Kids In The Dark (A Kakashi Love Story) (1st Place in NWA Kakashi 2015)

Who In The World

Meiko continued to glance around the room for any sign of who could have possibly wrote this, but no one was looking her way. The only people left in the room were Asuma, Kurenai, Kakashi, Gai, Obito and Rin.

Asuma already knew that she did what she did, and had gotten on her already. Kurenai and her didn't talk a whole lot, she was mostly just friends with Asuma which didn't bother Meiko. Rin and Meiko weren't particularly close, but she didn't think that it could have been her. It defiantly wasn't Obito, because his hand writing was MUCH neater than the note she was currently looking at, so that only left Gai and Kakashi.

Meiko growled under her breath as she shoved the note into a pocket on her dress, tapping her fingers along the desk. Without Izumo and Kotetsu in her, her mind was slowly being over taken by the thoughts she had when she was alone.

She ran her fingers through her hair, grasping at it slightly as she tried to make the voice in her head go away, but she couldn't. (A.N: This is a lot like Sakura's 'inner.' voice that she has. Basically a spilt personality.)

"Worthless brat." The voice in her head said, and she shook her head slightly, squeezing her eyes shut. "Oh did I hurt the little girls feelings? Grow the fuck up." The voice spat, and Meiko shook her head again, before she felt a tap on her shoulder.

She looked over and saw Asuma who sat down beside her, a concerned look on his face. "What's wrong, Meiko?" He asked, and she shook her head before smiling at him.

"Oh, nothing. I'm okay! Just a headache." She said. She had never told her brother about the voice in her head that called her names, and made her feel like absolute shit about herself. She didn't want to burden him with her problems, because she loved her brother too much to put him through that.

"Are you sure?" He asked, and she nodded her head.

"Of course, Asuma. Go hang out with Kurenai, I'll be okay!" She said with a smile, and her nodded slowly before getting up and walking back to Kurenai.

"Meiko Sarutobi!" A voice called out, and Meiko stood up and walked back to the teacher. She smiled at him, and they walked back to the room where she would take the final exam at.

"Alright, Meiko. I am going to need you to perform a transformation jutsu, and then a clone jutsu with at least 3 clones. If you can do that, then you'll be good to go and a official Genin of the leaf village!" He said.

Meiko nodded her head with a bright smile before walking in front of both of the teachers, placing her hands together in the formation for the transformation jutsu, thinking for a moment as to what she would transform into.

She smiled to herself when she figured out what she wanted to do before whispering "Transform." to herself. A cloud of smoke formed around her, and when it cleared, Meiko stood in the same place she had been originally, but instead of Meiko, it was Asuma. She had perfectly performed the jutsu and transformed into her brother. The teacher laughed softly, and waved his hand in a signal for her to drop her jutsu, which she did.

She smiled brightly at him, and he nodded slightly. She placed her hands together and closed her eyes, focusing all her chakra into this jutsu. Clone Jutsu was one of the worst jutsu's for her, so she was fairly nervous about this one.

She took a deep breath, before whispering so quietly that only she could hear it. "Clone jutsu." She said, and when she opened up her eyes and look to the side, three perfect clones stood beside her. Meiko smiled brightly and threw her arm up in the air, jumping up. "Shiz yeah!" She shouted, causing her teacher to smile.

Meiko giggled slightly as she walked up to the table, and picked up a headband in black to match the rest of her outfit, before walking out of the room, tying the band around her forehead. Once she exited the room, Izumo and Kotesu were waiting for her, both of them proudly wearing their ninja headbands.