DISCLAIMER: I HAVE NO MONEY TO BUY AND OWN NARUTO! *cries*

Chapter 2: Team Vs. Kakashi Sensei

Ignorance by Paramore

LOOONG CHAPTER AHEAD~!

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

HITOMI's POV
With heavy eyes, I stare up at the ceiling with a full case of insomnia. With the lack of sleep, I usually do what I'm currently doing, or if I have some energy, I reread scrolls and books about jutsus.

Sighing, I roll off my bed and land in a push-up position. Needing some source to fully wake myself up, I'll use the option of pain. Up, down. It's an easy task of repetitive exercise that brings a burning sensation to the upper arms.

Ignoring my long stands of red hair, I let them fall over my face like a crimson curtain. I started the routine of doing morning pushups over a month ago, and everyday I add an additional five. Since today's day thirty-four, I need to produce an amount of one-hundred-seventy pushups. Sighing, I push through the trembling in my arms and the pain that's building up in my biceps. I release short, but quick paced pants as I start to lose my breath.

It takes a few minutes, but when I'm done, my arms feel like jelly. Even more so, as jitters dance across my arms, relived that their torture is finally over. Though, I don't rest. I then move on to my next set of exercises, sit ups. It's the same process of my earlier routine, and today, I do the equal amount.

By the end of the hour, I've maintained to complete my workout. Pushups, sit ups, and the equal amount of lunges. Even though, I'm sore, I'm still gaining strength. So, in my opinion, it's worth it.

Noticing the clock on my bedside table, I read the time and glare at it. 4:08am. That gives me a few minutes to shower before waking my brother up.

Grabbing clean clothes in a hurry, I silently run out my room and make a dash towards the shower. Placing the clothes on the sink counter, I strip myself out of my pajamas. Turning the water on, I jump in the shower and quickly bathe. Letting the pellets of warm water rain down on me, I do my usual routine of shampooing, conditioning, and scrubbing myself clean. Once that's done, I accomplished the task of smelling like apples before I turn the water off.

Stepping out of the shower, I dry myself with my yellow towel and quickly dress myself in a copy of my everyday outfit. Placing my white jacket vest on, I move onto the task of wrapping the bandages around my arms and legs. Once I'm done, I grab my dirty clothes and walk out of the bathroom.

Speeding my way back to my bedroom, I throw the clothes in the hamper and take a hold of my Leaf headband. Grabbing the two ends, I tie the blue cloth around my neck, tightly securing it. Sighing, I kick on my shoes before I walk towards Naruto's room, while running my fingers through my damp hair in a attempt to brush it.

I really don't care on how I look, I frown.

Arriving at Naruto's door, I walk in knowing that he's still asleep. Pondering on how to wake him up, I just decide to the fast and easy way. Walking to the edge of his bed, I ignore the mess in his room with a cringe. Taking a hold of the orange duvet, and rip it off his sleeping body. Feeling the cold rush of air, I watch as my brother sits up, alarmed.

"Get up. We have the survival training at five, remember," I tell Naruto as he rubs his eyes, yawning.

I watch with bored eyes as he just stares at me with his sleepy, and tired, sapphire eyes. It takes a moment for him to fully realize what I just said. Immediately, his eyes widen before he jumps out of bed, running to around to get dressed. His walrus, or whatever it is, sleeping cap hits my face before falling to the floor.

I sigh, I'm done.

Turning around, I see that Naruto's already fully dressed. His orange jumpsuit gleams brightly against the rising sun, which peaks through his open window. Tying his headband, he grins at me, showing that he's ready.

I nod, "let's go before it's too late."

"Yeah, yeah! Mi-cha-"

I roll my eyes, already knowing what he wants. "Yes, Naruto, I'll buy you ramen after," I say, throwing him a small smile.

"Believe it, you're the best sister," he cheers, with stars in his eyes as he already dreams of eating ramen.

Snapping out of it, he moves to hug me, but I stop him. Placing my hand on his chest, I deadpan, "no." He pouts, his shoulders slumping.

"Come on. Let's go, nii-san," I say, taking his wrist

And with that, we're out the door.

======

Once we arrived, it was only Sasuke and Sakura. The Haruno girl was sitting against one of the training posts, barely awake. Sasuke, on the other hand, was standing fully awake with his arms crossed as he was glaring at the empty space in front of him. Then, Naruto, by the time we reached the training grounds, he was already staggering in his steps as sleep overwhelmed him again.

Though, the thing that got to me the most was that Kakashi Sensei wasn't even there. We waited for minutes. Eventually, those minutes turned to hours! We spent the whole duration of our morning waiting for our sensei, but by that time, both Sakura and Naruto were fully awake.

In order to pass my time, I undid my right arm bandages and opened the seal on my wrist. With that, I released my bo staff, but overall, I spent my time twirling the weapon in my hands. I also did some offensive and defensive stances, spinning the staff around my body.

Twirling the metal staff, I spin on my heel, turning towards Naruto and point the staff at his face. He grins and grabs the end of the staff with one hand, then faux punches me with his other. I play along, like usual, and turn my head as if I really got hit, groaning for dramatics. I hear Naruto's laugh which is full of amusement.

But our shenanigans come to an end when we hear a poof which makes us turn.

"You're late," both Sakura, and my brother, yell at our sensei.

Twirling my staff, I slam it to the ground and hold parallel to myself. "Really late! Try six hours late," I point out with a frown.

Kakashi gives a sheepish laugh. "Sorry I'm late, I'm afraid that I got lost on the path of life," he tells us his excuse. "Anyways, I've set this alarm to go off at noon," he states placing the clock on a training post.

I look at him, questioning his actions.

"I have here, three small bells. Your challenge today is to steal these before the alarm sounds. Anyone who fails doesn't get any lunch. Instead you will get tied to that training post, so I can eat your lunch, in front of you," he informs to all us.

Around me, I hear my teammates, and brother's, stomach rumble with hunger. I deepen my frown.

Naruto eats more than me, but we're still used to being hungry. I mean, we're not the richest people, or even have enough money, so the lack of food isn't new to us, I think as I place my free hand on my hip.

"Of course, you may choose to use any weapon. Attack as if you intend to kill me," Kakashi states, nodding towards my bo staff.

"But that's too dangerous, Sensei," Sakura cries out.

I throw her a look, does she really think a Jounin can't handle himself against four Genin?

"You couldn't even dodge an eraser! You're gonna get yourself killed," my brother boasts, also underestimating our sensei.

"Only the weak speak loudly. Now, let's forget the dunce and we'll start on my signal," the Jounin states towards Naruto.

My eye twitches before I give the silver haired Nin a heated glare, one that promises death. But I'm not the only one who gets mad. All riled up, Naruto takes a kunai out of his holster, spins it in his fingers, and launched himself towards Kakashi. Though, seeing as he's too blinded by rage, his attack is a foreseen reaction which Kakashi dodges with ease. He flashes behind my running brother, takes the hand with the kunai and directs it towards Naruto's own head.

"Not so fast, I didn't say 'go'. But at least you struck to kill. So, it seems you've begun to respect me. Heheh, just maybe I'm starting to like you four," Kakashi chuckles with a closed eye smile. "And now, Ready. Set. Go!"

With that we all jump away into hiding. I jump into the large bushes and speedily run until I reach a tree, from there, I jump up and grab a hold of a branch and pull myself up. I don't know where my other teammates go, but I'm sure that Sakura followed after Sasuke.

"The basis of all shinobi arts is to become invisible, eradicate yourself," I hear Kakashi say from a fair distance.

"Me and you, right here, right now," my eyes widen when I hear my brother's voice.

What is he doing?! This is survival training, you don't survive by calling out to the enemy! Idiot, I frown, pinching the bridge of my nose.

Kakashi turns to him, a bit shocked as well, or least from what I can tell. "You know, compared to everyone else, you're a little weird."

"The only weird thing here is your hairstyle," Naruto retorts, pretty lamely.

"Let me teach you your first shinobi skill," Kakashi starts with a sigh. "Taijutsu, the art of hand-to-hand combat."

I then watch with narrowed red eyes as Kakashi reaches into his weapon's pouch. If it's hand to hand combat, then why is he reaching for a weapon?

Though, the suspense turns to be anticlimactic as our sensei pulls out a orange book. The one I noticed he was reading yesterday. The title reads 'Make Out Paradise' and there's an 18+ sign on the bottom corner of the cover. Huh, a book for adults.

Even from my spot I can see the incredulous look on Naruto's face.

"What's wrong? I thought you were coming for me," Kakashi questions, reading his book, not giving my brother a single glance.

"B-but...you... I mean... I-I mean, why are you - That's a book!" Naruto exclaims, pointing an angry finger at our Sensei.

"Of course it's a book," Kakashi answers like it's the most simple thing in the world. "I've been dying to find out how this story ends. Carry on. It shouldn't make any difference in the outcome, considering who I'm up against."

Knowing my brother, I know that those specific words triggered his anger. Though, just like I said, he gets all fired up at the sense of being underestimated.

"I'm gonna flatten you! Arhhhh!"

I watch with keen eyes as my brother runs towards Kakashi. I watch how he throws multiple punches, only to be blocked by Kakashi's single hand. The older man's other hand is obviously being used to hold up the book that he's currently reading. Naruto sends a roundhouse kick at our Sensei, only to be blocked again.

I must say, even when Kakashi isn't trying, his skills are impeccable, I assess, narrowing my eyes.

Watching Kakashi duck under another one of Naruto's kick, my brother spins on his heel to send the former a punch. Only this time, Kakashi disappears and reappears behind him, leaving my brother confused.

Biting my lip, I watch with worry as Kakashi forms a Tiger sign. I want to scream out and warn my brother, but that would be completely stupid. Not only will it be too late, but I will also give away my hiding spot.

But then again, this is a survival training against a highly skilled Jounin. A sole Genin can't go up against someone like Kakashi. There's three bells, and Naruto wants one in order to pass. Though, the problem is obvious, there's three bells and FOUR of us, I frown, trying to wrap my head around this objective problem. I try to search my mind for a possible plan, but nothing jumps at me. My frown deepens as I feel a slight headache dawning on me.

What's the solution to this problem?! Three to four, the ratio for Kakashi's exercise doesn't make sense. I mean, if everyone goes for a bell they need to fight Kakashi. Naruto could maybe get one with the help of his Shadow Clone Jutsu - I still can't believe he stole a scroll to learn that technique. I shake my head at that thought. Anyways, Sasuke, even if he is pompously arrogant, he still has skills, not that impressive though. But he can still obtain a bell. Then, there's Sakura, a Kunoichi who has no skills whatsoever! I mean, she has 'intelligence', but skills for the field, they are nonexistent!

Lastly, there's me. I'm good at Taijutsu, and fighting with a bo staff. I can create academy level clones which are simple illusions. I guess I'm good at fighting tactics. I mean, my intelligence is far superior to Naruto's, even that of Sakura's- obviously.

I mean, we're good on our own, but if one of us fights Kakashi by ourselves, it's not good enough! But together - I stop thinking as I finally realize. That's it! Together! We, Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and I, if we ALL fight Kakashi, then we can ACTUALLY beat him. Of course, we'll need a solid plan, but that's the answer.

But there's STILL THREE BELLS, I mentally scream, wanting to pull at my hair.

I sigh dejectedly, my shoulders slumping in defeat. My hope was soaring in the sky, then the next second, it came crashing down, dying a horrible death. I frown, that's why I never let myself feel anything like hope, because in reality, hope is just a naive dream. I'd rather stick to the cold, hard, facts!

"Showing your back so many times to an opponent, is a poor choice, you dunce," Kakashi comments, snapping me back to the match below me.

"Naruto! Get out of there! You'll be killed," Sakura screams, warning my brother, but at the same time, giving away her spot.

This is why I didn't yell out! Now, everybody knows her location, I glare towards a very bushy area.

"Too late," Kakashi informs with a dangerous gleam, sparkling in his eye. "Secret Art: A Thousand Years of Death," he announces before driving his fingers up my brothers ass.

I scrunch my face in disgust, that's just - no! Ugh! That is both disgusting and idiotic!

My brother's screams of pain fills my ears as he's sent flying through the air, into the river. It could have been pain, or maybe just sheer embarrassment, who knows?

Sighing, I feel like my intelligence just dropped, so I stand on my branch before stealthily jumping down. Silently twirling my staff, I spin it in front of my body before switching it to my left hand. Clutching it tightly, I speedily run towards a reading Kakashi.

Once, I reach a fair distance, I jump up and raise my arms while twirling the bo and direct a hit towards Kakashi. Being momentarily startled, he turns around and steps away. Landing on the ground in a widespread squat, I turn on my left heel and swing my staff to hit him across the face. Ducking below the metal weapon, I quickly stand straight and direct a kick towards his chest.

He reacts quickly and takes a hold of my ankle. Thinking ahead, I use my bo to assist me while I push myself up, directing another kick with my free leg. Since he has his book in his other hand, he avoids my kick by pushing me away to the side. Using the momentum to my advantage, I twist my body and land in a cat like crouch. One hand raised, mindlessly twirling the staff, I stay in position while giving him a calculated look.

"Unlike your brother, you're very versatile and quick minded. Together, those two make a very deadly combination. You're fast, both in body and in mind," Kakashi states, looking at his book one last time before putting it away. "With you, I can't continue to find out what happens in the story."

I give him a blank stare as he looks at me, acknowledging my presence. Looking past him, and towards the water, I stand straight and give him a slight smirk.

"You shouldn't brush off my brother just yet," I inform with confidence, having faith in my brother's determination.

Though, just as I said that, Naruto crawls out from the water and onto the grass. By his state, he looks pathetic, even more so as he's coughing. I deadpan, well, there goes my pride.

"Don't brush him off?" He questions towards me before turning to Naruto. "Well? What's the hold up? Get one of these bells by lunch, or you'll have no lunch."

"Duh! I know that," my brother exclaims.

"You claim to want to surpass Lord Hokage, but you've already run out of steam," Kakashi points out. Then, he turns to me. "And yesterday, weren't you parading the fact that you were going to help him achieve that? And how will you do that when you can't even obtain a single bell," he muses.

I narrow my eyes as my face turns to a scowl. Tightening the grasp on my staff, I calculate the situation. But of course, before I can do anything, Naruto interrupts us. Well, not him specifically, just his stomach. His hunger becomes known as his stomach produces a sound similar to a dying animal.

"Crap! Crap! I can still fight no matter how hungry I am," my brother shouts. I sigh, also feeling my stomach rumble.

"I just wasn't ready, that's all," Naruto yells as Kakashi turns to walk away from him.

Glaring at the sensei, I jump in front of him at a fair distance. Once, he sees me, he halts in his steps and I begin to twirl the bo in between my fingers. I narrow my crimson gaze on him, staring intensely as if I'm looking into his soul.

I'm not going to allow Kakashi to walk away and make Naruto lose his chance to gain a bell. Even if Naruto doesn't obtain one, I'll fight Kakashi to gain a bell myself. And once I do that, I'll give it to my brother knowing that it'll help him achieve his dream to become Hokage. Even if it means to sacrifice my chance at being Genin! For Naruto, I'll do anything because he deserves the world.

"You're not going anywhere! Not until one of us gains a bell," I threaten Kakashi, referring to my brother and I.

Glancing at my brother, over our sensei's shoulder, I see the look of determination on his face. The corner of my lip twitches, almost giving a smirk. He's not giving up either. He's not going to let Kakashi walk away, at least not without a fight.

Suddenly, from out of the water, a bunch of Naruto clones jump out and surrounds us. My eye twitches, so this is the Jounin level jutsu my brother learned from stealing the scroll?

"Haha! My specialty! The Shadow Clone Jutsu! Get ready, now you face a lot more than just one of me," my brother exclaims with a grin.

I deadpan, is he seriously underestimating a Jounin? This makes me seriously question if I got all the smarts from our parents.

"Not illusions, but actual multiple flesh- and-blood bodies," Kakashi starts, turning towards Naruto and totally disregarding me. "But at your level you couldn't be strong enough to keep this up for more than a minute. You hold a good game...but you're still only Naruto! You're a one-trick pony who hasn't got what it takes to win!"

Glaring at my sensei's back, I do the unexpected. I let my feelings control me. No one, and I mean NO ONE, bad talks my brother! Sealing away my staff into my wrist, I quickly run at Kakashi and jump in his back. With this, I don't simply surprise him, but I also prevent his movements.

"W-what," Kakashi questions, looking over shoulder and at me.

I smirk, "I thought it was a poor choice to show your back to your enemies, you dunce." I state, using the words he said to my brother. I narrow my eyes before tightening my arms around him. "Now, Naruto!"

"Here's payback for what you did to my ass," he shouts, running towards us. His statement makes me deadpan, idiot! "This must be hard on you, so I'll go easy. One good hit is all I want," Naruto informs.

And with that, he raises his fist once he's at a fair distance. Closing the last inches between us, I watch as he brings down his fist. Though, just as he's an inch away from Kakashi's face, I suddenly feel a weight in my back. The next thing I know is pain erupting on the side of my face.

"Ahhk!" I exclaim as my face turns to the left with sudden pain.

The weight on my back disappears and I fall to the ground, tears stinging my eyes. What the fuck! Owww! What happened, why did I get hit? I mentally question as I carefully touch my throbbing cheek.

"Mi-chan!"

"Imoto-chan!"

"Mi-chan, are you okay?!"

"I'm sorry, Mi-chan!"

I hear Naruto's clones exclaim with worry. Looking at them from under my red tendrils of hair, I sigh knowing that he's feeling guilty for hitting me. Moving the crimson locks out of my face, I then push myself up into a standing position. Looking around at the clearing, I notice that Kakashi's gone. I then turn to clones of my brother.

"I'm fine, Naruto," I state, my hand still in my cheek. "I know you didn't mean it. Kakashi Sensei tricked the both of us."

Taking heed of my words, things instantly turn hostile. As in clones turning against each other, trying to figure out who's a fake.

"You're Kakashi Sensei, aren't you? You used the Transformation Jutsu to change," my original brother shouts, pointing at one of his clones.

"No, you did!"

"So did you!"

"No, I didn't!"

"You hurt, Mi-chan!"

"I did not!"

I sigh at their idiocy, but unfortunately that brought their attention to me.

"Maybe you're Kakashi Sensei! You changed to look like my sister," Naruto exclaims.

My eye twitches as my anger spikes. I can literally feel my eyes turn demonic, but my hair adds to the effect by floating around me. Marching towards Naruto, I stalk up to him and hit him upside the head which makes all the clones dissipate into several poofs.

"Baka! I'm not Kakashi, and never accuse me of that again or else I'll never buy you ramen ever again," I yell which makes him cower away.

With that said, I let go of my anger and give him an apologetic look. "Sorry, Nii-san," I say with a small, barely noticeable, smile.

"Yeah! Yeah! Sorry, Mi-chan, you look nothing like Sensei," he gives me a grin. But realizing what he said, I give him a 'really' look. He just responds with a chuckle.

Getting through with our bickering, I finally realize that Kakashi used the Substitution Jutsu. I'm guessing he switched places with me and another clone, hence the weight on my back. Frowning, I cross my arms.

He may be lazy, but he's a quick thinker. Kakashi's a Jounin after all! Imagine all the tricks he's got hiding underneath his sleeves, I muse, still frowning.

My inner thoughts get cut off as I hear my brother's voice. Turning my head, I watch as he rubs towards something.

"- been pretty flustered to drop one," he says as he goes to bend down.

Drop one? Looking past his outreaching hand, I see a blinding shine. Realizing that it's a bell, I study its surrounding area. A millisecond passes and my mind clicks, making my eyes widen.

"Naruto, no! It's a trap," I shout, running towards him.

But it's already too late, he barely touches the bell and he's suddenly lifted off the ground. At his ankles, a rope ties around them and he's now hanging upside down from a tree.

Halting in my steps, I look around, trying to spot any more traps. Though, just as I'm about to walk again, Kakashi appears from the bushes which makes me stop, again. Bending down, I watch as he picks up the discarded bell.

"You used your technique well, but so did I. And you were the one got used, well to be precise, your sister did," he informs an upside down Naruto before glancing at me and my now swollen cheek. I glower at him as he continues. "And to be caught in such an obvious trap, was stupid."

If he keeps insulting my brother, I'm going to smack him!

'Maybe instead of Pinky, you should kill him!'

'What?! No, he's a Jounin, and an important asset to the Village! Also...what are you?!'

'You mean the Village that hates your very existence? The one that abused both you and your brother.'

I say nothing as the dark voices speak the truth. The village did abuse us, maybe not physically, but emotionally they did. Remembering all the times the villagers glared at us for no unknown reason, for treating us like trash, for alienating us, it just makes my blood boil with hatred. They put us out to make us look like monsters, we were children! We didn't know! We were young! And they blamed us for something we didn't do!

I shake my head, and curl my hands into fists as I feel my body tremble with anger. Digging my nails into the palms of my hands, I try to stop my rising frustrations.

Calm down. Don't let your emotions control you, Hitomi! Inhale, exhale, just breathe, I inform myself, doing what I said.

"Shinobi read the hidden meanings from within the hidden meanings," Kakashi tells my brother.

"I know that," my brother yells, waving his hands for added effect.

"Uh, no you don't. That's why I'm saying it," Kakashi counters.

I'm about to open my mouth to say something, but I get startled as several shuriken lodge themselves into Kakashi's body. Stumbling back, I release a horrified yelp as my eyes widen at the sight of blood. Though, I'm not the only one.

"Whoa! Whoa! No way! That was overkill, Sasuke," my brother yells in a panic, waving his arms in a frantic manner.

But again we get surprised as Kakashi's 'dead' body turns to a log of wood. Realizing that he outsmarted us again makes my eye twitch.

From above me I hear my brother scoff. "'Read the hidden meanings from within the hidden meanings' my butt. No way am I gonna get caught in another of Kakashi Sensei's traps," he exclaims as he reaches to cut the rope with a kunai.

"Naruto, don't," I run forward trying to earn him. "There could be a second trap hiding underneath the original trap!"

Though, just as I reach him, he cuts himself free. But this time it's me who got caught, seeing as I stepped into the unknown. Feeling rope on my ankles, I release a scream as my body gets pulled up into Naruto's previous position.

I growl with obvious anger. "Arghh! I hate this day! First, I get punched in the face," I start which warns a small sorry from Naruto. "Then, I get stuck in this trap!" I wave my arms before crossing them over my chest.

Why must I have the worst luck!

======

After cutting myself down, I stand in the clearing. Well, to be exact, Naruto climbed the tree and cut the rope from above. Though, before he ACTUALLY DID THAT, he somehow spotted our lunches.

"Is that a rock? The tree stump! So, that's how it looks like from behind," he muses, getting distracted.

"Naruto, what are you talking about," I question, still hanging upside down.

"Our lunches," he exclaims. "They're on top of that rock!"

Squinting my red eyes, I look past the trees and see what he's talking about. On the KIA memorial stone, there sits four white bento boxes. My stomach aches for the food, yearning to satisfy its hunger, I almost whimper thinking about eating a well deserved meal. Shaking my head, I push that feeling away, and focus on the situation at hand.

"Naruto, get me down from here," I trying to reach my feet, but the blood rushing to my head is making me dizzy and miscalculate my actions.

"But Mi-chan, a shinobi is supposed to read the hidden meanings from within the hidden meanings, right," he asks and I can practically hear the grin on his face.

"Naruto, I don't care what you do with the lunches, but get. Me. DOWN. FROM. HERE," I practically yell, waving my arms with angry gestures.

"Okay! Okay! Calm down, believe it!" He yells, cutting me down.

Hearing the rope snap, I twist my body mid air so I can land in a cat like crouch. Though with the dizziness altering my precision, I land in a faceplant.

Great! Today is going very well lately, I muse as I groan into the grass.

As Naruto jumps down next to me, he bids me a 'see ya later' as he goes after the lunches. Getting up from my pity party, I stand up and head into a random direction.

"While my brother wanders towards a good meal, I'm going to get him a bell," I state out loud. Well, only loud enough for me.

Wandering in a random direction, though as I keep heading in the same direction, my ears pick up noise of fighting. Picking up my pace, my walking turns into running and I come upon the scene of Sasuke being pulled under.

Hmm? Interesting, I muse as unreal my bo staff.

"-Oh well! You know what they say! The nail that sticks up is the one that gets hammered down, right? Hehehe," that's all I hear Kakashi say towards Sasuke before he walks away.

Well, until I stop him.

Rushing forwards, I jump up and twirl the staff in order to hit my sensei, but like before he stumbles back with wide eyes. This is the second time I have surprised him. With a stoic face, my crimson eyes gleam with a sort of spunk.

"It seems that you haven't given up," Kakashi puts away his book with a sigh.

I scoff. "Please, I haven't fairly fought you yet. You taught my brother the importance of Taijutsu. You taught Sakura the trickery of Genjutsu. And, you taught Sasuke the advantages of Ninjutsu. You haven't even seen my full potential yet, plus, I'm not leaving without a bell," I inform with a miniscule smirk.

"Is that right," Kakashi muses.

"Yes. Besides, it's not for me. Since my brother is off doing something else, I've decided to sacrifice my own desires to get him his bell," I profess. Though, before he say anything else, I'm already running towards him.

Stopping a few feet away from him, I spin the staff in my hands while simultaneously attacking my sensei. Since he's a skilled Jounin, he dodges my flurry of quick attacks which makes him back away. As he tries to create space between us, I attempt to close it. Our actions are light and agile that they resemble a dance. A dangerous dance with different motives.

I'm trying to obtain a bell.

While he's trying to protect them.

Spinning on my heel, I outstretch my arm and use the bo as an extension to attack Kakashi. He quickly dodges, ducking underneath the incoming weapon. Narrowing my eyes, I push the weight of my body in my right leg before sending a kick with my left.

Twisting his body to the right, he rolls away before quickly standing up. He throws a bundle of shuriken at me and I quickly spin the staff in between my fingers. The spinning staff creates some sort of shield as it deflects the shuriken, making the ninja stars bounce off the spinning weapon. Halting the action, I narrow my eyes before placing my other hand on the staff and making single hand signs with both hands. With that done, I smirk.

"Fire Style: A Dance of Torches," I mutter to myself.

Immediately, the ends of my staff ignites in flames as they resemble torches. Spinning the staff with both hands at the center, I give my sensei a dark smirk. Putting all my free time of training to use, I quickly dash towards him and send him numerous blows. He dodges them quickly as he tries to avoid the flames.

With the added current of continuously spinning, the flames grow larger as it eats the oxygen around them. With my quick frenzy of simultaneous attacks, I'm sure that I resemble a red blur.

Growing angry of him always avoiding my attacks, I make my strikes more violent, but of course I push my emotions away and try to keep a clear head. Mentally screaming in my head, I lash out and attack, landing a hit in the center of his chest. Though, just as I celebrate my small win, Kakashi explodes into a poof. As I spot a log in his place, it makes me frown.

And here he calls my brother a one-trick pony, while he does the same with the Substitution Jutsu!

When I turn to look for my Sensei, I get cut off by the sound of a shrill alarm. The obnoxious noise indicates the end of the test, which deepens my frown into a full on glare. With anger coursing through my veins, I tighten my grasp on my staff as my body trembles.

This was a waste of time! My fight with him was useless! And to make things worse, I didn't achieve a bell, I think as the fire of my jutsu dissipates.

Growling under my breath, I seal my weapon back into my wrist and stomp past Sakura and a now free Sasuke. Ignoring them, I continue towards the starting point, but when I arrive, I spot my brother tied to a training post. That sight alone makes my anger shoot up.

As if sensing my overwhelming anger, Kakashi turns with a nervous chuckle, Naruto gives me a sheepish smile, and my other teammates slowly inch away from me. I say nothing, but I keep my intense crimson gaze on Kakashi as I walk towards my brother.

'You realllly need to check on your anger. You're already becoming familiar with the death stare! Hehe.'

'Shut it!'

'Point proven.'

The voices in my head seem to tease me on my anger, which doesn't help at all. I still need to find out what these voices mean. Normal people don't hear two different voices in their heads. Well, unless they're going insane. But am I going insane? That doesn't make sense because I think clearly and I'm highly intelligent. But insane people often think that they're perfectly fine.

I'm not crazy, that's impossible, right?

With that said, my anger quickly turns to worry. My calm demeanor seems to falter just a bit as I think of the possible outcomes. If I really am going crazy, how is Naruto supposed to take care of me? I can't be the person who effects his opportunity to become a well respected shinobi. I can't be the reason he gives up the chance at becoming Hokage. No, I need to keep this myself!

"Yeah!" I get brought back by the exclamation of my brother. "This means that the four of us..."

"Are hopeless," Kakashi cuts in. "More schooling would be pointless. None of you will ever be shinobi!"

None of us?! I don't care about being a shinobi, but him taking that chance away from my brother...I'll kill him!

Immediately, my anger skyrockets and all I see is red. Curling my hands into fists, I use my, recently obtained, death glare to stare daggers into Kakashi.

Quickly, unseathing a kunai from its holster, I spin it in my fingers and ignore Naruto's exclamations of defense. I ignore Kakashi's reasoning, though the words 'not having what it takes' glues themselves in my mind. Reaching my breaking breaking point, I lash out and run towards him with full intentions on hurting him.

"?!"

"Mi-chan?!"

"Ahh! Hitomi, what are you doing?!"

I ignore Naruto and Sakura's voices and just keep running towards Kakashi. No one! I mean, NO ONE, threatens my brother's dream to become Hokage!

With the kunai in my right hand, I stop running and swing it towards his face. Though, of course, him being a Jounin and me being blinded with obvious anger, Kakashi takes my wrist and pins me to the ground. Obviously, I don't realize his swift movements until I'm face down on the grass and with his weight on my back.

I grit my teeth as I realize that he's sitting on my back, and his foot on my head to keep me in place. My arm's twisted behind my back as he keeps a hold on it. Through my red tendrils of hair, I glare at the ground in front of me.

"Hey! Hey! Don't step on my sister! Get off, Mi-chan, dattebayo," I hear Naruto's screams, and I can practically see him kicking the air.

"Are you trying to make fun of the shinobi with your behavior? Well, are you? Did you even stop to wonder for one minute why you were divided into teams," Kakahsi asks them.

"Huh? Excuse me," Sakura mutters, completely confused.

"Obviously not. So, you missed the entire point of the exercise," Our sensei muses.

"It had a point," my brother questions.

Divided into a team? Point of the exercise? Yesterday he said it was survival training, and he made it clearly specific that he was out opponent. Then today, he shows us three bells and there's obviously four members excluding Kakashi himself.

Point of this exercise? It was to achieve a bell, right? No, because we all tried that and he said that we didn't have what it takes, so that's not it. Then, he mentions being divided into teams...hmm. What do teams usually do when given a single objective? But what happens when this specific objective pits is against each other? I ponder. But then I reel back, remembering my earlier thoughts that occurred to me at the start of the challenge.

Teams usually work together! Teamwork! That was the point of this exercise!

"I don't believe this," I hear Kakashi say as I snap back to reality.

"Aw! Come on, already! Tell us," I hear my brother shout.

"It's tea-"

"Teamwork," I say, accidently cutting Kakashi off.

"Exactly, Hitomi. If the four of you had come at me, together, you might have been able to take the bells," Kakashi informs.

With those words, they seem to trigger Sakura. "If we were expected to function as a team, why did you only have three bells!? Even if we'd work together, one of us still would have had to go without lunch! You're preaching teamwork, but you played us against each other," the Kunoichi exclaims in frenzy.

I would gladly switch spots with Naruto and give him my lunch. He's suffered enough in the past, he deserves the bell, I think to myself.

"The situation was set up to reveal which of you would set aside your individual interests and propose to the others that you work together for the good of all. Instead of which...

"Sakura! You ignored Naruto, who was right in front of you and instead focused your attention on Sasuke, even though you didn't know where he was," he tells the pink Kunoichi.

"Naruto tried to do single-handedly what should have been the work of four," Kakashi points out.

"Sasuke already decided that the other three just got in his way and he was better off playing solo," he says about the Uchiha.

"And Hitomi, while I said that none of you had what it takes, she proved me wrong. She was the only one to push aside her individual needs and put her brother's above her own. She never wanted the bell for herself, instead she fought to get the bell for Naruto," he states, announcing my intentions.

Damn right!

"You are a team! Learn to act as one! Yes, it's necessary for a ninja to have individual skills, but what is even more important now, is teamwork! Making a play as an individual is bad for the team and exposes your comrades to unnecessary danger. You might as well kill them yourselves," Kakashi informs us before taking the kunai that was previously in my hand. "Here's an example!" he takes my twisted arm and holds it out to the side to expose my neck. Feeling the cold metal of the kunai press against my skin, my breath hitches.

"Naruto, kill Sakura or Hitomi dies! Sasuke, if Naruto moves, kill him," Kakashi informs.

So, Naruto needs to kill Sakura in order to save me. But if he moves, even an inch, Sasuke will kill him and that will lead to my death. So...Naruto is basically my hero, and Sasuke is Sakura's? Interesting, but cold hearted. Kakashi's basically telling Naruto to kill the girl he 'loves', but if he can't, his sister dies?

Very cruel, Kakashi Sensei.

"What!?" Naruto screams, panicking.

I look towards the Uchiha. "If you hurt my brother, I'll kill you," I threaten in a menacing tone.

Kakashi pats my head, before getting off my back. "Calm down, Hitomi. Anyways, the day could come when one of you may be taken hostage, and you're forced to make such a choice. When you are in a mission, you're lives will always be on the the line," he confesses before walking towards the memorial stone.

Moving my hair out of my face, I sit up and take my kunai that Kakashi left of the ground. Pushing myself up, I walk back towards Naruto and stand next to him.

"Look at the marker. All the names carved in the stone. Heroes of our village, ninja," Kakashi states solemnly.

My brother perks up at the mention of heroes. "That's it! I just made up my mind! There's where I want my name to go! I'm not gonna throw my life away! I want to be like them! A hero," my brother exclaims with his signature grin.

Kakashi clears his throat, "but the ones listed there aren't just any heros."

Naruto gasps with wonder. "Really? What kind of heroes are they? Come one! Come on! Tell me," Naruto insists.

I gently place my hand on his shoulder. This captures his attention, and I shake my head at him. "Naruto, these people, they're K.I.A. Killed in Action. They died for the village," I specify, giving him a soft look.

With that, he realizes what he said and looks down ashamed. I gently rub his shoulder to reassure him, silently telling him that it's not his fault. That he didn't know. Of course my brother wants to be a hero, he wants to be strong. He wants people to look up to him and to acknowledge his hard work. It's his dream along with becoming Hokage, it's all he ever wanted.

My mood then turns sour, he could have all that, but the people here treat us like trash! It's not our fault that the Kyubi destroyed the village all those years ago! Yet, they still place the blame on us. They're a bunch of inconsiderate, low life, jerks! Hmph!

I cross my arms and set a frown to my face as I continue to listen to our sensei.

"This is a memorial. It includes the names of my best friends," he tells us which makes me drop my angered demeanor.

Best friends? As in plural? Hmm, I don't have best friends. I only have my brother, but simply thinking about losing him causes a great pain to rush into my heart, I think as I subconsciously place my hand in Naruto's.

After a moment of silence, Kakashi turns to us, looking over his shoulder.

"Pay attention! I'm giving you one last chance. One that will be far more difficult than our last little game with the bells. If you're prepared to continue, you can eat one of the bento boxes. But no sharing with Naruto, he goes hungry," Kakashi informs, turning to fully face us. Though, his statement for letting Naruto starve produces a glare from me.

As if I'm going to let my brother starve! Hmph, not happening!

"But why," Sakura questions.

"He brought it on himself when he tried to sneak for himself. If either of you feeds him, you fail the test right there," he states, his gaze lingering in me. I mentally smirk, but keep a straight face. "My word is law. Do you understand?"

Rules are meant to be broken, my lip twitches.

And with that, our sensei disappears to who knows where. Grabbing our lunches, I immediately open mine and break the chopsticks apart. The aroma of food makes my empty stomach growl.

"Hey, this'll be a breeze! I can go without lunch, no problem," my brother tries to persuade.

I scoff. "Don't even try, Nii-san. Here," I tell him as I raise a piece of teriyaki beef to his mouth. When he doesn't open his mouth, I glare. "Eat it, or I'll force it down your throat!"

When he opens his mouth, I give a small smile. Though as I feed him, Sakura decides to butt in.

"Hitomi, Kakashi Sensei told us-"

I cut her off with a glare. "He's my brother and no mater what our sensei says, I'm not letting him starve! I don't care if I fail, Naruto's more important than some stupid rule," I profess before turning back to my brother.

"Here," I hear besides me.

Turning my head, I find Sasuke with his bento box outstretched to us. My eyes slightly widen before I give a little scoff. For that, he's gained a centimeters worth of my respect.

"B-but Sasuke, Kak-"

"Hitomi's right," Sasuke starts. I'm right? I mean, of course I'm right! "A rule shouldn't matter, and if we're going to work as a team, Naruto needs to eat. Or else he'll slow is down."

And here I gave him some respect, but in reality all he wanted to do was pass. Pompous jerk!

And of course with his words, Sakura gives in. She stands up from the ground and shoves her box towards Naruto.

"Thanks," Naruto says with a blush.

Ugh! Why her?! Naruto, what can't you like a nice, and caring, girl like Hinata. She actually values you as a person!

But as we continue giving our food to Naruto, an explosion erupts from behind us. Sudden storm clouds ride in, causing the scene to become ominous. Kakashi appears and looks like he's about to kill us.

Naruto and Sakura scream, while Sasuke and I just tense in our positions.

"You..." Kakashi's voice booms like thunder. But once he's in front of us, the mean demeanor drops and he gives us a closed eye smile. "Pass ❤~!"

"Huh," Naruto voices my thoughts.

"Eh? We pass?! But why," Sakura questions, as usual.

"You four have just taken a huge step forward," Kakashi explains, not really.

"How," Sakura insists.

"Up until now, all any of you have done is listen unquestionably to everything I say. Like mindless little drones," he states.

Not really.

"A true shinobi seeks the hidden meanings from within hidden meanings. In a shinobi world, those who break the rules are scum, but those who abandon their comrades are lower than scum," Kakashi preaches, genuinely believing in those words.

"Whoa~!" Sakura marvels.

"This exercise is now concluded! You all pass! That's all for today! Team Seven, your duties will officially commence tomorrow," Kakashi announces, giving us a thumbs up.

"I did it! I did it! I'm a ninja! Ninja! Ninja! Ninja," my Naruto exclaims with a grin. His happiness is so radiant that it causes me to smile.

I look at him with soft eyes, this is one step towards his dream coming true. It's just the beginning of his journey, and I'm always going to be by his side for the rest.

"Let's go home," Kakashi announces before walking away. Sasuke and Sakura following behind him.

"Um, hey, guys?! I'm still tied up here! Guys," Naruto exclaims, kicking his feet.

I shake my head with a fond smile before moving to cut him down, oh, Naruto, what would I do without you?

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Well, that was Chapter 2! Whoo, 8,261 words! Yeah! I worked on it yesterday and all day today!

Anyways, did you enjoy this chapter? Did you like the length of it?

Do you like Hitomi's playful behavior with Naruto? How she's only caring towards him?

Do you like how protective she is of him? How she'll do anything for her brother?

What about her anger? How it's towards the villagers and anyone who mistreats Naruto?

Is she too overprotective?

What about her theory for the voices about going insane???

Anyways, don't forget to

COMMENT

VOTE

&

FAN!!!

SAYONARA, My awesome readers!

?¿ If you had to choose a Chakra Nature, what would it be ?¿

Me, I would choose Wind! Idk, why I love it so much! Maybe it's for the variety of weapons I can use it with! Like fans, obviously, staffs, arrows, and chakra blades! Plus, the numerous types of jutsus! Awesome!