Atsuko's POV
Stupid Aniki! Almost got me in trouble! He changed Tou-san's clock this morning. Why, you ask? Because he said he had to get Tou-san and I back. For what? I have no idea! Why did I wake up in Tou-san's room? Because my onii-san is a dobe. The creeper even snuck in Mayumi's room snd changed her clock. He said if I told, he'll tell Tou-san about my potty mouth this morning. He was even spying on me! Oh, the little teme! He's going to have such a field day!
I was sitting at the table fuming. Tou-san and Kaa-san looked at me worried. Nii-san only smirked. Tou-san broke the tension only to make it worse. For me!
"Atsuko?"
"Yes, Tou-san?"
"I heard about what happened in class today."
"Which one—I mean what happened?"
"Why were you late?"
My eyes widen. Nii-san tricked me! He told him I was late, but not WHY I was late. If I tell, Nii and me are going to have a sore bottom. Well, maybe not Nii, but…he was the one who did it! I moved uncomfortably in my seat.
"Well Atsuko?"
"I…"
"You?"
"I…got the times mixed up. I thought it was 10 AM, not 9 AM."
I let out a breath. Nii-san frowned that his plan didn't work. I smirked at him. Try again, teme!
"Oh my goodness, that never happened before, are you sick?," Kaa-san asked.
"No, I'm not sick," I said kicking my feet.
"Well, just don't let that happen again," Tou-san said.
I nodded.
After dinner, I went to go talk to Nii-san.
"You little teme!," I yelled at him. "You almost got me in trouble!"
"Not really, I knew you could get out of it," he said sitting down on his bed. "You have the wrong way of thinking."
"What the hell do you mean?!"
"Nothing. Good night."
I sighed and walked out of the room and to my room. I got in my bed and fell asleep. Tomorrow is going to be a long day.
NEXT DAY
I woke up at 5:30 in the morning grouchy as I could be. Its too damn early!
I groaned. I sat up and threw my blankets off my body. I got up and went to my closet. I changed into my uniform. I grabbed my katana and left my room. I left my house and went back to the academy. I entered the classroom and I saw Dai. We stared at each other for a minute. He gave a weak smile. I tried to smile, but I couldn't. Just because you feel bad, doesn't mean everything is okay. Its going to take some time to get rid of the things that happened the last 5 years.
Come to think of it, Dai really didn't peform any of the physical viloence besides at the first sparring tournament. Maybe he was force to do it. Wait a minute, why am I sticking up for him?!
I gave a slight wave and sat down on top of a desk. I started kicking my feet slowly. I started thinking about the dumb test we had to take. Why did we even have to take it, if we passed the test to get out of the academy?
I sighed.
"Whoa, what's with the tension in the room?," we saw Nao come in.
"Nothing," Dai and I said in unison.
"Well, we're all here," we heard Sensei.
We turned are heads to the sound of her voice.
"Are you guys ready?," Fumiko Sensei asked.
We only nod are heads. We leave the classroom and head to training grounds # 4.
"Alright you three, I'm going to explain the rules for this training excercise," Sensei started. "So listen."
We nodded.
"Okay, we're not doing the bell test like some other teams. First off, teams must work together, to defeat their enemy. You guys have to defeat me. If your teamwork isn't strong enough to defeat me, you won't pass. What's the good of being on a team, if you can't work with each other?," Fumiko Sensei explained.
"How much time do we have?," Dai asked.
"Until the sun rises. So…two hours," Sensei responded.
I bit on my bottom lip making it bleed. I wiped away the blood that dripped down my chin.
"I'm not going to give you time to think because your enemies won't let you."
We stood there for a minute. I could feel my teamates heart pounding out of their chests.
"Alright, begin!"
We jumped back, while Fumiko Sensei stood in the middle of the field. We all landed on the same tree.
"We got to think of a strategy!," I suggest.
"Good call," Nao nodded.
"Lets go farther back," Dai said.
We head further back to the woods. I left Kage Bunshins on the way, so Sensei wouldn't find us so early. We jumped behind some bushes and started thinking.
"What are we going to do?!," Nao panicked.
"Calm down first," Dai said. "You can't think if you're panicking.
I nodded in agreement.
"Lets attack her at the same time," I suggested.
"We're not ameutrs," Nao said.
I shrugged.
"Alright...," I started.
"Atsuko, this better be a good plan, we can't waist time," Dai reminded me.
"It is. Okay, I'll use Hiraishin no Jutsu to get behind her, then I'll use Rasengan, and when she goes flying, you guys finish her off," I stratagized.
Nai nodded giving the okay.
"At this point, we're going to have to go with that," Nao sighed.
"Alright!," I yelled jumping up. "You two stay behind here."
"Got it," they said in unison.
"Found ya," I heard Fumiko Sensei's voice.
I gasped and snapped my head to the sound of her voice.
"That was a smart strategy. Leaving Kage Bunshins along the way," Sensei admired. "But it was wrong to leave it in your direction."
'Atsuko did that?!,' Nao wondered surprised. 'She's pretty good.'
"I knew we were gonna be ready. Plus, we-I didn't want to search for you," I smirked.
"We, then."
She ran towards me. She trew a punch towards my face. I jumped over her head. I placed the seal for Hiraishin no Jutsu on her back. I contineud to flip in the air. I landed light on my feet.
'We just have to stay in this area,' I chanted in my head.
I turned back around and she was standing a couple feet behind me.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!," I made one clone. She molded the Rasengan in my hand. I used the Hiraishin no Jutsu and appearer behind her.
"Rasengan!," I hit her in the center of her back.
She hissed in pain. she stared to fly towards the direction of Nao and Dai. They jump out from the bushes. Dai uses his right hand, while Nao uses his right hand to punch her at the same time. She flew a couple of feet back and landed on the ground.
"We did it!," Nao cheered.
"No, that was way too quick and easy," I pointed out.
Dai nodded.
I went to the side of her body that layed on the ground. It disappeared in a poof and smoke appeared, leaving a log
"Substitution," I stated.
Crap! That means I might have put the seal on the substitute, not Sensei. Then, I heard snickering behind me. Before I had time to react and turn around, I was pinned to the ground with Sensei on top of me and a kunai to my cheek.
"Atsuko!," Nao yelled.
"Damn," I mumbled.
"That was a good little quick plan you three put together," Sensei said. "But it wasn't enough to beat me and I'm going easy. Your team work wasn't strong enough."
We all frowned. How does she expect us to beat her?!
"If you two come take a step, I'll slice her cheek," Sensei threatened.
Now we're screwed.
We all lowered are heads at the thought of being sent back to the academy. Are parents would be upset at us. We're done, there's nothing we can do. I hit my head against the ground. Dammit, we worked so hard for this! We spent four years of hell in that academy! Well, hell for me. I don't want to get sent back, but there is nothing we can do!
'You have the wrong way of thinking,' played in my head.
I gasped. I get it now! Nii-san is saying I have to be positive in these situations!
I looked up at Nao. I started giving him directions through my eyes. I tilted my body to the side to let my special kunai hang put a little. Nao gasped getting it.
'Nao, grab my special kunai and run behind me,' I explained.
"That's reckless! You'll get cut!,' he scolded.
I rolled my eyes.
'Just do it. Don't you want to become a shinobi?'
He sighed. He ran towards me. I closed my eyes to get ready for the pain that came my way. She sliced my cheek pretty deep making me hiss in pain.
"Ah!," I hissed.
Nao picked up my special kunai as he ran. He stopped a couple feet behind me. I pulled my hands up and made a hand sign for the jutsu. I appeared next to Nao.
"Lets finish this!," I yelled.
I nudged Nao in my arm.
"Follow my league. You'll know what to do," I smiled.
I ran towards Sensei and Nao followed closely behind. I punched her up in the air. Dai jumped in the air and kicked her towards Dai. He jumped high in the air. He stuck his right foot out. He flipped with his right foot still out and kicked her in the landed on the ground with a loud thump. She quickly sat up making us gasp.
"Alright, I give up," Fumiko Sensei threw her hands in the air surrenduring.
"Alright!," we yelled excited.
"You guys didn't even have to think, you knew what to do with each other," Sensei smiled. "Congratulations, you're are finally Genin. We start our missions tomorrow."
Nao smiled and looked at me. He gasped.
"What? What is it, Nao?"
"What happened to your cut?"
"Hmm?"
"Your cut. Its gone. Healed. What did you do?"
Uh, I did not know how to answer this. Ooh, I know!
"My Tou-san gave me some medicine that can help heal your injuries quicker," I replied.
"When did you...," he started.
"Stop asking her questions," Sensei said.
I chuckled.
"You three can go home now," Sensei told us.
Nao and Dai ran off.
"Atsuko?"
"Yes, Sensei?"
"Kyuubi?"
"Kyuubi."
I ran home to go tell my family the great news.