Bluebird (Naruto Fanfiction)

Part One: 7, flowers blooming

*Aiko's Perspective*

For once I woke up before Kiyomi , or well more truthfully I've been up for most of the night due to nerves and excitement, considering today's our first day of training on our new teams.

It's still a bit early so I'll wake Kiyomi in a bit, I thought to myself as I began to change out of my pajamas and into my usual outfit. I also laid out Kiyomi's clothes for her as well.

I went to the washroom to freshen up and as I looked at myself in the mirror while brushing my teeth my thoughts began to wander. I already met my team mates briefly and I'm not sure how well I'll be able to fit in with them, if our personalities clash too much it might cause us to not work well together.

Lee is super loud and kind of reminds me of a over energetic little boy, but maybe his over enthusiastic side will prove inspiring in the long run. It could also be that I'm just being a bit too judgemental considering it's still just my first impression of him.

Guy sensei is like a older version of Lee, or better yet Lee is basically a mini me of Guy sensei. Guy really seems to care about his students, hopefully having his bright energy around while training will keep my hopes up and push me to do better. But I still think I'll need a lot of patience around those two, like Sakura said.

Tenten is really nice, I think we're gonna be good friends. So far I really like her and she seems to get along with Guy, Neji and Lee really well. Over time she could possibly change my impression of the boys, after all she knows them much better than I do.

Neji seems really blunt and a bit cold but I've been told he's a genius so I'm sure he's a valuable asset to the team but whenever I think of him I just remember when we were eavesdropping in the hotsprings and he said I seem weak. That did set my ego down a notch. I have heard that he possess the Byakugan, which means he is a sensory type. Being a sensory type ninja is not even close to being easy, he must have trained hard to become as advanced as he is now, I'm sure that's why Lee is jealous of him, it could also be the reason why Tenten looks up to him.

I won't let his opinion affect my performance in training, I'm just going to have to prove myself to him. He hasn't been around me much so hopefully I can get his opinion of me to change, I just don't want to be looked down upon, especially not as a new team member. I want to be equals with my team members and not dead weight, also I hate to admit it but I'm extremely self conscious. I always have cared about others opinions of me, and I let it get the best of me. I need to make sure that it doesn't get in the way of my progress to becoming a better shinobi, I can't be weak. as Neji said.

I had gotten so heated from my thoughts that I hadn't realized how aggressively I was splashing my face with water. I sighed and took this as a good time to go wake up Kiyomi. I calmly walked through the room and over to her bed, Kiyomi was a light sleeper so I didn't have to do anything drastic to wake her up.

"Itoko, it's time to wake up. We have training today, we can't be late" I said gently shaking her. Her eyes slowly fluttered open, she sat up and stretched her arms out.

"How much time do I have til we leave?" Kiyomi asked, running a hand through her messy lavender hair.

"Around 30 minutes, I've already laid out your clothes for you"I told her, she smiled at me in return.

"What would I do without you"She laughed, while she got ready I decided to give the room a more home-like feel. I took photo frames I had brought with me from the sand and began setting them up. I placed a photo of Minyo, Kiyomi and I from when we were little on the bedside table. I laughed, and stroked the photo, we were all so small and innocent, our teeth were missing but our smiles remained large.