DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS. THIS IS JUST A FAN-MADE STORY!
At that same time and unknown to team 7, Sasuke and his recently formed team of handpicked members were also training. Well, at least Sasuke was anyway...
"Suigetsu! Get your lazy butt over here now!" the feisty red-head shouted angrily at the male before her.
"Ah shut up Karin," he answered lazily, slurping away from his water bottle.
"Nngrrrrrhh!" Karin balled her hands into fists and would have punched him squarely in the face if Sasuke hadn't ordered them to cut it out.
"Damn you, you kappa! Now Sasuke is mad at me!" she growled menacingly.
"Oooo is he now? Big deal," was all Suigetsu said as he leaned back against the boulder behind him and continued drinking.
Karin's face was as red as her hair, and she was gritting her teeth so hard that they were in danger of breaking.
Sasuke's new teammates were characterised by unique personalities. Karin was the female member of the team and was a sensory type ninja. She had long ketchup red hair that was straight on one side and unkempt on the other. Her eyes were also red, and were usually concealed behind her glasses. She used to be one of Orochimaru's followers, acting as a guard for one of his hideouts. She was an extremely irritable girl, had an uncontrollable crush on Sasuke and a vicious hatred towards Suigetsu.
Jugo, the other member of the team, used to be one of Orochimaru's prisoners, although he had went to him of his own accord. He was a bipolar, with two distinguishable sides: on one side, he was calm, kind and sweet, with a special love for animals. His other side however, was characterised by uncontrollable murderous instincts which led to the destruction of anything or anyone unfortunate enough to be in the way. He was the first person to have Orochimaru's curse mark, which meant that all others were variations of his. He had spiky orange hair and matching eyes, and was eighteen-years-old, two years older than the rest of his teammates.
The interesting member of the team was Suigetsu. He was sixteen and as lazy as ever, constantly stopping for breaks and drinking water, much to Karin's deep annoyance. He had only just been rescued by Sasuke from Orochimaru's clutches, and so wanted to make the most of his newfound freedom. Wherever he went, he carried the sword that had once belonged to his senpai, Zabuza Momochi, who had been killed years ago. Orochimaru was also dead, having been surprisingly defeated by Sasuke himself, who had immediately taken over.
Whenever he was alone and quiet, Suigetsu's thoughts went back to his childhood friend, Tsubaki. He often wondered what had become of her, whether she had changed or remained the same, and of course, whether she still thought about him sometimes.
He knew Sasuke was from the Leaf village, but whenever he asked him about her, he always gave him the cold shoulder and changed the subject, which really ticked him off.
"Hey, mermaid man, what are you thinking?" Karin's snide voice interrupted his sweet memories of Tsubaki. He looked up and saw her standing before him, hands on her hips and her usual frosty glare directed at him.
"What's it to you?" he asked dryly, taking another sip of his water bottle.
"Geez, fine then, I'm sure it's something dumb anyway," she shot back before walking away.
"What would you know," he muttered to himself. Like she had ever held anyone close at heart, except for her precious Sasuke of course.