Ninja Love

That's New

Hiruzen Sarutobi has been Hokage for many years and has been aware of the politics of Konoha's Shinobi population a great deal longer. He'd seen the destruction of a clan, the loss of his successor and the dissolvement of many previous Team 7s. And it looked like it was time for history to repeat itself yet again.

" And why, Kakashi, do you wish to have Ms. Haruno removed from your team? No genin has been removed from the program since-"

He paused mid sentence as a memory briefly flickered behind his lids.

DIE YOU FILTHY DEMONS!

LEAVE US ALONE! WE'VE DONE NOTHING WRONG!

GET AWAY FROM HER!

YOU ARE HEREBY REMOVED FROM THE NINJA PROGRAM!

He lightly shook his head to dislodge the memory. This is not then. Times have changed.

" Again, why do you want to remove Ms. Haruno? According to your mission report she made it back just fine and seems to be mentally stable. "

"That's just it Lord Hokage. She came back fine because she hid from any form of physical altercation with the enemy and was of absolutely no help. Her Taijutsu is barely academy level, ninjutsu nonexistent outside of those taught at the academy, she spends more time fawning over the Uchiha and Jack and attempting to pretty herself up for them than actually training and her hate for Naruto and Kagome makes teamwork impossible. The only redeeming quality about her is intelligence and chakra control. Other than that, she is a liability." Kakashi finished his speech with his fists clenched at his sides, but otherwise he still looked like his normal relaxed self.

Sarutobi tried to give it another swing. " If she has great chakra control and has a set of brains, then why not have her learn medical jutsu. Surely -

" That would never work. Her teammates don't trust her enough to let her tend to her any wounds and she would would most likely endanger the whole team. Her focus would be completely on looking good in the eyes of her crushes that she'd put the entire team in danger if she were manipulated by her affections. Hell, all I had to do to take her down during the bell test was use a genjutsu of her teammates offing each other."

With each word that left his mouth, Kakashi's voice rose in volume till he was practically yelling. It was quite obvious that he had absolutely no faith in the girl. And if the situation was as bad as Kakashi made it out to be, then he had no choice but to drop Sakura. If the memmebers couldn't work together for a simple exercise then what would happen if a teammate were in a serious bind. No. Team 7 already had a heavy track record. He needed to nip this in the bud before some thing bad happened.

" Very well Kakashi, I will Ms. Haruno dropped from the program."

If only he knew the wheels he'd set in motion.

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His heart hammered in his chest , the tip of the blade millimeters away from his pupil. The sword strained against the grip of the vines coming from under his shirt. Jack was internally thankful for the brutal training that Sesshomaru had put him and his siblings through. The sword twitched against his hold, dragging him from his thoughts. The blade's movement cut slightly into the chakra enhanced vines, prompting him to summon more from his storage tattoo. In his peripheral vision, he could see the tenseness in everyone's postures, all playfulness gone from the atmosphere. Not that he could blame them. His father's final ( and arguably most dangerous ) sword had come flying towards him without any warning , to fast for the man to subdue it. Only the sixth sense he'd developed and honed from years of training allowed him to react, just barely though.