key:
"talking"
thinking
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nonhuman
Meeting Kakashi Hatake… Again
In the classroom Sakura could feel the two boys, who were now her teammates staring at her. Every now and then Naruto would go to the door and look around in the hallway in hopes of seeing their new sensei. Sakura of course, knew that their new sensei would be extremely late, like he always was. "Naruto, just sit down", she told the impatient blonde boy looking around the hallway. Now however, whenever Naruto meet her eyes his face would turn red, she was starting to regret kissing the boy on the cheek. "Why is our team 7 sensei… so damn late?" Naruto whined. "What are you doing?" Sakura questioned the boy who was now wedging a chalkboard eraser between the two sliding doors of the classroom. "That's what you get for being late!" Naruto said once he finished setting up his prank, and he jumped down from the chair he had used in order to reach the top of the door. "Pfft… Like a Jounin would fall for such a stupid booty trap." Sasuke commented in a cool voice. "Oh, he'll fall for it all right, but he's not going to like us for it", the pink haired shinobi countered the Uchiha's comment. Sasuke was about to speak up again, when the door opened and the eraser feel directly on to the silver haired jounin's head. "Whahahahaha! You fell for it, you feel for it!" Naruto teased while laughing hysterically. Is this really a jounin? Sasuke couldn't help but wonder about the man who didn't appear to be very reliable. Kakashi just looked at them and said, "Hmm, My first impression is… I don't like you guys." Sasuke and Naruto's eyes widened and they stared at the girl who had predicted the man's actions exactly. She just laughed and then they all made their way to the academy's roof top.
"Well, Let's begin with introducing yourselves" Kakashi started. "What do you want to know?" Sakura questioned even though she knew the answer. "How about your likes, dislikes, dreams for the future and things like that?" Kakashi shrugged. "Hey, why don't you introduce yourself first?" Naruto questioned the jounin. "Yeah, you look kinda suspicious sensei", Sakura teased in agreement. "Well, I'm Kakashi Hatake… I have no desire to tell you my likes and dislikes… dreams for the future…hmm… and I have lots of hobbies." The three ninja before him just stared at the man who basically only provided them with his name. "I was thinking more along the lines of… My name is Kakashi Hatake, I like Icha Icha Paradise, I dislike people who hurt my friends, my dream is to become a great teacher to my three young students, and my hobbies are being late to most of my meetings", Sakura spoke in a teasing manner, but Kakashi was shocked by how much the young genin knew about him. Naruto and Sasuke were also surprised by their teammate's outburst. "So… How do you know that stuff about me, little girl? Kakashi's eye closed in a crescent moon shape, like it usually did when he smiled, only this time it was a fake smile. Sakura shined the fake smile right back at her sensei when she spoke, "I'm very intuitive and observant, not to mention I read a lot so I know a thing of two". Kakashi sighed at the lack of an answer in her response, "Well moving on, it's your turn to introduce yourselves, let's start with you on the right", he montioned for Naruto to speak.
"Yosh, My name is Naruto Uzimaki, what I like is cup ramen, what I like even more is when Iruka sensei pays for my ramen, what I dislike is the three minutes it takes for ramen to cook, and my dream…" Naruto shouted with excitement. Kakashi could only think, Does this boy only think about ramen? Naruto adjusted his headband before continuing, "… Is to surpass the hokage and then… have the people of this village acknowledge my existence!" Sakura couldn't help but smile warmly when Naruto talked about this dream, Kakashi noticed this and he thought about how Naruto had grown. "Hobbies… Pranks I guess." Naruto concluded his introduction. "Next." Kakashi shifted his vision to the dark haired boy in the middle. "My name is Sasuke Uchiha. There are lot's of things I dislike and I don't really like anything and… I can't really call it a dream… but I have an ambition. The resurrection of my clan and… to kill a certain man." Sasuke spoke darkly and hearing about Sasuke's tragic goal made Sakura want to cry. Like I thought… Kakashi knew exactly who the Uchiha boy was referring to. "Ok… and lastly the girl", Kakashi spoke and Sakura could feel all three men around her leaning toward her in expectation of her answer. "My name is Sakura Haruno. The things I like are studying and dango, and I dislike people who hurt my friends…" She spoke and Kakashi took notice that her dislike was the same thing she mentioned him disliking. "My goal is to become the greatest ninja medic…" Kakashi and the boys were surprised by the girl's unusual dream, after all not many girls wanted to become medical ninja. "Also I want to support Naruto in becoming the greatest hokage, help Sasuke find true happiness, and make Kakashi sensei very proud of his pink haired kunoichi!" Sakura grinned and finished with a bang. "Oh and I have a lot of hobbies…" She added meekly noticing all three of the male shinobi gaping at her. "Really, Sakura-chan, ya mean it?" Naruto pulled her into a big bear hug while tears of happiness poured from his face, he never thought anyone besides Iruka sensei would believe in his unrealistic dream. True happiness, what does that mean? Sasuke couldn't help but blush when he thought about her words. Kakashi grinned behind his mask at the girl's introduction, what a team I've got here.
"Ok! Tomorrow we start our duties as shinobi." Kakashi said finally. "Yeah! What kind of duties? Duties! Duties!" The blonde chanted while jumping up and down. "First we are going to do something with just the four of us." Kakashi commented. "What is it? What is it?" Naruto could hardly contain his excitement. "Survival Training", Kakashi answered the boy grimly. The three genin only stared at the man, "Survival training?" Naruto questioned, Sasuke said nothing, and Sakura just smiled to herself, This is going to be interesting, she thought. "This isn't any normal training, this time I am your opponent", Kakashi stated and promptly started laughing to himself, which was a bit scary. "When I tell you guys your going to totally freak out", Kakashi smiled at the three. "Freak out?" Naruto questioned the man, confused. Kakashi's face became dark and he spoke, "Of the 27 graduates only 9 will be chosen to become genin, the rest will be sent back to the academy. This training is a very difficult exam with a failure rate of over 66%!" Kakashi instantly looked up to see the faces of his three students, he was a little disappointed to see only Naruto's face filled with pure terror, while Sasuke looked more serious than before, and Sakura just smiled brightly. Why is this girl smiling? Kakshi wondered about the girl who had surprised him more than once that day. "No way?" Naruto complained. "… Anyway tomorrow you have to show your real skills on the training ground, bring all the shinobi tools you have, oh… and skip breakfast or you might throw up." Kakashi explained the survival training and Sakura had to force herself not to laugh at the last statement the man made which she knew was a big fat lie. "The details are on this paper and don't be late tomorrow", The jounin handed the papers out to the trio and they each left the rooftop. Sakura was the last to leave their sensei on the rooftop and she left the Copy Ninja with a sarcastic suggestion, "Don't be late this time Kakashi sensei!" She winked and Kakashi couldn't help but smile at his student.
