Hinata sensei

Mission to the Luna village and a new teammate

Hinata was summoned to the Hokage's office. She wondered what it was about. What she saw was a girl who looked to be around the age of 13. She had long black hair, brown eyes, and wore a green shirt with a black skirt. She had shoes that were also green. The girl's skin was fair in complexion. On her face, she looked unhappy to be in Hinata's presence. Why was she here?

"Is there any reason you're summoned me here, Hokage-sama?" Hinata asked. "Yes, it's about a new student for Team 7. One of them is one man short, and this girl, who was dropped from the program, is the best candidate we could find. It's a shame, because unlike her other teammates, she does have promise as a ninja."

Hinata couldn't help but feel bad for the girl. She knows what the girl is thinking and it makes her feel sick. Her only reason for having another chance to be a ninja is because Sakura died, and Team 7 needs a replacement. Another reason to hate this system.

"Introduce yourself to your sensei." The Hokage ordered her. "I'm Kagome Takahashi. I am honored to be in your presence. Hinata-sensei, thank you, Hokage-sama, for giving me another chance." She bowed respectfully to both of them and left. This was not fair. It felt like this girl only had a chance because of Sakura, before she could indulge in her thoughts, the Hokage spoke, "I know it's soon, but it has to be done. I'm assigning you on another mission." Hinata wanted to snap; she had to ask him a question, she couldn't just not say anything.

"Can I speak freely?" Hinata asked, "permission granted."

"I didn't want another mission to happen so soon, not after what happened with Sakura this new girl Kagome will be needed to train first. It took my team two months to get them to work together with Sakura, but with Kagome as a new member, Naruto, and Sasuke would need some time to work together. It took two months for my team to be able to properly work together, and that was before Sakura died on that mission. There's no way in hell that they're ready, especially Kagome. I don't even know what she can do or her skills, and neither does Naruto and Sasuke. Please give me a month to at least train them." She wanted to be respectful, but she didn't want to go out on another mission so soon.

"Kagome does have experience; we made an exception for her because of the latent potential she has. Kakashi has trained her, though she will need to learn to work together with others, and the only way to do that is to go on another mission. I know you don't want to, because it's so soon, but your team must be prepared for the Chūnin Exam's, which are over a month away." The damn exams; they can wait a year to take it. She wanted to voice her opposition, but she couldn't. "When is my team expected to leave?" Asked Hinata. "A few days from now; that should give Kagome time to acquaint herself with her teammates." He dismissed her. She left, not feeling satisfied; she's being sent on another mission, given another student, so soon after what happened to Sakura. The failure was too fresh to her, but she knew that was the nature of what it means to be a Shinobi. She put the pain of her failure aside and focused on her task at hand.

It had been a month since the Land of Waves mission Sasuke trained with his usual routine. Naruto would be here soon. He always prefers to train alone, the kind of techniques that the Uchiha train with are usually techniques that members of their clan usually train alone or with other members, not with outsiders. Sasuke is the only member of his clan left in the village. He has no other training partner to train with. Before he could get to his training, he saw a Kanai pass right past him and hit the bullseye. She was one of the most talented students of this year. The only people that were higher than her were Sasuke.

"I see you haven't lost your touch, Kagome san."

Sasuke said with a measure of respect; there was always respect between them, even though he was always the winner of their duels. Sasuke couldn't help but admire the girl in terms of her skills. When he heard that she was dropped from the program, he thought it was a shame such talent wasted. What is she doing here? "I was wondering what you were doing here, weren't you dropped from the program? Why do you have the Konoha headband on your forehead?" he asked, confused.