Chapter 2

A/N: We will see the whole team together for the first time in this chapter! You will also get to see how Jayne befriended each of the Uchiha's

Disclaimer: Own Naruto I do not


Twelve graduating students sat in a classroom waiting anxiously for their new teams to be announced. This was the biggest moment of their lives so far. It is what will set up their future. Their new sensei and teammates will be with them for the next few years creating a precious bond that will last them the rest of their lives.

Jayne was sitting in the front right corner of the room with the four other kunoichi in their class.

"Who do you want to be on your team, Hana?" Yuna, the blonde girl, asked.

"Hm," Hana Inuzuka placed her hand on her chin while she thought, "Soryu Hyūga is pretty cool. So are the Uchiha boys. It would be so cool to be on a team with one of them!"

"Yes! Those boys are so cute! What about Ryuzo Hatsune?" Momoka Tanemura chimed in.

Jayne sighed, boys were all these girls talked about. Jayne glanced over at the boys who were gathered also talking. She wandered what they talked about, probably not something as trivial as who was the coolest. They probably talked about what cool new jutsu they're learning or maybe the politics they hear their parents talk about at dinner.

"Jayne, what about you?" Yuna asked pulling Jayne back into the conversation.

On the other side of the room the boys stood in the back corner.

"Yuna is definitely the hottest girl!" Thomas said.

"No, it's definitely Jayne," Junpei Tanemura argued with Ryuzo nodding behind him.

Takamasa spoke up, "Momoka is super cute though!"

"Gross you can't call my twin sister cute" Junpei said.

"Fine then, if I have to pick between Jayne and Yuna I would have to lean towards Yuna," Takamasa said.

"2 Yuna and 2 Jayne. What do you think Uchihas?" Ryuzo asked.

"I don't care" Itachi mumbled. Why do they have to talk about girls?

Shisui laughed at his friend's disinterest, "Itachi's IQ is too high for your nonsense. But my IQ on the other hand is just right! Jayne all the way!"

Itachi rolled his eyes. It was strange how Shisui can switch so easily from serious to goofball.

"Hyūga?" all the boys turned their eyes towards the boy standing against the wall.

"I think you're all Idiots. Look here comes the instructor," Soryu nodded his head in the direction of their instructor.

"Alright genin listen up," The instructor's loud voice quieted the room. "I'm sure you are all aware that today you will be assigned to your teams. Just because you passed the academy doesn't mean you are good to go. Your sensei still has to pass you for you to move up in the ninja world. I'm going to announce team names. When you are called, the first person I name will grab the scroll telling you the location of your new sensei then you will head out."

The instructor unrolled the scroll with the teams listed. The room became very quiet as everyone listened. They were all anxious to find out what was in store for them.

"Team 2," The instructor began, "Soryu Hyūga, Junpei Tanemura, and Hana Inuzuka." The three students stood up. Soryu grabbed the scroll from the instructor and then they were gone.

"Team 3: Ryuzo Hatsune, Takamasa Goda, and Yuna Kai," The second group got up following the same pattern as team 2.

Jayne exchanged a look with the two other kunoichi in her class. She looked over at the boys that were left. Thomas and Itachi sat there. Thomas had the same half asleep look in his eyes as always and Itachi sat with unreadable emotions. She looked up at Shisui who was sitting on the desk next to Itachi. They suddenly made eye contact. He smiled and gave her a wink. She quickly turned her head back to the teacher to hide her blush. She remember the first time she had ever spent time with Shisui:


*Flashback*

Jayne was walking through town when she suddenly heard some shouting.

"Get back here you punk!" An old man's voice rang through the streets. She could feel the faint smell of smoke like something was burning.

She could hear heavy footsteps approach her. When she turned to look she was met with a loud THUD! She fell on her back getting the wind knocked out of her.

"Jayne?!" A familiar voice asked in shock.

Hearing her name she looked up to see Shisui Uchiha leaning over her. He looked a bit panicked. His black eyes searched the area frantically.

He reached out a hand towards her to help her up, "Hurry up!"

She grabbed his hand not sure what else to do. He pulled her to her feet with a strong yank and then continued pulling her down the street. They ran a little bit until he spotted a small ally way where they could hide behind some trash bins. When they finally stopped they were both breathing pretty heavily.

"Shisui," she panted, "What is going on?"

"Well, you see I was trying to help this old lady heat up her tea kettle, because she forgot about it and it got cold, and I kinda accidentally caught this other old guy's vegetable stand on fire. Let's just say he won't be making any profits today," He laughed nervously scratching the back of his head.

"Why would you blow a giant fireball at a tea kettle?" Jayne raised an eyebrow.

"I wasn't trying to. I thought I could make a small flame," He was obviously embarrassed. "Oh yeah, sorry for crashing into you. It sounded pretty painful."

"It's okay. I just got the wind knocked out of me for a second," Jayne brushed off some dirt from her skirt.

Shisui noticed what she was doing and realized he got dirt all over her back. "Let me help you!"

He turned her around and started whacking the dust off. He wasn't very gentle since he was so nervous about ruining her dress.

"Hey, where were you going before I bumped into you?" He suddenly asked.

"I was on my way home," Jayne said.

"Let me walk you there to make up for knocking you down and getting you all dirty," Shisui smiled. Seemed like a fair deal.

Jayne suddenly got quiet. Living at an orphanage wasn't exactly something she liked to tell others.

"It's fine, you don't need to do that," Jayne mumbled.

"No, let me! I would feel bad if I didn't make it up to you. Where do you live?" He asked not knowing the inner turmoil she was facing.

"No!" She said suddenly. He looked a bit surprised. "I mean, I change my mind. I want ice cream!"

He started at her for a moment. She blushed. Ice cream? That's the best I could come up with? He probably thinks I'm is some kind of weirdo.

He suddenly started to laugh, "haha! You want Ice cream now? I guess it's a pretty hot day. Let's go!"

Now he was dragging her towards the nearest ice cream stand.

"What do you want?" He asked?

"I think I will get chocolate," Jayne said moving her hand towards her little coin bag.

"Don't worry about it! It can be my apology. I also like chocolate the best," Shisui quickly paid for their ice cream and they sat down at a nearby bench.

They chatted the whole time about the academy and their classmates. Shisui made fun of their instructors doing his best impressions. Jayne had never laughed so much with someone her own age. She realized she'd been pretty lonely lately since Ayato-sensei was gone.

"Wow look at the time! I gotta run home for dinner!" Shisui quickly got up off the bench. He turned back to her one last time before running off, "Hey Jayne, see you tomorrow at school."

"See you tomorrow," Jayne gave him a small wave. She walked home with a big smile on her face thinking about the new friend she had just made.


"Team 5: Itachi Uchiha, Jayne Kushinada, and Shisui Uchiha," The instructor said.

Itachi was a bit shocked, as much as he wanted to be on a team with Shisui he didn't think it would be allowed. How come they put both of us on one team? Itachi got out of his chair to retrieve the scroll from their instructor. The three new partners walked out of the building, curious to find out where to meet their new sensei.

"Well, what does it say?" Shisui came up behind him to glance over his shoulder. Jayne did the same and stood at his other side.

Itachi unrolled the scroll and read it out loud, "Itachi, Shisui, and Jayne: Meet me on the west side of lake Konoha. There is a training ground there. Be ready to show me what you've got."

"It should take us around fifteen minutes to get to the west side of the lake from here," Jayne said.

"Alright. Let's get going," Shisui said leading the way towards the lake. Itachi and Jayne followed closely behind him. "So who do you think our new sensei is going to be?"

"I have no idea," Jayne said.

"Let's make a bet! Whoever can guess the most features of our sensei wins," Shisui gave a big smile. "I'm going to guess black hair, brown eyes, and a beauty mark on his face somewhere."

Jayne took a couple seconds to come up with her guess, "Brown hair, green eyes, and they will be super buff!"

Itachi sighed, he knew he wasn't getting out of this, "Black hair, black eyes, and it's a girl"

Itachi watched his new teammates rattle off more descriptions for the bet. He's known Shisui since that day the nine-tails attacked. Jayne he met at the academy. He thought back to their first encounter:


*Flashback*

It was his second year at the academy and it happened to be the instructor's birthday so his wife brought the class cookies. Itachi was sitting at his desk enjoying his warm cookie. This is the most amazing cookie ever. He was thoroughly enjoying it when suddenly someone bumped into him. The cookie flew out of his hands and hit the ground. He watched it fall almost as if it was in slow motion. The worst part was that after the kid bumped into him, he stumbled and stepped right on top of the cookie.

"Aw man, Sorry Itachi," The boy apologized. But Itachi wasn't listening. He stared down at the crushed cookie. His cookie. It was like the world stopped moving and everything was still.

"Um, Itachi," a girls voice brought him out of his trance. He looked up to see it was the girl sitting at the table next to him. He knew her name was Jayne but that was about it. He never paid much attention to others. He watched as she broke her cookie in half and offered the side she hadn't eaten from, "You can have this half of my cookie if you want."

Itachi was a bit shocked she would give up such a treasure, "Why?"

"Well you seemed to be really enjoying your cookie before you dropped it. I wouldn't mind sharing my cookie if it makes you happy," she smiled.

Itachi felt a small blush spread across his face, "thanks."

"They are pretty good aren't they?" Jayne said taking a bite into what was left of her cookie.

"Yeah, my mom's not very good at baking so we don't really get these kind of things at home," Itachi said.

"Really? Maybe once I get a bit bigger I will learn how to make cookies and bake you some!" Jayne seemed excited at the new challenge.

Itachi didn't really know how to respond to such kindness. His father and the other top members of the Konoha police force were always so stoic and strict. He watched the girl as she started talking to the other boy at her table. I wonder if she will actually make me cookies someday.


"Itachi, what do you think?" Shisui called out to his friend who was obviously spacing out.

The boy blinked, "what?"

"We were just talking about what kind of test we think our sensei might give us," Shisui filled him in.

"I heard when the fourth hokage was a sensei he made his team steal some bells off him," Jayne chimed in.

"Our sensei has probably come up with something different. All tests can't be the same," Itachi said.

"Yeah. I'm sure we can handle whatever we have to do as long as we work as a team. I wonder how well we'll work together," Shisui said. He has sparred with Itachi quite a bit but never with Jayne.

"Even if we start out rough, we have a lot of time to work on it," Jayne was so optimistic. Shisui liked that about her. They got along pretty well and were able to joke around. He had only spent time with just her once, every other time was in a group with their classmates.

"So, you guys finally made it?" someone called out to them. He was leaning against a training post. He had green hair, brown eyes, and was wearing the typical jonin attire.

"Grassy head-sensei?" Jayne looked excited. She started running towards him. Shisui was a bit surprised. Does she know him already? More importantly, did she just call him grassy head-sensei?

"Shut up! How am I supposed to look cool in front of my new students when you call me names like that?" The grassy head-sensei grumbled.

"So you are our sensei?" Itachi asked.

Before the man could answer Jayne pounded him with more questions, "How long have you been back? You've been gone for so long! Are you really our sensei? Now you definitely have to teach me since I'm your real student!"

"Calm down child, let me talk," The man said. The two Uchiha boys watched this exchange not really sure what was going on. The man then cleared his throat showing he was ready to start talking, "I am Ayato Tennoji, your new sensei. As you've seen, Jayne and I already know each other so I look forward to getting to know you two boys as well."

Shisui straightened up, "I am Shisui Uchiha. I'm looking forward to learn from you."

Itachi then introduced himself, "I am Itachi Uchiha and I also look forward to learning from this experience."

"Good," A smile crept across his face, "Then let's get started."