AN: I was actually quite surprised that someone actually found this story after so long. Thank you Ierinna for finding my story. It gave me the kick in the pants I needed to continue with it. Ambrant, I open ended her stealth rolls 3 times and her combat rolls twice, got a blasted 66 for the crit. I was laughing my head off as I pictured the combat, I really was.

Disclaimer: I have maybe five cents and my brain...which is half rotten, but I'd be willing to share!

Chapter 3

"He said, and I quote, 'come at me with the intent to kill.' I did, he died, that's all there is to say about it!" Maevrin yelled.

The Sandaime pinched the bridge of his nose, "I know he told you to come at him with the intent to kill. I know that, but did you really have to kill the man?" He cast a sidelong gaze to the other three genin from team seven, yeah, they looked spooked. Sakura looked especially freaked, but then she woke up in a pool of her sensei's blood, so it was allowed.

"Yessssssssssssss, I did have to kill him. He was taunting me with that blasted orange book, evil, vile thing it is...." Maeve hissed, she then started cackling maniacally, "Yes, all perverts must die, I shall kill every last one with the vile orange!" Naruto started looking rather nervous here, the Sandaime did as well. The Sandaime silently vowed to himself that the sadistically homicidal midget would never find out what was in his desk drawer.

Sarutobi exchanged a pained look with the ANBU who'd brought team seven up to his office shortly after the debacle. One of the ANBU was rather nervous, in fact, if he wasn't mistaken, that ANBU was the same one Maeve had attacked when she'd been brought in. He inhaled deeply, "Do you know what the purpose of the test was?"

Sakura frowned, "It was so three of us could pass."

Sarutobi sighed and looked at Sasuke and Naruto, both had slightly nervous expressions. His gaze slid to Maeve. He groaned inwardly, she had a contemplative look on her face as she studied the boys of the team. Maeve grunted in annoyance, 'Me and my niceness, I've gotta bale them out....' "The test was to see if we could work together as a team."

"Then why didn't you even try teamwork?"

Maeve grinned, "He annoyed me very badly. Besides, it's not like it would have worked anyway. Pinky over there wouldn't have worked with blondie and I don't see broody working well with many people. If this team is passed it will be the most dysfunctional team known to man." Sakura gasped in outrage, Sasuke and Naruto both looked somewhat guilty, broody, and nervous. They'd noticed the looks given to them by their unexpected teammate. Maeve sighed, "That being said, I'd say give the bells to the three of them anyways, keep me off the bloody team. They'd drive me insane in short order."

Sakura had stars in her eyes, up until she heard the implied insult. Sasuke grunted and Naruto bit his lip. Naruto finally groaned, "You'd better keep one of the bells. I think I might end up getting the team killed...especially with my lack of taijutsu skills."

Sasuke shook his head, "Dobe. You won't be able to take the test again. I at least would be able to try out again."

Sakura frowned, "No, Sasuke-kun's too good to go back. I'll go back."

Maeve glared at them, "I don't like any of you. I don't want to be on your team. So, don't even think of giving me a bell." This earned her glares from the other three members of team seven and a snort of amusement from Sarutobi.

Maeve was about to continue her rant when a great deal of killer intent came at them from behind. She swung around, dragging a katana out from who knows where and getting into a loose stance, she unconsciously moved between her three teammates and the KI. "YOU FOUR....pass!" Kakashi stood before them, a bandage wrapped around his chest and the eye-smile firmly in place on his face.

Maeve paled, "You're still alive?! Oh, no, oh nonononono." she swung around to Sarutobi, "I refuse to have an undead sensei! No, you can't make me!"

Sarutobi grinned, "The ANBU squad I had observing the test were able to get Kakashi to the hospital in time to be resuscitated. He did, technically die...for a minute or so, but he was revived with little trouble."

Kakashi turned to the smallest member of his team, "...I'm actually impressed you managed to kill me. That being said, don't do it again. Here is the motto of my team, those who don't complete a mission are scum, those who abandon their friends are lower than scum. Meet me at training ground seven tomorrow at eight, we'll start training and missions. Maeve, you'll stay behind."

Maeve whimpered but nodded. Three fifths of team seven walked out the door while the other two waited for the door to close. Kakashi turned to Maeve after the door had closed, "I'm not going to do anything about that mishap, I did tell you to come at me with the intent to kill. What I want to know is this, what did you use and have you truly never used kunai or shurikans?"

Maeve nodded, "I used a long bow. I've never used a kunai or a shurikan. Long bows have more power and can be fired at a greater distance. Not only that, but they're fairly swift to redraw, my bow's range is 500 yards...I think."

Kakashi nodded, "That's impressive. How are you at taijutsu and ninjutsu?"

Maeve frowned, "Why are you asking me this and not the rest of the team?"

"The rest of the team I have scores on and paperwork for. You're unknown."

Maeve sighed, "I think you're going to need to update on Sasuke and Naruto." at Kakashi's look she continued, "It's just something I noticed, it could be nothing or it could be something, but those two know more than they let on. They knew the purpose of the bell test. Naruto was also drawing you into a taijutsu fight so that Sasuke could analyse you."

Kakashi frowned, "Why do you say that?"

"Think about it. Naruto fought you and led you across the clearing, then he was mostly stationary. Where he had you was where Sasuke had a greater view."

"Then why didn't Sasuke team up with him later?"

"No time, you headed off immediately to deal with him and after you'd dealt with Sasuke and Sakura...well, I'd dealt with you."

Kakashi thought this over, "That would explain a lot...like how Sasuke knows so much more about Naruto than the rest of the people in their class...and don't think I don't realize what you just did, I want to know what your tai- and nin-jutsu skills are."

Maeve glared, "Try to help someone.... Okay, my taijutsu style is the Kage Nashi (no shadow) style...actually that's a weapon style. I have basic taijutsu knowledge in the Tora (tiger) style...but that's it. Hmmm, ninjutsu...I've got some invisibility techniques, poison techniques, I can, of course to the replacement and bushin no jutsu...I do have basic healing techniques but those mostly involve medicines due to the poison mastery I've got...and I do mean mastery, I was known as a poison mistress in my clan. I was an assassin, there's no other way to put it. I can hold my own against chunin in a toe to toe fight, but I can kill a jounin when I use my assassination techniques. I'm also pretty good at disguises and a few infiltration techniques."

"How good are you with your naginata?" Sarutobi asked, causing then to jump, they'd forgotten the Hokage was there. The ANBU had long since left.

Maeve grinned, "I'm better at my naginata than I am with the katana. Here's my preferred weapons ranking, long bow first, naginata second, katana third. I killed a dragon with my long bow...from ambush, but hey, it was a kill. I killed Aramis Blackheart with my naginata. When I use my weapons...let's put it this way, I rely on acrobatics. I come in behind the tank, and while the tank has the enemy engaged in combat I either vault over the two of them and attack the enemy from behind or I dart around and do the same. I use my naginata as a pole vault at times. This allows me to ambush the enemy from behind."

"How can you ambush an enemy that knows you're there?" Kakashi asked.

"Like I said, I'm really, really good at ambushing things."

"So, you're going to be the shadow of the group. Why did you think you'd be able to defend your teammates from me when I came at you earlier?"

Maeve blushed, "What makes you think I was trying to defend them?"

Kakashi eye smiled, "You moved between them and me. You were prepared to defend them."

Maeve scowled up at him, her lower lip jutted out (read, she pouted), "Don't tell them that, they might think I actually like them!" she sighed then, and shrugged, "Well...I was more prepared to deal with a threat than they are. I would have felt like a heel if I'd let anything happen to them when I could do something about it."

Kakashi grinned, "That's good to hear. I'll tell you this now, I might need your help breaking Sakura of her bad habits and I know I'll need your help with Naruto. The counsel has declared that I'm to focus more on Sasuke because of his blood line. I don't intend to do that to the degree they want, but I will need to focus a good deal on him."

Maeve nodded slowly, "Yeah, I can see that.... I can also see that we're probably not going to see what Naruto or Sasuke are capable of until they want us to. I'll try to convince them otherwise, but they don't know me, and I doubt they'll trust me after the test.... If I can, I'll see if I can get all of us to train together, that way there'll be a better exchange of information and knowledge.... Blast it! I'm channeling my inner Wooky and Gwen!"

Sarutobi chuckled, "They are teacher, I take it?"

Maeve shrugged, "Wooky's the Tora style dojo master from our clan. Gwen...well Gwen's the Jill of all trades. She's got her hands in a lot of pies...illusions, infiltration, information, taijutsu...yeah, you name it, she knows at least a little about it. She's also the mama figure to a slew of orphans."

Sarutobi nodded, "Good examples to learn from. Were they part of your team?"

"Wooky was, so was Maelynn, Gwen was off and on. Gwen mostly focused on her husband and mothering orphans, though."

Sarutobi's brow furrowed, "Forgive me, but from the reports I received from your Kage I thought that Gwen was actually your junior...?"

Maeve glared, "She is."

Kakashi frowned, "Explain."

"Well, you see, Gwen's thirty years my junior. I'm 150 years old."