The Genin Gangs And Training Of Sorts

After a couple more minutes Sasuke and Sakura finally caught up.

"What took you so long slow coach?!" Naruto cried pointing accusingly at Sasuke. The taller boy ignored him, probably used to this behaviour. We took our seats and Naruto slammed his hand on the counter.

"MISO RAMEN JI-JI!!" Naruto bellowed. An old man looked round and smiled at him.

"Coming up!" he replied. A woman in her twenties with brown hair asked for the rest of our orders. Her brown hair was kept out of her way by a white bandana. Sakura ordered chicken ramen, Sasuke ordered miso ramen and I... I just went with what Sakura ordered. It was actually really good, though I doubt I liked it as much as Naruto, who had four bowls when I was only half finished.

"SASUKE-KUN!!" squealed a female voice. It reminded me somewhat of Sakura's, high pitched and very girly.

Sasuke glared at the girl that had just come dashing up. She had long light blonde hair, worn up in a high ponytail. She wore mostly violet and was mummified across her thighs and stomach and wore arm warmers identical to Sasuke's. She had bright topaz eyes and her cheeks had darkened slightly when she looked at Sasuke. Her eyes travelled over to me.

"Oh are you new? I'm Yamanaka Ino" she said smiling in greeting.

"What a drag" said a bored looking boy behind the girl. He had dark brown hair that was also up in a high pony tail. His hair was spiky and reminded me somewhat of a… pineapple? He wore a net shirt with a grey half jacket over the top. On the back was a dark no-entry sign, you know that circle with a line through it. He had a lazy expression, similar to mine when I'm listening to someone extremely boring. I also noticed he had his ear pierced.

He looked at me with the same bored expression. "Who are you?" the boy asked, in a voice that said he didn't particular care.

"Call me Kari" I said smiling.

"I'm Nara Shikamaru. This guy is Akimichi Chouji" Shikamaru said pointing at a boy behind him who was scoffing potato chips. He was rather round but smiled kindly. He wore his heaband like a bandana over his light brown hair.

"So you're the new girl?" I looked round to see a boy with very light lavender eyes with no pupil staring at me. Those eyes were beautiful... He had long dark brown hair on the verge of black, tied at the very end. He wore a beige shirt over dark brown shorts. One arm and one leg were completely bandaged, both on the same side. He stopped, having been walking past the ramen stand with his two team-mates, all three of which seemed slightly older than the others I'd met so far.

"Hyuga Neji" he said, noticing my puzzled look.

"Hey there, I'm TenTen" the girl beside him said cheerfully, waving. She had brown eyes and hair, which she wore as two buns. She wore a pink chinese style shirt and dark green capris.

"I am the Leaf Villages handsome devil my name is Rock Lee!" another guy cried excitedly. He had shiny, black bowl haircut, and the bushiest eyebrows I'd ever laid eyes on. He wore green latex with his headband round his waist and bandages on his arms from the elbows down. He looked pretty weird, but I didn't judge people for how they looked. It's what's inside that counts. Even though he looks a lot like Elmo...

"Kari-chan?" said Rock Lee blushing slightly. "Please be my girlfriend I will protect you with my life!" he cried. Putting his thumb up and making his teeth sparkle. I raised an eyebrow.

Ooookkkkaaaaaayyyy...

"She's only just got here Lee" Neji informed him.

"We have to go, nice meeting you Kari!" TenTen said dragging Lee by the ear, whisperingly scolding him, while Neji followed behind pretending not to know them.

"Whoa! Even MORE people!?" Naruto shouted with a mouthful of noodles, pointing over to the left somewhere.

A small puppy came bounding towards me. He was white as snow apart from his floppy ears, which were a dark brown. He jumped in my arms tail wagging madly. It made me miss my own dogs. I hugged the little puppy who barked happily in my ear.

"Akamaru!" cried a boy.

"Looks like Akamaru made a new friend" the boy said grinning. he wore a grey coat with black fur around the hood which was up. He had red markings on his cheeks, and his eyes and smile seemed slightly wild. His voice sounded confident, yet at the same time rather cocky. I blushed as I smiled back. "I'm Inuzuka Kiba and as you've probably guessed, this is Akamaru" Akamaru barked. I handed the puppy back to Kiba who went to order ramen.

"Hi... anou… my... name... is... Hyuga Hinata" said a shy looking girl. She had the same eyes Neji did, and short, dark sapphire blue hair. She wore a baggy beige coat, which along with her body language told me she was self-conscious. She had a very pale skin tone like me and wore her headband round her neck.

"People call me Kari" I said. My voice was soft when speaking to her; I could sense her hesitance and shyness, and to be honest I thought it was adorable.

"I am Aburame Shino" said the boy behind Hinata. The sunglasses reminded me of matrix for a moment... He had a dark afro for hair, and wore a high collared grey coat which reminded me of a scientist.

"Kari!" Sasuke said having escaped from Ino, who was now in a fight with Sakura. "We're going home" he said irritated. I smiled and nodded showing I had heard him.

"Ok" I turned to Hinata. "I'll see you soon." she nodded.

"Um... Kari?" she said quietly. I looked at her. "I know you're new… I was wondering, if… perhaps… maybe… um… Do you... want to be friends?" she asked shyly, her cheeks were a light pink as she pressed her fingers together nervously. I smiled happily.

"I'd love too!" I hugged her. She smiled blushing a little darker, but looking relieved nonetheless.

"Well I'm full!" Naruto cried holding his huge belly, a mountain of empty bowls in front of him. Hinata looked at Naruto and blushed while I nearly fell over in shock seeing how much he'd eaten so quickly.

Aww very kawaii! Hinata likes Naruto!

Another Japanese word I knew. Kawaii meant cute.

I headed back to Sasuke's walking beside him. As I walked my hands gripped the handles of my katana's. I hadn't ever seen the katana's before. I hadn't used them either.

I wonder where they came from…

Sasuke got inside, looking rather relieved to be away from the crowd. I wasn't too keen on crowds either, so I knew where the guy was coming from.

"I'm going for a walk I'll be back soon" I said, deciding there was still time for a little exploring before it got too late. I walked out the door and tried to retrace my steps, eventually I got to the training ground I'd seen earlier. My eyes darted left and right. No one was around...

I couldn't stop myself, I bent down and jumped as high as I could. I went zooming up. WHOA!! Adrenaline rush x 10! I laughed in delight. It was like a theme park ride! Then I looked down...

Shit.

I screamed as gravity grabbed hold of my ankles and made me plummet downwards. I somehow managed to land on my feet. I opened an eye. Then another eye.

I'm still alive?

I sensed a presence behind me. I looked round. Just bushes, tree's shadows and the eerie wind... Geez, horror film much?

Ok I swear someone was there...

"Err... Hello? No... Konnichiwa?"

"You aren't from here..." I spun round again. To see a guy standing in front of me. He was tall with a huge black cloak with red clouds on it. As the wind made the cloak ripple the clouds appeared to move. My eyes were captured by his gleaming red ones. Wow... anime people have really pretty eyes...

"I'm Uchiha Itachi, what is your name?" he demanded.

He looks way too much like Sasuke his hair frames his face in the same way, his voice has that silkiness like Sasuke's does... I can only see half of his face... Wait, Uchiha? They must be related. I'll ask Sasuke later.

"I dunno" I replied. "People call me Kari"

"You're a youkai" Itachi said his eyes narrowing.

Demon? Well that's not very nice...

"I'm a WHAT?" I cried.

Itachi walked towards me. I backed up until I met a tree. He put his arms either side of mine blocking any escape. My eyes darted from left to right hopefully anyway. No escape.

NOT GOOD.

"You interest me... I will train you, you could be of use to us later" he said.

Us?? Useful??

"It would be a good idea for you to refrain from telling anyone you've met me. In particular, Sasuke."

Sooo... Is he a bad guy?

I looked at him confused. He smirked slightly.

Damn him for having a hot smirk.

He kissed my forehead. "Fear not Kari, I'll see you again soon" he whispered before turning round and disappearing. I slid down the tree feeling dazed.

But is seeing you again a good thing?

"Kari?" I jumped out my skin, jolting to my feet, causing my head to collide with a (extremely guilty) innocent tree branch. I put my hands over the rapidly swelling bump and to hold my skull together just in case it really had broken in half. It sure as hell felt like it. I closed my eyes, with just made the stars stand out even more as they danced before my eyes.

"Gomen, did I startle you?"

Nooo... I frequently smack my head on tree branches for no reason.

I opened a teary eye to see who had scared the freaking hell out of me. Mr.Pretty-eyed-Hyuuga-boy.

"Oh Neji, hi" I said. "What are you doing out here?"

"Training, the Hyuuga compound isn't too far from here" he said simply. "I sensed a peculiar chakra and came to investigate… Was it you?" he asked.

"Um... I Dunno?" I said, he just asked a question out of the blue, I can't be expected to give an intelligent answer. Beside's I'm not supposed to tell anyone about that Itachi guy and I always keep secrets. My instincts also tell me I shouldn't mention it and my instincts usually know best. "I'm kinda new to the whole ninja thing, the Hokage said I had potential so gave me the headband thing."

"Hai, I saw your Hitai-ate, you're not partictularly fluent in Japanese yet are you? Want me to train you? That way you'll know what ninja-skills you need to work on so you're the same level as the other Genin." he offered.

Why was everyone asking to train me today?

And why were people sneaking up on me?

"Um... Sure" I replied. Heck I probably needed all the training I could get. I screamed because I flipping jumped too high... Neji smirked.

"Want me to walk you home?" he asked. Damn hot anime guys and their smirks! Damn them to hell!! I walked at his side.

"You have pretty eyes" I said as I walked along beside him. He looked at me like I was retarded. "Just saying" I said simply.

"So do you" Neji replied. I blushed.

"Thanks" I said. He smirked again.

Right... Where did Sasuke live again? GREAT

Lost.

AGAIN.

I looked around trying to find something I recognised.

Why do I always have to get lost? WHY?

I then noticed Sasuke. It was though there was light shining off him and he was the most beautiful thing in the world. No, I was not turning fan girly, he just saved me from humiliating myself in front of Neji.

"It's ok, Sasuke's over there" I said, sighing with relief.

I turned and hugged Neji. Back home I always hugged my friends, girls and guys. Neji seemed shocked, I guess he wasn't used to girls latching onto him. He blushed then placed a hand on my back.

"Bye Kari" he mumbled walking off. Bless him, ickle Neji-kins got all confused.

"Sasuke!" I shouted running up to him, I hugged him too. Hugs were my way of greeting people, so sue me. He looked at me irritated, tense inside my embrace.

"Hey! I am NOBODY'S fan girl I just hugged my friends a lot back home" I said letting go of him. He relaxed a little though still seemed annoyed with me.

"Where were you?" he asked, I guess he wasn't a happy bunny. I rubbed the back of my head feeling embarrassed.

"Ummm lost?" I said. He sighed, rolling his eyes at my immature idioticness.

"Come on, we have missions tomorrow" he said grabbing my hand and pulling me along. I looked at our hands and felt the heat rush to my cheeks.

Stupid hot anime guys...

"Are you gonna stay out here all night? We're here" Sasuke pointed out.

"Huh? Wha? Oh yeah I'm fine-- When did we get back?" I said. He let go of my hand, deciding to ignore me.

We were home!

Well at his home anyway.

"Where'd I sleep last night again?" I asked straining my brain trying to remember. He blushed slightly, looking off into the corner like a guilty little kid.

"You fell asleep in my bed" he said quietly.

"You weren't naked were you?" I asked.

"Nani!? Iie!" he cried looking disgusted. They seemed to use Japanese more when they were annoyed. What and no were pretty basic, but if he get's complicated on me, I'm doomed.

"That's ok then" I said simply. He looked at me puzzled.

"What's wrong with sleeping NEXT to someone?" I asked "I don't mind sleeping next to my friends unless it's Alex... I don't trust him and Gemma together. If it bothers you I'll sleep on the floor" I said.

"No I err..." he mumbled awkwardly. I pat him on the shoulder, though it was hard seeing as he was so much taller than me. He looked at me like I was a complete and total idiot. Guess he doesn't like to be touched too much. Like's his personal space. I smiled and shrugged.

"I thought you were quiet and shy?" he said. I smiled.

"I am to begin with, but I got to know you people a bit, so I'm more comfortable. Plus Naruto makes me go hyper" I said. Sasuke sweat dropped.

"I'm going to bed. You can sleep where you like" he mumbled. I sighed. Then followed him.

I lay awake all night.

Insomnia?

That has crossed my mind now and again.

"Can't sleep?" I looked round to see Sasuke staring at me with those piercing black eyes. In the darkness they looked even darker. That sounded really stupid didn't it… I shrugged.

"Just one of them nights" I said yawning.

"You'll be tired" he said.

"Nah, staying up all nights fun" I said. I could almost see his anime sweat drop. "Can't you sleep?" I asked.

"I don't usually get to sleep" he said.

"No wonder you're cranky" I said smiling at him. "My heads to full of thoughts, I'm too restless to sleep." I couldn't stop thinking about home. About everyone who'll be worrying about me. Whether I eventually fell asleep is a mystery. But the next thing I knew, light began to appear, illuminating the sleeping boy's face...