Ch.8: Teams
Emiko's POV
I groaned as I felt warmth land on my eyelids. Slowly, I opened my eyes and blinked as the light blinded me. Yawning, I sat up in my bed and rubbed my eyes as I tried to get rid of the sleepiness. I watched as the sun rose from behind the horizon, causing more streams of light to enter my room through the window. Streams of light danced across the room as I jumped out of bed.
I stretched out the soreness from my body and let out another yawn. Taking a quick look I saw that it was only an hour before the explanatory meeting that was being held in the academy. I quickly grabbed a set of clothes and ran into the bathroom that was attached to my room.
Slipping out of my pajamas, I jumped into the shower and turned the faucet. I sighed in content as I felt my muscles relax from the contact of the warm water. Gabbing my lavender scented shampoo, I lathered it into my long, raven hair. After running it all out I grabbed my conditioner bottle and did the same. Once I was done I washed up and turned off the shower. I slipped out of the shower and grabbed the fluffy towel I left on the counter. Once I was dry enough, I put on my clothes and walked out of the washroom.
I walked to my closet and took out a weapons pouch that was already filled with a series of weapons and strapped it onto my right thigh. I ran towards my bed and went down on my knees reaching for something under my bed. When I felt my hand grasp a cool leather handle, I pulled it out from under my bed and smiled. Strapping it on my waist, I grabbed my comb and brushed through my hair. When I felt there were no tangled left, I tied my hair up into their usual twin tails.
Walking up to the mirror, I gave a small twirl to admire my appearance. I was wearing a sleeveless fishnet shirt, a blue kimono shirt with the Uchiha crest on the back, a thin white sash that held the shirt together, and black shorts that were up to my mid thigh. On my arms were white arm warmers with the Uchiha crest of both upper arm areas and on my legs were white leg warmers. Both hid the weights I was wearing.
So all in all, my outfit was the traditional wear of an Uchiha kunoichi. I smiled as I remembered one of the pictures that Papa had shown of me of Mama. She was wearing the exact same clothing as me as she trained to become one of the best shinobi.
I turned and jumped into my bed to grab Kou-kun. Taking off the ribbon that I placed on him yesterday, I put a blue vest on him with the Uchiha crest on the back so he would match me. I smiled and ran through the hall towards the stairs with Kou-kun in my arms. Sliding down the banister, I jumped at the end flipping through the air, landing perfectly on my feet. I stood up and straightened out my clothes.
Smiling, I walked into the kitchen my nose crinkled when I smelled something burning. I gave a small squeak as I covered my face when a sudden explosion erupted in front of me. I was pushed back a little from the force of the explosion. Uncovering my face, I coughed from the smoke surrounding me. I squinted my eyes through the smoke and ran to the kitchen window. I opened the window and turned around forming some hand signs. Using one of my wind jutsus, I forced all of the smoke out of the house through the window.
I laughed at the sight in front of me when all the smoke was gone. Standing in front of a broken oven was Kakashi. The oven's glass was shattered, the metal was bent in some areas, the inside was completely burnt, and there was a small fire that was still lit inside. Kakashi was standing there rubbing the back of his head sheepishly while holding a tray that held some burnt food, I think. His silver hair stuck straight up and was now a dusty, coal black. Kakashi's skin was covered in soot and the white apron he was wearing was now a black pastel colour.
Giggling slightly, I walked towards the one of the drawers in the kitchen and took out a towel. After soaking the towel with water, I grabbed Kakashi's hand and led him towards one if the chairs. I heard him sigh as he sat down in one if the chairs and allowed me to clean him of the soot. Pulling down his mask, I used the towel to wipe off all the dirt on his face. He didn't mind me taking off his mask as I have seen him without one before.
I giggled again when I noticed that small blush that coloured his cheeks. Smiling I continued to clean off his face. Once I was done, I pushed him towards the washroom and told him to take a shower and clean up. Sighing, Kakashi nodded and did as he was told.
Once he was inside and I heard the sound of running water, I ran to his room and took out all the clothes that he would need to wear for the day. Putting them into a neat pile, I picked them up and walked towards the washroom. Knocking on the door I entered and placed all of Kakashi's on the counter and walked out after closing the door.
After, I walked into the kitchen and sighed as I saw the mess. Taking out all the necessary items from the closet, I went to work. After 30 minutes or so, the kitchen was as good as new. Well, except for the oven. We're going to need to buy a new one. I smiled as I turned to see a nice and clean Kakashi.
"Why don't we go out and eat breakfast instead Kakashi-oji?" I suggested with a smile.
Rubbing the back of his head, Kakashi sweat dropped and nodded with a sigh.
"Hai." Kakashi agreed.
Smiling up at him, I ran to the front door and slipped on a pair of black shinobi sandals. I ran out the door and waited outside at the bottom steps of the porch. I watched as Kakashi lazily slipped on his sandals and locked the door. He chuckled when he turned to look at me. I probably looked silly waiting for him. After all, I was basically jumping up and down. When Kakashi walked down the stairs of the porch, I grabbed his hand and lead him towards one of my favourite spots to drink tea.
I smiled as I read the sign of the place.
Katsura Imperial Villa
Pulling on Kakashi's arm I lead him into the teashop.
The villa was located by one of the rivers in one of the village's parks. It's a beautiful place where many people come to visit. I came here once to see what a traditional tea ceremony was like as my Mama had once preformed one. The villa was a typical pavilion with eight windows on the side of the entrance. To enter, you must cross a large stone bridge that led to the entrance of the Shokin-tei, the most important tea pavilion at the villa. But because the entrance is so small, visitors must hunch over to pass through to the interior.
After walking across the stone bridge, I walked through the entrance with no problem, as I was already small. I watched as Kakashi hunched over and walked through. I saw how he observed the area, taking in all the details. He probably has never been here before.
"Emiko, where are we?" Kakashi asked.
"We are in the Katsura Imperial Villa, also known as the Katsura Palace." I stated with a grin.
"Miko-chan, is that you?" I heard a voice ask from behind me.
Turning around I smiled at the familiar face.
"Kon-nichiwa Momo-oba." I smiled softly.
Momoka Toshihito is the owner of the Katsura Imperial Villa. She is a descendent of the founder of the palace Hachijō Toshihito-ōji. Momoka was a kind lady who invited me for tea one day when I helped her find her cat Yuki. Momoka had long brown hair that she pinned up using two chopsticks. On the chopsticks were small flower details and sakura ornaments hanging off of it. She was wearing a dark blue kimono with a white obi around her waist. Light blue and white snowflakes surrounded the bottom of her kimono. Around Momoka's neck was a dark blue stone that hung on a silver chain. Inside the stone it looks like a snowstorm is occurring as white flakes dance inside the stone.
I gave that chakra necklace to Momoka before I left the villa. I gave her instructions to say 'Sen' which means thousand if she ever needed me.
"Come in Miko-chan, I'm guessing you want the usual." Momoka said.
"Yes please, and can you double the order since I brought my oji with me." I said.
Momoka nodded kindly at me and led both Kakashi and I to one of the tables in the villa. The villa was used mostly for tea ceremonies but the when Momoka became the owner she renovated the north wing of the villa to be like a small shop for any visitors.
I kneeled down on one of the pillows by the small table and waited for Momoka to bring our order.
"So Emiko, mind telling me about how you know this place." Kakashi asked as he kneeled down on the pillow in front of me.
"I met Momo-oba in the park one day. She was searching for her cat Yuki so I decided to help. After finding Yuki, she invited me here to have some tea. It was very calming a peaceful here so I decided to bring you here for breakfast. I came here before that though. It was when I wanted to see a traditional tea ceremony. Papa told me once that Mama preformed a tea ceremony before so I was interested." I explained.
I smiled up at Momoka as she placed a tray of onigiri and two cups of tea in front of me. She nodded and continued on taking orders from the other visitors. I grabbed an onigiri and ate. Taking a sip of tea I sighed in content. I looked when I noticed Kakashi staring at me.
"What?" I asked.
"You just look like a princess right now. You're drinking your tea as if you were a royal and ate your onigiri without making a mess." Kakashi stated.
I blushed and wiped my mouth with a napkin since I was done eating.
"That's not true. Now if we're done, we should go now. You said you had a mission today and you had to go to the academy later to pick up your new genin students. As for me, we have the explanatory meeting that's being held at 10 in the academy, it's already 9:30. If I walk now, it will take my 20 minutes to get to the academy." I said.
Chuckling to himself, Kakashi nodded and stood up. Placing a pile of money on the table, Kakashi grabbed my hand and led me outside the shop. I waved goodbye at Momoka from over my shoulder and continued on my way.
20 minutes later
I waved goodbye at Kakashi as he left towards the Hokage's office. I walked into the class and waved at everyone who greeted me using my hand that wasn't carrying Kou-kun. Giggling, I jumped onto Sasuke's back.
"Kon'nichiwa Sasu-oji!" I greeted.
"Kon'nichiwa Hime-chan." Sasuke chuckled silently.
I looked around the class and saw many familiar faces. Kiba-kun, Shino-san, Hina-chan, and Chōji-kun were here, all of which I have met on several occasions. Even Naruto was here. Wait.... Naruto?
"Naru-kun!" I yelled as I jumped onto his back, "I knew you could do it!"
Naruto jumped and fell flat on his face with me on his back. I tilted my head to the side. This position reminds me of the time when we first met, or at least when I first talked to him properly.
"Naru-kun, daijōbudesuka?" I asked.
"Y-yeah, I'm okay Emi-chan. Can you just get off my back. It really hurts, b-believe it." Naruto groaned.
"Ah, g-gomen Naru-kun. I was just happy to see that you got your hitai-ate."
I slowly got off of Naruto and smiled at him as I lend him and hand. Naruto grinned and took my hand. As I helped him up he ruffled my hair, which caused me to scowl and fix my hair once again. Sighing, I waved at him as I took my seat beside Sasuke. I leaned my head against Sasuke's arm as I felt my eyes begin to droop.
Did I get enough sleep?
My eyesight began to blur. Before everything went black, I felt arms wrap around my waist, and warmth surrounding me.
Sasuke's POV
I watched as Emiko's eyes began to droop. Her body slumped forward and before she could fall, I wrapped my arms around her waist and placed her in my lap with her head against my chest. I chuckled as I saw that she had fallen asleep. She probably woke up early again. Sighing in content, I placed my chin on the top of Emiko's head and waited for the explanatory meeting to begin. I observed the room around me but frowned when I saw a familiar blonde grinning like an idiot in his seat. Not like he wasn't an idiot anyway.
What the hell is Naruto doing here? Didn't he fail the graduation exam?
As if reading my mind, Shikamaru walked down the steps to his usual seat only to pause when he saw Naruto.
"Huh? Why are you here? Today's explanatory meeting is only for those who graduated." Shikamaru said to Naruto.
"Hey, can you not see this forehead protector?" Naruto said pointing at his hitai-ate, "Starting today, I'm also a shinobi!"
How in the world did Naruto pass? I'm sure I saw him leave the academy without a hitai-ate. Did he steal it? No, he seems too proud. Was he given another chance? Maybe. I had noticed that Iruka-sensei had taken a liking towards Naruto.
I snapped out of my thoughts when I heard the sound of pounding feet. I could almost feel the vibrations of whatever was creating such a ruckus. I stared at the door like many of the others in the class. Suddenly the door slammed open and in came in two of my most obsessive fangirls. I watched as they both shoved each other to enter the classroom.
"Goal!" The two yelled with their arms spread.
The two panted as the slumped forward trying to catch their breath.
What are those two trying to do? They're just making themselves look like idiots.
I sighed and checked Emiko to see if she woke up from the sudden noise. Fortunately, Emiko hadn't woken up.
I stared at Naruto from the corner's of my eyes when is aw him suddenly turn around. I followed his gaze and noticed him staring at one of the two fangirls who had entered the classroom. But I scowled when I saw that the pink-headed fangirl was staring at me.
Sakura ran towards the area of my desk and my scowl hardened.
Damn it. Not again.
"Good morning, Saku-" Naruto was interrupted by Sakura who pushed him away.
"Get out of my way!" Sakura yelled at Naruto.
"Good morning, Sasuke-kun," Sakura said in her fake sweet tone voice, "Can I sit next to you?"
I glanced at Sakura and saw the Ino girl from earlier.
"Hey! I'm going to sit next to him" Ino argued.
Soon a whole crowd of fangirls was fighting for the seat next to me. I sighed in irritation. Those girls just don't ever give up. When will they see that I will never be interested in them? I felt Emiko shift in my arms and looked down at her to see her sitting up and rubbing her eyes.
"Can't I ever get any sleep in here without being woken up my a bunch of noise." I hear mutter out.
I smirked at her and pulled her into my chest. I heard Emiko sigh as she wrapped her arms around my waist. I knew that if Emiko was irritated from being woken up and wasn't calmed down soon, her chakra would seep into the area surrounding us causing something like a natural disaster. I learned that the hard way. I tried to clam Emiko by whispering comforting words into her ear but from the way her hands were clenched I could tell it wasn't working. If the fangirls didn't stop fighting now, they might as well sign their souls to the devil himself.
Hokage's POV (In the Hokage's Office)
"Is that him? This year's number one rookie Sasuke Uchiha." Asuma stated as we observed through my crystal ball.
"That's right." I nodded.
"He's a survivor of the Uchiha clan." Kurenai stated.
"Oi Kakashi, isn't that the girl who you're taking care of?" Asuma asked.
Kakashi looked up and smiled as he saw the young Uchiha girl sleep in the arms of her oji.
"Yeah, she's a sweet kid." Kakashi said.
"Who is she anyway? It seems that the Uchiha has a soft spot for her." Genma, another one of my jōnin asked.
"That is Emiko Uchiha. She is Sasuke's niece." I stated.
The jōnin who were not there when Emiko first came here stared at me confused.
"But if she's his niece, that means, SHE'S ITACHI'S DAUGHTER!" The jōnin yelled.
Those who were already notified of Emiko's heritage simply nodded as if saying, "Yeah, so what?" The rest of the jōnin sweat dropped and looked back at the crystal ball when we heard someone shout.
"WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE BE QUIET!?"
Everyone was silent as they stared at the one who yelled with wide eyes. Standing up on top of one of the desks was Emiko. Standing behind her was Sasuke. From what I could see, Sasuke was trying to clam Emiko down. Emiko's fists were clenched tightly at her sides as she glared at the girls who were making all the noise. But what caught all the Jōnin and my attention was the sudden change of colour in her eyes. Instead of their usual warm onyx eyes, they were silver.
Students began to fall off their seats and squeal as a small earthquake occurred. As if time were repeating itself, Sasuke placed Emiko's teddy bear Kou-kun in her arms and she immediately calmed down. The earthquake slowly stopped as Emiko snuggled up to Sasuke's chest with her bear in her arms.
I sighed and looked up at the many astounded Jōnin.
"Did that little girl just cause that earthquake?!" They asked in unison.
Once again, those who have already met Emiko nodded. This causes the others to sweat drop once again.
We watched as Emiko shifted in her sleep. She lifted her head off of Sasuke's chest and looked around the room, as if checking for any sign of danger. Everyone gasped when she suddenly turned in our direction. Smiling up at us, Emiko bowed and mouthed "Hokage-sama."
"She can see us?" Asuma asked.
"It's seems so." I muttered, "Emiko always seems to have some way of surprising people. You'd certainly be lucky if you had her on her team."
All the Jōnin nodded their heads in agreement. Turning back to the crystal ball, we all continued to watch.
Emiko's POV
I jumped a little when I heard a loud thump. Turning my head I gave a small squeal when I saw Naruto's face inches from mine. Naruto was crouching down on the desk and had a look of annoyance on his face. I sweat dropped when I saw that Sasuke and Naruto were glaring at each other. I swear I saw lightening pass between the two.
Before I could get caught in between the two, I jumped off of Sasuke's lap and ran towards Shika-kun who was sitting a row above where I was before.
I smiled at Shika-kun who was gave me a lazy salute and a small smirk.
"Hey Mi-chan." Shikamaru greeted.
"Hello Shika-kun." I smiled.
I jumped onto Shika's lap and giggled. We talked as we waited for the meeting to begin but we were interrupted by the gasps of many fangirls. Sighing we turned to see what was going on but gasped ourselves at the scene in front of us.
Crouching in front of Sasuke was Naruto. Both their eyes were wide and they were pale. Everyone was silent as we watched Sasuke and Naruto..... kiss.
After a few seconds, the two pushed away from each other and began spitting off the others germs.
"Naruto, I'm gonna kill you..." Sasuke scowled.
"Naruto...."
Everyone turned and paled when we saw the huge crowd of angry fangirls cracking their knuckles and glaring at Naruto. We all stared at Naruto with pitiful eyes.
I tilted my head up when I suddenly heard a chuckle from Shikamaru.
"I didn't know Naruto swung that way." he muttered.
I giggled. This caused everyone to look in my direction.
"Oh!" I said as I remembered something.
I looked at Sasuke and Naruto with innocent eyes as I asked, "Konan-oba told me that when you kiss someone, you love each other. Does that mean you love each other?"
Everything was silent before all the guys, excluding Naruto and Sasuke, burst out laughing. Sasuke and Naruto glared at each other before turning to me.
"HELL NO!" They yelled.
I jumped and hid behind Shikamaru who was still laughing. I winced when all the fangirls ganged up on Naruto began to beat him up. When they parted they revealed a bruised and bumped Naruto.
"Starting today, you are official ninjas, but you all are still new Genin. It's only going to get harder from here. You all will be in a group of three, with an acceptation of a group of four from the uneven amount of graduates, where you will accomplish under a Jōnin teacher." Iruka-sensei explained.
I watched as Ino smirked at Sakura who was currently sitting in front of her besides Sasuke.
"I wonder who's going to be in Sasuke-kun's team." Ino said.
"I don't know." Sakura responded, staring at Ino from her peripheral view.
Those two are probably hoping to be in the same group as Sasu-oji.
I heard Sasuke click his tongue as he rested his chin on folded hands.
He's probably thinking that being in a group of three or four would be a burden on him.
"We've arranged the groups such that overall abilities are equivalent. I will now announce them." Iruka-sensei announced.
"Team 7... Naruto Uzumaki,"
Naruto lifted his head from the sound of his name.
"Sakura Haruno,"
From the sound of her name, Sakura lifted her head, only to bow it down with a sudden gloom surrounding her. At the same time, Naruto jumped up with a fist pump.
"Sasuke Uchiha,"
It was Naruto's turn to be in Sakura's position as Sakura jumped up with her hands raised.
"And Emiko Uchiha."
Sakura squealed with hearts in her eyes, Naruto grinned and sent me a thumbs up, while Sasuke smirked at me as he moved his head and gave me a small nod. I heard everyone else in the class groan. I giggled at that. Everyone must have really wanted me on his or her team.
"Next group, team 8, Hinata Hyuga,"
"Y-yes..." Hinata stuttered out.
Hinata was a shy girl who I have met before when I was passing by the Hyuga Clan compound. Hinata has dark blue hair and fair skin. She also has the customary white eyes of her clan, which have a tinge of lavender. She was usually seen with a timid, shy expression. Hinata's hair was short, leveled hime-cut just above her forehead, and chin-length stands framing her face. She wore a cream-coloured hooded-jacket with a fire symbol on the upper right and left sleeves and fur around the cuffs and hem, with navy blue pants. Hinata wore her hitai-ate around her neck.
"Kiba Inuzuka,"
Kiba was an arrogant boy who I met through Akamaru. Akamaru, his ninkin, was lost one day in the forest. It was pure coincidence when I found him and took him back to the village's main shopping district where we found Kiba. Like most of his clan, Kiba has messy brown hair, sharp black eyes with vertical slit-like pupils, and pronounced canine teeth. He also has distinctive red fang markings of the Inuzuka clan on his cheeks.
Kiba's attire consisted of dark greyish pants reaching to his calves and a grey, hooded fur-line coat, with the hood usually placed on his head, with a blue forehead protector and blue sandals. Kiba usually is seen with Akamaru resting on his head, in his jacket, or hanging off his shoulder.
"And Shino Aburame."
Shino was a fair-skinned ninja and the tallest member of the graduating class from what I have seen. I met him when I was picking flowers in one of the meadows located at the edge of the village. He was searching for a rare flower that would help increase the production of the insects that he harbored inside of him. Shino had dark, bushy, brown hair and wore the same style as the rest of his clan, consisting of dark sunglasses and a sea-green jacket with a high, upturned collar.
"Next, team 9."
I turned my head to the side when I heard a growl.
"Why do you get to be with him?" Ino growled at Sakura who was sticking her tongue out at Ino.
"Why do girls like such a guy anyway?" Shika grumbled.
"Don't you even know, Shikamaru?" Ino said,
"I'm not a girl."
I giggled and looked up at him.
"I think it's because he seems dark and mysterious. From what I know, all girls love that type of guy." I whispered.
Shikamaru glanced down at me and smirked.
"I think your right about that." Shikamaru muttered.
"That's why you're not popular." Ino sighed, "I wouldn't want to team up with a guy like you."
"Team 10," Iruka-sensei said, "Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara,"
Ino gasped.
"Looks like you have to team up with me." Shikamaru smirked.
"And Chōji Akimichi."
Chōji is nice boy who I met through Shikamaru. We all went cloud watching one day together in one of Shikamaru's favourite spots. Chōji had spiky, brown hair, swirl marks on his cheeks, and like the rest of his clan, he had a more robust physique. Chōji wore black shorts, a long white scarf, a shot-sleeved, green haori, over a white shirt with his clan's obligatory kanji for 'food' on it, small, hoop earrings, and his legs and forearms were wrapped in bandages. His forehead protector was styled in a manner that allowed two tufts of hair poke out at each side.
Ino gasped again and clutched at her head in dismay.
"That's it for the groups." Iruka-sensei finished.
"Iruka-sensei! Why is a top-student like me in a group with this guy!" Naruto yelled as pointed at Sasuke.
"Sasuke graduated with the highest scores. And you, Naruto, had the worst scores." Iruka-sensei said, placing his hands on his hips.
Everyone in the class laughed.
"This happens because we want to evenly divide abilities between the groups." Iruka-sensei finished.
"Don't pull my leg, blockhead. Just don't get in our way." Sasuke said referring to him and I.
Naruto grew a tick mark but soon question marks surrounded him.
"Iruka-sensei!" Naruto yelled.
"What is it now, Naruto?" Iruka-sensei asked, growing irritated.
"What place did Emi-chan get?!"
Everyone in the class nodded in agreement, eager to know what place I made it as.
"Huh?" Iruka-sensei asked, "You mean Emiko-chan? Well for one thing, she certainly surprised many of the chūnin and jōnin, including the Hokage himself. You see, Emiko-chan placed 2nd highest in the graduating class. During the exam she ranked higher than Sasuke himself, but because she was only here for a couple days, Emiko-chan's overall score ranked her second."
I smirked as I heard jaws drop and gasps throughout the classroom.
"N-no w-way!" I heard someone yell.
"I'm going to introduce the Jōnin teachers in the afternoon. Meeting adjourned until then!" Iruka-sensei exclaimed.
I watched as students got out of their seats to eat lunch. Many of which went to their assigned teams to get to know each other. I sighed and got off of Shika's lap, walking towards the door, but stopped and looked out the window.
So I'm teamed up with a knuckle headed jinchuuriki, a revengeful Uchiha, and a pink headed kunoichi who would most likely become a medical ninja. Hmmm... I can't wait for what is to come. I just know it will be very interesting.
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Ōji - prince
Momoka - a thousand flowers
Daijōbudesuka - Are you okay?
GOMENASAI! *bows deeply* I know, I'm two weeks late! I'll try my best to update more. This chapter is dedicated to Agentcalypsoqueen for being a great supporter and reminder. Thank you and I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Oh and for those who are interested, Katsura Imperial Villa does in fact exist in Kyoto, Japan, but is not owned by Momoka Toshihito. She is my OC. Anyway, thank you all for patiently waiting for this update and I hope you enjoyed it. If you'd like a dedication for the next chapter please comment "Does that mean you love each other?" Please vote, add to library or review. Anything is fine. Till next time,
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