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Today was the day where they would get assigned teams and meet their Jounin instructors. Today was also the worst day of Sakura Haruno's life, her hair would not act right. First she saw like three split ends while doing her hairstyle, and then her Pedicure was chipped so she had to wear her closed toed shinobis sandals instead
of her open toed ones. Which ended up totally massing up her outfit for the day.
And then worst of all? She got stuck with Naruto who was the died last in class, even though his father is the fourth hokage. And her other teammate was none other than Sasuke Uchiha because of course the two non-blood related brothers just had to be on the same Genin team.
Guess you get to pick who your teammates are when your fathers are the fourth hokage and the Uchiha clan, and police force head. But you know, no one thought about the third person who would have to get stuck with the two biggest nepo babies in class.
Guess that’s what happens when you're from a non-Shinobi clan. She should hurry back to the classroom, before her Jonin-sense arrives even though they're already two hours late. Everybody else’s sensei’s have already claimed their squads.
She finished putting on her clear mascara, gotta show off her pink eyelashes to all the other girls trying to impress their precious ‘Sasuke-kun’. She didn’t even like him all that much, she would rather her future boyfriend not be so— emotionally unstable or stained. Also the way he worships his older brother is a bit, eugh. Like at first when they were younger it was kinda cute how much he loved his brother Itachi, but then it started getting weirder.
Like Sasuke's whole personality started revolving around his brother. Which, like Sakura gets loving your siblings but no one should like their siblings that much
should she put on lipgloss? Nah she doesn’t need her new Jonin downplaying her skills based on her looks.
“Still here huh billboard brow?”
Ugh, it’s Ino. The most annoying girl in the academy, all because she is Sasuke’s biggest fan girl.
“Look what the farmers dragged in, looking to get slaughtered piggy?”
“ I’ve just forgotten my bag here so I came to get it.” Ino crossed her arms together. “Why are you still here? Have you taken your Jonin-Sensai test already?” She questioned.
Sakura let out a puff of air, “I don’t believe I asked pig” she rolled her eyes “if you're so hungry to find out what’s happening in my life why don’t you ask to be my friend? I might let you”
“I-I don’t want to ever be your friend! You're weird, and pretty but weird!” She mumbled out, blush starting to take over her face.
“I’m just joking Mrs.pig , I would never be your friend” Sakura pushed past her, “eh piggy, tell Shika I said hey will ya?” she glanced over her shoulder at Ino. The Shikamaru comment almost going over her head
Almost
Sakura’s been, eugh flirting, with Shikamaru of all people! Ino knows she would never actually get in a relationship with him, the word in the academy says that she doesn’t like her guys being emotionally deficient. so she doesn’t have to worry about Sakura stealing Sasuke-kun even though they're on the same team.
Ino watched her leave the girls bathroom, no doubt heading back to where her future teammates were. Even though she insulted the girl almost everyday, Ino had a massive friend crush on her.
It started way back before their age group started going to the academy. Ino was heading to the park, but she stopped at her family’s flower shop to pick up some flowers that her Kaa-San wanted her to study. She said it’s-cause the academy try outs were going to start for the clan kids, Ino didn’t know why her parents were making her study for it tho. She’s a clan heiress for fish suck! She’s going to get into class 1A regardless of her test results, plus once she’s on her Genin team she won’t need to do any kinda thinking.
Shikamaru will! No matter how much of a lazy baster , don’t tell her Kaa-San she said that! He could really think, he could out think some civilian adults. Which couldn’t be that hard since ya know their civilians.
anyways she just got done picking out the dark purple flowers she needed. Ino was heading towards the park entrance, when she saw Ami and her group of pets picking on someone!
Oh fish no! How many times did Ino have to tell them off for them to get it through their head? Picking on other kids is not cool!? She was thinking of a way to make Ami and the others leave that poor kid alone when her eyes slowly started looking down at her hands, more specifically the flowers, the poisonous flowers. Not enough where Ami would die a slow and painful death, even though she deserves it. But just enough to give her a scare.
The young girl just stared up at the purple haired girl through her bangs who dared make fun of her hair color, she needed to get those cut soon it’s massing up her eyesight.
“Eh, who the hell are you?”
The purple haired girl look..shocked and her followers also. “ you don’t know who she is?” The short girl started talking, her eyes looking for any reaction from her leader. “She’s Ami Aysio! everybody knows her” the tallest girl added on.
“Tt, of course she knows me you guys! My uncles a famous Jonin”
“And do tell who’s your uncle?.” Sakura asked, she never read about an Aysio in the bingo books or about anybody that looks even remotely close Ami.
“Hey Ami!” Ino screamed, waiting for the right moment for Ami to open her mouth nice and wide.
“Huh what are you doing here!?” Ami yelled, Ino threw a flower at Ami aiming for her mouth which was still hanging open. The flower looked like it was going to hit Ami straight in the mouth just like Ino wanted it to! Until it started heading towards the kid in the green dress, so it's a girl then?
Right in the mouth… ah shit
“Eh! I’m so sorry… you should probably go to a doctor that was poisoned…
“ Ino said, the girl didn’t look like she was that hurt about getting hit in the mouth. Now that Ino was getting a closer look at her, she was… really pretty. Like close to her parents' prettyness , and no one was as pretty as her Kaa, and Tou-san!
The pink haired girl let a huff, who did thin blonde girl think she was? Trying to act like a hero just to make a fool out of Sakura and herself? Now that Amy girl and her little crew are going to think they can mass with her all they want!
Another day and Sakura wouldn’t have cared whether or not some random girls started following her around making fun of her pink hair, even though their ringleader had purple hair. Pink isn’t that far from purple… so why are they making fun of her?
Perhaps Amy was in a similar position, but if so… how had she become the ringleader. Did she, what was the word?.. become friends with the group?
They certainly wouldn’t bring Sakura any political benefits in the future, no not at all. But it would be good to be a part of a group of friends, Clan kids, who were at the top of the food chain, but the downside of befriending one of them was that their clan was bound to become spies of the little clan less kid hanging around their heir. So that was a no go, didn’t need to have a clan out for her head before she could even defend it.
So bullies were next in top, she didn’t have to participate in the bullying just stand their
and laugh a little. She would feel bad about it but… She's gotta do what she gotta do.
Now how did one go about making a friend out of the neighborhood mean girl?
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That pink haired girl Ino saw at the park a few years ago is at the academy! Granted it’s been a few years since they’ve seen each other, but Ino was sure the girl would remember her. Hopefully in a good way, she really never got around to saying sorry for that flower thing that happened. She really just wanted to help!
Maybe Ino should go up to her at the end of the day? She is a Civilian so she is probably in one of the lower classes.
As it turns out, the pink haired girl is in her class! Which is great because Ino doesn’t think she could just talk to her best friend only at lunch and the end of the day. She started walking towards her when she saw a flush of purple in the corner of her eye. And she turned around because Ino only knows one Annoying purple haired girl.
Ami, agh she better not be here to steal Sasuke-kun! And if she’s here to mass with the pink haired girl, Ino was going to show her what a real beating looks like.
"kura-Chan!" The purple banshee yelled sprinting right over to Pink haired girl was Kura her name it didnt make much since but whatever..... and hugged her, and pinky let her! What the hell, kura was supposed to be her best friend! Not Ami, ami out of all people thats who she decided to become friends with?..
Dear Kumi, she just had to tell Shikamaru and Choji about this!
Her best friend just could not be friends with Ami
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Sakura could not for the life of her, believe this was the hokages son, and the Uchiha head son. Naruto who was throwing a tantrum about their sensei being late decided to teach the old bat a lesson. And then Sasuke of all people was egging Naruto on.
"Their a Jonin dobe, they're not going to fall for some stupid prank you’re doing." Sasuke scoffed.
“Oh yeah Teme?! I’d like to see you do better!”
Sakura could feel her eyes starting to twitch, these two boys are who she’s going to have to rely on to watch her back while fighting enemy shinobies? They’d be too busy fighting each other!
And where the hell was their Sensei, the hokage is Naruto’s dad. He wouldn't give them a incompetent sensei… right?Unless Naruto somehow did something to make his dad realize he needed to grow up. But The fourth hokage is smart, he would’ve had to think about his son's teammates!
Just than the doer started opening, making Naruto and Sasuke finally stop their argument and glance back at the door
“ Alright, why don’t we go ahead and introduce ourselves?” The sliver haired man asked, with his face still staring in the orange, porn book. Who reads porn in front of a bunch of 12 year olds?.. This is the Jonin that she is going to have to learn from, what was the hokage thinking?
“Kakashi-nii you already know us!” Naruto yells, pointing his index finger at the masked men. While Sasuke nods in agreement, never thought she’d see the day where they agree on something.
“Maa, it’s Kakashi-sensei Naruto. And have you already forgotten about your third teammate?” Kakashi's visible eyebrow shot up in a questioning manner.
“Ehh? When did she get here..?” He stared out of the corner of his eyes at her .
“She’s been here, you dobe pay attention to your surroundings!”
“Shu’d up teme!”
“Why don’t I start hm?”
These people were going to get her killed, on the first mission outside of the village. Dear Kumi, what did she do in her past life to deserve this?
“My name is Hatake Kakashi. I’m 25, as for my dislikes and likes….i don’t feel like telling you that. My dream for the future? Ah I’ll figure it out on the way.” He calls that an introduction? Sakura didn’t learn anything about him? What the shit!
“ We didn't learn anything about you,” Sasuke said in that smug voice he always uses when he thinks he’s right, even though in this case he is right.
Kakashi ignores him, instead turning to Naruto. “Why don’t you go to Naruto next?”
“OK NII-SAN, my name is Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze” that’s not how you say it dummy Sasuke hissed at him. “ I like Ramon! I dislike waiting the three minutes, and I guess I like the teme too…sometimes” Kakashi nods like what Naruto said wasn’t the most dumbest thing ever.
“You next Sasuke!”
“…My name is Uchiha Sasuke, I only like spending time with my Nii-San.” Sasuke said, ignoring Naruto’s shot of ‘what about me!?’ “I dislike a lot of things, mostly fangirls” he looks at Sakura out of the corner of his eye. Rude “My dream is to surpass my nii-san and I will make it a reality” ok so his whole introduction was all about his brother, who the hell was her teammate him or Itachi?
“And last but not least pinky!” Sakura gave him the sweetest small she could manage, obviously it didn’t mask her annoyance one bit. By the way his eye cranked into what she thinks is a smell.
“My name is Haruno Sakura. I like flowers and cute things, like cats. I dislike being called pinky” her smell tightened slightly,“ My dream for the future? To be the strongest Kunoichi ever!
“Maa, Sakura-Chan looks like you’ll have to fight Tsunade-hime for that spot” he giggled.
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After finishing that helpless ball test, Sakura could confidently say that her team seven was going to be the worst in fucking history. Neither of her teammates wanted to team up with her to get the balls, because they were fucking nepo baby’s who both knew each other since they were in dippers. Of course they wouldn’t be willing to team up with her!
And than she ended up with The copycat nin as her sensei, life just really gave her the middle finger? This whole team ( minus her of course) smells like complicated clan and Hokage politics. And how they passed the ball test you say, oh! because you know when your the children of the most powerful and influential people in the village you get your way every time!
Agh, and if she has to deal with Naruto screaming ‘BELIEVE IT’ at the top of his lungs, at seven in the morning till his throat hurts again . She is going to murder someone, rather it’s him or her who she is murdering is up for debate.
And don’t get Sakura started on the topic that’s her Sensei, she’s never met him before being a part of his Genin team like Naruto and Sasuke. But Shinobi are one of the worst gossipers, and she would be a dumbass if she didn’t know what the Shinobi’s were saying about Hatake Kakashi.
She hates, hates , hates, when people think she incompetent because of her pink hair. And that’s exactly what he did, he wrote her off as just a civilian born Shinobi thrown into the mix just as a 3rd teammate. Which is crazy because his whole little ball test thingy that was passed down for generations of previous sensei’s to students. It is all about teamwork.
And than last but not least, is the fucking brother worshiper, brooding local emo boy. Sasuke. Who only replied with the famous Uchiha one word sentences, if she hears another ‘hn’ or ‘an’. Sakura's going to bend him over, and pull the stick out of his ass herself, because obviously he’s too much of a bitch to do it.
This stupid, ridiculous, not to mention random matchup of a team is going to be the death of her. And not in a cute “oh I love them all to death why!” But in a literal sense she's going to be watching them to dumb things, and an enemy Shinobi is going to take advantage and stab her in the back. And at last all the other teams have an actual purpose for being put together, like team eight is obviously a tracking team.
Sakura's going to have to beat those boys into submission, because she is not going to have a horrible team reputation following her around for the rest of her career.
She could see the shape of her house coming up, she could finally wash off all that sweat and dirt off! Just thinking about it has her excited, what should she have for dinner? Maybe just some leftovers from yesterday's dinner…hm or should she order something, it’s getting quite late so most of the good restaurants are closing.
There’s that one BBQ place down the road, yess she is going to take a quick shower and then head over there and get some takeout.
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“Choji! BBQ has like a million calories in it! Pick somewhere else!!” Ino turned around and screeched at her teammate. He could’ve picked anything but he chose BBQ? Really, it had nothing under 350 calories. She is supposed to be on a diet. How else is she going to lose all the extra fat so she can fit into her new skirt?
Being a pretty girl is so hard, how does Sakura do it?
“Eh?” Choji answered with his mouth full to the brim with his favorite kind of barbecue chips. “Ino, it’s his turn to pick, when it’s your turn you can pick what restaurants we go to.” Asuma, their Jonin sensei sighed. Of course he got stuck with the new coming of Ino-Shika-Cho. Politics are a bitch.
He was kinda hoping Ino, or even Shikamara the lazy genius might win the quick challenge he came up with. But noo, the Akimichi just has to win. Now these kids are going to eat through his wallet and savings.
What did he ever do to piss lord fourth off?
“It’s just food Ino chill” Shikamaru mumbled, his hand resting in his pockets. If he hadn’t said anything Asuma would have thought the Nara to be sleep walking.
Apparently you don’t tell Ino to chill, as she’s been yelling Shikamaru's ear off ever since they walked through the door and snagged a booth to sit at.
“Sakura? What are you doing here?!”
The pink haired girl turned at her name being yelled shifting so her take out bags hang off her shoulder. by none other than the piggy Ino of course…
She was about to respond with a pig joke like always, before her eyes shifted to Shikamura hanging out in the back of the booth trying not to get noticed. His eyes weren’t focused on the pink haired girl, instead they were watching the raw meat cook on the grill.
Sakura saw an opportunity. And so she took it
she let a sweet smile take over her face. “Hi, Shika-kunn!” The boy with the spikey hair fought the blush creeping up his neck and face. Sakura tipped her head toward Choji.
“Choji, and-“ her eyes drifted towards the men sitting next to him. “You are?”
He let out a puff of smoke, from the cigarette that was dangling in his mouth a few seconds age. “I’m their Jonin sensei, Asuma. "He raised one of his eyebrows, “you are?” Asuma shot her question back at her. While his Genin squad watched in wonder, minus Ino who was still on the thought that billboard brow was just ignoring her in favor of her teammates.
“Eh, I’m Sakura Haruno from squad seven”
Asuma offered a small smile, “you one of Kakashi’s?”
“Yep!”
He nodded in approval. So this was the little pink monster that terrorized Kakashi, into drowning into cups of sake,
“Ah, while I have to go now, bye guys.” She waved mostly at the sweetheart Choji who waved back in an instant. “See you later Shika-kun!” She sent a wink towards the boy who was still not meeting her eye, and walked out the restaurant’s doors to go back home.
Seems like Shikamaru has a girlfriend, or a crush. Also it seems like her and Ino don’t get along very well either. Wonder how that’s going to work out, it’s mostly likely going to affect their team work and relationships. Eh while that’s a problem for their Jonin sensei.
…he swelled hard at the thought. He was their Jonin sensei, aw fuck.