Mieko and Sasuke were the first to arrive at the academy, followed by Naruto who sat next to Sasuke and took a nap. As usual, Mieko was reading a book, only this time it was a fantasy book and not one of Kakashi's. Sasuke was sitting calmly with his hands clasped in front of his mouth as he waited patiently for Iruka sensei to arrive. Mieko sighed when she heard a commotion coming from the hallway, already knowing it was the Sasuke Fan club leaders "I made it in first billboard brow!" Ino teased smugly.

"Nu-uh, my toe was in the door at least ten inches before you" Sakura replied back in her condescending tone, she turned towards Naruto who had a nervous look on his face.

"Hey Sakura-" he yelped when he was pushed off his seat by said pinkette.

"Move" she snapped "Hey can I sit here Sasuke?" Sasuke was sitting in between Naruto and Mieko. Mieko was on the window side whilst Naruto was on the stairs side.

"No, I'm sitting there, I was here first" Ino pushed Sakura out of the way.

"No way, I was here way before you so I get to sit there" the rest of the Sasuke Fan club came over and began to fight. Mieko sighed, feeling irritated but also pity for Sasuke who wanted nothing more than to run. She did, however, raise an eyebrow when Naruto jumped up onto the male Uchiha's table and stared at him, the girls stopped to look at Naruto. Naruto, on the other hand, was observing Sasuke's features that were scrunched up in disgust. What did all the girls see in Sasuke, he had a bird hairstyle, his eyes were black and boring, his skin was pale and he was scrawnier than the blonde was. He hoped that Mieko didn't like him like all the other girls did, she probably likes happy guys who laughed and smiled.

The scene changed from being creepy to shocking when a boy caused Naruto to press his lips against Sasuke, the SUFC screamed and wailed when they saw this, that was Sasuke's first kiss. The two kissers immediately pulled away and began choking in disgust, they really wanted to vomit.

"Oh boy that is hilarious!" Mieko said whilst cackling madly, that was absolutely hilarious to the tigress.

"Stop laughing at me Mieko-wait what are you all glaring at me for?" Naruto looked up in fear as all the SUFC stared at him with fury.

"You're dead Uzumaki" Sakura hissed, her knuckles cracking to add to the intimidation. Mieko smiled instantly disappeared when the girls approached her friend, she immediately stood from her chair and stood in front of Naruto "Get back Mieko or you will get hurt too" Sakura threatened.

"There is three things wrong with your threat" Sakura looked at Mieko in shock, surprised that Mieko was even paying attention to her "One you would not and do not have the skill or power to lay even one finger on me" she narrowed her eyes "Two you would not be able to lay a hand on Naruto when I am here and three" she took a step forward so she was closer to Sakura "would you really go up against a beast like me?" Mieko's frown turned into a grin that bared her sharp fangs. She forced her eyes to slit like a cat does when they're angry. When her eyes are calm they are a normal black macula with a golden coloured iris.

The girls shivered and took a step back "Now I will sit next to Sasuke who will sit where I was" she turned around to help Naruto up, once that was done she turned back towards the girls "And besides, that wasn't Sasuke's first kiss" she grinned evilly when the girls began to scream with broken-heartedness, Naruto was glaring at Sasuke and the man in question was smirking in satisfaction about everyone knowing that wasn't his first kiss. They can decide who his first kiss truly was, as long as it wasn't Naruto.

"Alright class sit down so I can tell you all who your teams and Jounin will be" the SUFC reluctantly headed to their seats but still stared at Mieko with uncertainty, none wanted her on their team but the boys of the class sure did.

"Man what a drag" Shikamaru spoke as he waited for their sensei to continue "I don't understand what all the girls see in Sasuke."

"You wouldn't understand" Ino snapped "You're just jealous that's all."

"I'm not jealous, just confused" he replied calmly.

"I hope I'm not put on your team," she said smugly.

"Don't worry Shikamaru, I'm a girl and I don't even understand their obsession with him" Sasuke frowned but continued to listen "Like yeah sure he has looks but I would only find someone worthy of my love by looking at their personality and not their face" both Naruto and the Uchiha boy sighed in relief, one for the fact that she wasn't like the Sasuke Fan club and the other because he would have a chance with her.

"That would be one of the reasons why I would want to be on your team Mieko."

"I would like to be on your team too Shikamaru" she gave him a smile and looked back to the front.

"Alright on team 10 is Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, and Choji Akimichi" Ino groaned and slammed her head on her table.

"Why Choji…why Shikamaru why!?'

"On team 7 is Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno" she began internally screaming with joy "Naruto Uzumaki" the screaming disappeared "And Mieko Hatake was added only today so you are the only four-membered team."

"Yeah, I get to work with Mieko!" Naruto yelled then remembered the other members "Uh sensei why does a great Shinobi like me have to work with a teme like Sasuke."

"I could ask the same thing dobe" Sasuke hissed. He would rather have a Jounin for himself that would not be shared with other people. He wanted the Jounin to focus on him and him alone. He supposed that it wasn't that bad because Mieko was part of his team but…Sakura? Naruto? Seriously? What did he do to deserve that?

"Well Naruto your scores were the worst whilst Sasuke's was the best males score" Iruka answered confusing the class.

"What do you mean by best males score?" Kiba Inuzuka asked.

"Well Mieko had the same score as Sasuke so she has the best female scores, we had to balance the scores with worst and good" Sakura mentally fumed.

"Why was she put on the team only today Sensei?" Kiba asked.

"Well she was originally supposed to graduate early but she declined it, we were hoping there were more to graduate but since that didn't happen she was put on team 7" Iruka replied, the rest of the class looked at Mieko in shock except for Naruto and Sasuke who already knew, sure Sasuke was jealous that she could graduate early just like you know who did but now it gave him the motivation to get stronger.

But that means that I had the worst scores!' of course she knew she didn't have the worst scores of the entire class but she did have worse than Mieko, now how was she supposed to prove to Sasuke that they should be together!?

Once all the teams were prepared team seven waited for their Jounin "How long is our sensei going to take!" Sakura yelled in frustration.

"Just be patient" Sasuke replied, looking over Mieko's shoulder to see what she was reading, sighing when he noticed it was a romance novel "Why are you reading that Mieko?"

"I like the story," she said as she closed the book "the feeling of escaping to a fantasy land is like a stress relief for me."

"Naruto stop, we're going to get in trouble" Sakura scolded, although on the inside she was screaming in excitement.

"Don't worry, he will totally fall for this" he said as he placed the chalky eraser between the door and it's frame.

"He is a Jounin, he wouldn't fall for something so childish" Sasuke reminded in his smug voice.

"I think that because he is a Jounin he won't suspect us to play a prank on him" as if to prove her point a gloved hand pushed the door open and the eraser fell on the Jounin's head.

"I'm so sorry sensei!" Sakura yelled, but on the inside, she was laughing along with Naruto.

Mieko's eyes widened and a big smile stretched across her face "Papa!" she squealed as she jumped up and raced down to Kakashi who opened her arms and caught her as she jumped off the table "why didn't you tell me you were going to be my Jounin?"

"I wanted it to be a surprise," he said with a lazy smile. He placed his daughter down and scanned his other students. "My first impression of you guys are…I don't like you" they all deadpanned. Sakura whined when she heard that "Now why don't we head up to the roof so we can get to know each other better?" The group nodded and did as they were told, once they arrived they all sat down and looked at their Sensei "Now, how do we start this? Why don't we tell each other a little bit about ourselves" their sensei offered.

"Like what?" Sakura asked.

"You know, the usual, your likes, dislikes, dreams for the future, hobbies, things like that."

"Why don't you start first?" Naruto stated.

"Huh? Very well, my name is Kakashi Hatake, there are things I like and things I don't…I have many dreams for the future and hobbies? Hmm well, I have lots of hobbies" they all deadpanned.

"That told us nothing" Naruto mumbled.

"Well that's me, now it's your turn" he looked over to Naruto "The blonde should go first."

"Me? My name is Naruto Uzumaki! I like instant ramen in a cup, I like it when Iruka sensei treats me to Ichiraku's ramen and when Mieko hangs out with me! I hate it when it takes three minutes for ramen to cook!"

he sure likes ramen' Kakashi thought dully.

"My dream is to one day be a better Hokage than Sarutobi then the village will acknowledge my existence! My hobbies are playing pranks I guess" Kakashi nodded and looked at the pink girl.

"Ahh, my name is Sakura Haruno…what I like is *giggle*…my hobbies are *more giggling* dream for the future is *loud squeal*" every time she spoke she looked over at the oblivious Sasuke and blushed.

"And what do you hate?" Kakashi asked

"Naruto and Mieko!" she screamed, Naruto had tears whilst Mieko sighed. Whilst Naruto had a crush on Mieko, he had one on Sakura as well

"I'm in so much pain" she replied sarcastically.

"Well since you spoke up why don't you go next" Mieko nodded.

"My name is Mieko Hatake, our Jounin is my papa, umm... I like to read pretty much any book I can get my hands on and I like to hang out with Naruto and Sasuke. I don't like people who are blinded by love because they will one day hurt their teammates" she looked at Sakura "My hobbies are reading books and sketching and my dreams for the future is to become stronger so that I can protect everyone who I care about..."

Kakashi smiled at his daughters words "That's nice, now the last person."

"My name is Sasuke Uchiha, I hate a lot of things and don't particularly like anything" Sakura frowned "I don't have dreams because I will make them a reality."

"And they are?"

"I will restore the Uchiha clan and kill a certain someone so Mieko and I can live in peace" he replied determinedly, Mieko smiled and poked him in the cheek. He merely gave a small, almost non-existent smile.

"Well now that we know each other, what is our first mission Kakashi sensei!?" Naruto asked excitedly.

"It's not so much a mission and more like a survival exercise."

"But we already did that at the academy" Sakura whined.

"It is to test your strength."

"What! What is it!?" Naruto asked.

"If I tell you then you will be upset."

"Just tell us already," Mieko asked, feeling irritated and impatient.

"Fine, of the 27 graduates who came to the academy only nine will be accepted as Genin, the other 18 will be weeded out and sent back to the academy, in other words this is a make it or break it pass/ fail test, the chance that you will fail is at least 66 per cent" they all looked at him differently, Naruto looked at him in shock, Sakura had a deadpanned look, Sasuke remained the same and Mieko whistled "see didn't I tell you, you wouldn't like it."

"That's crazy, we worked hard to get here believe it! What was that graduation test for anyway!" Naruto yelled angrily.

"Oh that, that was just a test to select a few who might become a Genin, or not" Kakashi replied calmly.

"WHAAAATTT!"

"That's how it is, I decide whether you pass or fail, be in the designated training area at 5 am and bring your ninja gear."

grrr! I have to pass this test, people are gonna look up to me someday! Believe it!' Naruto screamed inside his head.

'If I fail I will be separated from Sasuke, this is a quest for love' Sakura proclaimed.

Mieko looked over at Sasuke's clenched hands with narrowed eyes 'I have to help Sasuke so he can accomplish his dreams-Naruto too' she then looked over at Sakura who was dreamily looking at Sasuke and scoffed, she has a stupid dream 'the both of them have goals that they want to achieve with all their hearts' she sighed and looked at their Sensei.

"Well that's it, you're all dismissed" he raised a hand and turned back to look at his students "Oh, also, you shouldn't eat breakfast tomorrow or else you'll puke" they all looked at their sensei in shock, he merely smirked and flashed away.

Mieko sighed loudly and stretched as she stood "Well I'm going to be stuffing my face tonight, anyone wanna eat all the food Ichiraku has?"

"I do!" Naruto jumped up and wrapped an arm around her shoulder.

"I suppose it wouldn't hurt to eat out tonight," Sasuke said and he plucked Naruto's arm off her shoulder, Mieko nodded and looked to Sakura.

"And what about you Sakura-chan?" the pinkette looked at her in shock "We're a team now so I'm going to be a lot nicer to you, so would you like to come and eat?"

"Uhh y-yeah sure!" Sakura smiled and jumped up, following the trio to Ichiraku's ramen 'yes, I'm finally going to eat with Sasuke, perhaps I can find what he likes so he can like me better! CHA!' she cheered mentally, she only knew that Sasuke liked girls with long hair but now! Now she can find out other things, she could also ask Mieko what he likes as well. She didn't like Mieko because she was so close to Sasuke but she knew Mieko didn't find boys appealing so it will be a perfect plan to ask her about Sasuke.

They ate in silence for the first few minutes, just enjoying the taste and silence before Sakura spoke up "This is pretty good tasting food" Sakura complimented "of course I'm sure Sasuke has amazing cooking skills."

"When you live alone you have to learn to cook or you'll end up eating 2-minute noodles or take away every night" Sasuke replied, which was the most he had ever really said to Sakura without having an insult thrown in.

"What about you Mieko? Does your family know how to cook" the pinkette asked, Mieko shrugged her shoulders.

"It's just papa and me, we know how to cook and take a turn in doing so" she looked at her food and began to eat silently.

"Well I'm going to stuff my face tonight so I won't be starving in the morning!" Naruto cheered as he stuffed his face. Once dinner was done Naruto had passed out at the table with a full belly, Sasuke said he was going to train a bit before tomorrow and so it was just Sakura and Mieko.

"So Mieko, do you like Sasuke?"

"You mean like a friend or more than that?"

"Like more than that?" she dreaded the answer but waited patiently.

Mieko stared at Sakura slightly, she wasn't about to tell the obsessive girl that she liked Sasuke more than a friend. She would have to play her cards right "I never really thought that about him that way before, actually I never thought about anyone in a romantic way in a long time, to be honest" she looked up at the ceiling.

"What type of relationship do you have with Sasuke?"

"Well we used to be merely childhood friends when we were younger but…after the massacre we got closer, we had to depend on each other for support when we would break down" she waved her hand over her face "besides I never learnt what feeling you get when you like someone so I could like Naruto and I wouldn't even realise it."

"Wow, you don't know those feelings at all?" Sakura asked in shock.

"No, I never really asked anyone. Papa doesn't like to talk about relationship stuff."

"I could tell you" Sakura offered, praying that she liked Naruto and not Sasuke.

"Nah we can save that for another time" she turned to Sakura with a smirk "I want to know when you started liking Sasuke" information time.

"Well ahh I think it was when I first laid eyes on him, I thought it was love at first sight" she sighed at the memory "I just wished I knew what he liked so then I could get closer to him" all according to plan.

"I could tell you if you would like?" Mieko offered, she wasn't really but if it placated Sakura than she would tell her enough.

"You don't have to do that?" the pinkette cried in mock surprise.

"It's alright, let me see" the tigress tapped her chin in thought "He liked girls with long hair from what i've heard. He likes dedication to training and becoming stronger hmmm…I heard he likes people who are calm and won't freak out, that's why he doesn't like Naruto very well."

"Wow, he doesn't like much does he?" that wasn't a lot of information to go on.

"Well he doesn't really have hobbies besides practicing or sketching like myself, sometimes we go out and sketch whatever we feel like."

"What type of guy do you like Mieko?" she was curious to see what Mieko liked in a guy.

"Me? Huh, I never thought of it, I suppose I like a guy who can be calm in dire situations."

"I don't mean fighting I just meant the personality of a guy."

"Oh oh, I like a guy who wouldn't change who he is for a girl, he could be stoic and angry but just as long as he cared for me and treated me kindly would mean the world for me. I want a guy who…who would cherish me and protect me when I am down" she chuckled before continuing "I would want a guy who would act on his feelings, like you know press me against the wall and kiss me passionately so I could feel his feelings through his touch."

"W-wow that's a bit steamy" she was blushing but she too would want that to happen but only by Sasuke "Thanks, Mieko for the talk" she then faked yawned "Anyway I think I should go and head home, don't want to be tired for tomorrow."

"Alright have a good night" Mieko immediately pulled out a book.

"Yeah I'll wake up Naruto and we can leave" Sakura slapped the back of the blobde haired boys head and dragged him home after he hugged hugged Mieko goodbye, soon after Sasuke came back from practicing and headed over to Mieko.

"Hey, Sasuke how was training? That was pretty short."

"It would have been longer but I felt a bit nauseous as I just ate" he replied as he plonked down on the chair beside her and rested his head on her shoulder, she chuckled and began softly stroking his hair "That's nice, keep doing that" he ordered.

"Yes sir" she continued to read her book as she absentmindedly stroked his hair, Sasuke had his eyes closed as he remembered the conversation he heard between Sakura and Mieko. He realized that the qualities that she spoke of were a lot like him but she did not realize that at least now he knew how to win Mieko's favor, especially since he knew that she was a perv. He would need to up his game and be a bit more…confident. And besides, the Uchiha men are always good at seducing a woman. Yes after the training tomorrow he would up the ante and win her hand.