"Hold up!" Sakura suddenly called out loud, the other three placed their attention on her. "So all we have to do is fight you until you fall?"

"Yes."

The corner of the pinkette's lips curved into a smile of malice. "Alright, I'm ready." Her eyes moved to make eye contacts with her teammates, in hopes that they could catch her silent message. Thankfully, they did in which they nodded in reply. Unbeknownst to them, behind the mask of their team captain, he was smiling.

Once again, he counted to begin the match.

"One, two..three... Start—oof!"

Just a split second before he said start, Sakura pounced on him which caused his fall onto the ground. Neji and Sasuke held either side of him to pin him onto the ground while giving Sakura time to make hand signs. However, before she could finish her hand signs, the Kakashi they pinned down have transformed into a log.

"It's a substitution jutsu!" Sasuke exclaimed in disbelief.

Neji questioned,"When did he do that?" He too, was surprised. Feeling embarrassed for falling for such a lousy trick, he activated his Byakugan.

His white eyes scanned around the area and looked deep into the forest; Sasuke followed suit and searched for Kakashi with his Sharingan. The only girl casted a jutsu which created a blanket of cherry blossom petals scatter into the forest, it was a jutsu specialised in tracking. She closed her eyes and let her senses divide and connect from a petal to another, like a thin web of chakra. At one point, she could feel a body filled with familiar chakra.

The pink haired kunoichi smirked in triumph, 'Found him.'

She quietly gathered her cherry blossom petals to wrap around the figure.

Suddenly, Neji shouted, "There!" And pointed to the opposite direction from where Sakura found Kakashi. It broke Sakura's concentration and she immediately snapped.

"Damn it! I almost got him!"

"What are you talking about? I saw him right there." He argued.

"I sensed him with my cherry blossoms. I almost caught him in my net!"

Both prodigies found the same person in different directions, who was right? Neither of them wanted to back down as they felt their pride was at stake. Amidst the argument, Sasuke spoke for the first time today.

"We shouldn't be fighting here, we're a team. Look at it carefully because it can be a trick."

Both the Hyuga and Haruno cooled down and nodded. "You're right, we have to remain professional." Although they are prodigies, the heir and heiress of noble clans, their experiences are very limited. No matter how many trainings, lectures one goes through, experience is something to gather by time. They are after all, still young and growing.

Once again, they used their methods respectively to search for the man. 'Sasuke was right, the figure I sensed just now was another petty jutsu.. Then where can he be?' Sakura thought. She landed some of her cherry blossom petals onto the ground and grew thin roots; it grew longer as she searched further and deeper. The roots were widely separated to diffuse the chakra energy. At long last, she found the man they had been looking for.

"Neji, Sasuke, I found him." She quietly said.

"Are you sure that's him?" Neji questioned.

She nodded while pointing to the ground. "I can bring him out, but both of you need to stand nearby to catch him if he escapes. I'm not sure how good he is in escaping my jutsu."

"I can create a barrier of flames." Sasuke suggested.

"I will use wind to carry the flame up so he can't escape from the top." Neji added.

Sakura then respond, "Thats great. Do it when I say go. I don't want him to find out that we found him."

Three of the young Genins quietly stepped around the area where Kakashi buried himself in.

Sakura spiked up her chakra energy to increase the speed of her roots' growth. "GO!" It shot up from the ground and broke the surface, bringing Kakashi up while his limbs were wrapped by the roots. A ring of flames surrounded the area and the tips raised up, forming a dome. Kakashi was stunned and widened his eyes in comical horror. He broke a sweat and surrender, "Uh.. okay okay, you all pass. Sakura, you can put me down right now."

The two boys stopped what they were doing and the kunoichi gently placed their teacher onto the ground. Kakashi looked at them, impressed and proud of his students. "I really can't underestimate any of you, prodigies really are prodigies. Great teamwork team TP!"

The three —now officially Genins, looked at each other in satisfaction; "Yeah, we did it!", Sakura exclaimed cheerfully.

"Group hug!" Kakashi suddenly said and hugged Sakura. This action triggered something in the two heirs which made them pull their perverted teacher away. They stood protectively in front of the pinkette. "Ahh, good good. It's good to protect your teammate."

"Especially from perverts like you." Added Neji.

Kakashi could only laugh it out, "Now that we are officially a team now, let's that a group picture and warm up with each other with a nice lunch."

For a very long time, all of them felt genuinely happy. To each and every one of them, this is the moment they will treasure for the rest of their lives. This team is their only chance to actually be happy, to be themselves, to be normal, to escape from their responsibilities or painful past.

All of them head towards the photography booth for a picture, the one time they've decided to show their true selves. Kakashi was seated while Sakura stood behind him and hugged his neck. She had a very rare cheerful smile on her face. Neji and Sasuke stood on Kakashi's either sides and smirked, but their eyes showed that they were happy.

This was their new family.

A happy family.

A family which meant everything to them.

Although they wouldn't admit it, but they knew.

Over the very short period of knowing each other, they knew all of them will mix well together.

They were all different yet similar.

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Published: November 2014
Rewritten: 24th March 2018