HORAAH, I'M NOT DEAD... yet. But yeah guys, I'm sorry this took so long! I have been sick and I decided that one day in bed I would just write this one up. I just didn't have much time to post it up.
Anyways, I would like to thank AnimeFreakAmanda, ShiTsukisama and Gemava whom I have been talking to lately. They are my role models! -Sends love-
Disclaimer: I got more manga... But no I don't own either Inuyasha or Naruto. :[
Chapter Nine:
That lunch period, Sasuke had taken Kagome with him. They both sat quietly inside of a empty house, leaning against an open window.
"Are you excited?" Kagome had asked.
"Hn. Should I be?" he asked, reaching into the bento that held the pickled vegtables and onigiri Kagome had made for their lunch that day.
"Well, Yeah! I mean, today is the day we were paired together in a team! We won't have to visit eachother every 'once and a while' when we are on the same team!" Kagome attempted to explain while her mouth was full with rice. In a way, the scene would be cute. After she swallowed, she continued. "Really though, we can be with eachother everyday and I can make bento's for Naruto and you... We could be like... A big family?"
Sasuke just chuckled, one of the many things he only did around her.
"I don't mind being around you since I always am. It's the idea of having that dobe around." the raven headed boy uttered. Speaking longer sentences was also on the list of things he only did around his best friend.
"Sasuke, don't be mean." Kagome giggled and shook her head. "He seems like a very nice boy. He's different thats all. Also, you can't exactly say we're normal either."
Sasuke looked at the girl as she gained a blank stare. She was true though. A boy who was the second last of his clan and a girl who had an ancient seal lodged onto her forehead. Deffinitley not... Normal.
"Besides, he's on our team now, we have to be nice. Teamwork is essential when in a mission." she sighed as she quoted a saying from a scroll she read.
"Hn." he hummed. Yet again, she was true. Teamwork was essential and he would try. It didn't mean he had to like it though.
They leaned there for a while until an orange blob swung in through the window, closing the windows cover.
Kagome automatically activated her Byakugan. As she looked around she saw Sasuke, come barrels, Naruto, some posters- Wait, Naruto?
"Naruto what are you doing here?" Kagome asked.
"Huh? Oh Kagome." Naruto looked over, shocked. He started chuckling nervously. "Well, I was going to tie Sasuke up and transform into him, but now that I see I'm a little out numbered..."
Kagome just laughed as Sasuke gave him a glare.
"Why don't you eat with us? We are a team afterall and I brought more than enough foor." she askes, walking back to the window to lift the cover off. With her Byakugan still activated, she saw Ino, Shikamaru and Choji all sitting on a balcony a little bit away form them. They seemed to be watching the window. The navy haired girl waved to them. Ino huffed and looked away, Shikamaru raised a hand, just to drop it as quickly and Choji nodded, still eating his lunch.
"Really Kagome?" Naruto asked, eyes shining brightly.
Sasuke wanted to stomp his feet in anger and scream, 'No, not really! Now leave' but he was an Uchiha. Uchiha's did not stomp their feet much less scream. Screaming was for girls, he was a man and he yelled like a man. Sasuke... Very manly.
"Of course! Look, we still have some onigiri left, and a lot of vegetables. Go ahead!" Kagome picked up the bento and offered him some. He automatically reached for an onigiri.
He shoved it in his mouth, not really caring for the taste, but as soon as the flavors started spreding through his mouth he slowed down. The texture of the rice was perfect. Smooth with no bumps. It was soft to bite into, but not so much to the point where all the rice started to fall apart uselessly. The filling was heavenly. He had never tasted cooking so good before.
"Where did you buy this?" he hummed softly, still chewing.
"W-Well, I actually made it on my own. Is it bad?" she asked, wide eyed.
Sasuke seemed to be giving him a warning glare, but the blonde barely noticed.
"Hell no! This is delicious!" he yelled after swallowing. "How did you learn to cook like that?"
"Uhm, I was grown up away from Konoha... I didn't know about my family until I was five. When I was living with... Another woman, she taught me all sorts of things. I would always help her around the house with cooking and such." Kagome's eyes were filled with a happy nostalgia. "Even when I came back, I was taught how to cook by Hinoki, my caregiver. She's an exellent cook, even better than me!"
"Wow!" Naruto gasped. "Someone can cook better than this! I have to try some sometime!"
"Sure! I'll have to invite you for dinner some time." she smiled.
"I-Invite? As in... You're going to let me in your house?" he had never heard that before. He never had a friend that would let him come over, their parents were to angry at him. Actually, he barely had friends at all.
"Yeah, why not?" she looked confused.
The girl never got an answer, only being pounced on to receive a huge hug from the boy. She could faintly hear a growl coming from beside them, not recognizing it to be Sasuke.
The rest of that lunch period was spent talking about random things. Animals, food, training, different villages, missions they wanted, you name it and I bet they talked about it. Kagome supplied the finfilled laughter, Naruto telling the jokes and conversation topics and Sasuke watched over Kagome as she had a fun time, also allowing himself to add a few 'Hn's' into the conversations. After that, they packed up Kagome's now empty bento and headed back to class together.
Time to meet their new Jounin leader.
"He's late!" Naruto groaned, head sticking out of the door and flicking from side to side. "How come our teachers the only one late?"
Kagome giggled, sitting on a desk. "Maybe he had somthing to do?"
"Well I'm ready to roll. Believe it!" he looked back at his new teamates.
Kagome was sitting on a desk, kicking her small legs back and forth. Sasuke on the other hand, was sitting at the same desk a spot over, resting his elbows on it.
"Well, he should have done it yesterday!" he turned around, a feirce look in his eyes. "All the other teams met their Jounin sensei's already! I bet their all out doing some extremely cool missions while we sit in here and do nothing at all! Even Iruka-sensei left us!"
"Well, Iruka-sensei actually did have stuff to do." Kagome murmered.
Kagome looked over at the blonde haired Ninja, spotting him up on a stool. He was placing a chalk eraser in between the door frame and the door. If someone were to walk through there, they would have chalk powder all over their head. Kagome hoped their sensei either didn't fall for it or didn't have black hair. They would look like a skunk.
"Naruto... I'm pretty sure that's not okay." Kagome said hesitantly.
"Kagome, don't worry! That's what he gets for making us wait!" he laughed. "Suprise!"
"Hn." Sasuke hummed. "Our teacher is a Jounin, an Elite Ninja. Do you think he would fall for that?"
Kagome frowned. "He has a point."
They all paused as they saw a hand curl around the door, ready to pull it open. As it did, in popped a silver haired man who... Got slammed in the head with a chalk eraser.
The room was silent for a few seconds before Naruto burst out laughing.
"I got him! He totally fell for it!" Naruto pointed at the man and laughed.
Kahome tried to hold back her giggles, knowing it would be rude to laugh. It had been so funny though!
Sasuke frowned deeper, resting his chin on his hands. He actually fell for that cheap trick? Is this guy even a Jounin?
The man leaned down and grabbed the eraser.
"Hm, how should I put this?" his voice was deep. "My first impresion of this group: You're all idiots."
Thre three Genin drooped at the same time.
"Meet me on the roof in five minute. That is all the time you have." he said, then poofed away.
Kagome paused, looking around. The stairs would obviously take too long. Outside was a tree that could possibly be as tall as the roof. It was their best chance.
She ran over to the window, opening it up and turning around.
"The stairs will take too long, we have to get up the tree!" she told them, they both nodded and ran after her.
Each of them jumped onto the tree, going up the branches until they reached the top and jumped onto the roof.
Their Sensei was already there, leaning against the railing. He had an orange book open that said 'Icha Icha Paradise' on it. Kagome was about to ask what it was until he snapped it shut and put it in his Ninja pouch.
"You may all take seats over there." he pointed to the steps.
They did as they were told, Kagome sitting on the far left, Sasuke in the middle and Naruto on the right.
Now that she wasn't having to keep herself under control of laughing, Kagome looked her new Sensei over.
He had silver hair that defied gravity and leaned left. He had a mask on his face, covering up his nose and went up towards his left eye. His forehead protector leaned over that left eye as well. He must have a thing for left angles? Kagome wondered as she continued to check him over. He wore a normal green Jounin vest with a long sleeved black under shirt. He had long black pants and black Ninja sandals.
"Why don't you introduce yourselves?" he asked.
"Introduce ourselves?" Kagome cocked her head sideways.
"Yes, tell me what your hobbies are. Dislikes, likes, dreams for the future? Stuff like that." He answered with a shrug.
"I'm still not understanding." the 'thick-headed' blonde scratched his neck. "How 'bout you do one first so we can see how it's done?"
"Me? I'm Kakashi Hatake. Things I like and things I hate... I don't feel like telling you that." the silver haired mans face was never changing. Kagome and Naruto looked at eachother, eyebrows raising in question. "My dreams for the future... Never really thought about it. As for my hobbies... I have lots of hobbies."
Kagome tried not to giggle when she realised he had said absalutley nothing about him besides his name. She knew though, that even if he wasn't saying it on purpose somewhere deep down he was telling them that if they were a good enough team and passed in his eyes, they would all eventually learn these things about him. She honestly couldn't wait to gain a new friend.
"Alright, you on the right. Your turn." he looked at Naruto.
"I'm Naruto Uzumaki, believe it! I like instant ramen in a cup, even better then that is when Iruka takes me out to have Ichiraku ramen, it's the best. I hate the three minutes you have to wait for after you pour the hot water into the cup. My hobby is compairing different types of ramen and seeing which ones I like most. My future dream is... To be the greatest Hokage, then the whole village will stop disrespecting me and look up to me instead."
He's grown up in a very interesting way... No seriously, who in hell wears orange and is obsessed with ramen. Just thinking. Kakashi thought to himself. "Alright next."
"My name is Kagome Higurashi. I like... No, I love every one of my friends, Sesshomaru Sasuke, Neji. I also like oden, it's my favourite food! I don't particularily hate anything... Except when people pick on Hinata-nii or call her weak. I also don't like it when my friends are hurt. My hobbies are training, some archery and weapons training, hanging out with my friends, cooking, reading... Well, I like to do just abthing that isn't hurtful to others. My dream for the future has to be, hmm... Oh! I want to settle down and have a family after becoming a Jounin or even ANBU! I will work under the great Hokage Naruto and everything will be fun!" Kagome ranted and spoke without having to take one breath.
She's... Kinder, more fragile. She will need some toughening up. Other than that Kagome seems to be an intelligent girl who cares for her friends. The silver haired man stared at the girl as Naruto looked over to her.
"You think I can be Hokage?" he asked.
"Yeah of course! You can be whatever you want to be if you put your mind to it and work for it!" she encouraged.
Sasuke watched the two of them interact with slight anger. Why was Kagome acting so warmly to him? Yeah, he knew she was always extremely nice to everyone but to Naruto Uzumaki? Why that dead last?
"Last one." Kakashi called.
"My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I hate a lot of things, and I don't particularily like anything besides Kagome and her cooking." That made the girl giggle. Sasuke continued in his monotone voice. "What I have is not a dream because I will make it a reality. I'm going to resore my clan and destroy a certain somebody."
Kagome and Kakashi stared at the boy, both knowing what he meant while Naruto dreaded the somebody was him.
"Good, your each unique and you have your own ideas." their sensei informed them. "We will have our first mission tomorrow."
"Whoa! What kind of mission!" Naruto asked.
"It's a task that the four of us will do together." the man left him hanging.
"What what what what!" Naruto demanded.
"A training excersise. One where the three of you will spar against eachother, every ninja by themselves. I will decide which what will happen from there." he said.
"Wait... What do you mean 'what will happen from there.'" Kagome tried to impersonate the mans deep voice and failed miserably. It seemed to make Naruto laugh.
"If I told you, you would not want to do the exercise." Kakashi chuckled darkly.
"No, no... Tell us." Kagome leaned forward with bright eyes.
"Well, if you say so." Kakashi continued with his dark voice. "Of the thirty graduates chosen, only twelve will be selected to become Genin. The other eighteen will be weeded out and sent back to the Academy. In other words, this is a make it or break it, pass or fail test and the chance that you'll fail is at least sixty six percent."
Naruto was wide eyed, Kagome fiddled with her fingers (a habit she had taken from Hinata) and Sasuke's eyes narrowed further.
"See, I told you that you wouldn't like it." the man smirked under his mask.
"What do you mean pass or fail! We worked hard to get here, believe it. What was that Graduation test for anyways?" Naruto shouted.
"Oh that. Well that was just to select candidates who might become Genin, or not." their non-chalant sensei said. Naruto yelled in frusteration and he finished off by saying, "That's how it is. I decide whether you pass or fail. Be at the designated training spot by five am."
Just like that, he was gone. The three almost-Genin sat there, frusterated.
"Well, I suppose I should go home and train a bit before tomorrow." Kagome sighed, standing and offering the boys a smile. "I suppose we will meet in the morning Sasuke?"
She recived a nod for her answer and she giggled. "Alright, have a good night Naruto, Sasuke."
Kagome then jumped from the roof and made her way home.
From then on, Kagome had used her time wisley and practiced her taijutsu until supper, which turned out being tempura shrimp and vegetables along with miso soup. She ate together with Neji and Hinoki as usual and told them about her day and the mission she would be carrying out the next day. Neji also explained how his team had to do a similer task of going out and finding a scroll, the first one to the scroll was allowed to stay on the team no matter what. It had ended up being Neji himself, but Gai explained afterward that they were all supposed to find it together. Their whole exercise was based on teamwork.
Kagome took that into consideration as she meditated before she went to sleep.
If it's all about teamwork, how are we supposed to show that while sparing each other? I mean, the only way that we could get along was if we stopped going against each other... She thought as she uncrossed her legs at the end of meditating. There must be some catch... I guess I will figure it out tomorrow.
With that thought in mind, she got into her bed and fell asleep.
"Good morning Naruto!" Kagome called out to the blonde haired boy who had arrived ten minutes later than Sasuke and herself. It was about five a.m and Kakashi wasn't even there yet, so the three of them all found comfortable spots and decided to rest until their possible new sensei showed up. By the time he actually came, it was around eight a.m, around four hours since he was supposed to be there.
"Your late!" Naruto screamed at him when he showed.
"Ah sorry, I had to help an old lady with her grocery bags." Kakashi made an excuse.
"It took him that long to take some bags across town?" Kagome murmered. It only took about two hours at the most to get across town at a slow pace. What the heck did he do with the other two hours?
Sasuke just rolled his eyes and jumped down from the tree he had been laying in.
"Alright, we will begin the testing soon. First, to explain the rules. Each of you will start off in different places. Kagome will be in spot A, Naruto in spot B and finally, Sasuke in spot C. I will come by and check on you before you begin when you have reached your own starting place." the man explained in a lazy tone. "Then, I will ring a bell and all of you may start. You will be against eachother, so use whatever time you have before someone finds you."
With those instructions, each newly graduated Genin was ushered off to their begining points.
Kagome stood in her little area, awaiting Kakashi to drop by. When he did though, it seemed he had a frown on underneath his mask.
"Whats wrong Kakashi-sensei?" She asked, studying his upset face.
"It seems that I had overheard Naruto talking when he was headed to point B. He was talking about how he had a plan with Sasuke to gang up on you. That boy doesn't know how to keep his mouth shut it seems. He was also talking about how weird your sister is, a shame really." he sighed. "I thought I would warn you before we start."
He then poofed away, leaving a very confused and angered Kagome.
What? Sasuke would never gang up with Naruto like that right? I mean, I am his best friend... But he has always been a little jealous over the fact that I can almost match him in power. He has always told me he would do whatever it takes to become a ninja, so if I'm a threat to him... She thought angirly to herself. And Naruto calling Hinata-nee, weird! It isn't her fault that she's unconfident and shy! There is absalutley nothing wrong or odd about her!
The girl was instantly in a overprotective rage and just couldn't wait for the bell to ring.
Meanwhile, in a seperate clearing, Kakashi had gone to talk to Naruto.
"Ah, Kakashi-sensei! You weren't late this time!" the blond shouted.
"Shh, Naruto. If you raise your voice, the other two will deffinitley hear you." Kakashi warned him. "Anyways, I come baring some pretty interesting information. I heard Kagome talking to herself as she was walking to her spot, none of it was good. You know how everyone thinks shes so innocent? Well it is untrue."
"What do you mean?" the blue-eyed boy scratched the back of his head.
"She was talking about how Sasuke and her are going to gang up on you. Even Sasuke was talking about how worthless you are compaired to them. I mean, they have been friends for a long time now and would chose each other over you. He was even talking about how you would never become Hokage because you aren't in a good clan like the Uchiha or Hyuga." the silver haired male told him. "I thought I would warn you before we start."
The man poofed away, Naruto staying back and having time to process what he just said.
I could expect that from Sasuke-teme, but Kagome? I guess the snotty Uchiha has gotten to her after all. I will beat the snot out of him! He growled in his mind.
All he needed was the bell to ring and he would destroy them, showing Kakashi that he could be a Genin.
Sasuke arrived to his target point around the same time as the other two did and when he got there, Kakashi was already waiting there for him.
"Ah, Sasuke. Your finally here?" the man joked and recived a cold glare from the younger male.
"I understand already, leave." he told the man coldly.
"I already know that, out of all of you three, you are the one I want on my team the most. A powerful Uchiha. Anyways, it seems that your friend and Naruto don't think your all that important from what I heard. They told me everything when I talked to them earlier." he leaned against a tree, his visible eye was squinted. "It seems Kagome thinks you will fail because you haven't had the proper Uchiha training. She told me that she had just never voiced her opinion before. As for the Uzumaki boy, he told me that the two of them were going to team up and defeat you together. I just though I would warn you before we start."
The Jounin's body was gone with a poof of smoke, with Sasuke there by himself he narrowed his eyes and clenched his hands.
So the Dobe has convinced Kagome to join him. I knew she was too innocent to be near him. The raven haired male frowned. I will defeat Naruto and then move onto Kagome...
All he needed was that small little bell...
Kakashi smirked.
How he loved to mess with childrens minds. They didn't deserve to be Ninja's if they couldn't understand the fact that he had easily lied to them. Sure it had taken him a while to find things that would bug the Genin into a rage state, but it would be worth it.
With a small tap, he rang the bell for the mission to begin.
The Jounin then went and found himself a tree to sleep in and read his Icha Icha Paradise books. They would attack each other relentlessly. He knew they wouldn't pass. Of course... No one ever had.