Lotus Of The Leaf ~Book One~

Chapter 3 - Pass or Fail: Survival Test!

One by one, all the squads left with their new sensei's after lunch. By an hour after, Squad 7 still sat in the classroom, wondering when we would meet our sensei. I stood up after waiting another half hour, going towards the door. "Ren, where are you going? Sensei could be here any minute!" Sakura called. I turned my head and gaze over my shoulder, glaring.

"I'm going to the bathroom, is that okay, your highness?" I snap back, annoyed already with her. I scoff and leave the room. After I finish my business, I see Kakashi standing on the side of the classroom door. "Kakashi?" I hum softly, cocking my head. He holds up his finger and shushes me softly. I smirk as I gaze at the eraser wedged between the door and the frame. He grasped the door and stuck his head in, the eraser plopping on his silver locks with a subtle poof.

I could hear Naruto start laughing as Sakura tried to kiss ass. "Hm... how can I put this... my first impression of this group.... You're a bunch of idiots...." Kakashi hummed, making the rest of the squad dead pan.

"Hey, I found him!" I call over, peering in between his body and the door.

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"Alright, why don't you introduce yourself? One at a time." Kakashi started after we had all sat on the roof top of the school.

"Introduce ourselves? Well, what are we supposed to say?" Sakura asked gently.

I rolled my eyes at her. "Things you like, things you hate. Dreams for the future, hobbies. Things like that."

"Why don't you tell us first, I mean, before we talk, tell us about you so we can see how it's supposed to go!" Naruto asked excitedly.

"Me? I'm Kakashi Hatake. The things I like, the things I hate... I don't really feel like telling you that." He started. "My dreams for the future.... Never really thought about it. As for my hobbies... I have lots of hobbies." He finished. I snorted and covered my lips with my hand.

"That was totally useless! All he really told us was his name!" Sakura said to Naruto.

"Uh, yeah." Naruto agreed.

"Okay, how about you, Ren?" Kakashi jeered, making me glare. I hated going first on these stupid things. He knew that.

"I'm Ren Yukimura. I like a lot of things. I don't like using the word hate, so I don't like a lot of stuff. My dream for the future?" I hummed lightly, wrapping my arms around my knees. "I don't really have one, I guess. I'll think on it later. And my hobbies? I don't really have any, I guess." I smiled slightly and leaned my chin on my knees.

"All we got was her name." Naruto jeered. "And we knew that!"

"Okay. Now you." Kakashi pointedly said to Naruto. "Believe it! I'm Naruto Uzumaki! I like instant ramen in a cup! And I really like the ramen Iruka Sensei bought me at Ichiraku Noodle Shop! But I hate the three minutes you have to wait after pouring water in the ramen cup! My hobby is eating different kinds of ramen and comparing them! And my future dream is to be the greatest Hokage! Then the whole village will have to stop disrespecting me and start treating me like I'm somebody important!" Naruto finished.

"Okay.... next."

"I'm Sakura Haruno! What I like, uh, I mean, the person I like is..." She trailed off, glancing at Sasuke. "Uh, my hobby is..." She trailed off again, once again glancing at Sasuke. "My dream for the future is...." She trailed off one more time before squealing in delight.

We all waited for her to finish. "And? What do you hate?" Kakashi asked, probably wondering what kind of drug she was on.

"Naruto and Ren!" She shouted, glaring daggers at me as I whistled harmlessly besides the heart broken Naruto.