Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, do you honestly think I would be writing fan fiction? Yeah… Naruto is not mine, nor do I wish it to be because I would butcher it. This applies to all chapters.
Secrets and Shinobi
Chapter 1: Intro- Team Neji
"Hurry up! If we're late again, Neji sensei will make us do taijutsu training again today." The Uchiha residence was characteristically loud this morning. The air was filled with the harried yells of two teenagers.
"If you make me late again, Hikaru Uchiha, I'll kick your ass into next week so you won't ever make me late again. Believe it!" Hisoka Uzumaki was impatient for several reasons. One reason was that they were running late because Hikaru couldn't find his orange sweat and arm bands. Another reasons was that Neji sensei said he would punish them if they showed up late again. He said he would cut off their chakra and randomly attack or send them on D level missions. "Plus," Hisoka continued, "Mikoto is gonna be pissed at you. You know what she said last time."
"Alright, alright already. I'm coming," grumbled a pissy looking Hikaru Uchiha. Hikaru was the hyperactive, blond haired, black-eyed child of Sasuke Uchiha. Hisoka had always wondered who Hikaru's mother was because Hikaru was nothing like his father. He looked at him, sighed at their fate and took off with Hikaru right behind him.
As they silently sprinted to their team's meeting place Hikaru took the time to observe his best friend and teammate. Hisoka, with his solemn blue eyes and spiky black hair was one of his most precious people, right up with his Dad and Naruto. 'We're so different; how can he be so quiet and small when his Dad is super tall and one of the most loudmouthed people in the village? He's barely 5'5". I think the only reason we are such good friends is because we grew up together.' His thought were cut off as they rounded the bend and saw their sensei, Neji, standing with their other teammate, Mikoto Yamanaka. Thankfully, their sensei was smiling as they approached.
"Perfect! You two got here just in time. We have a mission today. D-Class, at the Academy." Neji wasn't actually as happy as he sounded. I fact he was pissed off at them for being late but he didn't let that show. He was going to make them pay for making him wait. " We are showing the students signed up to take the test how teams are run and how they are decided. After that, we get to baby-sit the younger classes." His normal, small smile was replaced with a large foreboding toothy grin.
" NO! Sensei, I'll do anything! But please! Not the Academy! I'll never be late again! Please, your kids have it out for me. If we go there, I'll be a sitting duck," Hikaru begged.
" More like a squawking chicken," mused Hisoka quietly.
"What!" Hikaru yelled back.
"Shut up! I can't your useless, annoying simpering anymore. Now shut up before I have to make you," the foul tempered Mikoto yelled at Hikaru. She disliked waiting, and abhorred waiting for Hikaru, which she had to do often.
"Humph…stupid bitch…"
"What!"
And Chaos ensued. All was normal in day of the lives of Team 12.
Hisoka looked at his team and sighed. Mikoto wore her pinkish blonde hair in a long lose ponytail similar to their sensei's. She was also wearing her usual ensemble of, in Hisoka's opinion, slutty and unsensible clothing consisting of a long sleeved, red and purple tunic length shirt, black spandex shorts with her kunai holster on her right leg, and matching, weighted, thigh-high leg warmers. Hikaru wore just a plain black short-sleeve shirt with the Uchiha fan on the left shoulder with three-quarter-length fishnet underneath; black Capri pants with his kunai hostler on his right leg; and weighted, orange wristbands. Neji sensei wore what he always wore: a simple yukata with an obi. Though it looked like it would hinder his movements, they don't; they make the enemy underestimate him, which was exactly what he wanted. Hisoka himself was wearing baggy Capri pants with leg wrappings and a simple three-quarter sleeve shirt with a red spiral on the back and arm wraps.
He sighed.
"Sensei, why do we have to go to the Academy?" he asked.
"We're not the only ones. All off the Genin of your year will be there to showcase how teams are to be decided. Team Sasuke will be there also," Neji answered.
Hikaru stopped arguing with Mikoto long enough for him to ask, "So this isn't punishment?"
Neji looked at him weirdly, "No. Why?"
"Nothing."
Mikoto looked at her watch, "Sensei, if we don't leave now, we'll be late."
"Alright! Even though I hate the Academy, a mission is a mission so I'm gonna do my best. Lets GO!" Hikaru sped off towards the Academy
"…" Hisoka left to the Academy
"Alright, I'm going." Mikoto ran after them as Neji followed.
A/N: Okay, I have gone through it and edited it. I made many mistakes. This is just the first chapter. I'm going through all my stories. Bear with me. I don't know who I allowed to be my Beta, so if you could just PM, I would email it all to you immediately. If you want to be my Beta, just tell me. I'll send you a sample of a chapter and see how fast you get it back to me. Ja Matte Ne!