1SC: Okay, I got three reviews. Oh well. Anyway, here's Chapter two of Child of a Shinobi.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Duh.
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Chapter 2
Separation of the Cells
"Shingetsu, get your lazy butt out of bed!" Kakushin called as he passed her room. No response. "Shingetsu?" He pried open the door. "Brat?" He looked around. No Shingetsu. He scratched his head. 'She's already gone?' He walked out to the main room. "Hey mom, Shin's been kidnaped. Can we get a puppy?"
"She snuck out earlier. I'm pretty sure that she wasn't kidnaped." Sakura called from the couch. "She'll be back this afternoon. So no puppy."
"Damn."
"Language, Kakushin." Sasuke muttered as he walked past, cuffing his son on the head lightly.
"Gomen."
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Tenten peered into her daughter's room to see... an empty bed. "Yep. Hiun's gone too."
Neji walked out of the boy's room. "You'd think they'd just found out that they'd suddenly jumped up to Jonin ranking."
"You weren't exactly calm when you found out." Tenten grinned as Neji blushed a light pink.
"I thought we agreed we weren't going to bring that up."
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Ino grinned as she heard a stream of muffled curses from her son's room. "Shikamaru." She shook her husband lightly. "Wake up you lazy cloud gazer."
"Good morning to you too. Is he attempting to sneak out?"
"Attempting." She laughed. "He's about as graceful as a boar."
"Trying to shred a cherry blossom." Shikamaru muttered.
"What was that?"
"Nothing, nothing..."
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"Menrui..." Silence. "Menrui..."
"You'll never wake her up that way, Hiun."
"Shut up, otouto-chan."
"He's right you know. She's not gonna wake up that way."
"Some friend you are."
"Consider it revenge for yesterday. Hold on, I've got some miso ramen in my pack..."
Menrui stirred suddenly. "Ngh?"
Hari chuckled. "Lazy, aren't we?"
"Shut up you loser." She growled.
"Break it up before Naruto and Hinata come in here." Shingetsu whispered harshly. "Come on, we've been planning this for three weeks." She crawled back through Menrui's window, followed by a still sleepy Menrui, Hiun, Kiseichu, Hari, and Roba.
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As all six of the ninja appeared in the training field, Hari looked around. "We all know the rules, right?"
Menrui yawned. "Yeah, but you'll probably go over them again. We each try to kick each other's asses, you get knocked out or go past the out of bounds line, you're out."
"Thank you, Menrui, for that lovely description." Roba said dryly."Is everyone ready?" All six nodded. "Let's get going then. We definitely don't want to be late for the calling of the squads."
-Hiun's POV-
As soon as we started, Menrui summoned up an army of shadow clones. A trait she'd inherited from her father, lucky us. She seemed to be forgetting three of us had Byakugan, the all seeing evil eye. I did the appropriate hand signs, dodging the clones all the while. I glanced through the swarm until... Yes! There she was, in the middle of the group. Not the smartest place to be, but this was Menrui we were talking about. I leaped over to a tree, propelled myself off it, and rammed my friend in the back. Cheap shot, but if I'd come anywhere else, she would've seen me and done a substitution jutsu. Then I would've hit a log or a rock. No one seems to realize how much that hurts until they've done it...
Menrui's clones disappeared, seeing as I practically pile-drived() her. Then, I tossed her into the forest, out of bounds. "Dammit Hiun!" She cursed.
'She'll get over it.' I assured myself as I charged towards my little brother.
-Shingetsu's POV-
I would've thanked Hiun for taking care of Menrui's clones under normal circumstances, but these weren't normal circumstances. Right now, I needed to deal with Roba, who had at least three kunai coming at me. I ducked down and rolled to his side, tripping him. I leaped back and made a break for my own kunai and shuriken pouch, which someone, hackKiseichuhackhack, had cut off my waist. I'd take him after Roba.
As I grabbed my pouch, I saw Hiun slam the rounded end of a kunai into Kiseichu's forehead. 'Or not...' A shuriken imbedded itself in the dirt next to my palm. I looked up to see Hari standing on a tree branch above my head. "Pay attention, Shingetsu."
Ooh, I was in trouble now. I was good, but so was Hari. And he had that damned Byakugan... I would just have to be careful. Hopefully, Roba and Hiun would keep each other busy for a while. I quickly made the necessary hand signs and blew a fireball through my fingers. Hari dodged of course, but I'd expected that. I glanced over at Hiun for a moment but she was sitting down, nursing her wounds with Roba. Ha! They'd knocked each other out.
Unfortunately, I wasn't paying attention to Hari while I was doing this. A well aimed shuriken left a long cut in my cheek. "Ow!"
"What did I just tell you?"
"I don't know, why would I be listening to you?" I pulled a kunai from the still unattached pouch and threw it at Hari, cutting his shirt sleeve.
"Come on Shingetsu!" Menrui and Hiun cheered behind me.
"Kick her butt, Hari!" Roba yelled. Kiseichu was quiet. I smirked. 'So much for family loyalty.'
-Hari's POV-
'So much for family loyalty.' I thought. My sister was cheering for Shingetsu and Kiseichu wasn't cheering for either of us. 'At least Roba's on my side.' Another of Shin's weapons cut my shoulder, hitting skin instead of cloth. I hissed in pain. "Pay attention, Hari." She mocked.
Oh. Now she was just trying to make me beat her. Now, let me get this straight: normally, I don't hit girls. I don't have a strict honor code or anything, I just don't. Most girls that annoy me are just trying to get a date. Go figure. But Shingetsu was just flat-out egging me on. Little brat. "Angering your opponent isn't usually a good idea."
"Still trying to be all psychological? Give it up. It's annoying."
"I'm just giving you some friendly advice." In the middle of a battle, I added silently. She suddenly realized something was up.
"What are you doing?"
"Nothing much." I finished my jutsu. "Bye." A log stood on the branch I was previously on. I heard Shin curse as I peered through the branches of a tree behind her. 'Perfect.'
-Normal POV-
Shingetsu glanced around, trying to locate Hari's chakra. 'Where did he go?' A movement behind her caught her attention, and she whipped around and threw a kunai at it, then gasped. "Kakashi-sensei! Gomen nasai!"
The silver haired Jonin grinned under his mask, the kunai caught between his first and middle fingers. "No need to apologize. And Hari, would you mind coming out of that tree?" The Hyuuga jumped down.
"Behind me? You transported yourself behind me?" Shingetsu asked, mildly pissed that she didn't sense that. He shrugged.
Kakashi coughed, getting everyone's attention. "I just wanted to give you all your Squad numbers."
Menrui ran over. "We missed the ceremony!"
"No, no. We just decided it would be easier to deliver them this way. And by we, I mean Iruka and I."
"Of course." Everyone said as Kakashi pulled a stack of envelopes out his pocket.
"Now let's see... Hari, Hiun, Kiseichu, Shingetsu, Roba, and last but not least, Menrui." They all took their envelopes as their names were called. "Bye." He waved and disappeared.
"I've got to learn how to do that." Roba muttered, opening his envelope. "So much easier to get away from my parents when I'm in trouble." He glanced at the slip of paper in his hand. "'Squad 10, Akimichi Chouj.' Ah well. It's better than having to be on Gai's team."
"Didn't you hear? Gai's not taking a team this year. Lee took it instead." Hiun said, opening her envelope.
Roba laughed. "I pity anyone who get's him as a sensei."
Hiun groaned. "'Squad 5, Rock Lee.' Oh no, not Lee!"
"Lucky you." Kiseichu laughed as he opened his. "Dammit, I got Lee too!"
"Ha ha." Menrui laughed. "Lessee, 'Squad 8, Inuzuka Kiba.' Hey, I got Kiba-san! Awesome! That means I get to play with Akamaru. Who'd you get, Shingetsu?"
Shingetsu glanced at her paper. "'Squad 7, Hatake Kakashi.' That's pretty cool. What about you, Hari?"
Menrui turned to Roba. "Ten bucks says it's Lee."
"Your on." He whispered back. Then, in a normal volume. "Who'd you get?"
"The same." He muttered. "I'm in Kakashi-sensei's cell."
Menrui pouted as she handed the money to Roba. "I was so sure that you would've been in Lee's cell too!"
Hiun growled. "This is so not fair! How come me an' Kiseichu get stuck with Moe Howard the Third() and Hari gets Kakashi?"
Hari shrugged. "How should I know?"
Roba grunted. "This is rigged. Look, Tenten and Neji were both on Lee's team when it was Gai's cell. Now Lee's teaching Hiun and Kiseichu, not to mention some other poor sap. Chouji was on my mom and dad's team, and I got him for a teacher. And Sasuke and Sakura were both on Kakashi-sensei's team."
Menrui poked him. "Yeah, but what about me getting placed with Kiba-san?"
"Your mom was on Kiba's team and Naruto fought him in the Chuunin exams."
"Okay, fine. But that still doesn't explain why Hari is on Kakashi's team."
Roba paused to consider this. "Maybe Tsunade-sama didn't wanna put all three Hyuuga's on one team."
Hari looked over at Shingetsu. "Shall we finish?"
She paused, then shook her head. "No, I'm heading home."She walked into the forest. "You win." Everyone just filtered out of the clearing to their own homes to tell their parents the news. Hari frowned. A victory won from a forfeit isn't what he had wanted.
"Hari, let's go!" He sighed and followed Hiun. This would have to wait.
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Kakashi poofed up behind Iruka. "I've asked you not to do that."
"I know, but since when have I listened?" He grinned under his mask.
"Never. Did you give them the envelopes?"
"Of course. Roba thinks that we've rigged the selections."
Iruka grinned. "Is it our fault Tsunade-sama decided to let us pick our own teams this year?"
-Earlier That Morning-
Tsunade sighed. "For the third time, Lee, you can't have the Hyuuga triplets on your team."
"Why not!"
"Because, Kakashi has already picked Hari." Lee glared at the aforementioned, who was reading a book. No surprise there... "But you can have Hiun and Kiseichu."
"Yeah!" Lee punched the air. Kiba, who was sitting next to him with Akamaru, who was sleeping, rolled his eyes.
"Kiba, who is your first pick?"
The Inuzuka looked over the list of Genin. "The Uzumaki kid." Tsunade nodded and moved the picture of Menrui under Squad 8's list.
"Let's see... Chouji?"
"Nara Roba." He said immediately. Chouji had filled out as he'd grown up, losing his... ah, plumpness and gaining muscle. But he still always had a bag of potato chips with him.
"All right. Kakashi, it's your turn again." No response. "Kakashi?" Crickets chirped. Tsunade glared and everyone plugged their ears. "Hatake Kakashi!"
He finally looked up. "Yes?"
Everyone sweat-dropped. "Your second pick please?"
"Oh, is that all? Uchiha Shingetsu." He received a few glares. Lots of people wanted the great prodigy Uchiha Sasuke's kid on their team. He grinned to himself. Sucks to be them.
This continued until all students were sorted. "Since we are now done, please take your students designated envelopes and deliver them."
Lee blinked. "Tsunade-sama, I thought we were going to announce the designated cells at the ceremony."
"Not this time, I'm afraid. We've received a mission and need the a few of our ANBU ninjas to leave immediately. There will be no time for the ceremony while they prepare."
Kiba growled softly. Since he had volunteered to lead a Genin cell this year, he wouldn't be going. Oh well, neither would Lee or Chouji. If he was going to suffer, at least they would be suffering with him. "Now I would suggest you get to delivering those envelopes. Your cells need to be prepared for their missions in two days."
As the crowd in the room dispersed, Tsunade stopped Iruka. "Iruka, please stay for a moment. I need you to deliver these." She handed him a stack of thick envelopes.
"Hai." He walked out to see Kakashi holding seven envelopes instead of just three. "Why do you have all those?"
"Kiba, Lee, and Chouji asked me to deliver Roba, Menrui, Hiun, and Kiseichu's letters. Said even they wouldn't be able to track them down."
"Sounds like their just being lazy to me."
Kakashi chuckled. "Probably. Gotta go." He half waved and poofed away.
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"Those envelopes you had..." Kakashi started. "Were they the mission briefings?"
Iruka nodded. "I suppose you want to know if I happened to peek at them?"
"Of course not. I would never have even thought of accusing you of such a-okay, yeah."
"No, I didn't." He said, going back to walking.
"You can't tell me that. You had to have peeked just once."
Iruka looked around. "I caught a glance of one when Sasuke opened his. It said they were going to Kage Ryu island, but that's all I saw."
Kakashi frowned. "Kage Ryu...? Where is that?"
Iruka shrugged. "I don't know. I've never even heard of the place." Iruka said. As they passed a ramen shop, Iruka laughed. "Normally, I'd offer to buy you some dinner, but I'm broke."
"Ah, you took Naruto out for lunch?"
"Yep."
Kakashi laughed. "Well, then I guess I'll just have to pay this time."
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"I'm home." Shingetsu called as she walked through the door. It was almost three o' clock in the afternoon. She had stopped to buy some new shuriken and kunai, considering she left most of her on the field. Not to mention she needed a new pouch to hold them.
Sakura walked out of she and Sasuke's bedroom. "Hey. Is the ceremony over already?"
"No, the ceremony got canceled." She held up the envelope. "I got put on Kakashi-sensei's squad."
Sakura laughed. " Kakashi's a great teacher. It's a good thing you got stuck with him. What happened to your cheek?"
Luckily, Sasuke leaned out the door at that moment, stopping her from having to answer. "You got Kakashi, Shingetsu?"
"Uh-huh. So did Hari." Shin walked into the kitchen and grabbed an apple. She glanced at the ANBU masks sitting on the counter. "Did you guys get a mission?"
"Unfortunately. We're leaving tonight, but Tsunade is going to brief us herself later this afternoon. Actually," He glanced out the window, "Sakura, we'd better get going to Tsunade's office."
The kunoichi nodded. "All right. I'll go get changed." Shingetsu noticed her father was already in the standard ANBU uniform. A minute later, Sakura came back out, slipping her vest on. "Okay, let's go." She hugged Shin. "See you once we get home."
"Yeah." Sasuke hugged her next. "See you later jo-chan. Tell your brother we said bye." They grabbed their masks and walked out the door. Shingetsu took a bite of her apple. 'Figures.'
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Hari, Hiun, and Kiseichu walked into the Hyuuga home to hear silence. Hari glanced at the table in the middle of the hall and picked up the note lying there.
Hey guys.
Your father and I got called out on a mission for Tsunade-sama. Sorry we won't be here to see you off on your first missions.
Love you
"Figures." He muttered, handing the note to his siblings.
Hiun tch-ed as she read the note. "Guess we know why the ceremony was canceled."
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"Man, why does Tsunade have to send you off tonight?" Menrui whined.
Hinata smiled at her daughter. "It's a very important mission, Menrui."
Naruto grinned as well, though his usual perkiness wasn't there. "Don't worry, sweetheart. 'Ba-chan knows what she's doing. Anyway, the sooner we leave, the sooner we can get back. Hopefully we can get back before your mission ends."
"All right already, I get it!" Menrui walked back to her room and flopped down on her bed. "Figures."
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"Bye Roba." Ino kissed her son's cheek.
He wiped it off. "Mom, I'm not five. I'm used to you and dad going on missions."
Shikamaru sighed. "Don't see why we all have to go. Doesn't sound like that big of a mission."
Roba shook his head. "You are so lazy, Shikamaru!" Ino yelled. "Tsunade-sama is making us all go for a reason so stop complaining! Bye Roba." She waved at him before walking out, yelling at Shikamaru still. Shikamaru waved over his shoulder at Roba.
Roba shut the door, then kicked it. "Figures."()
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It's a wrestling move, but I didn't have a better description at the moment!
Yes, Moe Howard III. I say this because, while in the stupid forest before the Chunin preliminaries, Neji refers to Lee's hairdo as a Moe Howard haircut. He copied Gai, so Gai would be Moe Howard II. Moe Howard is the first Moe Howard. Obviously.
I know, I made them say/think the same thing. It's just to show how much they're connected. That, and I felt like it. So there!
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SC: That's it for Chapter 2. Not much to say except that if I'm spelling anything wrong, please tell me. I haven't gotten to see the entire series, and I've read most of the manga, but only the preliminaries of the Chunin exams, so I don't really know which teacher's who. Or everyone's Squad numbers. So I'm improvising. And I could use some clothes ideas for all of them, except Shingetsu. I've got her outfit planned out. Anyways, Read and review!