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"…Team 7: Rumiya Takiyama" she perked up.
"Naruto Uzumaki" they grinned "yeah!" He cheered.
"And Sasuke Uchiha" Rumiya stiffened while Naruto slumped down.
"Iruka-sensei! Why did you put two great ninja like me and Rumiya-chan with that bastard?" Naruto demanded.
"Naruto, the Hokage was the one who made the team arrangements, and as far as we know, Sasuke is the student of the year while you're the dead last, he put you with Sasuke and Rumiya to balance the teams" iruka explained and everyone laughed as Naruto sulked.
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"What do you think Rumiya-chan?" he asked.
"About what?" she replied.
"About our team, don't you think it's ironic?" he replied.
"Yeah…it quite is" she answered.
"Are you cool with it?" he asked.
"I think it's about time for us to fix childhood mistakes, we can't have a good teamwork without being on good terms" she answered, he nodded and they dropped in light chatting, after they finished lunch, they headed to the class.
-2hours later-
"Gah! He's late!" Naruto yelled "I will teach that jerk a lesson" he grabbed a board eraser and tucked it in the door.
"As if a jounin will fall to such a booby trap" she and Sasuke snorted at the same moment, they turned to each other before turning away, right at that moment a man walked in and the eraser dropped on his head, both Sasuke and Rumiya were quite surprised that he fell for it, but they settled with the same thought of him being lazy, the man was masked and only his right eye was uncovered, with silver hair defying gravity.
"Yo" he greeted "my first impression of you guys, you're all idiots" he said, and Rumiya elbowed Naruto hard and he gasped for air as he fell down.
"We apologize for giving you a bad impression, we should've worked harder on our patience" she apologized sweetly.
He gazed at her for a moment before smiling behind his mask "ah well, come up to the roof" he flickered away.
"Why did you do that?" Naruto whined.
"For giving him a chance to call us idiots" she answered.
"Do you know him?" Sasuke stepped out of the class.
"No, but I feel we'll have hard time getting along" she walked out of the class.
They stared at him and he stared back "well, why don't you introduce yourselves?" he suggested.
"What do you want to know?" Rumiya queried.
"Something like your names, likes, dislikes, hobbies, dreams, something like that" he proposed.
"Why don't you start first?" Naruto offered.
"Me? Hmm…my name's kakashi Hatake, I have no desire to tell you my likes and dislikes, my dreams are none of your business, I have a lot of hobbies" he gave.
"All he told us was his name" Naruto muttered.
"Why don't you go first, the boy in the jump suit" kakashi said referring to naruto and said boy grinned.
"my name's naruto uzumaki! I like rumiya-chan and ramen, and when Iruka-sensei buys it to me! My dislikes are the 3 minute wait for ramen to boil! My hobbies are pranks I guess! My dream is to be hokage to gain everyone's respect!" he answered and Kakashi nodded.
Then he turned to Rumiya "my name's Rumiya Takiyama, I don't have any hobbies, there are many things that I like and dislike, my ambition is to become the strongest Kunoichi in Konoha" she answered before he asked, he nodded.
"And you?" he asked Sasuke "my name is Sasuke Uchiha, there are lots of things I dislike and I don't really like anything and…I can't really call it a dream, But I have an ambition, the resurrection of my clan and… to kill a certain man" he answered darkly.
"So far for the introductions, tomorrow we'll start our duties as Shinobi" Kakashi announced.
"Yeah!! What kind of duties!?" naruto asked.
"First, we are going to do something with just the four of us" he answered.
"What is it? What is it?" naruto asked again.
"Survival training" kakashi deadpanned.
"Survival training?" naruto asked.
"This isn't a normal training, this time I'm your opponent" he exclaimed and Rumiya's eyes widened a fraction he? But fresh genin like us can't defeat a jounin what does he mean? Her eyes narrowed in suspicion, he cackled.
"What's so funny?" Rumiya asked.
"Uhm…well…it's just that…when I tell you this you guys are totally going to freak out" he cackled, but the only reaction he got was from Naruto why did I choose this team again? He sweat dropped.
"Freak out?" Naruto gulped.
"Of the 27 graduates, only 9 will be chosen to become a genin, the rest will be sent back to the academy, this training is a very difficult exam with a failure rate of over 66%!!" he crowed darkly, but once again, Naruto freaked out while the other two didn't react, only their aura and eyes darkened.
Our test is to fight our jounin teacher, only 3teams will graduate out of the 9teams…this means the jounin will fight with more than a tiny portion of his skill…but we can't defeat him even if he doesn't use any amount of power!......what if we use teamwork? Maybe we will have a chance! Her reaction to his words was just a normal blink. Is that what he wants? For us to use teamwork. She smirked looking straight into his eye. Time to make a plan I guess…I hope Sasuke figured it out.
"I told you you'd freak out" Kakashi cackled.
"What? No way!! But we worked so hard! Then what was the point of graduating!!?" naruto argued, Rumiya held his sleeve and tugged lightly, he turned to her and she nodded in reassurance.
"Oh that? That was just to select those who have the chance to become genin" he avowed.
"Anyway, tomorrow you have to show your real skill on the training ground, bring all the Shinobi tools you have, oh…and skip breakfast, you might throw up" he flickered away.
"What do you think Rumiya-chan?" Naruto fretted.
"Simple," she began and Sasuke turned to her.
"We have no chance in defeating him, so we have to use teamwork to fight him, that's what he wants" she asserted.
"All we have to do is plan how to fight him and we'll have a chance" she said looking at him.
He turned his gaze away for a while, thinking of what she said "we both know, he's a jounin and we're fresh genin, you don't have a chance against him, nor do I, this is a truth we have to admit" she said.
"Alright" he growled and she nodded, she turned to Naruto and a small smile appeared on her face, he grinned back.
"We could use Naruto's jutsu and traps for advantage, Sasuke's ninjutsu, my taijutsu, since that's what we have" she contributed.
"What's Naruto's Jutsu?" Sasuke asked.
"An A-ranked Jutsu he learnt last night, I only heard about it this morning though" she answered.
"A-ranked?" Sasuke reiterated and they nodded.
"It's called the Shadow Clone Jutsu! I can make hundreds of it!" Naruto boasted, Sasuke stared at him for a moment before turning to his tea.
"Do you think this will take him down?" Sasuke asked.
"I doubt we can stand before him, but that's better than fighting individually" she answered, they nodded.
"That's all, Naruto, do you want to go training?" she offered "sure" he grinned.
"What about you, bastard?" he asked Sasuke, Rumiya gave him a secret glare and turned to Sasuke with a nervous stare.
"I don't mind" he replied and a spark passed through Rumiya's eyes, Naruto smirked knowingly at her and she averted her gaze from them.
"You have to work on your defense" she said and he panted.
"But you're getting good, last time I broke your whole arm" she smirked.
"Don't remind me" he muttered.
Sasuke watched them from afar as he trained on his fire Jutsu, after a while he heard Naruto yell in pain "I don't even know why I became your training log in the first place!" he bellowed.
"Because anyone else would've died from the first training session" Rumiya laughed cheerfully in a tone Sasuke rarely heard since his clan's massacre.
"Why is he special?" Sasuke asked.
Naruto turned to Rumiya "don't look at me" she said and he groaned.
"It's complicated" Naruto bleated both of them snorted and he glared at them "bastards! For that I'm not telling you!" he yelled.
Sasuke glared and turned to Rumiya again, she shrugged "his secret to tell" she said, Sasuke scowled and returned to ignoring them, they trained the whole afternoon till evening before going home.
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"So it's set to noon" Kakashi said, they blinked in unison.
Then he took out two bells "here are two bells, your task is to take these two from me before the time is up, those who have no bells by noon will not only be tied to the post without lunch, but I will eat in front of them as well" he instructed, Rumiya frowned.
"You have to get one bell, there are only two, so one of you will definitely be tied to the post and…that person who doesn't take a bell fails so at least one of you will be sent back to the academy" he instructed, their eyes widened.
"Genin teams can't consist of two genin and one jounin" Rumiya stared into his eye.
"No, they can" he smiled.
"No they can't" she glared intensely.
"Would you know more than me?" he questioned.
"I don't know more than you, but my family members surely do" she answered.
"Well this is my test and you're my team, I can do anything with you" he shrugged.
Is he trying to turn us against each other? I can't read him for the heck of it, but I never expected to… so…will he really send one of us back to the academy? Surely not, if we use teamwork since that's what I got till now… she speculated.
"Well, I will give you a hint" he implied.
"You have to look underneath the underneath" he advised.
"Now…Begin!" he said and they all jumped away and hid.
They watched him from afar with their chakra shrouded, Rumiya gave Naruto the go and he made shadow clones and they started their attack, meanwhile they all met in a hidden spot.
"What do you think Rumiya-chan?" Naruto asked.
"He's trying to turn us against each other, that confirms that he wants us to use teamwork, I doubt he will really send us back to the academy if we show good performance and teamwork, maybe he will just tie the one without the bell to the post but that's as far as he can punish us" she answered.
"So, who will sacrifice the bell?" Sasuke asked.
"Well, it won't be that troublesome since we ate…" she trailed off into a pause when she saw the expressions on their faces.
"Oh my god! You believed him? That's idiotic!" she laughed and wiped stray tears, she sucked a breath and calmed down.
"Alright, this means I won't take it then" she said.
"There's a risk he might send you" Sasuke said and she turned to him.
"It will be better if I don't take it, I'm the student of the year, he won't be able to send me back" he gazed at her intensely.
She stared at him could it be…he's worried? She glanced at Naruto who had a smug grin.
"If that's so then it will better if I don't get it" Naruto raised a saluting hand, they turned to him.
"I'm the dead last, it won't matter" he said, they shook their heads with a 'no idiot' at the same moment "there might be a risk in you actually going back" Sasuke said.
"He won't send any of us back, no genin team can consist of 2genin, I will sacrifice the bell since I had breakfast, relax and do as planned, this time our goal will be to get the bells, same plan" she commanded and they nodded unconvinced and scattered.
They watched him from afar as he fought off the clones, then he did a substitution and they all got ready, Rumiya concentrated around her area for any presence, she jumped out of the branch into another one, she looked around and finally found him standing lazily on the ground.
she made hand signs and threw shuriken at him, they cloned and he blocked them all easily, she jumped from behind him and charged but he dodged easily.
she kept sending kicks and fists but he dodged them all, she narrowed her eyes " Ryūkenpō: Bridge Smashing" she said and in a blur she launched at him and her palm hit his arm when he blocked it, he grunted and a crack was heard, he couldn't move his wrist and hand shit, one basic move and I can't use my arm anymore… he frowned.
She smirked and jumped away, he narrowed his eyes and jumped away when a huge fireball shot at him, but he was tackled by hundreds of shadow clones, he dodged, blocked and returned all their attacks, he cursed in his mind again for the mistake he made.
He paused when all the clones dissipated; he heard a jingling and turned to the team to find Naruto and Sasuke with the bells in their hands, then the alarm rung "yahoo!!" Naruto cheered.
"We did it Rumiya-chan!" he laughed, "of course" she grinned to Kakashi.
They all went to the posts, "let me take a look" she ordered Kakashi and he showed her his hand, she started healing him "your skills are impressive" he praised, she smiled to him "thank you" she thanked.
"So, what was your plan?" he asked
"Rumiya/chan figured you wanted us to use teamwork/!" Naruto and Sasuke answered at the same time, he nodded.
"We made a plan and trained together!" Naruto began.
"Then you told us about the bells, so we did a twist to the plan" Sasuke added.
"I know genin teams can't consist of 2genin, so I figured you just wanted us to turn against each other" Rumiya informed.
"Rumiya decided to sacrifice her bell, 'ttebayo" Naruto raved "I'm the only one who had breakfast" she let his now as good as new arm go, he nodded.
"So the plan was?" he asked.
"We used Naruto's clones and the traps he set for distraction, at first it was to confuse you, but we used them to distract you while we discussing the renewed plan, then we executed it, I will fight you head on, I had to land a hit then Sasuke will attack you from behind with a fire Jutsu while you're distracted, if you jump away Naruto and his clones will ambush you and try to take the bell, if you get hit with the fireball…even better" she explained, he nodded.
"Clever planning, I didn't expect you to have a good plan and perfect teamwork from your first mission" he commended.
"What were those clones you used?" he turned to Naruto.
"Those are my shadow clones!" Naruto bragged proudly, he eyed him for a moment before nodding.
"Alright, I think you know all of you passed" he said.
"Yeah!!" Naruto applauded.
"And since Rumiya here is the mastermind even if she didn't get a bell, she won't be tied to the post" he added.
"Not only did you find out the quest of the test was for you to use teamwork, but you used teamwork and sacrificed yourself to the risk of going back to the academy for your teammates" he said and patted her head.
"From now on; you're officially team 7, we'll start our missions tomorrow" he announced.
"Finally!!" Naruto cheered.
Kakashi chuckled "well, it's see you tomorrow then" he saluted and flickered away.
"Rumiya-chan! I'm starving! 'Ttebayo!" he said, at that moment even Sasuke's stomach growled.
She chuckled "you want to join us?" she asked fidgeting a little.
"I don't mind" he shrugged averting his gaze.
"Well, let's go" she nodded.
"To Ichiraku's!" Naruto cheered and so they ventured there.
When one says 'celebrate our victory' one would expect a great mess and chaos, with a lot of bragging for Teuchi, but…well, team 7 is an unpredictable team, even Teuchi looked a little concerned with the silence the team was in, they all ate slowly, not speaking a word, Rumiya and Sasuke were feeling too awkward seated beside each other to speak, and with Rumiya so silent Naruto didn't know what to speak of, he was friends with Rumiya for 5years, and from being always with her he learnt many things, one of them was how to be silent because Rumiya wasn't that much of a conversationalist, but this was awkward silence unlike the comfortable one he became accustomed to and he needed to end it, soon.
"So, we kicked his butt huh?" he tried and they nodded.
Naruto sweat dropped "he seemed really impressed" he clucked, they nodded again.
"So, did you learn anything new in your medical Jutsu Rumiya-chan?" he asked.
"None that you never heard of" she answered.
Naruto sighed and scowled then he groaned "stop with this gloomy mood! We're a team now you can't stay awkward towards each other forever! What happened to fix childhood mistakes Rumiya-chan?!" he asked angrily and she hissed at him discreetly.
"I'm done" Sasuke muttered and paid before standing up "see you" he mumbled and walked off.
Rumiya watched as he walked away "you know, it's lame that you let him go like that" Naruto jeered and she glared at him.
"It's hard!" she objected
"Hey now, you told me the story, and you think he's still angry that's why he never looks at you, and that's why, you never approached him right?" he said and she nodded.
"Well, we never heard his part of the story, and you always look away from him, he hit you, and you told him you hate him, and he did say some nasty stuff, maybe he's guilty too, and that's why he looks away, and you look away too so he thinks you're angry" he said and she stared at him.
And stared a bit more, then she pulled out a kunai and pointed it to his neck.
"Who are you and where's Naruto?" she growled.
"R-Rumiya-chan?" he quavered nervously.
She backed off with a sigh "you have a point" she mumbled and started playing around with her ramen.
"Well, why don't you follow him and finish this off?" he asked, she didn't respond for a minute before closing her eyes and sighing, then she nodded and she smiled to him "thank you Naruto" she thanked and he nodded with a grin, she went off running.
Rumiya stopped at the edge of the hill to see Sasuke sitting on the dock, she inhaled and walked to him, she noticed him glance then look straight again, she sat beside him and they stayed in silence for a while.
"H-hey…" she tried then cleared her throat "hey" she said clearly "hi" he mumbled not looking at her.
"So…we're a team" she started fidgeting with her fingers "we've been since yesterday" he replied and she sweat dropped.
"So…" she tried again but failed to find something to talk about, she cleared her throat again and looked at the sky up ahead, a smile found its way on her lips at the memories "remember when we first talked to each other?" she asked and he smirked, she took that as an answer.
"We became best friends in the shortest while" she mused, he frowned, she frowned and they went back to silence again.
It felt like a whole hour for the two sitting in awkward silence when Rumiya huffed "alright I give up!" she shouted then turned to Sasuke and bowed Dogeza style "forgive me" she apologized.
Sasuke looked at her in bafflement "what?" he blurted out.
"Yes! I sincerely apologize for the selfishness and insensibility I displayed back 5years ago, I selfishly shoved my problems at you uncaring for your much larger problems" she apologized seriously.
"Selfishness and insensibility?" he blinked and she nodded.
"Why are you apologizing idiot? I'm the one who should be apologizing" he snorted.
"Huh?" she looked up.
"I wronged you, I should be apologizing" he scowled and she sat up.
"What?" she asked, he looked away "I hurt you, I was the insensitive one" he answered.
"Of course not! I was selfish! I had no right to run to you with my troubles" she objected.
"No, you had every right to come to me with your troubles, I was your best friend...weren't I?" he insisted.
"You were my best friend" she affirmed quietly.
They locked eyes and stayed still for a moment before he smirked and she smiled sheepishly "I guess we misunderstood" she said.
"I thought you hated me" he replied.
"I will never hate you!" she laughed.
"I made you cry" he mumbled.
"Well…don't forget the circumstances we both were in" she replied, he looked at her again with shining eyes, she smiled.
"So we're friends again?" she asked, he gave a small smile "friends again" he agreed.
"Oh I love you so much!!" she tackled him.
"This feels like a great burden hopping off my back!" she chortled and let him go.
He nodded awkwardly, she was grinning brightly, and her eyes were sparkling happily, he found himself smiling slightly, then he stood up and she followed.
"Let me walk you home" he offered and she nodded.
They walked slowly, taking their time "so, all this time, you didn't come apologize why?" she asked.
"The same reason you didn't come to apologize for" he answered.
"How did you and Naruto become friends?" he asked, she blinked.
"Why do you ask?" she asked.
"I wake up after a coma of 2weeks, I find out your older brother was killed, we two have a big fight and the next day I see you hanging out with Naruto like you're friends for years, I surely question that" he answered.
"Ah, about that…" she mumbled "umm, you know, after the fight, I ran away right?" she asked and he nodded with a frown.
"Well, I hid in the park and Naruto found me, he…comforted me I guess, and we became friends" she answered watching his reaction, she saw his eyebrow twitch once before his usual frown settled in and he gave her a hum before going silent, she stayed quiet as well, this time it was a comfortable silence and she enjoyed it.
"Well, here we are" she said looking at her residence "I'm glad we finally made up, though it's a shame it took us such a long time" she smiled sweetly "yea" he nodded looking elsewhere.
"Well, see you tomorrow, Sasuke" she said and he looked at her to see her halfway inside, she grinned to him and waved, but she closed the gate before he could raise his hand to wave back, Sasuke watched the closed gates for a while before turning around and cruising home.
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"Your next mission is to watch the Hayama children while their parents work, you're dismissed" the Hokage said, Naruto groaned.
They went to the house and were met with flying toys and screaming parents, the parents left as soon as the team walked in.
They exchanged glances "formation 4" Rumiya instructed and they went on ambushing the 5children, then they tied them to chairs, finishing they all stood in front of the squirming children.
"We'll tell mommy! Let us go!" one of the devil spawns shrieked.
"We'll let you go," Rumiya started "if you promise on your necks you will behave we'll let you out, if you don't…" she trailed off.
Sasuke made a neck slitting motion with his thumb with a scary smirk, the children had tears in their eyes as they nodded frantically and Naruto took off the ropes.
"Now, go clean up this mess then play in one spot quietly" she commanded and they scurried away doing what they were told.
"So, this is gonna be a while, what do we do?" she asked, Naruto looked to be in thought before he grinned mischievously, Sasuke and Rumiya exchanged glances.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu!"
"Ryūkenpō: 16 Holes!"
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
"Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!"
"Ryūkenpō: Eagle Claw!"
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
"Fire Release: Dragon Flame Jutsu!"
"Ryūkenpō: Fierce Tiger Leap!"
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
…."Naruto…"
"I know! Shut up! 'Ttebayo!"
"Dope" "bastard!"
"How many fire techniques do you actually know Sasuke?" Rumiya asked.
"Only those 3" he answered "how many techniques do you know?" he asked.
"Out of my family's style, except for the 3basics only 2 Shurikenjutsu I learnt from you" she answered "and family techniques, 6" she added.
"I know 6 Shurikenjutsu and 3 fire techniques" he informed.
They turned to Naruto then turned to each other before sighing "it will be a painful journey" she muttered.
"Kakashi is supposed to train him" Sasuke objected, Naruto was growing more annoyed at the moment.
"But we're a team, we should help each other as well" she said, he sighed.
"Whatever, I will train him in Ninjutsu then, you train him in Taijutsu, the rest Kakashi can do, we're doing him a favor by helping Naruto already" he said and Rumiya burst into giggling fits.
"Hey! I'm right here you know! And what do you mean by that bastard?!" Naruto yelled.
"Well, I doubt it will be hard, we can use your shadow clones" she told them and they blinked at her.
"What?" she asked.
"What do you mean?" Naruto asked her.
"Shadow clones transmit information to you when they dissipate, I asked father about it and he told me, it was used for spying back then, so the user won't be put in danger" she answered in a 'duh' tone.
"Cool!!!" Naruto cheered, and then he paused and blinked.
"What is it?" Rena asked.
"The mission is done, my clones dissipated" he said, then sparks lit his eyes "this rocks!!" he applauded.
"Told you, anyway we should head to the Hokage tower" Rumiya said.
**********
"Well, it seems Rumiya is better than you two boys" Kakashi commented and Rumiya grinned and walked down, both boys scowled at her.
"Kakashi-sensei you're not being fair" she berated.
"And why oh why do you say that?" he asked innocently.
"I'm a medic, I have perfect chakra control so it's easy, I can walk on water too, but Naruto and Sasuke don't because they never had special training on chakra control" she answered.
"Well then, why don't you help them?" he offered.
"Yeah Rumiya-chan" Naruto whined.
"Well if you insist" she said and walked to them "come here you two" she commanded and they jumped to her.
"Now I will make it easy, transfer chakra to your hand" she instructed and they complied "then stick it to the tree, if it doesn't glue add a little bit of chakra, if it doesn't get off at all subtract a little bit, that will be your base amount, then you try transferring the same amount to your feet and walk up two steps, if it works, stick to that, if it doesn't change it how you see" she told them and they nodded and did as told and went into concentration mood, she walked back beside Kakashi.
"That's how you're supposed to teach your students things" she inculcated him.
"It was fun watching them fall as it lasted" he muttered "tough luck" she laughed.
3hours later Naruto cheered over finally being able to climb successfully, while Sasuke smirked on his success as well, Rumiya stopped mid punch at Kakashi who stopped mid dodge.
"That was quick" Kakashi noted and Rumiya smirked and punched him in the stomach then skipped to her teammates "good work" she praised.
"How long did it take you to do it?" Sasuke asked "58 seconds" she answered smugly, he scowled and Naruto pouted.
"Being a ninja clan member does that" she said.
"Well, you're finished early, how about we begin the walking on water training?" Kakashi asked and they nodded eagerly.
"I advise you take your clothes off" Kakashi said "I know how to walk on water!" Rumiya squealed and he chuckled.
"What do we do Rumiya-chan?" Naruto asked "the same formula" she said and they nodded and took off their shirts and sandals, then they began training again.
Rumiya turned to Kakashi "shall we continue?" she asked.
"That punch doesn't count" he said.
"It does! you let your guard down!" she argued.
"No it doesn't, it was a time out" he replied.
"It does, it's your fault for getting distracted, and you didn't say time out" she insisted.
"That's quite unfair" he griped.
"Everything is fair in love and war" smirked.
"But this is no war" he smirked back.
"Maybe it's love" she batted her eyelashes at him.
They both laughed before charging at each other and Rumiya aimed a punch but he grabbed her hand and twisted her around so her back was to him, then he turned her to the side and pushed her backwards "do you think?" he asked slyly.
She scowled at him and he tugged on her arm "ow!" she whined, he dropped her to the ground.
"That's a hit for me too, so how many is that again?" he asked.
She pouted and stood up "46 – 3 to you" she growled and looked back to him, the amusement in his eye irritated her, she charged again.
"You're really into that competition between you and Kaka-sensei aren't you?" Naruto asked and she shrugged.
"I'm having fun and improving, today the score was 32 – 5!" she said proudly.
"I want to play it too!" Naruto grinned.
"Well, you both finished your chakra control training, though Kakashi-sensei said he will be teaching us Ninjutsu" she smirked.
Naruto's eyes sparkled "Ninjutsu?! What? What!? What will he teach us?! 'ttebayo!" he asked excitedly, at that even Sasuke started paying attention.
"He said he'll see our elemental nature" she answered.
"Our elemental nature! Wow! That's cool!...And that's…?" Naruto trailed off.
Rumiya and Sasuke sweat dropped "nature transformation, it's an advanced form of chakra control, it entails the molding and defining of one's chakra into an innate kind of chakra nature, altering its properties and characteristics" Rumiya answered.
"Like Sasuke's Fire techniques, you know, there are five, and only few shinobi have two natures, only those with Kekkei Genkai have 3 or more" she told him and he nodded a hum.
They sweat dropped again "you totally don't get it" Sasuke said.
"Not one bit" she agreed, he pouted at them, Rumiya sighed.
"It's something like this" she made a hand seal, electricity appeared on her fingertips "you use your chakra like when you do a Jutsu, but instead it's elemental, fire, wind, lightning, earth, water, there are a lot more but they're Kekkei genkai so we can't use them" she explained, he looked in awe and nodded.
"I still wonder how he passed the written exam" Sasuke said and Rumiya stifled a giggle.
"Bastard!" Naruto yelled, after a session of the daily bickering, they separated.
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"Smile" the photographer said, Naruto gave a toothy grin with peace signs, Rumiya smiled brightly with a peace sign and Sasuke smirked with a peace sign barely hidden in his crossed arms, while Kakashi patted both of their heads with a hidden smile and peace signs on his fingers, making it seem as if he's making bunny ear for the boys, 4 snaps were taken and soon the pictures were out.
"Oh this is so pretty" Rumiya said with a fond smile, she grinned to her teammates "from now on this is my treasure" she gushed.
"It's mine too!'Ttebayo" Naruto agreed, she grinned to him and they turned to Sasuke and he smiled back.
They turned to Kakashi to see him gazing at them fondly with a hidden smile akin to wistful, he patted Naruto's head and Sasuke's back, grinning to Rumiya, they turned to each other again and Rumiya held out her fist, Naruto and Sasuke easily held out theirs and they pumped them together, three grins on each of their faces.