The next morning team 7 bridge-

"He's late again, why tell us to meet at 8'oclock if he's going to be two hours late." Sakura said as she paced across the bridge and back.

Sasuke smirked as he leaned his back against the bridge railing and watched his team mates.

Just then their instructor arrived in a puff of smoke "yo." He said smiling at them.

"You're late!" naruto and sakura shouted pointing up at their sensei.

"Sorry about that I was helping our new team member by some clothes and we lost track of time." He said as he jumped down.

"Lier!" they shouted again.

"It's my fault we're late sorry about that." Said a female voice behind them, they turned to see a young kunoichi walking towards them wearing a light blue jacket over a grey fishnet style top, she was also wearing a slightly darker blue skirt with grey shorts underneath. She wore a leaf headband around her waist and her long platinum blonde hair was plaited and hung over her left shoulder, her light blue eyes seemed to sparkle as she looked at the faces of the genin in front of her.

"So you finally arrived, well let's get down to introductions these are my genin naruto uzamaki, sakura haruno and Sasuke uchiha." Kakashi said pointing to each one in turn.

"Everyone I'd like you to meet Mari aikido. She'll be joining our team, She's jonin level but hasn't passed the test yet." He added noticing the look in Sasuke's eye he smiled slightly so he's finally interested is he. Let's see what he does next. Kakashi thought before turning his attention back to Mari "we'll be training in training ground three today. Meet me there in half an hour." Kakashi added before taking Mari's arm and vanishing.

"There's something strange there. I've never seen her before and suddenly she's a part of our squad." Sakura said turning to Sasuke who just shrugged before walking away.

Half an hour later training ground three-

"So this is where you found me last night." Mari said looking around her "nothing looks familiar it's as though i was just dropped here."

Kakashi sighed before nodding; he looked at his watch and sighed as his genin finally arrived. "You guys are late." He said looking at them and smiling.

"You're on time Kakashi sensei." Sakura said, she glanced at naruto and Sasuke as she spoke who both looked slightly shocked.

"Anyway today each of you will be going up against Mari one at a time." He said before moving over to one of the trees.

Mari stepped forwards "well come on then who wants to go first, I'd love to see what you can do." She said.

"Me" Sasuke drawled his eyes on the older women, naruto and sakura nodded before going to sit beside Kakashi. "You have three minutes starting now." How did I know he'd go first? He thought as he watched his genin get ready to fight Mari.

"I'll not lose to you or anyone else." Sasuke said as he took a kunai from the pouch at his side and got ready to fight her.

"You think your special little boy; well let's see what you can do." Mari said laughing slightly at the look on his face. She watched as Sasuke aimed a kunai at her and laughed lifting her hand to bat the kunai away.

How did she do that? She didn't even touch it. Sasuke thought as Mari disappeared only to reappear above him , she held a kunai in her hand and aimed it at the boys back, making sure it missed by a few centimetres.

"Always watch your surroundings." She said as another Mari appeared beneath him. Within a minute the fight was finished and Sasuke was tied to one of the posts.

Kakashi's eyes widened slightly "how does she know how to do the hand signs for those techniques if she doesn't come from here." He murmured as he moved towards her and took her to one side.

"How do you know those techniques?" he said his hand on her arm tightly

"Where I'm from we see your world as though told in a story book, I learnt the different hand signs from what I saw. I just never thought that they'd actually work." She said looking down when she realised that she had been keeping something from him and the hokage after they helped her. "I'm so sorry I, I should have told you last night please forgive me." She looked down as she spoke, she wasn't sure why but the thought of him being angry at her really upset her.

"It's ok, just tell me next time." He said when he saw the look on her face; he could tell that she was genuinely upset about not telling him. "We'll have to tell the hokage after though."

Mari nodded before heading back over to naruto and sakura. "She's more powerful than I thought." Sakura said softly to naruto who nodded.

"Well you two why don't you try taking me on together. "She said looking at them both and smiling.

She stood with a kunai out of the holster at her side and got ready to fight them both.