The Gift of Sight

Chapter SIX

A year after Sakura's meeting with the prissy Hyuuga, Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke successfully passed the Genin exams.

On the morning of the team assignments, the three of them made their way to the classroom, worried and excited at the same time.

Once everyone had arrived, Iruka launched into a long talk about responsibility and whatnot.

Naruto and Sasuke began to quietly bicker, hiding behind Sakura's back to make sure Iruka didn't catch them.

None of them paid attention until Naruto's name was called up.

"Namikaze Naruto!"

The blond instantly pulled away from the glaring match he had going on with Sasuke.

"Uchiha Sasuke!"

Sasuke looked up too. He shot Naruto a half annoyed, half glad look before the two of them turned to look at Sakura.

"And Haruno Sakura!"

The three of them shared a threeway high five, ignoring the grumbles and complains going on in the background.

They were going to be awesome-

"You will be Team Seven under your Jounin instructor, Hatake Kakashi."

Sakura blinked. That was a name she had heard before...

Naruto and Sasuke, who had heard of Hatake Kakashi, their Jounin instructor, instantly filled Sakura in on the rumors they had heard from Minato, who had been the man's teacher, and Itachi, who had been under him in his ANBU team.

Sakura also noted that she knew of him, for she remembered that he had been on the team that had been escorting Ibiki, all those years ago..

After a few minutes of analysis, they came to a conclusion.

Famous or not, this dude was not worth their time.

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"IBIKI!"

Ibiki didn't even bother dodging the hug that came his way and allowed the pinkette that had somehow wriggle herself into his heart to give him a bear hug.

"Sakura." He tugged her off by her collar and placed her on the ground.

His subordinates smiled warmly at Sakura, who was now a common presence in the T&I department.

"Aren't you supposed to be at school?" Ibiki paused, remembering something. "No, you are supposed to be meeting your new team." He had a bad feeling as if he knew what was coming.

"Well, you see Ibiki, we got a sucky teacher, so we ditched him to come and see you. You're much better!"

Ibiki sighed, knowing who this 'sucky teacher' was. "He is one of the most powerful and well known shinobi in Konoha."

Sakura huffed. "No one cares. You're the best."

Suddenly, there was a scream of fear, followed by a loud 'CRASH'.

Ibiki tensed immediately, the possibility of it being an enemy assault briefly crossing his mind. Both Sasuke and Naruto jumped, but Sakura just cheered. "It's Anko-sama!"

Ibiki tensed even more. He didn't know which was better. In fact, he decided that he would have preferred it if it were a platoon of enemy ninja. At least then, no one would say anything if he maimed them.

A few more screams followed before Anko kicked the door of Ibiki's office off its hinge. The door flew to the other side of the room, leaving a dent in the wall.