The Past Always Comes Back, But Is It To Help You Or To Haunt You?

Chapter 4 - A Special First Training

Izumi POV

I’d woken 3 hours after we were supposed to be at the training grounds. Ops! I took my time with breakfast and slowly made my way down in the training grounds, even though Kimi didn’t want to be rude by being late. She’s too nice. I hid my presence from my teammates and lay down in a tree nearby with Kimi at my side.

“Those two are four hours late! Where are they?!” Pinkette complained. I growled she forgot Kimi. How dare she! Kimi nuzzled her head against me telling to forget it. I nodded.

“Hey guys, good morning!” Kakashi-sensei said cheerfully.

“YOU’RE LATE!!!!” Naruto and Sakura yelled at him.

“Where are Izumi and Kimi…?” Uchiha muttered. Surprisingly the Uchiha cheered me up. He mentioned Kimi so I decided to come out of hiding.

“Hey guys. What’s up?” I said calmly jumping out of the tree with Kimi smiling at my side. Again way to nice.

“Have you been there the whole time?” Sakura questioned. I simply nodded and acted as if it was nothing which for me it wasn’t. Kakashi-sensei and Uchiha looked at me suspiciously. I can feel the trust guys. Kakashi-sensei set an alarm clock and placed in on a stump.

“Ok, it’s set for noon. Here are three bells; your task is to take these from me before times up. Those who don’t have a bell by noon gets no lunch. I’ll not only tie you to one of those stumps, but I’ll also eat right in front of you” and that’s why he didn’t want us to eat. Sucked in Pinkette, Uchiha and Naruto, Kimi and I already ate.

“You only have to get one bell; there are only three, so one of you will definitely be tied to the stump. And the person who doesn’t take a bell fails. So at least one of you will be sent back to the Academy. Izumi, Kimi if either of you get a bell it counts for both of you since you are partners. If you want you can use shurikens and kunais. You won’t succeed unless you come at me intending to kill” Kakashi-sensei finished. This is going to be fun. I’ve always wanted to face the Copy Ninja.

I really wasn’t listening, I have a habit of it, but then Naruto when to attack Kakashi-sensei with a kunai but Kakashi-sensei suddenly appeared behind Naruto and turned the kunai around so it was pointed at Naruto’s neck. That’s what it looked like for everyone else but I saw him move and so did Kimi.

“Well, it seems you’re finally prepared to come at me with the intent to kill. So you’ve finally acknowledged me? Hehe, it seems like I’m beginning to like you guys. Ok, let’s get going ready… BEGIN!!” Kakashi yelled and we all shot off in different directions.

Kakashi POV

After they jumped off I looked to the ground where they had stood. New Genin leave even a small amount of trace to which direction they went. But those two didn’t leave even a trace not a single clue. Nothing. Izumi Tanaka... Kimi… Interesting…

“The most important thing for a shinobi is to be able to hide yourself” I said calmly but loud enough so they could hear me. They’ve all hidden very well… nice…

“Come here!! And fight me!! I said, fight me!!” Naruto shouted at me standing right in front of me. Is he a baka?

“Uhm… You’re a little bit off…” I stated.

“The only thing that’s a bit off is your hair cut!!” Naruto yelled. What wrong with my hair cut? I sighed. Oh well... I reached into my pouch and pulled out my book.

“Shinobi fighting lesson #1 Taijustu, I’ll teach you about it” I said time to start.

Izumi POV