SUMMARY: Matsuri, Sari, and Ittetsu finally get to meet their Jonin leader, too bad he's sort of nuts (hinted GaaMats)- plot revolves mostly around Matsuri
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto; I'm not that talented
Matsuri, Sari, & Ittetsu
Team 5
CHAPTER 2: Crazy-Butt Jonin
Gaara sifted through the available Jonin for the new genin teams. He'd stopped to ponder especially hard for Team 5's leader. He new that Matsuri, his former student, had been made a genin, and he intended on congratulating her in person, once he got the time. He just wanted the best for her.
He knew of a few jonin who'd been graduated to genin then chunin and finally jonin, top of the food chain, but he still didn't want to cheat any other teams of a better Jonin leader because he favored Matsuri's team. Or rather… Matsuri herself….
Sighing, the redheaded Kazekage shifted through some other files until a face popped up. He looked at the jonin's file, his abilities.
"Perhaps…." He murmured, looking from the jonins file to the new Team 5's file.
…K~S
Matsuri sighed, finally giving in, and walked with crossed arms over to Sari, who still sat moping in the corner.
"Oi!" she said as she stood in front of the pretty kunoichi. "I'm Matsuri." She stuck out a hand, but Sari only looked away, sniffing pitifully, before looking back, attempting a smile.
"I'm Sari. It's nice to meet you." Sari stood up and bowed awkwardly. "I don't recall seeing you around much, at least, we never talked." She put a perfect finger to her chin. "You were student to our new Kazekage." She smiled wide then. "You must be powerful. I think I remember seeing you practicing on this field during free period. You're really good."
Matsuri blinked. This girl sure knew how to sweet-talk. But Matsuri could tell it was genuine. "Uh, thanks, Sari."
Sari smiled. "Sorry I was a downer. I just really wanted to be with my boy friend, Abiru!"
Matsuri smiled. "Oh, I understand."
"Well, it seems you two are getting along nicely."
Matsuri rolled her eyes and turned to Ittetsu. He was looking at the sand walls, angry and unapproachable.
"Stop pouting. We're going to be a team." Sari said, walking straight up to the bigger ninja. She turned to Matsuri, her face softening. "Right, Mats'? Even if we aren't with who we want to be?"
Ittetsu stiffened and Matsuri blushed. Could Sari tell she'd mocked them both in her thoughts? Matsuri looked down at her black, Suna-style shoes, feeling guilty about mocking Sari. The pretty kunoichi was handy with a kunai, and her chakra control was almost as flawless as her own.
"Yes!" Matsuri said.
"Well, okay, then." Ittetsu grumbled.
"Okay okay!" Sari cheered, clapping her hands together.
…K~S
Hayate Tanaka gazed down at the 3 genin in the corner of the training field. They seemed to be trying to get along, but the group had a tension inside it. Tricky stuff.
Kayate was a tall, thin jonin with black hair and gray eyes. His forehead protector crossed over his right eyebrow and the top of his right ear. He smirked as Sari, the one with the darkest hair, tried to hug Ittetsu, his only boy of the group, and the boy froze up. Matsuri laughed. Matsuri, the Kazekages' old student. He expected a lot from her. Not that the others wouldn't be worth looking at every once in a while. Ittetsu was good at taijutsu, and had a thing for releasing massive amounts of chakra, even if it wasn't very controlled. He'd also heard that while Sari wasn't physically strong or fast, she was pretty smart and good at chakra control and weapon handling.
Overall, his team might just make it.
…K~S
Ittetsu stepped back from Sari right as a man jumped behind him. Surprised by the sudden drop in, he put up his hands, ready to defend like they taught him at fighting practice. Matsuri followed his lead, reaching for her trusted weapon, the johyo (rope javelin). Sari gasped, the last one ready for the attack, but quickly, jumped out of range and set up her guard. Ittetsu watched as the enemy jumped at him. The boy quickly rolled out of the way, reaching for his kunai from his weapons holster. He threw it, the throw heading straight for the enemies leg, but the stranger dissolved into a log that clattered to the ground. Matsuri jumped back, her favorite weapon ready. She heard a faint noise behind her, and struck out, happy to have her johyo wrap perfectly around the enemy.
She reached behind her for a polished kunai, and stabbed it forward. "Take this!" she crowed as she stabbed the enemy.
Smoke dissolved again to show a tangled and punctured log.
Matsuri made an indignant noise. She'd thought she'd had him. Apparently not.
At the sound of a very feminine squeal, Ittetsu and Matsuri turned around to see the enemy had his arm under Sari's chin. She thrashed about her brown eyes wide. Ittetsu lunged to help her, but before he could do anything, Sari bit down hard on the enemy's arm. The smoke accompanied her not-so lethal attack.
Matsuri ran up to Sari, helping the girl up. "Are you okay?" she asked. Ittetsu stood guard next to the girls, but he couldn't help but look back at Sari.
Sari nodded before standing back up. "I think we're okay, though. It's not an enemy, or at least, the man isn't an enemy from somewhere else."
Ittetsu frowned. "How do you know?" he asked, still ready.
"I just do." She murmured.
"Very good." A man, the enemy, said. He walked tall and wide, his pale hair in a Rock Lee style bowl cut. In a puff of smoke, the man changed.
This new man wore a Suna headband and black hair and gray eyes. He wore the Sand's flack jacket over a black shirt and dark gray pants. Gauze was wrapped over both his arms and his neck.
"I am Hayate Tanaka. Team 5's jonin leader." He smiled, proud. "You all were very… prepared when you fought…" his eyes flickered to Sari who was blushing. Maybe she hadn't been prepared, but the others were. At least she had some sharp teeth.
"I'm Matsuri." The short brown haired kunoichi announced said, bowing respectably. Ittetsu and Sari followed, murmuring their names.
"Perfect, now that we are all introduced, how about I give you all gifts, eh?"
Ittetsu frowned, raising an eyebrow. "Gifts?"
Sari looked to Matsuri, but Matsuri shrugged.
Kayate nodded, handing them a rock, really a pebble.
Ittetsu looked at the little rock that their sensei had handed them. "A single rock for all 3 of us?" he mumbled. "That's stupid."
Without warning Hayate hit Ittetsu over the head. "It's not stupid. Now make the pebble fly into the air using your combined power. If you can do that, I'll pass you." Hayate walked to the wall and leaned back, smiling. He was pleased. And perhaps a little crazy.
…K~S
Matsuri looked at Sari and Sari looked at Matsuri then Sari looked at Ittetsu and Ittetsu glanced at Sari then blushed and looked quickly at Matsuri and then Matsuri glared at Ittetsu so Ittetsu glared back and looked at Sari and Sari looked at him with confusion and Ittetsu blushed and looked back at the rock.
"This is stupid." He repeated before getting hit in the head by a chunk of wall. "Well it is." He mumbled.
"Are we supposed to use our combined chakra, send it to the palms of our hands at the same point to send a magnetic current of chakra through the hands and to the rock thus making a gravitational force and send it rocketing up with precise chakra control, stamina, and patience?" Sari asked, sounding puzzled.
Matsuri looked at Sari quizzingly before sighing. "You mean to say target a spot with our chakra to send the rock up?"
Sari giggled, blushing faintly. "Um… more or less."
Ittetsu sniffed. "No offense, Sari, but that's kinda stupid." He got hit in the head with a shoe. Holding back a curse he continued. "Why cant we just through the rock up?"
"No," Matsuri said. "I don't think it'd be that simple."
"Yeah, me either. Seems silly, if this is what will determine our genin-ship." Sari said.
Ittetsu kicked the ground with the toe of his shoe, stirring up a cloud of dust. "Yeah, I guess so."
Matsuri gritted her teeth. "You're only being lenient because Sari said it!"
Ittetsu blushed, and looked down, hoping Sari didn't see.
"Okay okay!" Sari said, trying to look confident and determined. "Let's just try to pinpoint our chakra."
"I don't know how, though." Ittetsu mumbled. He wasn't the best at chakra control. He could push all of his chakra out or into a jutsu, but his chakra wasn't stable enough to have him climb up trees or walk on water.
"That's okay, Ittetsu." Sari said, taking his hand. She placed one of her's on top of his and then nodded for Matsuri to put hers on top. "Matsuri, put the rock on you're hand and lets start, okay okay?"
"Sure." Matsuri said, putting the rock into place.
"This is stupid." Ittetsu muttered. The other shoe was thrown at him, but he was already too busy concentrating to notice. He sent up a surge of chakra, and could see Sari receive his massive outburst of chakra, then channel it and send it through Matsuri's palm. For a heart stopping second, the rock stayed stationary and nothing happened, and then the rock began to shake.
"This is it." Matsuri whispered, her eyes intent on the rock, willing herself not to mess up.
Ittetsu glared at the rock, wanting it to move. He wanted to be a ninja! Pushing harder to give more intense chakra to Sari, he watched as the chakra shot through the girls' hand and hit the rock, sending it up by about a yard.
The three cheered, hugging each other, not even caring that they barely knew each other.
"I don't see why you're all so happy." Hayate said after a moment.
The three let go of each other and pivoted to face Hayate.
"B-but we did it." Matsuri said, the weak voice she'd had at the beginning of her ninja training crawling back into her voice.
"No. That not what I meant." Hayate said.
Sari, who was by far the nicest of all of them snapped. Her face went red and she let out a gasp of confusion and anger. "Then what were we supposed to do you baka?"
"Through the rock up." Kayate Tanaka said, smiling a cat like grin.
Sari's eye twitched, and Ittetsu laughed softly. "Oi, didn't I say that from the beginning?"
Matsuri closed her eyes before slugging Ittetsu in the stomach. She walked over to where the rock had fallen, put their hands back on top of each other, and they pushed up, the rock flying half heartedly up before falling noiselessly back down.
"CONGRADULATIONS! YOU PASSED. TEAM 5 STARTS IT'S FIRST MISSION TOM-"
"CAN IT!" Sari growled, (a little disrespectfully too, but Hayate Tanaka didn't mind).
…K~S
Matsuri skipped up to the Kazekage residence and knocked, hesitant at first, but enough for someone to hear.
Kankuro answered, ushering her in without much of a Hello or Good Evening. He told her Gaara was on the roof, and she wasn't surprised. The roof of the Kazekage residence was flat and overlooked much of the village.
When she climbed to the roof and saw Gaara she walked straight to him, bowing slightly.
"You assigned me a nut for a jonin leader." She said, resting her head on his shoulder. "But he's good in a fight."
Gaara looked down at her. "I'm glad."
She smiled softly before looking out at the village. Under the silver moons glow, it looked very different than it's tan look in the daytime.
"I like my team." She finally admitted.
"I'm glad you do." Gaara said smiling. "And I'm sure you'll love your assignment for tomorrow."
"What is it?" Matsuri asked, rubbing her cheek against his shoulder, and in return he wrapped an arm around her.
"I don't know." He admitted. "They are always a few cats that need rescuing. Elders that need be taken care for. And baby sitting and working at the green house to water the plants."
"Eh, Gaara?" Matsuri began.
"Yes?"
"Isn't there anything cooler I could do?"
Gaara thought about this. "You could help bring materials to the job sites for the new constructions."
"Um, that wasn't quite what I meant…."
Aw, poor Matsuri. She just doesn't seem to understand how things work. Hopefully I can continue to post daily like this. And I actually kinda like writing about Mats, Sari and Itte! Can you tell yet that Ittetsu has a thing for Sari? Too bad she's with Abiru. I should try to elaborate on that. Ooh! An idea popped in my head. Better go draft it out. Next Chapter, their first mission as Team 5! Which should it be? Cats or baby-sitting? Chores are sad stuff! – Keomi~Sage