated from the academy would have little to no chance going against and experienced jounin." They sweat dropped as I smiled.
"Either way, she's right." Something in Sakura's head clicked.
"But, there were three bells, that would have caused group conflict and split the team up."
"Of course, I did that on purpose to see if you could overcome your own selfish desires. The point is to see if you could actually work as a team, but instead, Sakura, you focused your attention on Sasuke instead of Naruto who was in front of you and Tsuki who asked you for help. Naruto, you just charged by yourself. You and Tsuki were working wonderfully, until you ignored her case and went off on your own. And Sasuke, you assumed that the others were beneath you and would get in your way so you tried to do everything on your own, also rejecting Tsuki's offer. She even helped you get out." He glared at everyone, "Though it is true that an individual's skills are important, what really matters is 'team work.' Individual play that disrupts the team can endanger a comrade and even get you killed." He reached into his pocket and brought out a kunai, "For example, Sakura, kill Naruto or Sasuke dies." We looked on shocked. "That is what can happen on a mission. A comrade is taken hostage and tough decisions will be made. Your lives are at risk on a mission." He got up and walked over to the memorial stone. I looked away and blocked out what he said to them. Remembering brought pain and sorrow. I blinked away my tears, determined not to cry. I haven't cried since I left and I won't start now. I looked up as he turned. "You guys, I'm going to give you one last chance, but next time it will be harder to get a bell. Rest up, eat lunch but don't give any to Naruto since he wanted to cheat and eat before everyone else. If any of you do, you will all fail." I got up quickly and ran to him.
"Aniki, you might need these." I held out the three bells to him and he smiled.
"Thank you Tsuki-chan. You really have grown a bit." I smiled.
"Arigatou aniki. Coming from you, that means a lot." He pat my head and left. I turned to the others. They looked shocked. "Sorry, I tried to get them to you, but the bell rang." I saw Sakura glare at me.
"Yeah, I bet you just wanted to keep them for yourself! Hm, and it's just a coincidence that YOU'RE the only one to get praised." I clenched my fist and appeared next to her. She turned surprised. I had a calm yet cold face on as I stared at her frightened face.
"Now look here Mistress of all idiots. I haven't seen my brother for more than three years. I've been training non stop with a very skilled sensei, and not once have I ever been so insulted as I have been now. I am not the kind of person who goes off and abandons her comrades. In fact I was going to give the bells to you three if I had been able to find you. The only reason I managed to get them was because my brother didn't know my strength. Next time I won't be so lucky, so just eat your food and gather up your strength so that we can figure out a plan and get the bells. I'll even give mine to you and fail. THAT'S the dedication I have for my team. Get to know a person before you judge them Sakura-chan." I gave her a bento and moved next to the Uchiha. At least here it was quiet. I sat there eating, not really paying attention to much except the occasional growl of Naruto's stomach. After a particularly loud one, he sweat dropped.
"This is nothing! I could go without food for weeks." I laughed. "Yeah, no problem." I smiled and held my lunch out to him.
"Here, before you suffer from malnourishment." I saw Sasuke do the same.
"Take it." He says.
"No, but Kakashi-sensei said not to, he could be back at any moment."
"Look, if we want to get a bell, we all have to be at full strength. If Naruto doesn't eat, he'll just be a liability." Sakura looked at me and I smiled.
"I can't stand to see my friends suffer, and it's bad for you to skip meals." I say in the best doctor voice I can must at the moment. I smiled and Sakura held out her lunch too.
"Here, take it."
"S-Sakura?"
"I-I don't need to eat as much as Sasuke and baka Tsuki." I got an irk mark, but remained calm. Naruto started to tear up.
"Thank you…"
"Take it already!"
"B-But, I can't! My hands…" Sakura seemed suddenly disgusted.
"Alright, but this is one time and one time only! Got it?"
"Clear as a bell Sakura." I sweat dropped.
"Lame…pun…" She quickly fed him some rice and then the wind picked up and it seemed as if a storm appeared out of nowhere.
"What's this…?" My brother's mask covered face appeared in a cloud of smoke. The Naruto screamed. "You…pass:D" We blinked, confused.
"Pass? But why?" He kept smiling at us.
"You guys are the first." We were still confused, or at least they were. "Everyone else would do just what I told them to. They were all morons. A ninja must see underneath the underneath. Those who break the rules and codes of ninja are scum, that's true. But those who abandon their comrades are even lower scum." We finally all comprehended. I smiled slightly. I'm one step closer mother… "That ends training, you all pass. Team 7 starts it's first mission tomorrow." We cheered happily, except for Sasuke, who looked all smug about passing. Tch, he's so full of himself.
"Yeah! I'm a ninja, a ninja, a ninja!" Naruto cheered, still tied to the log. We walked away. Sakura walked next to Sasuke of course, and I smirked as I heard Naruto's voice. "Hey! Come back here and untie me! I knew you'd do this!!" I threw a shuriken and cut his ropes. They fell down. I smirked.
"Coming Naruto-kun?" I laughed as he ran to catch up. I glanced back at the memorial stone once, then sighed as they called for me to hurry up. "I'm going, no need to shout I can hear you perfectly." I looked ahead as the breeze blew past me again. I'm one step closer…mother…