AN: You're all awesome and this just kept going so yes not making you wait. I have way too much insanity planned and half the things I have in mind are definitely crazy. I dunno maybe because this is not a serious story it's probably one of my easiest to write for. That said...yeah I'm cackling. XD

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Eventually though the sun was finally up and just before the sky showed off her colors of pink and golds we had my futon stowed away, Lee was folding my blankets and his eyes were sparkling.

"I apologize for the manner I awakened you Zi."

"Forgiven. Heck I'm still amazed we're ninja, Lee. It does not seem real.."

"We worked very hard for it."

"No kidding." I grinned over at him and sleep rumpled hair Lee with it loose from his braid is freaking adorable. Bed head. We so get it.

"I know it is very unlikely we shall be placed on the same team.." Lee starts as he darts back in after going to fetch his clothing. We are twins in a ninja village, body shy is not exactly something you have in a massive family like the Lee/Yue enclave so we've changed in front of each other often. Thankfully we don't go walking about letting our cheeks see the light of day but in the same room spotting each other in our underwear doesn't even make us blink. Plus yeah, they do communal bathing here. You really don't have the same taboos. In the family. Outside of it, and your team on missions? Holy kunai to the eye but is Lee creative with his threats to anyone that threatens my figure with their gaze.

Okay yeah I've said as much about him. Give me a break, we're ninja. Seriously we are ninja now...and it still hasn't sunk in.

"You were saying?" I manage to get out as I scratch my nose. "You seen my left shoe? Why is it always the left shoe I miss..."

"Under the weapon pouch."

"Sneaky little shoe." Yes. I talk to inanimate objects still. I swear they understand me. That whole all things have chakra crap. Okay living things. But..

"Ahhh I'm all distracted and rambling in my head!"

Lee blinks and looks at me, head tilted to the side, still in his sleep shirt we stole from Otou-san, Otou-san was so proud he let us keep things if we could get past the traps- and hair brush still on his head.

"Nervous, Zi?"

"...I got chills." I agree with a groan and I do. I mean, how many people can you name that were in our age group in cannon that were from Konoha? Neiji, Lee, Ten-ten. Maybe a few Root brats we never met. The truth is ending up in this world with the information I do have is like trying to pass my SAT's with the cliff notes from the pokey little puppy kid's books as my study material. We know almost nobody and nothing aside from that which is directly in some meandering way related to a hyper blonde kid who has overly massive amounts of chakra and friendship on his side but honestly not a lot in ninja skills which he makes work for him.

The suddenly terrifying reality of I'm going to be going on missions and I am now at freaking 12 years old a soldier. It doesn't matter that if I was still going off my years in my first life I would be 24 that's still a soldier but to a military dictatorship that we live in and where you never know..I feel the ground beneath my knees as I take several deep breaths.

"Zi.." Lee is there, hands on my shoulders and hairbrush still stuck in his hair. "You'll be fine. We've been training for this our whole lives."

"You're right I just..we meet our team Lee..and ..it could be any of the kids." Lee gives me an adorable smile and nods, helping to tug me up.

"We aren't familiar with many, but we will find ways to make it work. Um..can you.."

"Yeah turn around." Got to love my brother, even if he can't figure out how to brush his crazy long hair.

It's a good thing we woke up so early because by the time we've put on our attire, weapons, the hair is up and my bells braided in though thankfully I can leave off the extra ones Okaa-san likes to stick on my clothing, and eaten?

Oh who am I kidding we'll still be super early. Team assignment day means we head in a little later than usual so that we don't distract the students still in the academy program. For once we are mellow as we walk there, occasionally clasping hands but very quiet. Perhaps some parents would leave their children in ignorance, not our father. Remember he's a desk chunnin and he actually likes paperwork so he is a huge believer in preparation and information needing to be correct. We are both aware there is a secondary testing system. So while Lee is mentally running through things to prepare for it something has occurred to me.

The reason we don't see those other characters? I bet they don't pass the secondary test and become apprenticed (if highly skilled) or gennin corps.

Like heck I'm going to go quietly! I don't do anything quietly! Except you know, plot how my life is going to fit in this apparently not as predestined crazy place.

So when Lee gives me a large grin, I can't help but return it and in we slip to find our usual seats amidst the loud group. It's...actually not that many. Maybe thirteen of us are already there and if we have to fit in three person cells they probably..

Oh.

They mark down people's scores when we take the tests. I bet they have a cut off so if you go right after someone who scored only a point below you and passed but they already have your 'niche' on enough teams? Fail. It makes sense then why the highest scoring kids have lowest scoring ones they pair up with instead of various middling..there must be only one low scoring but has potential student allowed to pass each time for exactly that reason with the rest being shuffled off to try again the next test. We do have them often enough it's just rare for someone to test out. Well except Nara's, they can't discount nara's but they all know the low grades are from being lazy not a lack of brainpower..

And in canon Lee had the worst grades. Even with all my help and our drive because of his 0 on anything genjutsu or ninjutsu related and inability to do the usual techniques he has the 'dead last' rank. If not for those he'd probably be at least second in class. I'm somewhere random because I don't get the top kunoichi rank or ..huh did they even score me as a kunoichi since I didn't take kunoichi lessons? There's something to wonder about..whoa. I bet I could be on a two girl team for that!

Team ten is predictable and it's nice to know that hasn't changed. Bratty-hime passed but is on a team with a Hyuuga and that's going to prove really less than enjoyable for her, he must be one of the ones that tested out the last graduation exam and has been waiting on a team. I've seen him but I don't really know him.

"Team...oh for crying out loud..." our sensei sighs heavily. "Forty-four." There's a hush. See in Japanese that sounds like death and it's a superstition, hence training ground 44 is..

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Oh. I see where this is going. Tobi-Freaking-Rama...

"Inuzuka Dai, Aburame Sei, and Lee Ziwei your instructor will be...Mitarashi Anko." I suppressed a groan because I shouldn't know who that is but a quick channel of chakra to my ears to hear what the teacher was undoubtedly going to mumble under his breath "...hope she doesn't send this team to the hospital too..what are they thinking.."

This time I've gotten smart enough to cut the chakra to my hearing as soon as I'm done and I bless every moment I spent with the Hyuuga attempting to teach me manners and then yielding and just teaching me a resting bitchy face so I can not reveal that I am freaking out like crazy. There's no way that Anko is going to have a team, unless they all die horribly in the year before the chunnin exams or she just pulls the same crap Kakashi said he did and never passes a team. Both are likely.

Still as I beam at Lee and go to meet up with Dai and Sei my brain is whirling.

Tobirama has issued a new challenge has he? Well Player One has entered the game and I have a slew of cheat codes..and no fear in using them. No time to take bets anymore, I'm in for it. We do the usual polite introductions that come across almost bored and I meet my teammates.

"Hey! That smells good!"

Turns out Dai's a very casual loud and easy going guy with his hair so short it's nearly bald. So basically Inuzuka are dogs and partner with them. He has two.

"Trade you the rice balls Okaa-san made if I can cuddle your ninken." I grin shamelessly as the boy and his boys give me this offended look. "Pfft not my fault their parents made them insanely adorable. They're pint sized bundles of danger and death wrapped up in so much fluff.."

"Uh.."

"I would suggest allowing her to do so, why? Because it appears she is not going to stop pestering until you give in." Sei stated calmly. I'm actually not sure if Sei is a boy or a girl and you know what? None of my business. What I can tell is Sei has round dark glasses, a large hooded poncho type outfit and loose slacks and wears fingerless gloves. Even Sei's voice is impossible to detect gender from.

"Really. I just think the fact they someday will be big enough to rip my face off is kinda part of the I'm so fluffy I could kill you charm." I agree but seriously. They are like..super fluffy. We're talking these boys look like Pomeranian corgi mixes right now and I'm about thiiiiis close to just scooping them up anyways.

"So..wait..you're not just calling them..cute?"

"Oh they're cute, but I think full grown wolves are cute too so .." I shrug and grin at them. "It's the fur. Come on guys lemme pet you...I give really good belly rubs!" Hah! The moment I say that both of them are on my feet paws in the air.

"GUYS!" Dai barks and he is bright red. I smirk and shove the rest of my lunch at Sei who I noticed was eying the dango in it.

"Help yourselves, but you better start Sei-san or I'm pretty sure Dai-san is going to eat the whole thing. I have bellies to tend to!" My team is actually pretty chill. We remind me a lot of Team eight next year, An Inuzuka, an Aburame, and an up close fighter. The thing is my genjutsu potential is well known in the academy for all we haven't really touched on it so we're definitely an interesting mix. Likely a tracking team but with my .

Yeah Anko it turns out is as much of an early bird on everything as we thought. She actually slams the door open and nearly hits the Jounin sensei who was calling on the Bratty-Hime's team, then kicks the man-must have hit a pressure point because he stays down- and stands on him to call out for "My soon to be dead brats! 44 REPORT!"

"THATS our Sensei!?" Dai has this look of fear that makes me decide I really do need to meet some of the Inuzuka women because this is a man who knows to be terrified of certain women. Oooh yes. Maybe I can get a puppy.

"It appears so..." Sei gives a faint shiver.

Me?

Oh come on. It's ANKO! And she's standing on top of another Jounin and smirking and... "Oh Tobirama's fuzzy jacket YES..she's perfect.."

Judging from the strange silence and the laser like focus of Anko's eyes I said that out loud.

"Zi. You're doing it again." Lee says with an amused grin and I can hear Ten-ten giggling. Neiji probably has his eyes closed and convincing himself he doesn't know me. Like the entire class isn't used to me at this point.

"I don't care ! Lee, look at my sensei! She's beaten down Team Bratty-hime's sensei so hard he's still on the ground with one kick! And oh my...Where we to report to sensei?" I manage to get my brain working but as much as I realize Anko is very bad news for my lifespan in the flesh she's like a pop princess mixed with danger and confidence and yet there's this overall playful aura to her. This woman is powerful in a way they never showed in the series and maybe it's just because my chakra can sense it.

My teammates by the way are just looking from me to Anko, actually so is the whole room and I think Konoha just shuddered.

Hehehehe...this is gonna be good..painful, but good.

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We scrambled at almost a full sprint after Anko who took us to Training ground five and proceeded to leer at us while twirling a kunai in her hands.

"All right brats, here's how it goes. I'm giving you until tomorrow morning. At which point you meet me here, six a.m. If you're late you fail. You are to bring me a snack each of you, and something you would think I would like. At which point we'll have a nice little test if I accept your offerings to see whether I deem you worthy of being my team or if I am going to bust your tiny little bodies into small pieces to heal up in the hospital before you begin a miserable career in the gennin corps. Bye!"

She was gone in a whirl of leaves and my jaw was hanging down because come on that was it? We came all this way for leaves.

"What!? Ugh..I need to go figure out what to bring crazy...later guys" Dai waved and I nodded to him and Sei who left without a word. Well we didn't exactly have a lot of time and very little to go on.

Okay time to put the brain to work. Completely uncaring of where I am I plopped right down into the grass to steeple my fingers together.

Information I know about Anko that I shouldn't without my advantage of Before? A love of dango, tea ceremonies..snakes. Probably a bit of a sadist, definitely has issues with her standing in Konoha. Of that not a single thing should I be aware of so anything I do that brings notice to that is likely to draw attention I am entirely best off avoiding. However, I am only human. Perhaps a twice alive one but still only human.

Which means at some point I will slip up. Big time. So I need to appear to have acquired this information, and vet it as valid. I can feel my lips going into the wicked troll face. Oh I know what to do..standing up I check my pouches, and when my eyes land on my wallet I nod. Okay then. Mission-you can't fail me- is Go.

Now considering half the insanity I've subjected myself to is anyone at all surprised that I'm pulling out an idea that does not consist of running to the Hyuuga or my family and gathering gossip around town with all the finesse of a blind bull in pointe shoes? Not when something is serious. I have the advantage of Before to also give me the starting point. When you are thinking of dealing with someone and you have no idea what you are getting into what do you have done?

Background check.

There's something similar, for all it is heavily censored and edited but for civilian's there is something called a 'shinobi hire sheet' that you can pay for. Essentially for those considering asking for a mission with a particular shinobi carrying it out. Anyone can request them but the fee isn't really tiny. About 10,400 yen. Or 100 dollars. Not a small chunk of change especially as a kid who hasn't taken missions yet and indeed most of my savings to this point.

Go big, or don't show up to butcher the saying. Right as you walk into Intelligence (which is in the same dang building as Interrogation wouldn't you know it.) I'm stopped.

"What do you want?" The fact I have the headband on doubtless isn't helping with the attitude, I'm probably not a paying customer. They're wrong but probability is definitely on their side.

"I would like to get a shinobi sheet please."

"Oh?" Now the secretary has an eyebrow up and I think he's amused with me. Probably expects me to be sent on an errand. Remember my dad is a paperwork nin, I know what I'm asking for, he's filed them and complained about them enough.

"I need a B rank sheet on a jounin, standard, I'm willing to sign the censorship waiver and I know I cannot take the files with me." Now I have his attention and from the way my chakra just ..uh..thumped? Against my stomach I am pretty sure there is a guard or two I can't see now watching. Yay.

"Well someone's given you the basics. You have the fee?"

"Rate still current from last year?"

"Yes."

I grimace but out comes the wallet. I'm left with barely enough to get something for Anko and it'll be cutting it close. Still, worth it. It's kinda pathetic to see how few notes are still in my purple wallet when it's done though. That was a lot of saving up, gone. Maybe Otou-san will trade next batch of photos for a bottle of sake for Anko instead of cash, I may be able to beg an advance that way.

"All right, name of client, name of jounin?"

"Lee Ziwei. Jounin is Mitarashi, Anko." I grin as his eyes narrow at me. "Also, even though I know it's considered generally useless; information please any on previous teams she was assigned and if and why they were failed, right down to injuries sustained by the students."

"That's more expensive."

No duh. I came prepared. "Would switching to only C level mitigate it?" It would and then some and I knew it but we learned from granny a long time ago to always let the other person feel they got the better deal. The secretary nods, fills out a form and then a small flick of a red ticket in the air and there's another chunnin there looking at me all curious.

"Take Ziwei-san to the reading room and then return I'll have the list of files to pull. Also, Ziwei-san, if you step out of the room your session is considered ended." I nod, it's a good thing I'm not hungry or need to use the bathroom. Without a word I'm led down a very long hall and into a small room, it feels a lot like one of the questioning cells from an old crime show to be honest with just a table and chair and a single light above the table for reading. Austere, but functional.

I sit down and thank you Tobirama someone at least ensured that my chair is comfortable!

I find myself gulping though as the first stack of files is brought in. It's about eight inches high and the man walks right back out to find more.

Well. No time like the present.

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Anko is one crazy lady. I know it's been a few hours and I keep reading about missions ranging from babysitting (technically guard duty) and lots of mild infiltration's that she took to get people out of situations. Whole pages and sentences are blacked out along with names but it doesn't really phase me. Admittedly there's one mission where she somehow got her targets drunk and dressed in drag to hide them in a brothel that saved their lives but I doubt amused the men at all that had me cracking up.

There's a geninn who is helping schlep the files back and forth who is nice enough to bring me a water bottle. I thank him but don't touch it. It could have something on it, or simply be to fill my bladder so I have to leave the room and lose my reading material. Not happening. At one point as he takes away another small folder I finished with -yay for being a bookworm, I can read and read and read and keep going!- he sighs.

"Why would you want something with so much missing anyways?"

"Because she's supposed to be my jounin sensei and she seems to want us to fail from the start."

"Well, maybe it's best then. If she did pass you she'd probably make you miserable."

"Won't know until I find out will I? Besides my first impression was that she's pretty entertaining at least and certainly what I've read so far is she's unconventional and really skilled. Why shouldn't I want her for my sensei?"

"But..the fee..it's a lot to spend on a 'maybe'..." he tried and sounded so worried, I couldn't help but smile at him. He's maybe a year older than me, maybe he's in the gennin corps and trying to cheer me up?

" If I'm not willing to risk something like money to increase my odds than I'd be a shitty ninja when it came to betting my life for the missions, don't you think?" I chuckle and then go back to my forms, hearing him sigh as he closes the door.

There's not much on the teams she didn't pass. A variety of clans, civilian's, specializing traits..no rhyme or reason. It seems she just does not want to pass them. There's no alluding to her test either other than 'Not satisfied with what they presented' which I can' tell if she means gifts or methods or..

"Dang she's confusing.."

"Well she is in infiltration righ?"

"HolyfreakingTobirama don't scare me!" I yelp as I jump, eyes wide at the cute blonde boy with curly hair loose to his shoulders that's right next to me, apparently bringing folders now instead of the last guy. "Whoa..how'd you hide your footsteps that well?"

"Huh?"

"I didn't hear you. Everything echoes in this room."

"Oh er, I practiced?" He says but he doesn't seem convinced and I just shrug. Hey I'm keeping my chakra control a secret among other things if he wants to keep his slipper feet jutsu a secret let him. Crap. I better not hide my control from Anko because I get the feeling keeping secrets out of the academy is dangerous. Potentially called on treasonous charges dangerous.

"Sorry, so what'd you ask?"

"I didn't. I mentioned Anko-san is in Infiltration, so of course she wouldn't be straightforward.."

"Well sometimes people don't look past the obvious so I bet she is and people are always thinking she's not."

"Oh? That's an interesting viewpoint.."

"Meh."

"Sounds like you have experience."

No I'm not stupid, I've had warning bells since I stepped in here I just don't care compared to what my other options were. I'm pretty sure anything I say to these 'helpers' is getting parroted right back to someone to cross reference against my reason for being here.

"Well yeah. I mean I'm a loudmouthed little troll and so people tend to ignore the fact that I'm a bookworm. Which is stupid. Writing is amazing."

"I can certainly believe you are a bookworm seeing as you've been reading for three hours straight."

"I'm not even getting halfway tired yet. Besides, I have the information available why not use it?"

"You know that sort of intel won't usually be there for your missions, right?" He asks as he leans against the wall, head tilted adorably and I shrug.

"Yeah but if I didn't check it against rumors I might do something stupid. And rumors are an oral thing, they get distorted with the telling."

"Curious."

I sigh and look at him, resting my hand on the page so it doesn't go missing and the other hand holding up my cheek. Yes, his eyes went down. There's something in this file they don't necessarily want me to see..even if it's not hidden. Which makes me want it but this cutie is distracting me. I lick my lips and start to move my fingers lightly over the paper. It looks distracted but I'm really ensuring my skin never loses contact and this way if someone tries to slip it out I'd feel it.

"What is?"

"It's just an interesting point of view to have."

"I have so many little cousins I can't name them all, I know all about stories getting distorted."

"heh..that makes sense..can I get you anything?"

"Is that the last of the files?" I blink, did I really get through all the ones I'd asked for?

"On that level, yes..you finished."

And my chakra had easily thrown off what must have been a genjutsu without my noticing as I look down I have to admit I'm impressed because someone still slipped that last file out. Groaning I nod.

"Yeah, okay. Show me out?"

The blonde does and I don't ask for his name or offer mine, but I meander home. It's not quite dark yet... with a distracted hello to my family I run up and grab one of my notebooks and start scribbling frantically before I grimace, almost tearing paper I'm clutching it so tightly as the last important fact I memorized about Anko fades.

I really really wish I had gotten to reading that folder...

Slowly my eyes go wide and I almost drop the notebook because on the page are small unconnected lines forming parts of word characters in fragments.

No way...

I don't dare let go of the notebook, somehow I just know if I do that it'll cease copying and that will be it but the marks are so faint..so broken up. It's like reading Hello as just l and then elsewhere on the page is another letter. Tiny parts of the kanji are forming and it feels exhausting like something is just reaching in and using a straw to slurp my chakra out.

Finally I have to let go of the paper because my eyes are blurring and sure enough, grabbing the notebook again does me no good. But on the page? Finally the part I was distracted from reading that I wanted to get to so badly..and it's right there..

'Team 44 sixth attempt. Failed because they showed no initiative.'

Bingo.

As awesome as that is though I go running to my desk and slam the drawer open, riffling through pages. When did this start to work? Is maybe that book on Tobirama the first when I wanted it or..

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Of course.

Groaning I look from up on my wall where as a joke Lee insisted I hang that stupid haiku I had done, to down where the paper I spent so long leaning on, my practice scroll for working with Ko that had my chakra permeated into it from long contact.

There's a scraggly painting talking about the Master's Spoiled Sushi. My great copy-jutsu's first master work.

This is going to take a lot of experimenting with but hey, I'll take it.

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The next morning I show up with a bag over my shoulder at five thirty in the morning and wave seeing Sei also showed up early.

"Hello Sei-san."

"Ziwei-san." Yes we were still on the informal bit and I love that. I couldn't help but yawn and plopped down near, but still giving Sei lots of space. "Did you bring breakfast?"

"I ate before coming."

"Mind if I eat? I can share.."

"Do not trouble yourself."

Nodding I pulled out my breakfast and idly wondered what state Lee would be in when he came home later. How long did it take before he'd join the ranks of spandex anyways? Dai scampered over with just ten minutes to spare and plopped down. I wasted no time in stealing puppy cuddles.

"Ugh I shouldn't be up this early..."

"Sometimes you'll have missions that you don't get to sleep for weeks." Came Anko's ominous voice from behind us, and yes we squealed..well Dai and I did who knows with Sei.

"All right brats!...Worship me, present your tribute!" Anko grinned down at us and dang if she didn't seem smug.

Dai brought jerky and a few kunai. Which Anko promptly tested by throwing at him lots of times. The jerky wasn't dismissed though so it was semi promising. Perhaps.

Sei had brought dango. A massive double order and clearly had done some footwork or asked in the Aburame clan to learn what she liked. Now while she did respond well to that almost drooling at the number of dango awaiting her, they also had to dodge skewers as Anko munched on her treat. At least she seemed happy with Sei's gift. Even if they cheated by bringing the same thing for both.

"All right brat three..lets see if you can tip the scales.." With that I knew she was not impressed.

"You asked for two things, so..one from my family..." I handed over a small bottle of our sweeter sake, I figured someone would bring dango and it should pair well enough with it. She started cracking up.

"Well I guess that'd be one benefit to keeping you around, forgot the Lee's had that brewery..and the other?" Anko's eyes had gone sharp and wicked and I had a feeling from what I had read we wouldn't even make it much further.

I handed over a stack of papers I had painstakingly copied last night with my best hand writing from what I had scribbled down in my notebook before I forgot. Those special words that showed up from the file I shouldn't have gotten to though were not in sight.

"Oh what's .this..." Anko went still. In her hands were summaries of information regarding her, her likes, dislikes, blood type, parents, teammates, known number of successful C and D rank missions, all about her teams she had not passed and the fact she was well known for getting in and out of some crazy situations.

"You didn't tell us about yourself so I took the liberty of paying for the information. Once I realized your specialty I figured you may appreciate knowing what the more interesting parts were I could remember..I did only get up to C rank but.." I was rambling but Anko was just staring at me.

"Who did you see?"

At this point Sei and Dai were both paying close attention if seeming confused. I shrugged though.

"The secretary had some sort of obscuration henge going on, not a genjutsu. The 'helpers' ranged from gennin to chunnin supposedly and only seemed a year or two older than I was but their body language was older so I was probably being carefully observed. One was a blonde with long hair who seemed to pick up on psychology so I'm guessing a Yamanaka, the other was a brunette who meandered a lot.." I paused and tapped my lips. "Probably deals more with kids, just the warning off he did made it seem rather paternal. There were a few others probably imitating them because the body language was sometimes just a bit off. One couldn't imitate how quiet blondie walked.."

"Location." Anko had a smirk now.

"Small, single lit from above a table. One chair. One entrance. Slight draft but no visible vent. Seemed to absorb sound." I had a funny suspicion there'd been a two way mirror behind me but I had no reason to think so except watching too many crime shows Before and that stuff lingered in my memories.

Anko tilted her head amused. "Well...we need to work on dog breath. You're not passing as a team..per se." Anko chuckled. "That you're passing at all...insane. Still you followed orders for all mutt gave me what he likes, buggy learned my favorite food. One of you did your homework. Literally."

Not a team?

"Here's the thing brats, we don't always have static teams. There are some who we like to shift and move around but we don't take apprentice's singularly. Instead each of you Aburame, Inuzuka, were tagged for the idea of tracking. Useful for infiltration and tracking skills are always in demand.."

"And I was just to round it out so it could be a plausible working team.." I guessed. Because of course you give a team you intend to make a quasi genin corps group to someone who purposefully looked to fail them.

"Except you pulled a move no one expected. What's your skill anyways brat? I know these two are going to be expert trackers some day, it is just in their blood."

Well best to get it out now. "I want to pursue Genjutsu but right now it's Taijutsu, and my chakra control is on a level that is a specialty all it's own."

"Yeah they said you were talented but honestly talented for academy chakra control is nothing on what you'll be able to do later on so we'll just say Taijutsu."

I sighed then and bit the bullet, feeling a little bad I was running roughshod over my teammates-not teammates?- but I'd just been told I was the extra anyways.

"I've been seeking out the Hyuuga for private instruction for years, the problem is more with my chakra reserves than my control. That is flawless."

Anko was once Orochimaru's student and for just a moment I saw the crazed curiosity overtake her.

"They Hyuuga said that or you did?"

"What the Hyuuga have actually stated is clan confidentiality and I am not permitted to repeat." They had freaking drilled that response into me so much it slipped out with very little effort and now the other two were curious.

"You did not show this in class, I would have noticed." Sei accused gently and Dai snorted.

"We didn't really get into anything worth doing it with. My mother's clan, the Yue have a fighting style that relies on chakra enhancement for the tiniest of motions and I've been training in that most my life.."

Anko hummed and stood up, taking a generous pull of the sake. "Well then lets see..come on you whelps..attack me with everything you three have, I want to see if this may be a team worth keeping..though just so you know, I'd be shoving you on someone else half the time."

Okay one thing we have ahead of Team Seven? We attacked. She said everything, we gave it to her.

Dai and his pups are vicious but they don't waste movement and again he must have graduated from one of the other classes...Sei was not just using bugs but apparently had quite a few ninjutsu involving wind, for all they were low level they did some scary things with those kikaichu moving even faster. Taijutsu was my forte so I grabbed Dai by the arm. "I'm close range, let's team up and make openings for Sei?"

"Let Sei suck her dry in the process..I gotcha...let's get wild!"

Corny. But yeah okay you just won points with me Dai, it's nice to not be the only loudmouthed idiot.

I watched how Anko moved and waited..when she sent snakes towards Dai out of her sleeve I was on her, slamming my hand into the back of the snake's heads, twisting and grasping as she struck at me. I was an acrobat, I was moving every part of her was another spot I could push and pull from and when she'd dislodge me Dai would be right on her.

It took me a second..

"She's a clone!" Why hadn't she dissolved on a hit? Something tells me regular clones don't when you shove chakra into them...so maybe not shadow clones but think of all the other types people had.

Anko's cackle was heard and then she actually entered the fray.

Yeah. She's a special jounin you know?

Which is how we ended up trussed up and hanging like chickens out to market upside down from a tree, swaying side to side as we tried to keep from getting hit by a dango skewer as Anko enjoyed her snacks. Dai was practically crying as his puppies were happily lounging by Anko who had given them her jerky.

"Well brats, I admit you're mildly tolerable. So show up here in two days and I'll have some sucker to take you on stupid D-ranks. Train in the mean time, spar with each other."

"That's all your going to do for us?" Dai growled out and I snickered.

"Yeah..don't leave us hanging..."

"...Please." Sei started. "Refrain from further jokes, Ziwei-san."

"Sorry the mouth has no filter! Wait..nope. Not sorry."

Anko just cackled. So apparently we have a sensei who won't be sensei but make others be sensei and who knows what's next.

Right now, blood rushing to our heads. That's what.