"First off, let me have you guys introduce yourselves." Kakashi leaned back on the railing as everybody finally arrived on the roof.

"Introduce ourselves?" Sakura questioned in confusion. "What should we say?"

"Your likes, dislikes, your future dream, hobbies, things like that..." He explained to us with a slight shrug.

"Hey!" Naruto started, looking a bit put off at our sensei's nonchalant attitude. "Why don't you start first, so we know how to do it?"

"Me?" Kakashi pointed at himself. "My name's Hatake Kakashi. I don't feel like telling you guys about my likes and dislikes. I've never really thought about my dream for the future... As for hobbies, I have many."

"In the end," Sakura whispered towards us with narrowed eyes. "Isn't all we know his name?"

"Mhm," Naruto and I nodded in agreement while Sasuke just ignored her.

"Now it's your turn." Kakashi then turned to Naruto who happened to be on my immediate left. "Let's start with you."

"My name's Uzumaki Naruto!" He had no trouble beginning to introduce himself as he fiddled with his headband with a smile. "I like instant ramen, but what I like even more is the ramen from Ichiraku that Iruka-sensei and Akio treat me to. What I dislike is the three minutes after pouring hot water in the instant ramen. My hobby is eating and comparing ramen! And my future dream... Is to surpass the Hokage! That way, I'll finally get the entire village to acknowledge my existence!"

Oh, Naruto...

I'm not sure whether to be proud of his dream or sweat drop at the rest of his introduction.

"Okay, next."

"I'm Haruno Sakura!" Sakura gave a close eyed smile as she began to introduce herself. But, wait a second, wasn't I the next one in line. "What I like... I mean, who I like is..."

At this point, I put earplugs in my ears in order to muffle at least some of the squealing.

"And my hobby is, I mean... My future dream is... KYAAA!" The earplugs do not seem to be working. It's official, fangirls are my kryptonite. I think my hearing may be gone now.

"And?" Kakashi seemed to be done with her introduction as well. "What about your dislikes?"

"Naruto," Was the first thing out of her mouth causing him to burst into anime tears as I pat his back in an attempt to comfort him.

"Alright, now the brooding one," He's talking about Sasuke, right?

"My name's... Uchiha Sasuke." Well... At least Sasuke admits to being broody. "I have lots of dislikes, but no likes in particular. And... I don't feel like summing up my ambition as just a dream because I will make it a reality. I'll restore my clan and without fail... I'll kill a certain man..."

Does... Does he know what restoring his clan even means?

"All right!" Kakashi broke the silence that had emerged from the introduction before turning to me. "Last person with an attitude."

It's like people are purposely trying to worsen my mood today.

"My name's Masaomi Akio." I blinked innocently as the others stared at me as though they were expecting more.

"Is that it?"

I merely nodded in response causing Kakashi to sigh and shake his head at my stubborn attitude today. I'll probably end up apologizing later, but I'm just not currently in the best of moods.

"Good!" Kakashi finally said after they got over my unwillingness to share. "The four of you are all different and unique! Tomorrow, we'll have our first mission."

"Yes, sir!" Naruto saluted. "What kind of mission?!"

"First, we'll do what we can do with just five people."

"What?! What?! What?!" Naruto was way too excited for this.

"A survival exercise." Kakashi told us without a single change of emotion.

"Survival exercise?" Naruto questioned.

"Why are we doing an exercise even though this is supposed to be a mission?" The poor children seemed so confused. "We've had more than our share of exercises in the Academy!"

"This is no simple exercise." Kakashi explained.

"Then... Then what kind of exercise is it?" Naruto asked our sensei as I pondered whether or not I should just leave.

I wonder if they would notice if I decided to teleport away quietly as they continued talking.

My thoughts of escaping were paused as Kakashi started chuckling. Is he mentally sane...?

Screw it, I'm leaving.

I'll deal with the consequences tomorrow.

And with that, I teleported (no, not shunshined) back to my apartment leaving me in the thoughts of my past that had finally started to show up again.

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764 words excluding A/N's

Well... I hate this chapter.

Finished- 9:51 PM on September 25, 2018

Bye ~