Chapter 4: Team 14

As Akemi and Airi were talking, Sakura walked up to Naruto and forced him to move so she could sit by Sasuke. When she did, several of Sasuke's fan-girls started complaining about it. The two girls then turned around and saw Naruto on the table in front of Sasuke glaring. As Airi started to ask what Naruto was doing, the guy sitting behind Naruto accidentally pushed him into Sasuke, making them kiss.

While most of the girls were mercilessly attacking Naruto for what he did, 'Kemi and Airi were just laughing.

When Iruka walked in, the classroom became silent so Iruka could announce the teams.

"Okay, the teams will now be announced!"

Eventually, Iruka got to Team7.

"Team 7, Sakura Haruno, Naruto Uzumaki, and Sasuke Uchiha."

"Team 8, Hinata Hyuuga, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame."

"Team 10, Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, and Choji Akimichi."

After several more teams were called, Iruka got to Team 14.

"Team 14, Arashi Inuzuka, Airi Uchiha, and Akemi Uzumaki."

"Alright, now that all the teams have been made, you will wait for your assigned senseis."

Asuma Sarutobi walked in as Iruka left the room.

"Team 10, follow me." As Asuma and Team 10 left, Tsume Inuzuka walked in with her dog.

"Team 14, with me." Team 14 then proceeded out of the Academy to the Forest of Death.

"I want all of you to introduce yourselves. State your name and your hobbies. We will start with the only boy on the team." Tsume said as the all arrived and sat on the ground.

Arashi then started his introduction. "My name is Arashi Inuzuka and this is my partner Kaminari. My hobbies are training Kaminari and taking her on walks."

"My name is Akemi Uzumaki. My hobbies are playing pranks and spending time with my brother and my best friend."

"My name is Airi Uchiha, but please call me 'Ri. My hobbies are training with my brother and hanging out with my best friend 'Kemi!"

"Now that the introductions are over, we will have a little test to see if you will stay genin or go back to the Academy." As Tsume said this, 'Ri spoke up.

"But Sensei, you haven't introduced yourself."

"I haven't because all you need to know is my name, which is Tsume Inuzuka. As I previously mentioned, we will have a little test. You have until this time tomorrow to complete it. You will all pick a number, whoever has the black number will be my prisoner. The other two must rescue him or not get captured 'till time is up. The test starts now!" Once she finished saying this, she pulled three pieces of paper from her pocket. After all three genin picked one, they looked at them and Airi had gotten the black number.

After 'Ri had been tied up, Arashi and Akemi jumped off to hide and to come up with a plan.

"We should go and rescue 'Ri before too much time passes." Akemi the prepared to rescue Airi.

"No we shouldn't. Aunt Tsume and Kuromaru would detect us long before we get their."

"Maybe, but if we leave now, we can get 'Ri before Tsume-sensei has time to prepare!"

"I think we should just hunker down and wait for the time to run out, that way, we will pass."

"No way! 'Ri is my best friend. I'm not going to leave her, she would fail if we did!" After saying this, Akemi attempted to jump away but Arashi grabbed her before she could.

"I doubt she will be failed, Akemi. She didn't do anything to be failed. That's why I think we should just survive until time runs out."

"But what if Tsume-sensei comes looking for us? She would probably leave her dog to guard 'Ri while she searched for us."

After several minutes, Arashi realized she was right. "That does make sense. Why don't we wait until she does, then lead her into a trap. Once she falls for the trap, we can go get Airi. How does that sound?"

"Sounds good. I guess we should start laying that trap."

With a plan in place, they counted their supplies and found that they had a combined list of: 2 smoke pellets, 3 flash pellets, 30 kunai, 35 shuriken, 50 feet of wire, and 10 paper bombs. They then spent the next several hours setting it up.

"Finally finished!" Akemi exclaimed as she laid down on the grass.

"I guess all we can do now is wait." Arashi replied as he sat down beside 'Kemi.

After a while, they both decided that one of them should take a nap while the other kept watch.

"I'll take first watch, 'kay Arashi."

"Okay, night."

Two hours past before Akemi woke Arashi up so she could take her turn to nap.

Soon after 'Kemi fell asleep, Kaminari started to whine.

"What is it girl?" right after he asked, Arashi heard one of their traps go off, then several more.

"'Kemi, wake up! Our traps are going off!"

"Ughhhh. Why did it have to while I'm sleepin'?" Akemi asked as she slowly woke up.

BOOOM

"Time to put the rest of our plan into action!"

"Yeah, let's go 'Kemi!"

Once the two teammates go to Airi, 'Kemi realized that she didn't have any kunai on her.

"Hey, Arashi, do you have a kunai?"

"No, I thought you had one."

"No. I don't have one."

After thinking for a few minutes, they decided that Arashi and Kaminari should go get Airi since they had the best chance of getting through the ropes.

"Hey, mutt! Over here!" Akemi yelled at Kuromaru.

"Who're you callin 'mutt', runt!" When Kuromaru said this, 'Kemi stood there in stunned silence for what felt like days. Once she snapped out of her daze, 'Kemi decided for a different distraction.

"Why can you talk? Dogs aren't supposed to talk!"

"I can because I am a nin-dog."

"Then why can't Kaminari talk?"

"Because she is a pup and I am an elder."

Around this time, Arashi and Kaminari were still struggling to undo the ropes around 'Ri.

Suddenly, Tsume appeared behind Arashi.

"Wah! How did you…? We heard our traps go off."

"I made them go off, Boy." Tsume said as she tied Arashi up with 'Ri.

"So your and elder…in the dog world?" Akemi asked as Tsume silently appeared behind her.

"Yes. I see no need to finish this conversation now that my master has caught you." Kuromaru said as Tsume grabbed Akemi and started tying her up.

"I guess our plan wasn't as good as we thought it was, huh?" Arashi asked as Akemi was sat down beside him.

"Yeah, I guess this means we failed." 'Kemi said gloomily.

"Please don't get all sad, 'Kemi. At least we had a plan!" Arashi said trying to cheer his other teammates up.

"He's right, Akemi. Besides, you pass." Tsume said to the surprise of Akemi, Airi, and Arashi.

"What do you mean, Tsume-sensei? You said not to get or we would fail." 'Kemi asked, puzzled.

"Yes, I know what I said. If you had waited 'till the time was up, then you would have failed, you didn't. You attempted to save your teammate. As Kakashi so elegantly puts it'Those who break the rules are scum, but hose who abandon their comrades are worse than scum.' By attempting to rescue Airi, you proved that you wouldn't leave your comrades behind. You also showed considerable teamwork for the first time as being teammates. I'm impressed. Most genin would have just left their teammate behind, thinking that they could still pass, you didn't. Congratulations, you pass!"

Author's Notes: For those who don't feel like looking it up, 'Akemi' means 'Bright and Beautiful; Red Beauty', 'Airi' means 'Beloved Jasmine', 'Arashi' means 'Storm', and 'Kaminari' means 'Thunder'. This is also my first time to publish anything on FanFiction, so reviews are welcome, though, no flames please. I do not own Naruto. I only own Akemi, Airi, Arashi, and Kaminari. If you want to know who Tsume Inuzuka and Kuromaru are, then go to Narutopedia and search their names. I tried to put links up, but they wouldn't work.

I also need some more characters for the upcoming missions and for the Chunin Exams. Send me a message or E-Mail. Just sign with your first name please, otherwise I probably won't respond.

Also, if you want to draw some pictures of what Akemi, Airi, Arashi, and Kaminari look like, feel free to. Just send them to me so I can give you the thumbs up and put a link to them.