Freedom. Chapter 2: Formation: New Team Kakashi.
(Note: The title of the chapter is named after the Naruto Shippuden episode where Sai and Yamato join Team Kakashi for the first time.)
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As soon as Naruto, Kakashi, Sakura and William boarded the ship leading to Scotland, William introduced Team Kakashi to his friends Hamish, Campbell who was Hamish's father, Stephen and Morrison. However, while Campbell, Morrison and Stephen understood why Team Kakashi had to protect William during the war, Hamish was a little baffled when it came to Sakura.
"William, remind me again why a girl like Sakura is joining our army. She's not even a knight like us," Hamish objected.
"I told you before, Hamish, and I'll say it again: because Sakura's a medical ninja, she will become the healer of the army. Have you not forgotten that she, Naruto and Kakashi have been sent on a mission to guard me?" William inquired.
"Of course not!" Hamish exclaimed. "It's just that... you usually don't see women fighting in wars. I guess I'm just not used to it. I mean, here we are, about to go at war with the English. It's an all-man battle, and then this girl shows up making the situation a little awkward. I mean, what if she dies?"
William put a hand on Hamish's shoulder.
"Don't worry, she won't. I trust her, Naruto and Kakashi. In fact, I trust all of you. Look. Hamish, you're my best friend. Just believe in me and everything will be okay," said William.
Hamish nodded his head.
"Alright."
William walked to Sakura and Stephen who was flirting with her.
"So. Do you have a boyfriend?" Stephen asked Sakura.
An image of Sasuke came to Sakura's mind.
"Yes," she lied.
"Oh."
Stephen looked at William who was behind Sakura and smirked.
"Is it William?"
While Wiliam's face turned red, Sakura blushed.
"What?! No! Look. Like I said before, William and I are just friends. I could never fall in love with him that fast just right after Kakashi-sensei, Naruto and I met him," Sakura admitted.
"Sure. Whatever you say, Sakura. Who knows? Maybe the almighty god Cupid might shoot a bow and arrow on the two of you and make you fall in love with one another," Stephen voiced as he began to chuckle.
"Oh shut up, Stephen!" William shouted.
"William and Sakura, sitting a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G," Stephen teased.
"I said shut up!" William yelled as he punched Stephen.
"Oh come on, guys! I was just kidding!" Stephen tried to explain.
"Doesn't matter," Sakura answered.
"William? Sakura?" came the voice of Naruto who appeared in front of William and Sakura.
"Yes?" Sakura replied.
"What is it, Naruto?" William wondered.
"Kakashi-sensei wants to have an important meeting with us. Come on. We shouldn't keep him waiting," Naruto spoke.
"Okay," Sakura answered as she and William followed Naruto to go meet Kakashi, leaving Stephen alone.
The trio (Naruto, Sakura and William) found Kakashi sitting at that the bow of the ship reading his book (Icha Icha), with the wind blowing in his hair.
"Uh, Kakashi-sensei? We're here," the voice of Naruto interrupted Kakashi who put his book down.
"Oh. Right. Anyway, Naruto, Sakura, I have something important to tell you. Remember back when we first became Team 7 and Sasuke was a part of the team at the time, we had to introduce ourselves?" Kakashi asked.
"Yeah," Naruto replied.
"Well, since William is a part of the team now, I thought we should do the introductions over," Kakashi replied.
"But, Kakashi-sensei, we already know you," Sakura said, scratching her head in confusion.
"Yes, Sakura. You and Naruto know me, but William doesn't know us. The reason why I'd like to do the introductions over is because I wanted to show William how it's done," Kakashi stated as he cleared his throat. "So, let's start, shall we?"
"Deja vu," Sakura thought to herself.
"Naruto, you go first," Kakashi suggested.
"Okay! I'm Naruto Uzumaki. I'm 16 years old, but I'll be 17 on October 10, and I was born in 1280 in Konoha, the Hidden Leaf Village. I like instant ramen in a cup, and I really like the ramen that Iruka-sensei got me at the Ichiraku noodle shop back in Konoha. Not only is eating ramen one of my favorite hobbies, but I also love pulling pranks and watering plants. And my future dream is to be the greatest Hokage! Then Konoha, no, the whole world will stop disrespecting me and start treating like I'm somebody. Somebody important! Who knows? Maybe William and the rest of the Scottish will respect me too! Believe it!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Alright. Next?" Kakashi asked.
"I think I'll go next. I'm William Wallace. I'm 27 years old, and I was born in 1270 in the city of Elderslie, which is located in Scotland, my home country," William spoke.
"Wait. You're 27?" Naruto interrupted William with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah. Got a problem?" William responded, coldly.
"N-No," Naruto said as he sweatdropped.
To Naruto, it felt weird that an older man like William who was four years younger than Kakashi and ten years younger than Naruto and Sakura would become their teammate. It was almost as if Naruto and Sakura had two senseis instead of one.
"Anyway, as I was saying, my hobbies are spending time with my friends Hamish, Campell, Morrison and Stephen while daydreaming about my wife who, like I said before, was killed by the English a long time ago. As for my future dream, I hope that everybody all around the world, including the Scottish and myself, can all live and believe in freedom," William proclaimed, proudly.
"Hmm... interesting. Okay, Sakura, it's your turn," Kakashi uttured.
"I'm Sakura Haruno. My birthday is March 28, and I'm 17 years old. Like Naruto, I was also born in 1280 in Konoha, the Hidden Leaf Village. My hobbies are playing trivia games, and memorizing new material for my medical studies. My dream for the future is...," Sakura responded as she got quiet all of a sudden.
"Well?" William asked.
Sakura thought of Sasuke, because her dream for the future was to get Sasuke back from Orochimaru, and to help Sasuke get revenge on Itachi.
"Sakura?" William called her name, interrupting her thoughts.
"What?" Sakura replied.
"What is your future dream?" William wondered.
"My dream for the future is to become a splendid and strong kunoichi like Lady Tsunade," Sakura determined with a smile on her face.
Secretly, Kakashi and Naruto both knew that Sakura was lying, because they knew she was thinking of Sasuke.
"Alright. At last, it's my turn. I'm Kakashi Hatake. I was born on September 15, 1266. I'm 30 right now, but I'll be 31 in September. Hmm. So far, I don't have any dreams for the future," Kakashi mentioned.
Naruto and Sakura remembered those exact same words he said to them when they (along with Sasuke) first met him and became Team 7.
"Huh? What do you mean you don't have any dreams for the future? Shouldn't everybody have dreams?" William inquired.
"It's always been like this. He said to us when Naruto, Sasuke and I first met him and became Team 7," Sakura whispered to William.
"Ah," William understood.
"As for my hobbies, I love reading the book series Icha Icha, also known as the Make-Out series that Jiraiya got me," Kakashi continued.
"Uh, "Make-Out Series?" What kind of name is that?" William questioned with a raised eyebrow.
"Hey. It's Jiraiya's story. Not mine," Kakashi said as he started to get excited about the book series by acting like a fanboy. "It's got it all, William: love, passion, excitement, adventure, drama, and so much more. You should read it."
"Uh... thanks for the offer, Kakashi, but no thanks," William declined.
"What?!" Kakashi shrieked.
"Sorry, but, I'm not sure if it would be my type of book, just by you describing it in a fanboyish way," William declined.
Kakashi pouted.
"Anyway, now that we're done, maybe we should get to know William for a little bit, don't you think?" Kakashi suggested.
"Okay," Naruto replied as Kakashi walked back to the deck of the ship and continued reading his book, while quietly grumbling about William not wanting to read Icha Icha.
"So, um, William. What's it like in Scotland?" Sakura quizzed. William put a finger on his chin and thought of Scotland.
"Well, there's lakes, mountains, rivers, kings, queens, princes, princesses, knights, pretty much everything," he said.
"Are there any ninjas?" Naruto cathecized.
"No. I don't think you'd see ninjas in Scotland, Naruto. However, since all three of you will be with me during this journey, you might as well be the first three ninjas in our land," William aforementioned.
"Do they have any kunais? Like you know, jutsus and ninja tools?" Naruto inquired.
"Jutsus?" William queried.
Naruto used the Tranformation Jutsu and surprisingly looked like William.
"Oh my god," William was speechless.
"Hey, look at me, I'm William Wallace, a Scotsman who dreams of freedom," Naruto mimicked William.
"Stop it. It's not funny," William retorted with an irritated look on his face as Naruto turned back into himself.
"Come on. I was just joking, William," Naruto whined.
"If you do that to the Scots, I swear I will kick your arse, Naruto Uzumaki. Trust me. It won't be pretty when that happens," William threatened.
"Okay," Naruto whimpered.
"Besides, I bet you don't even know anything about freedom," William snapped.
"I do TOO know everything about freedom!" Naruto yelled with angry white eyes, and made a fist as the two of them had an electric spark that passed between them.
"Hey! Knock it off, you two!" Sakura cried.
William and Naruto stopped their bickering and looked at Sakura.
"Look, Lady Tsunade said that you two have to get along no matter what," Sakura affirmed.
"Yeah, but he called my kilt a dress!" William shouted, pointing a finger at Naruto.
"And he told me to put my head between my legs and kiss my own butt!" Naruto yelled, pointing a finger at William.
The two men were about to beat each other up, but Sakura stood in between them and put one hand on William's chest, and the other hand on Naruto's chest.
"Cut it out! Fighting like this won't help us as a team, now would it?!" Sakura screamed.
Naruto and William stopped fighting.
"Now come on. Can't we all just be nice to each other for once? I hope you won't be like this when we get to Scotland."
Both men sighed.
"Fine," Naruto complained.
"Whatever," William muttered.
Sakura sighed in relief.
"What's going on here?" the voice of Kakashi asked as he saw Sakura with William and Naruto.
"Kakashi-sensei, I don't want to work with William. He's mean," Naruto whined.
"Hey! I'm not mean! You wouldn't like to see me when I'm angry now, would you?!" a feisty William yelled.
"Kakashi-sensei, how much did you hear?" Sakura wondered.
"Pretty much when they started arguing. Now look. Sakura's right. Whether you like it or not, Naruto, we have to keep William alive during this mission no matter what. I mean, what if he dies during the battle? You wouldn't like that, would you?" Kakashi lectured.
Naruto's angry eyes softened and turned to sadness.
"No..."
"Good," Kakashi said with a smile.
"This is gonna be a long journey. I just hope that Naruto and William won't fight like this throughout the entire mission," Sakura thought to herself.
Later that day, sunset came, and Kakashi, Naruto, Sakura and William were still standing at the bow of the ship.
Kakashi told Campbell to do something.
"Since William is now a member of Team Kakashi, we're going to be taking a picture with him in it," Kakashi voiced as he looked at Campbell who had a camera on top of a tripod. "Campbell? Would you do the honors?"
In unison, deep inside their thoughts, they groaned to themselves:
"Do I have to take a picture with him?"
"Alright. You ready?" Campbell put his finger on top of the camera. "One... two... three." he pressed the button and the camera flashed.
A picture of Kakashi, Naruto, Sakura and William appeared out of the camera and Campbell gave it to Kakashi.
"Well, here you go," Campbell stated with a smile.
Kakashi put the picture in four picture frames: One was for him, one for William, one for Naruto, and one for Sakura.
"I love the background in this picture. It's so pretty," Naruto commented.
"Yeah," Sakura agreed.
It was then she realized that Naruto and William's rivalry was just like Naruto's rivalry with Sasuke. Only except Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke have been together since they were kids. They weren't even around when William was born in 1270.
Sakura remembered the day that Naruto and Sasuke were arguing about not wanting to be in the Team 7 picture when it was taken. At the time, the three of them were 12 years old, and Kakashi was 26. Kakashi and Sakura were the only ones smiling in the picture, while Naruto and Sasuke gave dirty looks to each other.
However, when it came to the new Team Kakashi picture with William replacing Sasuke, Naruto, Sakura, William and Kakashi kept their cool, and smiled. But unlike the Team 7 photo where Sakura had that big fangirlish smile of hers because of crush on Sasuke, she did not grin like that in the picture with William, Naruto and Kakashi right beside her.
Later that night, after Naruto and Kakashi had gone to bed, the only people that were awake were William who was conversing with the Scots about the upcoming battle with the English at Stirling, and Sakura, who was sitting alone in her cabin looking out at the stars and moon.
She was looking at the two picture frames of Team 7 and the new Team Kakashi; as s if she was comparing them.
Even after William was declared the replacement for Sasuke and new member of Team Kakashi, deep down, Sakura missed Sasuke terribly.
She remembered confessing her feelings to Sasuke on the night he left Konoha.
~ Flashback (1293)... ~
"Sasuke! I'm so in love with you, I can't even stand it! If you would only be with me! I promise! I'd never let you regret it! Every day will be a joy! I can give you happiness! I'll do anything for you, Sasuke! So please! I'm begging you, don't walk away! I'll even help get your revenge! I'll do whatever it takes to make it happen, I swear! So stay here... with me. And if you can't... then take me with you, Sasuke." Sakura pleaded.
After Sasuke told Sakura that she was annoying, before he left, the last words he spoke to her was:
"Sakura. Thank you for everything."
As soon Sasuke knocked out Sakura, he placed her on a bench, and vanished into the night, leaving Konoha behind forever.
~ End of flashback...~
Sakura also remembered the promise that Naruto made to her when he, Shikamaru, Neji, Choji and Kiba were all sent on a mission to retrieve Sasuke.
~ Flashback (1293)...~
With a grin on his face, Naruto gave Sakura the thumbs up, and proudly proclaimed:
"Don't you worry one bit! I'm gonna bring Sasuke back! I promise that on my life, Sakura!"
~ End of flashback...~
Sadly, although Naruto begged Sasuke to return back to Konoha, Sasuke refused to do so as the two boys fought at the Valley Of The End.
During the battle, their jutsus clashed, leaving Naruto knocked unconscious by Sasuke's blow. Afterward, Sasuke went to Orochimaru, and Naruto felt like he broke his promise to Sakura by not bringing Sasuke back to her.
Once Sasuke came to her mind, a tear slid down Sakura's cheek, and she ended up crying in her sleep, but quietly.
Later that night, after everyone except for William went to bed, he snuck into Sakura's cabin, covered her up with a blanket, kissed her forehead, and whispered in her ear:
"Good night, Sakura."
Afterward, he looked at Naruto and Kakashi sleeping in their cabins, and went to his own cabin.
William looked at the nighttime sky, and thought of Murron.
He remembered the day when they first met as kids at his father and brother's funeral. Murron gave William a thistle, and he kept it by his side all these years.
He looked at the handkerchief that she gave him at their wedding, and images of the two of them spending time together came to William's mind.
Before falling asleep, William put his hands together, and whispered in a prayer:
"Murron... you may not be here with me, but I need your strength to help me during this war. I miss you and I love you."
(Note: I'm sorry if the first few chapters are kind of boring, but I think in about two or three chapters (maybe even a few more) from now, the chapter with The Battle Of Stirling is going to take place very soon, so that will be exciting. Well, hope you all enjoyed the chapter! :D P.S. One more thing. If you're wondering why I said that Sakura is 17, it's because that's how old she was when Sai and Yamato first joined Team Kakashi because the episode aired in English on May 3, 2010. Also, if you're wondering where I got the part where Naruto and Sakura talk about their hobbies, I kind of got it from their biographies on a website called Narutopedia which is the, you guessed it, Naruto version of Wikipedia. In case anyone's wondering, yes, the real William Wallace was born in Elderslie, which is why in the fanfic, he talks about his birthplace.)