Next Morning Around Five

The next morning Kohana drug a half sleeping Naruto to the training filed where they were met by a half sleeping but still totally annoying Sakura and the pissy emo wannabe Sasuke. Kohana was the only one who seemed to be in a good mood at the moment.

Seeing Sasuke sitting against the tree with his eyes closed gave her a sly smirk as a thought formed in her mind. Too quickly for her fellow teammates to see Kohana, jumped next to Sasuke practically screaming in his ear,

"WAKE, WAKEY! HANDS OFF SNAKEY!"

Sasuke glared at the clearly amused girl standing above him, "Don't you have anything better to do then annoy me?" he asked coldly.

Her smirk turned into a bright smile, "Yeah but I'll always make time for you Sasuke-kun."

Even though he knew she was only mocking him by calling him Sasuke-kun he could almost feel the blush travel to his face. He was grateful that the blonde knucklehead had distracted the attention away from him.

"Where'd you get that song Hana-chan?" he asked holding his sides from laughter.

She smirked, "Saki and I made it up when Konohamaru was two." She snickered a little, "He use to call it Elmo."

That was it for Naruto; he was rolling on the ground with tears in his eyes. Kohana knew that he'd give Konohamaru a rough time with this new info and in turn her baby bro would try to make her life a living hell, but it was totally worth it.

The four preteens then proceeded to sit there for about an hour waiting on their teacher.

Kohana was looking up at the clouds with her head resting on Naruto's lap. She was absently playing with her Yin charm as she took in her teammates. Naruto, her best friend in the entire world was going on about something but she had stopped listening along time ago. Sakura was desperately and vainly trying to gain Uchiha's attention. Said Uchiha was looking forward, though she had noticed that every once in a while his eyes would flash over to her and Naruto before quickly flashing away.

She didn't think too much about it and instead looked up at the clouds feeling herself become drowsy with each passing second. She'd so have to quit hanging out with Shikamaru so much, as his laziness was starting to rub off on her.

She was almost asleep when Naruto jerked away from her making her head hit the ground really hard.

"Owwie." Kohana whined sitting up to glare at her friend, but he was to busy glaring at their rather late teacher along with her other teammates.

"YOUR LATE!" the blonde yelled glaring intently at the Jonin.

Kakashi laughed rubbing the back of his head, "Sorry, I got lost on the highway of life."

"So understandable," Kohana nodded pulling herself to her feet, "Did you take directions from the blind man?" she shook her head and crossed her arms over her chest, "He gives horrible directions."

Kakashi chuckled as Kohana's teammates glared at her while the rather cheery girl remained unaffected.

Kakashi cleared his throat making his young students look over at him, "Are you ready?"

Naruto started laughing again, "You can barely dodge an eraser, we'll kill you!"

Kohana highly doubted that. From what she knew of Kakashi (which waswhat she read when she broke into her grandpa's office) he was a very powerful Shinobi that hid his power behind his aloofness. She couldn't wait to see if it was true.

Kakashi shook his head as he pulled a book out of his pocket, "The weakest always bark the loudest." He mused as he began opening the book.

'Ouch, right in the pride,' Kohana thought as she stealthily put in her earbuds so she could listen to her music. She was a music addict; especially American styled music. Her Ipod her grandfather had given her for Christmas was filled with songs and always with her.

She was currently going over a few things in her head when she noticed Kakashi was twisting Naruto's arm around so that the shuriken that he had tried to attack his teacher with was pointed back at him.

Kohana's mouth gapped open as her buds fell out of her ears allowing her to hear, "Maybe just maybe I'm starting to like you four." Each kid smirked a little, "Now…ready…steady…GO!

Later During Bell Test

Kohana hid in the branches of an old oak tree with Nickelback blasting in her ears. In her right hand was a small red and black fan, her favorite and if she had her way it was the only weapon she needed. She had easily figured out that the whole point of this mission was teamwork. To bad her teammates didn't get the scroll on teamwork. Naruto was to concerned with proving himself to Kakashi. Sakura was only willing to work with Sasuke and Mr. Uchiha was too good to work with anybody.

Not that it really bothered her though. She preferred to be alone a lot of the time. She already had a plan all she had to do now was wait.

Kakashi soon arrived standing still reading his book but she still made no move. All she did was take her headphones out and readied her fan for her attack. All she needed was her diversion.

Sasuke soon appeared in the clearing and began telling the Jonin that he wasn't like the others.

Kohana tried desperately not to gag and give away her location. This was one of the MANY reasons she hated Uchiha Sasuke. She quietly moved so nothing would be in the way of her shot, 'I think this is the most I've heard Sasuke talk since we were like six.'

Soon Kohana's plan was on it's way. Kakashi and Sasuke we're fighting just as she expected they would. When Kakashi's hands were full blocking Sasuke's hit and kick she moved. With a gentle yet firm twist of her wrist she sent the fan flying to her target.

After the fan was airborne she jumped out of the tree and did a few back flips to the other side of the clearing where the fan landed gracefully in her outstretched hand.

She smirked at the stunned looks on Kakashi and Sasuke's faces. "Looks like I'm safe and will be enjoying my lunch very well!" she laughed holding up a small tinkling bell.

Kakashi's head jerked down to his hip where the three bells had been. Only two remained now.

Kohana smiled brightly at Sasuke making him take a cautious step back, "Thanks for the help Sasuke-kun." She giggled mimicking his fan girls before walking off to try to find Naruto and get him out of what ever trouble he was in.

Sakura still Passed out on The Ground

Kohana had just left the two stunned males when she spotted Sakura on the ground. The medic nin in her quickly arose as she checked the girl over for serious injuries. When she figured out she had just passed out Kohana quickly appeared.

"Wake up Haruno." She said shaking the pinkette, "Wake up." She was still unresponsive, "Sakura," She growled a little in annoyance before a wicked idea came to her devious mind, "Oi is that Sasuke and Ino making out?"

"WHERE!" Sakura screamed bolting up right with fire in her eyes, "I'LL KILL THAT BLONDE HUSSY!" She looked around for the two but was only met by a very amused Kohana.

"Morning sleepy head."

Sakura shook her head trying to clear her thoughts before getting a worried look on her face, "Where's Sasuke-kun?"

Kohana shrugged, "Last time I saw him he was fighting Kakashi-sensei in the clear-" the pink haired girl was gone, "-ing. How rude."

Sakura had only been gone a few seconds when a loud girly screamed rang out through the forest. With a sigh Kohana turned back to the clearing to see what happened.

She wasn't too surprised when she saw Sakura laying on the ground passed out again. She did yelp when she saw just Sasuke's head. Did Kakashi really kill him? One could only hope right?

But those hopes were dashed when he spoke, "What's her problem?"

She shrugged, "She has lots of them so I don't even know where to begin."

He smirked a little till he remembered he was currently stuck in the ground.

Kohana smirked, "Need help?"

He glared up at her, "No."

Her smirk grew a little, "Your trapped from the neck down. You need help ya loser."

Before he could reply she punched the ground making it break into sections so he could easily climb out.

"Thanks." He muttered as if it had actually caused him physical pain. He then looked over at the still unconscious Sakura, "What about her?"

Kohana smirked a little before saying loudly in an awed voice, "OH MY GAWD SASUKE'S HEAD IS THE BIGGEST I'VE EVER SEEN!"

Sasuke's face flushed tomato red as he looked at her with wide eyes. Sakura jerked up glaring daggers at Kohana.

"I'm gonna ki-"

"Seriously though it is the biggest head I've ever seen." She poked Sasuke's head a bit making him frown, "I wonder if it's full of hot air?"

Sakura's face relaxed but was consumed by a bright blush, "Oh, I thought-"

Kohana interrupted her, "I know what BOTH of you were thinking." She placed her hands on her hips, "Get your minds out of the damn gutters you perverts."

Sakura's blush grew as she stared at the ground. Sasuke turned away from the two girls trying to hide his own blush.

Later at the stump

Kohana leaned against the tree stump Naruto had been tied up to. Her earbuds were back in and this time Muse was playing blocking at the lecture Kakashi was giving them. From the looks on her teammates faces she could tell that it wasn't an 'I'm so proud of you speech' it was probably more along the lines of a 'You all suck' speech. Of course no one could tell she wasn't listening.

That was the plus of having long hair. The two pigtails she wore covered her ears hiding the buds while the wire went down her shirt to the hip holster where the pod resided. No one ever knew when she was listening or not.

Once Kakashi was done and had left Kohana stood taking out her headphones as she opened her lunch when she heard Naruto's stomach growl. With a sigh she turned to her friend, "If you ever talk about this I'll kill you." She threatened with a very serious face.

Naruto looked at her a little confused, "What are you talking about Hana-" he didn't finish his sentence or thought once Kohana shoved some food into his mouth.

"Hey Kakashi-sensei said not to feed him!" Sakura said with a disapproving frown, "You're disobeying a direct order."

Kohana shrugged, "Technically I didn't hear him, therefore I'm not breaking anyone's rules." She put more food into Naruto's mouth, "Besides I'm not going to let my best friend starve. No matter who orders!"

Suddenly Kakashi reappeared, "YOU….PASS!"

The four exchanged looks of confusion so Kakashi elaborated, "Anyone who mistreats their teammates in my opinion is worse then scum and doesn't deserve to be a Shinobi."

"So…" Sakura said slowly, "We're…"

"Officially part of team Kakashi." Kakashi said with a grin under his mask, "Starting tomorrow."

Both Sakura and Naruto cheered in excitement while Kohana and Sasuke just smirked in contempt.

First Official Mission

Kohana stood behind Sasuke as Naruto and Sakura tried to deal with some important lady's very fat and pissy cat. Sasuke noticed the glare the girl was sending the struggling cat.

"What, are you afraid of cats?" he asked with a sneer smirking at the strawberry blonde.

She glared at him, "I'm allergic emo boy."

"Whatever."

In the three weeks that they'd been a team Sasuke had learned some new things about Kohana. She wasn't clingy or girly like his fangirls but was more concerned with learning how to be a true medic Nin and Shinobi. He actually found himself enjoying being around her.

He hadn't had very much to smile or even laugh about in a long time, but with Kohana everything seemed a bit easier to take.

They had just disposed of the cat when they started heading to the Hokage building to receive their new mission. Kohana was laughing and joking again now that the damn cat was gone and far away from her.

She swirled around with a giggle for no reason at all. Her almost waist length strawberry blonde hair swirled around her as she turned around with a bright smile on her face that made her eyes light up.

A heat tried to rush to Sasuke's face as he watched her move with a certain grace that he knew most girls would kill for. Hell Kohana had a lot of things that most girls would kill for.

Sasuke's eyes wondered back to their previous location as Kohana spun around again with another laugh. A small smirk formed as he watched her move.

Kohana kept spinning until she suddenly felt dizzy and the world around her started to look more and more like a blur then anything else. She'd always spin whenever she was bored for some reason it made her laugh when she felt like her head was as light as air. Heck she even laughed when she fell to the ground no matter how much it hurt.

But instead of falling to the ground she suddenly felt two warm strong arms grabbing her before the pain came. It took a moment for her head to quit spinning for her to focus on who had caught her. Though it didn't take long for a fire to consume her face when she was looking deep into Sasuke's onyx orbs.

The two were so close that their noses were touching and Kohana became very aware of how….well built Sasuke was.

They stared at each other for a while without speaking.

"WOW SASUKE-KUN THAT WAS AN AMAZING CATCH!" Sakura yelled making the two jerk away. Sasuke lost his grip on Kohana making the girl fall to her knees.

Naruto rushed to her side, "Are you okay Hana-chan!?" he asked the still pretty dizzy girl.

"Yeah," she said slowly placing a hand on her head as if that would stop the world from spinning, "…I think."

"Can you walk?" he asked helping her to her feet.

"I thin-" she was quickly back on her knees, "That's a negative good buddy."

Sasuke actually felt bad that he had let go of Kohana so on a spur of moment he quickly swung Kohana around so he could carry her on his back.

"Ho crap!" she yelled as the world spun around her again, "Sasuke that doesn't really hel-what the hell do you think your doing?"

He snorted, "What the hell do you think I'm doing?" he asked with a smirk, "You obviously can't walk so I'm carrying you."

A furious blush crept back over her face as she watched all of the girls they passed sent death glares their way. Sakura even looked like she wanted to stab her in the back more then usual.

She buried her face into Sasuke's neck trying to block the stares and whispers from her senses. She noticed the little shiver that went down Sasuke's spine and vaguely wondered if he was cold. She didn't know that it was her warm breath on his neck that had made the shiver.

Though he would never admit to it out loud it felt perfectly natural to have Kohana in his arms. He had never realized how small and delicate she really was until he was holding her.

'She called me Sasuke.' He thought in wonder. She was the only girl to call him Sasuke without that annoying little giggle. He found himself really liking it.

Kohana was currently going through the same thoughts that Sasuke was going over. 'He smell good.' She thought inhaling deeply as she leaned her head against his back completely forgetting the stares and angry or speculating whispers that were directed at her and the youngest Uchiha member.

She felt perfectly comfortable in his arms as if she had always meant to be in them.

She was so wrapped up in her thoughts that she didn't notice that they were in the Hokage building till she heard her name being said in question and amusement.

"Kohana?"

She looked up to she her grandfather smirking at her with that annoying sly knowing smirk. A blush lit her face as she wiggled her way out of Sasuke's warm and comforting grasp.

"Hi Papa-sama" she said with a nervous smile.

She quietly fell in line between Naruto and Kakashi getting as far away from Sasuke as she could. She stared at the floor trying to calm her frantically beating heart. She was so out of it that she missed the whole conversation that took place between her grandfather and her team.

"Hey Monkey."

She jerked her head up to look at Sasuke who had his normal emotionless mask on, "Didn't you hear a word?"

She shook her head not having a single insulting comeback to throw at him.

"We have to escort that guy to his village in the Land of Waves." He explained as they walked out of the office, "We leave in thirty minutes."

She simply nodded again, "Guess I'll see you at the gate then."

With that she ran to the Hokage Mansion which just happened to be right next to the building. She was quick to gather a few changes of clothes some medical supplies and her favorite Stephen King book, 'It'.

She was heading down the stairs when she ran straight into Konohamaru. Konohamaru might be a little slow about certain things but he was as sharp as a tack when it came to his sister.

"Are you going to Ino's?" he asked spotting her bag.

She shook her head, "I'm going on an escort and protect mission to the Land of Waves."

Konohamaru's face went deadly pale and his brown eyes widened with fear. He quickly latched himself onto his sister's waist, "PLEASE DON'T GO ONESAN!" he cried close to tears, "I DON'T WANT YOU TO GO!"

Now Kohana might consider her little brother to be a royal pain in her ass but she loved him very much and hated to see him upset unless she was the cause of it. "Kono I'll be right back I swear." She promised rubbing his back gently like she use to when he was little, "Nothing's going to happen to me."

He was still crying when an idea popped into her head, "How 'bout this. You can sleep in my room until I came back, Kay?" Konohamaru nodded his grip on her waist still tight, "And you can walk with me to the gate and Naruto can promise you that nothings going to happen to me."

He nodded as he reluctantly let his sister go to wipe away his tears. He was a little surprised when she took firm but gentle hold of his hand. Usually he would have pulled away and shouted that he wasn't a little kid anymore but not this time.

The two siblings walked silently down to the gate ignoring the stares that people sent their way. They only nodded when someone said hello or called them 'Honorable Granddaughter' 'Honorable Grandson.'

In fact their walk was entirely silent until they ran into a fuming Ino.

Kohana who had forgotten all about the Sasuke incident was of course obvious to her anger, "Hey Ino what's wron-"

"WHY WAS MY SASUKE-KUN CARRYING YOU EARLIER!?" the blonde yelled glaring daggers at her ex-best friend.

Kohana was a little taken back, "I fell and he caught me-then dropped me. He felt bad and because I couldn't walk he carried me."

This didn't satisfy Ino's anger, "Then why the hell were you blushing!?" she frowned more, "I thought you didn't like him."

This time Kohana's anger flared because she hadn't done a damn thing and Ino was acting like she stabbed her in the back, "You know when your on a team with someone you have to learn to like them a little bit." She smirked a little, "Besides Sasuke's not half bad when none of his annoying hormonal fangirls are around."

Ino glared harder at her, "I'M NOT A FANGIRL! I'M HIS FUTURE WIFE!"

Kohana laughed cruelly, "Yeah in the dream world maybe."

Ino growled, "That's it! If your going to keep talking to Sasuke-kun then….we're not friends anymore!"

Kohana glared, "Fine with me. What's one friend to me? Especially when she a vain, selfish, annoying blonde." Kohana dragged Konohamaru past Ino who looked like she was ready to start killing people or crying.

They had walked a little farther when Konohamaru finally asked, "Do you like Uchiha onesan?" he didn't miss the blush that lit his sister's face when she said no but decided to listen to her answer more. He didn't like Uchiha. He was too cold for his sister. And really he wanted her to be with Naruto so that if they got married he really would be his big brother.

"Are you going to apologize to Ino-chan?" he asked.

She glared down at him for a second before looking away. She didn't want to take her anger out on him, "NO, I did nothing wrong. She's just being a drama queen. If anyone needs to apologize it's her not me."

Konohamaru didn't bring the subject up again so that the rest of their walk remained in silence. He's grip did get tighter when he saw his sister's teammates standing at the gate. She didn't say anything but gave a reassuring squeeze.

"Hey Hana-chan what took you so long!?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow.

She shrugged, "Ran into a roadblock…a blonde roadblock."

Sasuke and Naruto exchanged confused glances while Sakura looked at Kohana with a question lingering in her eyes. She only understood part of it.

"Hey boss!" Konohamaru yelled getting Naruto and everyone else's attention.

"What?"

Konohamaru looked him straight in the eyes, "Promise that you won't let anything bad happen to onesan!" he said.

Naruto nodded giving him a thumbs up, "I won't let anything happen to Kohana-chan, believe it!"

Kohana rolled her eyes; she hated it when he said that. She was super surprised when Sasuke spoke up, "None of us will let anything happen to your sister."

Konohamaru nodded his grip on Kohana's hand was still tight.

She bent down to his eye level, "Why don't you go stay all night with Udon if his mom says it okay," Konohamaru nodded. "I'll be back soon promise."

She kissed his forehead knowing he'd get upset. But he didn't instead he hugged her waist and said something he hadn't said since he was three, "I love you onesan."

She patted his head, "I love you to ototo." He reluctantly let go and ran off to his friend's house.

Kohana sighed as she turned to her teammates, "Lets get this mission over with."